14.7.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL191/25
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1646/78
of13July1978
layingdowndetailedrulesonthecheckingofminimummarketingrequire­
mentsforhopsimportedfromthirdcountries
outintheAnnextoRegulation(EEC)No890/78in
accordancewiththemethodsreferredtoinArticle3
(2)and(3)ofthesaidRegulation.
2.MemberStatesshallforwardtotheCommission
thenameandaddressoftheauthoritiesreferredtoin
paragraph 1togetherwiththemodeloftheattestation
andimpressionsoftheofficialstampsand,where
appropriate ,theembossingpressesoftheauthorities
empoweredtoact.THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1696/71of26July1971onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinhops(*),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No1170/77(2),andinparticularArticle5
(3)thereof,
WhereasArticle5(1)thereofprovidesthatthe
productsreferredtoinArticle1thereofmaybe
importedintotheCommunity ,witheffectfrom1
August1978,onlyiftheymeettheminimum
marketingrequirements forlikeproductsharvested
withintheCommunityortheirderivatives;whereas,
underparagraph2ofthesaidArticle,products
importedfromnon-membercountriesaccompanied
byanattestationissuedbytheauthoritiesofthe
countryoforiginandrecognizedasequivalenttothe
certificateareconsideredtomeettherequirements
referredto;
Whereastheminimummarketingrequirements for
hopswereadoptedbyCommissionRegulation (EEC)
No890/78of28April1978layingdowndetailed
rulesforthecertificationofhops(3);
Whereasitisnecessarytolaydowndetailedruleson
thecheckingoftheserequirementsforhopsimported
fromthirdcountrieswithoutanattestationrecognized
asequivalent;
WhereastheManagementCommitteeforHopshas
notdeliveredanopinionwithinthetimelimitsetby
itschairman,Article2
1.Afterthischeck,theauthoritiesreferredtoin
Article1shallissueanattestationinthreecopies,of
whichthefirstcopyshallaccompanytheproduct
whileitisincirculationinitsoriginalstateinthe
Community ,thesecondcopyshallbegiventothe
customsofficeatwhichtheproductentersintofree
circulationandthethirdcopyshallbekeptbythe
competentauthority.
2.Theattestationshallcontain:
(a)oneofthefollowingendorsements :
'Hopsimportedfromthirdcountries,presenting
thecharacteristics setoutintheAnnexto
CommissionRegulation (EEC)No890/78of28
April1978';
Humle,dererindførtfratredjelande,ogsomfrem­
byderdeegenskaber,derernævntibilagettil
Kommissionens forordning (EØF)nr.890/78af
28.april1978';
AusDrittländerneingeführterHopfenmitdenim
AnhangzurVerordnung (EWG)Nr.890/78der
Kommission vom28.April1978aufgeführten
Merkmalen';
Houblonimportedepaystiersetprésentantles
caractéristiques viséesàl'annexedurèglement
(CEE)n0890/78delaCommissiondu28avril
1978';HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.TheentryintofreecirculationintheCommu­
nityofhopconesfallingwithinheadingNoex12.06
oftheCommonCustomsTariff,importedfromthird
countries,withouttheattestationreferredtoinArticle
5(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No1696/71,shallbesubject
toacheckbythecompetentauthoritiesofthe
MemberStates.Thischeckshallrelatetotheobser­
vanceoftheminimummarketingrequirements setLuppoloimportatodapaesiterzichepresentale
caratteristiche previstenell'allegatodelregola­
mento(CEE)n.890/78dellaCommissione del28
aprile1978';
Uitderdelandeningevoerdehopdiede
kenmerkenheeftalsbedoeldindebijlagevan
Verordening (EEG)nr.890/78vandeCommissie
van28april1978',(')OJNoL175,4.8.1971,p.1.
(2)OJNoL137,3.6.1977,p.7.
(3)OJNoL117,29.4.1978,p.43.

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(b)thenumber,typeandidentification marksand
numbersofthepackages;
(c)thegrossweightand/orthenetweight;
(d)thename,address,sealandsignatureoftheissuing
authorityandthedateofissueoftheattestation.Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1August
1978.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,13July1978.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President