COMMISSION DECISION of 28  April 1995 approving an amendment to the varietal conversion programme for hops submitted by the  Kingdom of Spain pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2997/87 (Only the Spanish text is  authentic) (95/152/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2997/87 of 22 September 1987 laying down, in respect  of hops, the amount of aid to producers for the 1986 harvest and providing for special measures for  certain regions of production  (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 423/95  (2), and in  particular Article 2 (5) thereof,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3889/87 of 22 December 1987 laying down detailed  rules for the application of the special measures for certain regions of hops production  (3), as  last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 718/93  (4), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 2997/87, on 9 December 1988 the Kingdom  of Spain forwarded to the Commission a varietal conversion programme for hops; whereas the  programme as amended on 3 July 1989 was approved by Commission Decision 89/479/EEC  (5);
Whereas on 18 December 1991 the Kingdom of Spain forwarded further amendments to that programme to  the Commission;
Whereas conversion to specific clones of the variety H 3 may be treated as varietal conversion  within the meaning of Regulation (EEC) No 2997/87 on condition that the strain obtained by clonal  selection gives rise to production of hops of the super-alpha type, as defined in Article 1 (3) of  Regulation (EEC) No 3889/87, which may be used in brewing owing to the confirmed stability and  homogeneity characteristics;
Whereas on 23 February 1995 the Kingdom of Spain forwarded to the Commission new amendments to the  programme;
Whereas the proposed amendments involve the inclusion of additional super-alpha varieties in the  list of varieties to be planted in line with new market requirements;
Whereas the programme as amended satisfies the objectives of the Regulation in question and  contains the information required pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 3889/87;
Whereas the financial contribution from the national budget foreseen in the programme complies with  the ceiling in Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2997/87; whereas the actual costs referred to  in that Article may include factors for assessing the net loss of income following the  implementation of the conversion plan; whereas, however, only factors relating to the net loss of  income suffered from the date of adoption of Regulation (EEC) No 2997/87 may be included in the  calculation of the actual costs; whereas the financial contribution from the Member State to the  varietal conversion programme must be determined accordingly;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the  Management Committee for Hops,
The amendment to the varietal conversion programme for hops,  submitted pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 2997/87 by the Kingdom of Spain on 23 February 1995, is  hereby approved. The main aspects of the programme as amended are given in the Annex hereto.
The Kingdom of Spain shall inform the Commission every six months of progress in the  programme.
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Spain.