Regulation (EEC) No 879/73 of the Council of 26 March 1973 on the granting and reimbursement of aid accorded by the Member States to recognized producer groups in the hop sector
Modified by
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2254/77 of 11 October 1977, 31977R2254, October 14, 1977
Council Regulation (EC) No 1952/2005of 23 November 2005concerning 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, 32005R1952, November 30, 2005
Regulation (EEC) No 879/73 of the Councilof 26 March 1973on the granting and reimbursement of aid accorded by the Member States to recognized producer groups in the hop sectorTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community;Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1696/71OJ No L 175, 4. 8. 1971, p. 1. of 26 July 1971 on the common organization of the market in hops, and in particular Article 10 (1) thereof;Having regard to the proposal from the Commission;Whereas provision should be made to adopt conditions and general rules to implement the granting of aid given by the Member States to producer groups, and also the procedure for the reimbursement of this aid by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, guidance section;Whereas in order to ensure identical conditions for the granting and reimbursement of aid for the creation and operation of producer groups, the procedure for calculating the value of the marketed output covered by the activities of producer groups, and the management costs of such groups, should be specified; whereas this calculation must be made on the basis of authentic accounting data; whereas, however, in view of the difficulty of obtaining such data in certain cases, an alternative fixed-rate method should be adopted; whereas "year for which aid is requested" means a period of twelve months; whereas, this period, in the case of the first year, should run from the date of recognition;Whereas it is necessary to specify the conditions for granting aid for changing to different varieties and for the reorganization of plantations, and in particular to define these operations; whereas to ensure structural effect provision must be made for these operations to be included in the framework of the common rules for production and to cover a minimum area; whereas it is fair that the amount of aid should be limited to the level of the actual costs entailed by the various operations;HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: