Commission Regulation (EC) No 1557/2006 of 18 October 2006 laying down detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1952/2005 as regards registration of contracts and the communicaiton of data concerning hops

19.10.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 288/18
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1557/2006
of 18 October 2006
laying down detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1952/2005 as regards registration of contracts and the communicaiton of data concerning hops
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1952/2005 of 23 November 2005 concerning the common organisation of the market in hops and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 1696/71, (EEC) No 1037/72, (EEC) No 879/73 and (EEC) No 1981/82 (1), and in particular the fourth and fifth indents of Article 17 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Following the adoption of Regulation (EC) No 1952/2005, in the interests of clarity and logic, Commission Regulation (EEC) No 776/73 of 20 March 1973 on registration of contracts and communication of data with respect to hops (2) should be repealed and replaced by a new Regulation.
(2) Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 1952/2005 requires any contract to supply hops produced within the Community concluded between a producer or an association of producers and a buyer to be registered. The rules for such registration should consequently be laid down.
(3) Deliveries made under contracts concluded in advance, referred to in Article 14(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1952/2005, might not comply with the agreed terms, particularly as regards quantities. Deliveries under those contracts must therefore also be registered so as to have accurate information on the disposal of hops.
(4) In order to facilitate the registration of contracts concluded in advance, it should be laid down that they must be concluded in writing and notified to the bodies designated by each Member State.
(5) In the absence of other supporting documents, contracts other than those concluded in advance should be registered on the basis of duplicates of the receipted invoices for the deliveries made.
(6) Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1952/2005 lays down that the Member States and the Commission must send each other such information as is necessary for the implementation of that Regulation. Rules should be laid down for sending that information.
(7) Hops are no longer grown in Ireland and therefore, in the interests of clarity and logic, Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1375/75 of 29 May 1975 on the provisions of recognition of producer groups for hops in Ireland (3) should be repealed.
(8) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Hops,