31978R0853

28 . 4. 78 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 116/7

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 853/ 78 of 24 April 1978 laying down , in respect of hops, the amount of the aid to producers for the 1977 harvest

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas the market situation is still characterized by COMMUNITIES, poor price levels due to the persistence of structural surpluses ; whereas this situation must therefore be Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European remedied by applying Article 12 (6) (b) of Regulation Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 (EEC) No 1 696/7 1 which allows the areas under hops thereof, which are in their first year of production to be Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No declared ineligible for aid, 1696/71 of 26 July 1971 on the common organization of the market in hops ('), as last amended by Regula­ HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : tion (EEC) No 1 170/77 (2), and in particular Article 12 (6) and (7) thereof, Article 1 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission , 1 . For the 1977 harvest, aid shall be granted to the Having regard to the opinion of the European Parlia­ producers of hops cultivated in the Community for ment (3), the groups of varieties set out in the Annex. Whereas Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 1696/71 2 . The amount of the aid shall be that set out in provides for the possibility of granting aid to hop the Annex . producers to enable them to achieve a fair income ; 3 . The aid granted for each group of varieties shall whereas the amount of this aid is fixed per hectare be limited to areas registered in 1977 and upon which and differs according to groups of varieties, taking into one or several varieties of one of the groups in ques­ account the average return on the areas in full produc­ tion was cultivated in 1976 . tion in comparison with the average returns for pre­ vious harvests, the current position of the market and Article 2 price trends ; Whereas the study of the results of the 1977 harvest This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day gives rise to the fixing of aid for certain groups of following its publication in the Official Journal of varieties of hops cultivated in the Community ; the European Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Luxembourg, 24 April 1978 .

For the Council

The President

P. DALSAGER

(') OJ No L 175, 4. 8 . 1971 , p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 137, 3 . 6. 1977, p. 7. (3) Opinion delivered on 14. 4. 1978 (not yet published in the Official Journal).

No L 116/8 28 . 4 . 78 Official Journal of the European Communities

ANNEX

Amounts of the aid granted to hop producers for the 1977 harvest

Aid u.a. / hectare Groups of varieties Aromatic 375 Bitter 285 Others 500