CELEX: 51993PC0223
Language: en
Date: 1993-05-17
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) laying down, in respect of hops, the amount of aid to producers for the 1992 harvest

No C 158 / 18                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                    10 . 6 . 93
                                                      COMMISSION
             Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) laying down, in respect of hops, the amount of aid to
                                                     producers for the 1992 harvest
                                                               (93 /C 158 / 33)
                                                           COM(93) 223 final
                                           (Submitted by the Commission on 18 May 1993)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                  Whereas Article 12a of the same Regulation provides
                                                                          that aid to producers may also be granted for areas
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                     cultivated with experimental strains in order to facilitate
Economic Community,                                                       the development of new varieties ;
                                                                          Whereas an examination of the results of the 1992
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                              harvest shows the need to fix aid for groups of varieties
1696/71 of 26 July 1971 on the common organization of                     of hops cultivated in the Community; whereas aid to
the market in hops ('), as last amended by Regulation                    producers shall also be granted for areas cultivated with
(EEC) No 3124 /92 (2), and in particular Article 12 (7)                   experimental strains ,
thereof,
                                                                          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                                                   Article 1
Having regard to the opinion of the European
Parliament,                                                               1 . For the 1992 harvest, aid shall be granted to the
                                                                         producers of hops cultivated in the Community for the
Whereas Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 1696/71                        groups of varieties set out in the Annex as well as for
provides that aid may be granted to hop producers to                     experimental strains.
enable them to achieve a fair income ; whereas the                       2.     The amount of the aid shall be as set out in the
amount of this aid is fixed per hectare and differs                      Annex.
according to varieties, taking into account the average
return on the areas in full production compared with the                                           Article 2
average returns for previous harvests, the current
position of the market and trends in costs ;                             This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
                                                                         following its publication in the Official Journal of the
                                                                          European Communities.
O OJ No L 175 , 4. 8 . 1971 , p. 1 .                                     This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
O OJ No L 313, 26. 10. 1992, p. 1 .                                      directly applicable in all Member States .
                                                                   ANNEX
                                                Aid to hop producers for the 1992 harvest
                                               Group of varieties             Aid amount (ECU/ha)
                                     Aromatic                                         365
                                     Bitter                                           400
                                     Other                                            280
                                     Experimental strains                             280