Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 1696/71 on the common organisation of the market in hops
28. 3. 2000 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 89 E/3 Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 1696/71 on the common organisation of the market in hops (2000/C 89 E/02) COM(1999) 302 final - 1999/0128(CNS) (Submitted by the Commission on 21 June 1999) each year, since Article 18 provides hops the submission of a summary report after the expiry of the five-year period when the Council will have to decide on the amount of aid for the period starting from the 2001 harvest; whereas Article 11 may therefore be deleted, for HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Regulation (EEC) No 1696/71 is amended as follows: Articles 8, 10, 11 and 17(2) are deleted. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. However, Articles 8, 10 and 17(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1696/71 shall remain applicable in Austria until 31 December 1999. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Articles 36 and 37 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament, (1) Whereas the aid scheme for setting up producer groups no longer applies in the Member States producing hops, with the exception of Austria, which is authorised under its scheme until 31 Treaty of Accession to apply this December 1999; whereas, the sake of for therefore, clarity, Article 8 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1696/71 (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1554/97 (2), a should temporary derogation for Austria; deleted, while providing be (2) Whereas the Council fixed a flat-rate aid to producers of EUR 480 epr hectare per annum for a period of five years from the 1996 harvest, up to and including the 2000 harvest; whereas it is therefore no longer necessary for the Commission to submit a report to the Council on the situation regarding the production and marketing of (1) OJ L 175, 4. 8. 1971, p. 1. (2) OJ L 208, 2. 8. 1997, p. 1