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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(78)654final.
Brussels,28November1978
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
amendingRegulation (EEC)No1696/71onthecommon
organization ofthemarketinhops
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )/
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EXPLANATORY MEMORA.T©UM
CouncilRegulation(EEC)n®I696/7Iof26July1971onthscommonorganization
ofthemarketinhopslaysdowninArticle5thattheCommission mustrecognize
theequivalenceofattestations accompanying hopsandhopproductsfromnon-
membercountriesissued "bytheauthoritiesofthecountryoriginbefore31
December1978,inaccordancewiththeManagementCommitteeprocedure®
Theexperiencegainedwiththeprocedureforrecognizingattestations issued
bytheauthoritiesofthefirstcountriestohaverequestedthisrecognitionof
equivalence shows,however,thatforsomecountriestheestablishment ofthe
administrative systemsandcontrolsnecessarytoensurethattherequiredsaarw
ketingstandardsaremetcantakequitealongtime*
Ontheotherhand,thedevelopmentintheworldmarketforhopsshowsthat,in
themoreorlesslong-term,newproducerandexportercountriesarelikelyto
appear.ItisprobablynotintheCommunity'sinteresttobeunabletore­
cognizetheequivalenceofattestations fromthesenewcountries,asnecessary,
after31December1978*
Thisiswhy isproposingthattheCouncilremovethedatelimit
-_^^^>>^j^"3?ecognition(31December,1978)therebykeepingopenthepossibi­
lityofimportinghopsfromnon-membercountrieswhichinthefutureundertake
torespeottherequiredmarketingstandards*

PROPOSAL FOR
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
amendingRegulation (EEC)No1696/71onthecommon
organization ofthemarketinhops
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,and
inparticularArticles43,and235thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropeanParliament,
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WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No1696/71,aslastamendedbyRegulation
2(EEC)No1170/77,providesthattheequivalence toCommunitycertificates of
attestations .accompanying hopsimportedfromnon-member countriesissuedby
theauthorities ofthecountryoforiginmustberecognized before31December1978
Whereasatpresentonlyalimitednumberofnon-member countrieshaveundertaken
toensurethatthehopstheyexporttotheCommunityareoftherequiredquality
standards andhaveappointedbodiestoissueattestations ;whereastheequiv­
alenceofsuchattestations toCommunitycertificates hasbeenrecognized;
Whereassomenon-member countriesapparently require.moretimetosetupthe
administrative procedures andchecksnecessarytoensurethattherequired
standardsaremet;
Whereas,moreover,thetrendontheworldmarketforhopssuggeststhatnew
producercountrieswillenterthemarket1ntherelatively nearfuture;
./.
NoL175,4.8.1971,p.1 : •
NoL137,3.6.1977,p.7v

whereas itaccordingly seems advisable fortheCommunity tokeep openthepos­
sibility ofrecognizing theequivalence ofanyattestations accompanying
products exported bysuchcountries totheCommunity ;whereas afinal date
forrecognition oftheequivalence ofattestations should therefore nolonger
beset,
HASADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
Thelast sentence ofArticle 5(2)ofRegulation (EEC)FoI696/7Iishereby amended
toread asfollows :
"Theequivalence ofsuch attestations shall berecognized inaccordance with the
procedure provided forinArticle 20."
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force onthethird dayfollowing itspublication
intheOfficial Journal oftheEuropean Communities .
-ThiB Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly applicable inall
Member States .
Bone at For the Council