CELEX: 31977R1363
Language: en
Date: 1977-06-20 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 1363/77 of 20 June 1977 laying down, in respect of hops, the amount of the aid to producers for the 1976 harvest

No L 156/ 12                             Official Journal of the European Communities                              25 . 6 . 77
                                        COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC) No 1363/77
                                                         of 20 June 1977
                 laying down , in respect of hops, the amount of the aid to producers for the 1976
                                                              harvest
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                         surpluses ; whereas this situation must therefore be
COMMUNITIES,                                                        remedied by a limitation of the aid granted for a given
                                                                    area planted ; whereas, for each variety, the areas
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               which were registered in 1976 and already cultivated
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43                    in 1975 are representative of the average for the past
thereof,
                                                                    three years ; whereas, for each variety, the aid granted
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                        should therefore be limited to an amount corres­
1696/71 of 26 July 1971 on the common organization                  ponding to these areas ; whereas, moreover, implemen­
of the market in hops (*), as amended by the Act of                 tation by the national authorities can be simplified
Accession (2), and in particular Article 12 (4) and (5)             and accelerated by such a measure,
thereof,
                                                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parlia­                                        Article 1
ment (3 ),
                                                                     1.   For the 1976 harvest, aid shall be granted to the
Whereas Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 1696/71                   producers of hops cultivated in the Community for
provides for the possibility of granting aid to hop                 the varieties set out in the Annex .
producers to enable them to achieve a fair income ;
whereas the amount of this aid is fixed per hectare                 2.    The amount of the aid shall be that set out in
and differs according to variety, taking into account               the Annex .
the average return in comparison with the average                    3 . The aid granted for each variety shall be limited
returns for previous harvests, the current position of              to an amount corresponding to the areas under that
the market and price trends ;
                                                                    variety in 1975 .
Whereas the study of the results of the 1976 harvest
gives rise to the fixing of aid for certain varieties of                                    Article 2
hops cultivated in the Community ;
                                                                    This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
Whereas the market situation is still characterized by               following its publication in the Official Journal of
poor price levels due to the persistence of structural               the European Communities.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States .
                  Done at Luxembourg, 20 June 1977 .
                                                                                For the Council
                                                                                  The President
                                                                                   J. SILKIN
(') OJ No L 175 , 4 . 8 . 1971 , p . 1 .
 (J OJ No L 73, 27 . 3 . 1972, p . 14.
 (3 ) Opinion delivered on 17 June 1977 (not yet published in
      the Official Journal).
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                                        ANNEX
            Amounts of the aid granted to hop producers for the 1976 harvest
                                                        Amount in
                 Va riet ies
                                                         u.a. / hectare
                 Hallertauer                                  400
                 Northern Brewer                              300
                 Brewers Gold                                 200
                 Record                                        550
                 Hersbrucker Spät                             300
                 Hüller Bitterer                              300
                 Spalter                                       300
                Tettnanger                                    300
                 Bramling Cross                               400
                 Progress                                      300
                 Target                                        200
                 Keyworth's Midseason                          200
                 Fuggles                                       550
                 W.G.V.                                        300
                 Tutsham                                       550
                 Saaz                                          550
                 Strisselspalt                                 550
                 Star                                          550
                 Saxon                                         S 50
                 Tardif de Bourgogne                           550