PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1784/77 CONCERNING THE CERTIFICATION OF HOPS
Date: 1991-04-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: certificate of origin, food processing, hops

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 

COM(91) 122 final 

Brussels,17  Apr iI 1991 

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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It  is  p r o p o s ed  that  the  C o u n c il  a d o pt  a  R e g u l a t i on  a m e n d i ng 
C o u n c il  R e g u l a t i on  ( E E C)  No  1 7 8 4 / 77  c o n c e r n i ng  the  c e r t i f i c a t i on 
of  h o p s. 

D ue  to  t e c h n i c al  d e v e l o p m e nt  in  the  hop  p r o c e s s i ng  i n d u s t ry  not 
o n ly  p r o c e s s i ng  of  h o ps  but  a l so  of  hop  p r o d u c ts  h as  b e c o me 
i m p o r t a n t.  T he  c u r r e nt  p r o v i s i o ns  of  R e g u l a t i on  ( E E C)  No  1 7 8 4 / 77 
do  not  a l l ow  e x p l i c i t ly  for  the  f u r t h er  p r o c e s s i ng  of  hop 
p r o d u c t s.  In  o r d er  to  t a ke  a c c o u nt  of  the  n e e ds  of  p r a c t i ce  and 
to  p r o v i de  c l e ar  l e g i s l a t i on  the  a b o ve  m e n t i o n ed  R e g u l a t i on 
s h o u ld  be  a m e n d e n d. 

T he  p r o p o s al  h as  no  f i n a n c i al  impact  to  the  E A G G F. 

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Proposal  for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION  (EEC) 

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*1),  as  last  amended  by 

Regulation  (EEC)  No  3577/90<2>,  and  in  particular  Article  2(4) 

thereof, 

Having  regard  to the proposal  from the Commission, 

Whereas  Council  Regulation  (EEC)  No  1784/77(3),  as  last  amended  by 

Regulation  (EEC)  No  2039/85*4),  provides  under  which  circumstances 

hops may be processed  into hop products; 

Whereas,  in practice, owing  to technical  development  not only  cone hops 

are  used  for  the  manufacturing  of  products  prepared  from  hops,  but 

also  hop  products;  whereas,  in  order  to  take  account  of  technical 

development  and  management  practice,  the  references  made  to  the 

processing  of  hops  in Regulation  (EEC) No  1784/77 should  be  amended  so 

that  hop products may be used  for  further  processing, 

(1) OJ No L 175, 4.8.1971, p. 1. 

(2) OJ No L 353, 17.12.1990, p. 23. 

(3) OJ  No L 200, 8.8.1971, p. 1. 

(4) OJ  No L 193, 25.7.1985, p. 1. 

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 

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Article 1 

Regulation  (EEC) No 1784/77  is hereby  amended  as follows: 

1.  In Article  7,  the expression  "hops  certified  in  the  Community"  is 

replaced  by  the  term  "hops  certified  in  the  Community,  certified 

hop products prepared  therefrom". 

2.  Article 8(3)  is replaced by the following: 

"3. However,  certified  hops  of  Community  origin  and  certified  hop 

products prepared  therefrom which are from  the same harvest  but 

of  different  varieties  and  from  different  production  areas may 

be  blended  in  the manufacture  of  powder  and  extracts  provided 

that  the certificate accompanying  the product  states: 

(a) the  varieties  used,  the  production  areas  and  the  year  of 

harvest ing; 

(b) the percentage weight  of each variety used  in the blend; if 

hop  products  have  been  used  in combination  with  cone  hops 

for  the manufacturing of  hop  products, or  if different  hop 

products  have  been  used,  the  percentage  weight  of  each 

variety  based  on  the  quantity  of  cone  hops  which  was  used 

for  the preparation of  the  input products; 

(c) the  reference  numbers  of  the  certificates  issued  for  the 

hops and  the hop products used." 

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Art icie 2 

This  Regulation  shall  enter  into  force  on  the  seventh  day  following 

that  of  its  publication  in  the  Official  Journal  of  the  European 

Commun i t i es. 

This  Regulation  shall  be  binding  in  its  entirety  and  directly 

applicable  in all Member  States. 

Done at Brussels, 

For  the Council, 

The President 

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