CELEX: 31974R0423
Language: en
Date: 1974-02-20 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 423/74 of the Commission of 20 February 1974 on transitional measures for the granting of aid to hops producers changing to different varieties and for reorganizing hopgardens in the United Kingdom

No L 49/8                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                                 21 . 2. 74
                                REGULATION (EEC) No 423/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                         of 20 February 1974
                on transitional measures for the granting of aid to hops producers changing to
                  different varieties and for reorganizing hopgardens in the United Kingdom
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        don (EEC) No 1460/73 (7) of 16 May 1973 on applica­
COMMUNITIES,                                                          tion for reimbursement of aid granted by Member
                                                                      States to recognized groups of hop producers ;
Having regard to the Treaty (*) concerning the Acces­
sion of new Member States to the European Economic                    Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
Community and the European Atomic Energy                              are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972,                     ment Committee for Hops,
and in particular Article 63(1 ) of the Act (2) annexed
thereto ;
                                                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas Article 9 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
1696/71 (3) of 26 July 1971 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in hops, allows Member States to                                               Article 1
grant aid to producer groups for the purpose of
changing to different varieties of hops and for reorgan­
izing hopgardens ;                                                    In derogation from Article 9 of Council Regulation
                                                                      (EEC) No 1696/71 the United Kingdom shall be
                                                                      entitled to grant aid provided in this Article directly
Whereas Article 7 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                      to producers of hops .
879/73 (4) of 26 March 1973 on the granting and reim­
bursement of aid accorded by the Member States to
recognized hops producer groups, provides that this                                               Article 2
aid can only be granted to groups recognized pursuant
to Article 7 of the abovementioned Regulation ;
whereas        Commission           Regulation       (EEC)    No      Article 8(1 ) first sentence and Article 13 of Regula­
1 351 /72 (5) of 28 June 1972 lays down provisions on                 tion (EEC) No 879/73 shall not apply and Article
the recognition of producer groups of hops ;                           1 1 ( 1 ) shall only apply so far as the measures provided
                                                                      in this provision must not have been begun before 1
                                                                      February 1973 .
Whereas difficulties have arisen with regard to the
payment of these aids in the United Kingdom
because in that Member State it was not yet possible                                               Article 3
to establish producer groups, which fulfil the detailed
criteria for such groups contained in the abovemen­
tioned Regulation ; whereas the hops growers                          Council Regulation (EEC) No 1460/73 shall apply
concerned should not be placed at a disadvantage                       mutatis mutandis in as far as the aid provided in
because of this fact ; whereas it is therefore necessary              Article 9 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1696/71 is
                                                                      concerned .
to entitle the United Kingdom to grant the aids in
question directly to the producers for a transitional
period not exceeding the limits provided for in Article
63(1 ) of the Act concerning the Conditions of Acces­                                              Article 4
sion and the Adjustments to the Treaties and
extended to 31 January 1975 (6) by Council Regula­                    The transitional measures provided for in this Regula­
tion (EEC) No 177/74 of 21 January 1974 ;                             tion shall expire on 31 January 1975 .
Whereas it is appropriate to fix the details for reim­
                                                                                                   Article 5
bursement of aid according to Commission Regula­
(!) OJ  No   L  73, 27 . 3 . 1972, p. 5 .                             This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
(2) OJ  No   L  73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p. 14.                            after its publication in the Official Journal of the
(3) OJ  No   L  175, 4. 8 . 1971 , p. 1 .                              European (Ann >n un ities.
(4) OJ  No   L  86, 31 . 3. 1973, p. 26.
(5) OJ  No   L  148 , 30 . 6 . 1972, p. 13 .
(6) OJ  No   L  21 , 25 . 1 . 1974, p. 1 .                            ( 7) 0 | No L 145 , 2 . 6 . 1973 , p . 1 .
 ---pagebreak--- 21 . 2. 74                    Official Journal of the European Communities                        No L 49/9
           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States .
           Done at Brussels, 20 February 1974.
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                      The President
                                                                 Francois-Xavier ORTOLI