No L 234/50 Official journal of the European Communities 11. 8. 89 COMMISSION DECISION of 24 July 1989 - approving the varietal conversion programme for hops submitted by the Kingdom of Spain pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2997/97 (Only the Spanish text is authentic) (89/479/EEC) - THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic -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 ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1809/89 (3, and in particular Article 2 (5) thereof, Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 (5) of the abovementioned Regulation, on 9 December 1988 the Kingdom of Spain forwarded to the Commission a varietal conversion programme for hops; whereas amendments to that programme were forwarded by the Kingdom of Spain on 31 March 1989 ; whereas further amendments to that programme were .decided on 3 July 1989 ; Whereas the programme as amended satisfies the objectives of the Regulation in question and contains the information required under Article 2 of 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 (%), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2174/89 (%; _ Whereas conversion to specific of the variety H3-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 chatacteristics ; : 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; () OJ No L 284, 7. 10. 1987, p. 19. () OJ No L 177, 24. 6. 1989, p. 6. () OJ No L 365, 24. 12. 1987, p. 41. () OJ No L 208, 20. 7. 1989, p. 16. 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; HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION : Article 1. The varietal conversion programme. for -hops pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 2997/87 by the Kingdom of Spain and 9 December 1988, as last amended on 3. July 1989, is hereby approved. . The main aspects of that programme are given in the Annex hereto. Article 2 The Kingdom of Spain shall inform the Commission every six months of progress in the programme. Article 3 This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Spain. Done at Brussels, 24 July 1989, For the Commission Ray MAC SHARRY Member _of the- Commission