CELEX: 51984PC0239
Language: en
Date: 1984-04-25
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) LAYING DOWN, IN RESPECT OF HOPS, THE AMOUNT OF AID TO PRODUCERS FOR THE 1983 HARVEST

No C 146/4                            Official Journal of the European Communities                                  5. 6. 84
                                                               II
                                                      (Preparatory Acts)
                                                COMMISSION
              Proposal for a Council Regulation laying down, in respect of hops, the amount of aid to
                                               producers for the 1983 harvest
                                                     COM(84) 239 final
                            (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 27 April 1984)
                                                       (84/C 146/06)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                        Whereas an examination of the results of the 1983
COMMUNITIES,                                                        harvest shows the need to fix aid for certain groups
                                                                    of varieties of hops cultivated in the Community;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
European Economic Community, and in particular
                                                                   Whereas hops cultivated in Greece are eligible for
Article 43 thereof,
                                                                    Community aid as from the 1981 harvest; whereas,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                        pursuant to Article 90 of the 1979 Act of Accession,
1696/71 of 26 July 1971 on the common organi-                      Article 68 of that Act applies for the purposes of
zation of the market in hops ('), as last amended by                calculating the amount of hop-sector aid for hops
the 1979 Act of Accession, and in particular Article               produced in Greece,
12 (7) thereof,
                                                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                                          Article 1
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par-                   1.   For the 1983 harvest, aid shall be granted to the
liament,                                                           producers of hops cultivated in the Community for
                                                                   the groups of varieties set out in the Annex.
Whereas Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 1696/71
provides that aid may be granted to hop producers to               2.    The amount of the aid shall be as set out in the
enable them to achieve a fair income; whereas the                  Annex.
amount of this aid is fixed per hectare and differs
according to groups of varieties, taking into account
                                                                                            Article 2
the average return on the areas in full production
compared with the average returns for previous                     This Regulation shall enter into force on the third
harvests, the current position of the market and price              day following its publication in the Official Journal of
trends;                                                             the European Communities.
                                                                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
O O J N o L 175,4.8. 1971, p. 1.                                   directly applicable in all Member States.
                                                            ANNEX
                                       Aid granted to hop producers for the 1983 harvest
                                                                                              Aid amounts (ECU/ha)
                      Group of varieties             For the Community of Nine              For Greece
             Aromatic                                           300                             170
              Bitter                                            250                             143
              Others                                            300                             170