CELEX: 31976R1793
Language: en
Date: 1976-07-20 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 1793/76 of 20 July 1976 laying down, in respect of hops, the amount of the aid to producers for the 1975 harvest

27. 7. 76                              Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 201 / 1
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                                            (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                      COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1793/76
                                                       of 20 July 1976
               laying down , in respect of hops, the amount of the aid to producers for the 1975
                                                           harvest
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                       varieties with a high alpha acid content ; whereas this
COMMUNITIES,                                                      situation must therefore be remedied by a limitation
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             of the aid granted for a given area planted ; whereas,
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43                  for each variety, the areas which were registered in
thereof,                                                          1975 and already cultivated in 1974 are representative
                                                                  of the average for the past three years ; whereas, for
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      each variety, the aid granted should therefore be
1696/71 of 26 July 1971 on the common organization                limited to an amount corresponding to these areas ;
of the market in hops ('), as amended by the Act of               whereas, moreover, implementation by the national
Accession (2), and in particular Article 1 2 (4) and (5)          authorities can be simplified and accelerated by such a
thereof,                                                          measure ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parlia­
ment (3),                                                                                    Article 1
Whereas Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 1696/71
provides for the possibility of granting aid to hop               1.    For the 1975 harvest aid shall be granted to the
producers to enable them to achieve a fair income ;               producers of hops cultivated in the Community for
                                                                  the varieties set out in the Annex.
whereas the amount of this aid is fixed per hectare
and differs according to variety, taking into account             2.    The amount of the aid shall be that set out in
the average return in comparison with the average                 the Annex.
returns for previous harvests, the current position of            3 . The aid granted for each variety shall be limited
the market and price trends ;                                     to an amount corresponding to the areas under that
Whereas the study of the results of the 1975 harvest              variety in 1974.
gives rise to the fixing of aid for certain varieties of
hops cultivated in the Community ;                                                           Article 2
Whereas the market is experiencing a collapse of                  This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
prices as a result of the structural surpluses created by         following its publication in the Official Journal of
the excessive increase during 1975 in the areas under             the European Communities.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels, 20 July 1976.
                                                                                For the Council
                                                                                  The President
                                                                          A. P. L. M. M. van der STEE
(') OJ No L 175, 4. 8 . 1971 , p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14.
(3) Opinion delivered 8 July 1976 (not yet published in the
    Official Journal).
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                                           ANNEX
            Amounts of the aid granted to hop producers (or the 1975 harvest
                                                        Amount in
                                  Varieties
                                                         u.a/hectare
                 Hallertauer                                 400
                 Northern Brewer                             200
                 Brewers Gold                                200
                 Record                                      600
                 Hersbrucker Spät                            200
                 Hüller Bitterer                             200
                 Spalter                                     300
                Tettnanger                                   300
                 Bramling Cross                              650
                 Progress                                    650
                Target                                       200
                 Keyworth's Midseason                        600
                 Fuggles                                     650
                 Whitbread Golding Variety (WGV)             650
                 Alliance                                    650
                 Tutsham                                     650
                 Saaz                                        650
                 Strisselspalt                               650
                 Tardif de Bourgogne                         650
                 Star                                        650