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Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) 
amending Regulation (EEC) No 1784/77 
concerning the certification of hops 
(presented by the Commission) 
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 
It is proposed that the Council adopt this draft Regulation amending Regulation 
(EEC) No 1784/77 concerning the certification of hops. 
Given that isomerized hop powders and a whole range of new isomerized products 
have lost, as in the case of isomerized hop extracts, most of the inherit 
characteristics of the varieties from which they are produced, making 
identification of their origin impossible, even using very sophisticated 
laboratory equipment, it is proposed that those products be included in the list 
of exceptions set out in Regulation (EEC) No 1784/77. 
Given that in the former German Democratic Republic, for technical reasons, 
certification of hops has traditionally taken place after processing into 
granules, which is not in accordance with Community legislation, and that a 
longer period of time is required for new investments than originally allowed 
for, it is proposed that the date of application of the transitional measures in 
the hops sector following the unification of Germany be postponed until 
31 December 1995. 
This draft Regulation involves no direct expenditure from the Community budget. 
This draft Regulation has no impact on SMEs. 
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COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No ..../.. 
Of 
amending Regulation (EEC) No 1784/77 
concerning the certification of hops 
THE COUNCIL 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 July 1971 on the 
common organization of the market in hops(l), as last amended by Regulation 
(EEC) No 3124/92<2), and in particular Article 2(4) thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission^) f 
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1784/77(4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) 
No 1605/91(5), specifies the stage at which certification must be carried out 
and lays down the circumstances under which hop products may undergo further 
processing; 
Whereas isomerized hop powders and a whole range of new isomerized products, used 
just before or just after the fermentation stage and which, from the point of 
view of their chemical composition, fall in between isomerized hop powders and 
isomerized hop extracts, have gained à certain importance on the market; whereas 
their position with regard to certification is unclear, making their marketing 
difficult; whereas these products, as in the case of isomerized hop extracts, 
have lost most of the inherent characteristics of the varieties from which they 
are produced, making identification of their origin impossible, even using very 
sophisticated laboratory equipment; whereas those products should be included in 
the list of exceptions set out in Regulation (EEC) No 1784/77; 
(1) OJ No L 175, 4.8.1971, p. 1. 
(2) OJ No L 313, 30.10.1992, p. 1. 
( 3 ) O J No L . . . , , p. 
(4) OJ NO L 200, 8.8.1977, p. 1. 
(5) OJ No L 149, 14.6.1991, p. 14. 
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Whereas, in the former German Democratic Republic, the treatment of hops after 
harvest is traditionally different from in the other Member States in the sense 
that, on numerous farms producing hops, cleaning and initial drying of cones is 
carried out at the same time as milling and pressing into granules, existing 
equipment not permitting separation of the two stages; whereas this procedure 
does not conform with Community legislation which lays down that certification 
must take place before any processing; whereas to enable producers to spread 
their new investment over a suitable period, a transitional period longer than 
that provided for by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2239/91 on transitional 
measures applicable in the hop sector after the unification of Germany(6), which 
expired on 31 December 1992, should be laid down, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
Regulation (EEC) No 1784/77 is hereby amended as follows: 
1. In Article 1: 
a) Article 1(1)is replaced by the following: 
"This Regulation shall apply to products referred to in Article 1 of 
Regulation (EEC) No 1696/71 when harvested in the Community or when 
prepared from such products which have either been harvested in the 
Community or imported from third countries in accordance with Article 5 
of the said Regulation, with the exception of: 
(a) hops harvested on land owned by a brewery and used by that brewery 
in the natural or processed state; 
(b) isomerized hop extract; 
(c) isomerized hop powder; 
(d) a list of isomerized products to be drawn up in accordance with the 
procedure referred to in Article 19 of Regulation (EEC) No 1696/71; 
(e) products derived from hops and processed under contract on behalf of 
a brewery provided that those products are used by the brewery 
itself; 
(f) hops and products derived from hops put in small packets for sale to 
private individuals for their own use. 
(6) OJ No L 204, 27.7.1991, p. 14 
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The«products referred to* in subparagraphs (a) to (f) shall be subject to 
a control procedure to be determined." 
(b) The following is added to paragraph 3: 
"Without prejudice to the time limits set out above, for hops grown in 
the territory of the former German Democratic Republic, prepared and 
processed on the farms producing hops referred to in the Annex hereto and 
until 31 December 1995, certification may be carried out after processing 
of the hops into granules but before any other processing, provided that 
compliance with the minimum marketing requirements referred to in the 
Annex to commission Regulation (EEC) No 890/78 can be guaranteed. 
Certification of hop granules processed on the abovementioned farms shall 
be carried out in the certification centres in the territory of the 
former German Democratic Republic." 
2. The Annex to this Regulation is added as an annex to Council Regulation (EEC) 
No 1784/77. 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its 
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. However, 
Article 1(1)(b) shall apply from 1 January 1993. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all 
Member States. 
Done at Luxembourg, For the council 
The President 
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ANNEX 
Farms on which certification may be carried out after processing into granules 
LAND OF SAXONY Borthen 
Stockhausen 
Kohren-Sablis 
LAND OF SAXONY-ANHALT Rottmersleben 
Irrleben 
Osterweddingen 
Langenweddingen 
oschersleben 
Harsleben 
LAND OF THURINGIA Groflfahner 
Bad Tennstedt 
Grëfentonna 
Heringen 
Nordshausen 
Stauflfurt 
Kindelbrlick 
GroBbrembach 
Westerengel 
Grofienehrich 
Hohenebra 
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