CELEX: 31978R0853
Language: en
Date: 1978-04-24 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 853/78 of 24 April 1978 laying down, in respect of hops, the amount of the aid to producers for the 1977 harvest

28 . 4. 78                            Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 116/7
                                      COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 853/78
                                                        of 24 April 1978
                laying down , in respect of hops, the amount of the aid to producers for the 1977
                                                              harvest
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                        Whereas the market situation is still characterized by
 COMMUNITIES,                                                       poor price levels due to the persistence of structural
                                                                    surpluses ; whereas this situation must therefore be
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              remedied by applying Article 12 (6) (b) of Regulation
 Economic Community, and in particular Article 43                   (EEC) No 1 696/7 1 which allows the areas under hops
 thereof,
                                                                    which are in their first year of production to be
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       declared ineligible for aid,
  1696/71 of 26 July 1971 on the common organization
 of the market in hops ('), as last amended by Regula­              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 tion (EEC) No 1 170/77 (2), and in particular Article 12
 (6) and (7) thereof,
                                                                                            Article 1
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
                                                                    1.    For the 1977 harvest, aid shall be granted to the
 Having regard to the opinion of the European Parlia­               producers of hops cultivated in the Community for
 ment (3),                                                          the groups of varieties set out in the Annex.
 Whereas Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 1696/71                  2.    The amount of the aid shall be that set out in
 provides for the possibility of granting aid to hop                the Annex .
 producers to enable them to achieve a fair income ;
 whereas the amount of this aid is fixed per hectare                3 . The aid granted for each group of varieties shall
 and differs according to groups of varieties, taking into          be limited to areas registered in 1977 and upon which
 account the average return on the areas in full produc­            one or several varieties of one of the groups in ques­
                                                                    tion was cultivated in 1976 .
 tion in comparison with the average returns for pre­
 vious harvests, the current position of the market and
 price trends ;                                                                             Article 2
 Whereas the study of the results of the 1977 harvest               This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
gives rise to the fixing of aid for certain groups of               following its publication in the Official Journal of
 varieties of hops cultivated in the Community ;                    the European Communities.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States.
                Done at Luxembourg, 24 April 1978 .
                                                                                For the Council
                                                                                 The President
                                                                                 P. DALSAGER
(') OJ No L 175, 4. 8 . 1971 , p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 137, 3 . 6. 1977, p. 7.
(3) Opinion delivered on 14. 4. 1978 (not yet published in the
    Official Journal).
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                                      ANNEX
           Amounts of the aid granted to hop producers for the 1977 harvest
                  Groups of varieties             Aid u.a. / hectare
                 Aromatic                               375
                 Bitter                                 285
                 Others                                 500