Brussels, 26/08/2005 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday, the European Commission adopted a proposal updating and replacing rules on the common organisation of the market for hops dating back to 1971. The Commission proposes that the new regulation would come into force on 1 January 2006.
The aim scheme for hops farming was changed in 2003 and 2004, and these changes are taken into account in the proposal. From 2005 on, the new scheme will involve a single decoupled payment, but in order to take...