CELEX: 31975R2610
Language: en
Date: 1975-10-14 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2610/75 of the Council of 14 October 1975 laying down, in respect of hops, the amount of the aid to producers for the 1974 harvest

16 . 10 . 75                           Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 267/ 1
                                                               I
                                            (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 2610/75 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                     of 14 October 1975
               laying down , in respect of hops, the amount of the aid to producers for the 1974
                                                            harvest
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                       the excessive increase during 1974 in the areas under
COMMUNITIES,                                                      varieties with a high alpha acid content ; whereas this
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             situation must therefore be remedied by a limitation
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43                  of the aid granted for a given area planted ; whereas,
thereof ;                                                         for each variety, the areas which were registered in
                                                                  1974 and already cultivated in 1973 are representative
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      of the average for the last three years ; whereas, for
 1696/71 (') of 26 July 1971 , on the common organiza­            each variety, the aid granted should therefore be
tion of the market in hops, as amended by the Act of              limited to these areas ; whereas, moreover, implemen­
Accession (2 ) and in particular Article 12 (4) and (5)           tation by the national authorities can be simplified
thereof ;                                                         and accelerated by such a measure,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parlia­              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
ment (3) ;
                                                                                          Article 1
Having regard to the Opinion of the Economic and
Social Committee ;
                                                                   1.   For the 1974 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 referred to in the Annex .
producers to enable them to achieve a fair income ;               2.    The amount of the aid shall be that set out in
whereas the amount of this aid is fixed per hectare               the Annex .
and differs according to variety, taking into account
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 1 973 .
Whereas the study of the results of the 1974 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 is experiencing a collapse of                  following that of its publication in the Official
prices as a result of the structural surpluses created by          Journal of the European Communities.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Luxembourg, 14 October 1975 .
                                                                              For the Council
                                                                                The President
                                                                                G. MARCORA
(') OJ No L 175, 4 . 8 . 1971 , p. 1 .
(-) OJ No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p. 14.
(') Opinion delivered on 13 . 10 . 1975 (not yet published in
    the Official Journal )
 ---pagebreak--- No L 267/ 2         Official Journal of the European Communities             16 . 10 . 75
                                        ANNEX
            Amounts of the aid granted to hop producers for the 1974 harvest
                 Varieties                              Amount in
                                                         u.a./hectare
                 Hallertauer                                 400
                 Northern Brewer                              150
                 Brewers Gold                                 150
                 Record                                      600
                 Hersbrucker Spat                            300
                 Hüller Bitterer                              300
                 Tettnanger                                   100
                 Bramling Cross                               250
                 Progress                                     650
                 Keyworth's Midseason                         500
                 Fuggles                                      700
                 Whitbread Golding Variety (WGV)              700
                 Alliance                                     750
                 Tutsham                                      750
                 Strisselspalt                                600
                 Tardif de Bourgogne                          600
                 Spalter                                      200
                 Goldings                                     100
                 Saaz                                         600