CELEX: 51985PC0491
Language: en
Date: 1985-09-20
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) AMENDING REGULATION (EEC) NO 1696/71 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN HOPS

N o C 257/6                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                    9.10.85
                                                                II
                                                        (Preparatory Acts)
                                                   COMMISSION
               Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 1696/71 on the common
                                                organization of the market in hops
                                                        Com(85) 491 final
                               (Submitted to the Council by the Commission on 25 September 1985)
                                                          (85/C 257/09)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                            Whereas, in order to support the restructuring effort,
                                                                     producer groups should also be able to use the aid
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                granted to them for schemes aimed at switching to new
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43                     varieties and reorganizing plantations,
thereof,
                                                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
1696/71 of 26 July 1971 on the common organization of                                           Article 1
the market in hops ('), as last amended by the 1979 Act
of Accession, and in particular Article 7 thereof,                   Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) N o 1696/71 is hereby
                                                                     amended as follows:
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                     1. Paragraph 1(e) is replaced by the following:
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par-                       '(e) managing the aid system provided for in Article
liament,                                                                      12 by allocating to each member of the group his
                                                                              share of aid in proportion to area cultivated.'
Whereas aid is granted to recognized producer groups in
areas of the Community where such groups are in a                    2. The following paragraph 1 (a) is inserted:
position to secure a fair income for their membres and to
undertake efficient management of market supply;                        '1 (a) Producer groups may use the aid for measures
whereas such groups should administer this aid with a                           designed to attain the aims referred to in
view to fulfilling these objectives;                                            paragraph 1 (a) and (b).'
Whereas one of the tasks assigned to producer groups                                            Article 2
 consists in improving hop production and adjusting it to
                                                                     This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
 market requirements, in particular by switching to
                                                                     following its publication in the Official Journal of the
 different varieties and reorganizing plantations;
                                                                     European Communities.
                                                                     This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
 (') O J N o L 175,4. 8. 1971, p. 1.                                 directly applicable in all Member States.