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( 1 ) OJ NO L 175 , 4 . 8 . 1971 , P . 1 .

( 2 ) OPINION DELIVERED ON 10 JULY 1981 ( NOT YET PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL ).

( 3 ) OPINION DELIVERED ON 1 JULY 1981 ( NOT YET PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL ).

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2068/81

OF 20 JULY 1981

LAYING DOWN , IN RESPECT OF HOPS , THE AMOUNT OF AID TO PRODUCERS FOR THE 1980 HARVEST

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 43 THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULAION ( EEC ) NO 1696/71 OF 26 JULY 1971 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN HOPS ( 1 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY THE 1979 ACT OF ACCESSION , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 12 ( 7 ) THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE OPINION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ( 2 ),

HAVING REGARD TO THE OPINION OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE ( 3 ),

WHEREAS ARTICLE 12 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1696/71 PROVIDES THAT AID MAY BE GRANTED TO HOP PRODUCERS TO ENABLE THEM TO ACHIEVE A FAIR INCOME ; WHEREAS THE AMOUNT OF THIS AID IS FIXED PER HECTARE AND DIFFERS ACCORDING TO GROUPS OF VARIETIES , TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE AVERAGE RETURN ON THE AREAS IN FULL PRODUCTION IN COMPARISON WITH THE AVERAGE RETURNS FOR PREVIOUS HARVESTS , THE CURRENT POSITION OF THE MARKET AND PRICE TRENDS ;

WHEREAS HOPS CULTIVATED IN GREECE WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR COMMUNITY AID ONLY AS FROM THE 1981 HARVEST ;

WHEREAS AN EXAMINATION OF THE RESULTS OF THE 1980 HARVEST SHOWS THE NEED TO FIX AID FOR CERTAIN GROUPS OF VARIETIES OF HOPS CULTIVATED IN THE COMMUNITY OF NINE ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

1 . FOR THE 1980 HARVEST , AID SHALL BE GRANTED TO THE PRODUCERS OF HOPS CULTIVATED IN THE COMMUNITY OF NINE FOR THE GROUPS OF VARIETIES SET OUT IN THE ANNEX .

2 . THE AMOUNT OF THE AID SHALL BE AS SET OUT IN THE ANNEX .

ARTICLE 2

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 BRUSSELS , 20 JULY 1981 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

P . WALKER

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ANNEX

AID GRANTED FOR THE 1980 HARVEST TO HOPS PRODUCERS IN THE COMMUNITY OF NINE

// // // GROUP OF VARIETIES // AID ( ECU/HA ) //

AROMATIC // 250 //

BITTER // 200 //

OTHERS // 250 //