Commission Regulation (EEC) No 717/93 of 26 March 1993 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3076/78 on the importation of hops from non-member countries

• Published date: 27 March 1993
• Subject Matter: Hops
• Official Gazette Publication: Official Journal of the European Communities, L 74, 27 March 1993

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Commission Regulation (EEC) No 717/93 of 26 March 1993 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3076/78 on the importation of hops from non-member countries

Official Journal L 074 , 27/03/1993 P. 0045 - 0045

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 717/93 of 26 March 1993 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3076/78 on the importation of hops from non-member countries

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1696/71 of 26 June 1971 on the common organization of the market in hops (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3124/92 (2), and in particular Article 5 (3) thereof,

Whereas, pursuant to Article 1 (2) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3076/78 of 21 December 1978 on the importation of hops from non-member countries (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2940/92 (4), hops imported from non-member countries must be accompanied by an attestation of equivalence; whereas a temporary derogation - in the form of a control attestation - is given to certain countries not listed in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3077/78 of 21 December 1978 on the equivalence with Community certificates of attestations accompanying hops imported from non-member countries (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2238/91 (6); whereas these control attestations provide only very little information as regards the characteristics of the product and no information at all on its origin and year of harvest; whereas, therefore, provision should be made for hops imported with a control attestation and hop products prepared from such hops not to be covered by a certification procedure;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Hops,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The following subparagraph is added to Article 4 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3076/78:

'Hops imported with a control attestation and hop products prepared from hops imported with such an attestation may not be covered by a certification procedure.`

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official...