CELEX: 51979PC0716
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Date: 1979-12-03
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) amending Regulations (EEC) Nos 1696/71 and 2253/77 as regards the prohibition on the increase in areas planted with hops (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                              Proposal for a
                      COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
          amending Regulations ( EEC ) Nos 1696 / 71 and 2253 / 77
          as regards the prohibition on the increase in areas
                         planted with hops
             ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
 C0M(79 ) 716 final
 ---pagebreak---                     '         EXPLMATOHY MEMORANDUM
The object of this proposal for a Regulation is :                    .
- to propose for a period of nine month ( until . 30 September 1980 ) a prohi­
    bition on any increase in Community areas planted with hops as laid down
    in Article 9 OF Regulation ( EEC ) NO 1696/71 (basic Regulation);
- the lifting, at the end of this period , of the prohibition on an increase
    in areas imposed for a period of three years on producer groups who have
    implemented the structural measures provided for by Regulation (EEC )
    Jïo 2253/77 .                                                      '  -   •
The justification for these measures is as follows :
a) following the 1979 crop, which was bigger than expected, the market
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      situation is still somewhat unbalanced , especially in the case of the
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     bitter varieties , and there is still a surplus of stocks ( about 10 %).
      Prolonging the prohibition for the 1980 crop would, give a better ,
     guarantee that stocks will be absorbed and, hence , improved balance on
      the market .
b) The need to avoid discrimination between planters whose groups have          .
      carried out the structural measures in order to rationalize the market
      and who cannot therefore increase their areas for three years and indi­
     vidual planters or producer groups who have nf t carried out these
   ' operations and who could replant hops before them. " ~ '
c ) Forecasts for the international market suggest a regular increase in
     beer production and in demand for hops. If market conditions improve
      after the 1980 crop , all Community producers should be given an equal
      chance to respond to the market trend. For this reason, the chosen date
     of 30 September 198O could enable planters to carry out this measure ~
     for the 1981 crop.                                   - -    > '
 ---pagebreak---                                  Proposal for a
                            COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
               amending Regulation ( EEC ) Nos 1696/ 71 and 2253 / 77
               as regards the prohibition on the increase in areas
              planted with hops                                *
THE COUNCIL OP THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .
                                            •                         #
Having regard -to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC ) No 1696/71 of 26 July 1971 on the
common organization of the market in hops ( 1 ) , as last amended by Regular
t ion ( EEC ) No 235/79 ( 2 ), and in particular Articles 9(4 ) and 10(1 )
thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Article 9 of Regulation (EEC ) No 1696 /71 prohibits any increase in
the areas planted with hops during the period 1 July 1977 "to 31 December
1979 ;     .
Whereas the results of the 1979 crop and the present level of stocks rule
out any return to a balanced market by 31 December 1979 ? whereas it there­
fore appears advisable to postpone for one crop the prohibition on any
increase in areas planted with hops in order to enable this measure to
achieve its objeotive of rationalizing the market :
                                                                 ./•
  1 ) OJ No L 175 . 4.8.1971 , p. 1
( 2 ) OJ No L 34 , 9.2.1979 , P. 4
 ---pagebreak--- Whereas Council Regulation ( EEC ), No 2253/77 of 11 October 1977 on struc­
tural measures in the hops sector ( l ) prohibits producer groups from plan­
ting hops for the three years following implementation of their operations
for conversion to other varieties and for reorganizing hop gardens on areas
greater than those resulting from these operations ;
Whereas , all producer groups , whether or not they have carried out the
aforesaid structural operations , should be enabled on the same date to
respond to market requirements and to increase their areas ; whereas it
is necessary therefore to substitute for the three-year period of prohi­
bition on increasing areas following the implementation of these operations
the same final date for all groups ; whereas it appears appropriate to use
the date fixed for the end of the general prohibition on increasing areas
planted wiihhops ;                            '
                                                             ./•
( 1 ) OJ No L. 261 , 14.10.1977 , p. 1
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                   Article 1
In Article 9(1 ) of Regulation 1696 / 71 the expression   31 December 1979 "
is replaced by " 30 September 1980 ".
                                   Article 2
Regulation ( EEC ) No 2253 / 77 is amended as follows :
1   In the first paragraph of Article 1 the date " 31 December 1979 " is
    replaced by " 30 September 1980".                        .
2 . Article 4 is amended to read as follows :
                                   Article 4
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    Until 30 September 1980 a recognized producer group may not plant
    hops   on an area greater than that resulting from the carrying out
    of its plant for conversion to other varieties and for the reorgani­
    zation of hop gardens ."
                                   Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities . .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable
in all Member States .
Done at                                        For the Council