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Date: 1977-10-03
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 879/73 on the granting and reimbursement of aid accorded by the Member States to recognized producer groups in the hop sector#Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) on structural measures in the hops sector (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIE
                                               COM(77 ) 470 final .
                                               Brussels , 3 October 1977
                              Proposal for a
                         COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
        amending Regulation (EEC ) No 879/73 on the granting and
          reimbursement of aid accorded by the Member States
             to recognized producer groups in the hop sector
                              Proposal for a
                         COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
                 on structural measures in the hops sector
              ( submitted to the Council by the Commission)
COM(77 ) 470 final .
 ---pagebreak---                     EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
The measures which are subject of "the "two enclosed proposals for
Regulation are presented following the adoption" by the Council of
Regulation ( EEC ) No 1170/77 of 17 May 1977 which amends Regulation
( EEC ) NO 1696 on the common organization of the market in hops .
They concern the application of structural measures ( prohibition
of increase in the areas from 1 July 1977 until 31 December 1979 -
aid to producer groups for conversion to other varieties and for
the reorganization of hop gardens provided that such operations
entail a reduction of at least 40 fo in the area Tinder hops ).
 ---pagebreak---                     Proposal for a Council Regulation ( EEC )
                amending Regulation ( EEC ) N° 879/ 73 on the granting and reim­
                bursement of aid accorded by the Member States to recognized
                producer groups in the hop sector
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC ) N° 1696 / 71 of 26 July 1971 on the common
                                         (1)
organization of the market in hops           , as last amended by Regulation ( EEC ) N°
1170/ 77       and in particular Article 10 ( 1 ) thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
Whereas Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 1170/ 77 amended the conditions formerly laid down by
the recognition of hop producer groups ; whereas aid should be granted for the set­
ting up and operation of         producer groups not only to associations in existence
at the time of the entry into force of Regulation ( EEC ) N° 1170/ 77 but also to groups
recognized at an earlier date ,      insofar as both incur expenditure in the form of        :
adaptation costs ;
Whereas Council Regulation ( EEC ) N°                  of             on structural measures
in the hop sector ^ has laid down general rules on the granting of aid for conver­
sion to other varieties and the reorganization of hop gardens as provided for in
Article 9 ( 3 ) of Regulation ( EEC ) N° 1696/ 71 ; whereas , for administrative reasons ,
therefore , Title II of Council Regulation ( EEC ) N° 879/ 73 of 23 March 1973 on the
granting and reimbursement of aid accorded by the Member States to recognized pro­
                                    ( 4)
ducer groups in the hop sector .         should be repealed ;
(1)  0J  N° L 175 , 4 . 8.1971 , p.    1 ,
( 2) 0J N° L 137,   3 . 6.1977, p.     7
(3)  0J  N° L     ,            , p.
( 4) 0J N° L   86, 31 . 3.1973 , p. 26                            ./.
 ---pagebreak---                                      - 2 -
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                       Article 1
Article 6 of ' Regulation ( EEC ) No 879/ 73 is amended to read as follows;
                                       " Article 6
Producer associations in existence on 1 July 1977 and producer groups which had ,
prior to this date , been recognized as provided for in Article 7 ( 3 ) of Regulation
( EEC ) N° 1696/ 71 shall quality for the aid provided for in Article 8 ( 1 ) of that
same Regulation only if , and insofar as , they incur expenditure in adapting to
satisfy the conditions laid down in Article 7 of Regulation ( EEC ) N° 1696/ 71 ."
                                       Article 2
Title II of Regulation ( EEC ) N° 879/ 73 is repealed .
                                       Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all
Member States .
