CELEX: 51990PC0483
Language: en
Date: 1990-10-16
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2997/87 LAYING DOWN, IN RESPECT OF HOPS, THE AMOUNT OF AID TO PRODUCERS FOR THE 1986 HARVEST AND PROVIDING FOR SPECIAL MEASURES FOR CERTAIN REGIONS OF PRODUCTION

7. 11. 90                               Official Journal of the European Communities                            No C 279/3
                                                               II
                                                       (Preparatory Acts)
                                                  COMMISSION
               Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 2997/87 laying
               down, in respect of hops, the amount of aid to producers for the 1986 harvest and providing for
                                      special measures for certain regions of production
                                                      COM(90) 483 final
                                     (Submitted by the Commission on 12 October 1990)
                                                         (90/C 279/05)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           without being excluded from participation in the varietal
                                                                   conversion programme of the Community, the time limit
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              by which conversion plans may be implemented should
Community, and in particular Articles 42 and 43 thereof,           be extended;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                 Whereas Regulation      (EEC) No 2997/87 should be
                                                                   therefore amended,
Having regard       to   the  opinion    of   the  European
Parliament,                                                        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Whereas, owing to the imbalance on the market for                                            Article 1
bitter varieties Regulation (EEC) No 2997/87 (*), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1809/89 (2), provides               The following subparagraph is added to Article 2 (1) of
for special measures of varietal conversion; whereas               Regulation (EEC) No 2997/87:
varietal conversion in the hop sector would be more
effective when combined with land consolidation                        'In the case of the Kingdom of Spain the members of
measures; whereas such land consolidation measures are                 the producer groups concerned shall undertake to
currently carried out in the hop growing regions of                    implement the conversion plans before 31 December
Spain; whereas all hop area which is foreseen for varietal             1994.'
conversion shall be subject to land consolidation prior to
conversion; whereas the time required for this land
                                                                                             Article 2
consolidation would not allow for the implementation of
subsequent varietal conversion for a major part of the             This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
area in question within the time limit as provided for by          following its publication in the Official Journal of the
Regulation (EEC) No 2997/87;                                       European Communities.
Whereas in order to allow Spanish hop growers to carry             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirity and
out the necessary measures for land consolidation                  directly applicable in all Member States.
C) OJ No L 284, 7. 10. 1987, p. 19.
O OJ No L 177, 24. 6. 1989, p. 6.