Done at                                                     For the Council
 ---pagebreak---                         Proposal for a Council Regulation ( EEC )
                           on structural measures in the hops sector
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
 Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC ) N° 1696/ 71 of 26 July 1971 on the
                                                 (1)
 common organization of . the market in hops         , as last amended by Regulation
                     ( 2)
 ( EEC ) N° 1170/ 77      , and in particular Article 10 ( 1 ) thereof ,
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
Whereas Article 9 ( 1 ) of Regulation ( EEC ) N° 1696/ 71 prohibits      from 1 July 1977
onwards any increase in the areas planted with hops              ; whereas this prohi­
bition is to apply to all producers and their legal successors ; whereas , in
the case of producer groups , this prohibition is to cover the areas cultivated
by each associated producer ; whereas it must nevertheless be laid down that
this prohibition shall not apply to areas planted with hops after 1 July 1977
 in place of previously registered areas on which hops are no longer planted ;
                                                      >
Whereas Article 9 ( 3 ) of Regulation ( EEC ) N° 1696/ 71 lays down that the Member
States may grant recognized producer groups aid for conversion to other varie­
ties and for the reorganization of hop gardens , provided that such operations
entail a reduction of at least 40 % in the area under hops ; whereas , to faci­
 litate the supervision of the granting of such aid , it is necessary to lay down
that these operations be set forth in a plan which the producer groups shall sub­
mit to the authorities appointed by the Member States granting the aid ;
( 1 ) 0J N° L 175 , 4.8.1971 , p. 1
( 2 ) 0J N° L 137, 3.6.1977, p. 7
 ---pagebreak--- Whereas in Ireland, hops aire cultivated "by a small number of producers "belonging
 to a single group ; whereas operations involving conversion to other varieties
 and the reorganization of hop gardens will cease to be economically justified in th
 Member State if they entail a reduotion of 40% or more in the area concerned ;
whereas this Member State should be permitted to waive the obligation to reduce
 the area concerned ;
Whereas , to ensure that the aid provided for in Article 9(3) of Regulation ( EEC )
Mo 1696/71 is economically effective* it is necessary to provide that areas on
which grubbing       operations are carried out shall not be replanted with hops for
 a period of three years ;
Whereas the producer groups must share out among their members the aid granted to
 them ; whereas , however, it is fair to provide that a larger share of the aid be
granted to associated producers who abandon the cultivation of hops on the whole
 of the area which they possess , under the plan for conversion to other varieties
and the reorganization of hop gardens              submitted by the group to which
they belong;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION
Title I : Prohibition on extension of       . areas planted with hops .
                                 Article 1
Until 31 December 1979 no areas planted with hops may be registered other than
those registered by 30 June 1977 and worked by individual producers or their legal
successors or by producers who are associated within recognized groups .
However , areas cultivated in place of areas regi stered at 30 June 1977 may be
registered after this date , on condition that they are no larger than those areas
which they replace .
 ---pagebreak---                                   Article 2
 The Member States shall take all necessary steps to supervise the registration of
 hop gardens .
 In the case of hop gardens worked by producers associated within recognized groups ,,
 the supervision may be exer'cised by treating a recognized group as a single produ­
 cer .
 Title II : Aid for conversion to other varieties and the reorganization of hop gardens
                                  Article 3
 1 . The aid for conversion to other varieties and for the reorganization of hop
 gardens as provided for in Article 9 ( 3 ) of Regulation ( EEC ) N° 1696/ 71 shall be
 granted to producer groups recognized under Article 7 of that same Regulation on
 presentation to the authorities appointed by the Member States of a plan for con­
 version to other varieties and for the reorganization of hop gardens which entails
 at least a 40 % reduction in the total area registered by associated producers
at 30 June 1977 .
 2 . By way of derogation from Article 9 ( 3 ) of Regulation ( EEC ) N° 1696/ 71 , the
aid for conversion to other varieties and for the reorganization of hop gardens
may be granted in Ireland without the obligation to reduce the area concerned
having been fulfilled .
                                   Article 4
 For a period of three years after the implementation of the plan to convert to
other varieties or to reorganize hop gardens , a producer group may not plant with
hops an area greater than that resulting from the application of that plan .
                                   Article 5
1 . The conversion to other varieties must include the replacement of plants with the
variety or varieties chosen by the group .
2 . The plots which are reorganized must have an area of at least one hectare forming
a single continous block once their reorganization has been completed .
 ---pagebreak---                                             Article 6
 1 . Subject to an upper Limit of 1.800 units of account per hectare covered by the
 plan provided for in Article 4 , the aid shall be calculated on the basis of actual
  expenditure :
 - on seedlings in the case of conversion operations ,
 - on materials       and equipment , in the case of reorgani sation - of hop gardens ,
 - on grubbing-up in the case or operations designed to reduce the areas under hpps
 2 . Each producer group qualifying for the aid referred to in Article 4 ( 1 ) shallι
apportion such a1*d among its members , taking into account their participation in the
 plan for conversion to other varieties and for the reorganization of the hop gardens .
 A proportionately greater share may be allocated to producers who have
 completely grubbed up the hops planted on their area .
                                            Article 7 '
 The Member States shall take all necessary steps to supervise the reduction of
 areas referred to in Article 4 ( 1 ).
                                            Arti eie 8.
 The Member States shall inform the Commission before 31 December 1977 of their de­
 cision on whether or not to grant the aid provided for in Article 9 ( 3 ) of Regulation
 ( EEC ) N° 1696/ 71 .
                                            Article 9
 This Regulation shall enter into force on
 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Mem­
 ber States .
 Done at                                                    For the Council