Commission Regulation (EC) No 1295/2008 of 18 December 2008 on the importation of hops from third countries (Codified version)
Date: 2008-12-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: codification of EU law, free circulation, hops, import (EU), import licence, labelling

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1295/2008

of 18 December 2008

on the importation of hops from third countries

(Codified version)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of
22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agri­
cultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agri­
cultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1), and in particular
Article 192(2) and Article 195(2), in conjunction with Article 4,
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

3076/78

Regulation

(EEC) No

Commission
of
21 December 1978 on the importation of hops from
non-Member countries (2) and Commission Regulation
(EEC) No 3077/78 of 21 December 1978 on the
equivalence with Community certificates of attestations
accompanying
from non-Member
imported
countries (3) has been substantially amended several
times (4). In the interests of clarity and rationality the
said Regulations should be codified.

hops

if

and hop products
imported only

Article 158(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007
from third
provides
that hops
countries may be
their quality
standards are at least equivalent to those adopted for
like products harvested within the Community or their
derivatives. Article 158(2) provides, however, that these
products
those
considered as being of
standards if
they are accompanied by an attestation
issued by the authorities of the country of origin and
recognised as equivalent to the certificate required for
the marketing
of
Community origin.

should be

products

hops

hop

and

of

(EC) No

1850/2006

Commission Regulation
of
14 December 2006 laying down detailed rules for the
certification of hops and hop products (5) lays down very
strict marketing requirements for hop products, and
the moment no
mixtures in particular. There is at
effective method of checking at
these
requirements are met. The only possible substitute for
such a check is an undertaking on the part of
the
exporting countries to comply with the Community's

frontiers that

requirements

marketing
is
for
therefore necessary to require that such products be
accompanied
in
Article 158(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007.

these products.

attestation

specified

by

an

as

It

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

In order to ensure that Community rules on the certifi­
cation of hops are respected, Member States should carry
out checks to verify whether imported hops conform to
the minimum marketing requirements laid down by
Regulation (EC) No 1850/2006.

Certain third countries have undertaken to comply with
the requirements prescribed for the marketing of hops
and hop products and have authorised certain agencies to
attestations
issue
should
to
Community certificates and the products covered by
them admitted to free circulation.

equivalence. These
recognised

attestations of
be
therefore

equivalent

as

It is the responsibility of the organisations concerned in
those third countries to keep up to date the information
contained in Annex I and to maintain close cooperation
with the Commission by communicating to it the infor­
mation concerned.

In order to facilitate control by the competent authorities
of the Member States, it is essential to prescribe the form
and, where necessary, the content of the attestation and
the rules for its utilisation.

In order to take account of trade practices, the competent
authorities must be empowered,
is
resold or split up, to have prepared under their super­
vision an extract from the attestation in respect of each
new consignment resulting from the splitting up.

if a consignment

By analogy with the Community's certification system,
certain products should be exempt by virtue of their
utilisation from the presentation of
the attestations
provided for in this Regulation.

(1) OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 367, 28.12.1978, p. 17.
(3) OJ L 367, 28.12.1978, p. 28.
(4) See Annex V.
(5) OJ L 355, 15.12.2006, p. 72.

(10)

laid down in this Regulation are in
The measures
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural
Markets,

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

from third countries

Entry into free circulation in the Community of

the
1.
products
(f) of
Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 shall be conditional
upon proof being furnished that the requirements specified in
Article 158(1) of that Regulation have been met.

referred to in point

2.
The proof referred to in Article 1(1) of this Regulation
shall be furnished by production of the attestation provided for
in Article 158(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007, hereinafter
referred to as an ‘attestation of equivalence’.

Article 2

‘consignment’ means a
For the purposes of this Regulation,
quantity of a product having the same characteristics and sent
by the same consignor at the same time to the same consignee.

Article 3

Attestations accompanying hops and hop products imported
from third countries issued by an agency authorised by the
third country of origin and appearing in Annex I shall be
recognised as attestations of equivalence.

Annex I shall be revised on the basis of information commu­
nicated by the third countries concerned.

Article 4

(d) the marks and numbers indicated in section 9 of the attes­

tation of equivalence or the extract.

The particulars provided for in paragraph 1 shall appear in
2.
legible, indelible characters of uniform size on the outside of the
package.

Article 6

its

before

1. Where,
a
entry
consignment covered by an attestation of equivalence is split
up and redispatched an attestation extract shall be drawn up in
respect of each new consignment resulting from such splitting.

circulation,

into

free

The attestation shall be replaced by the necessary number of
attestation extracts.

Each extract shall be drawn up by the party concerned in one
original and two copies on a form corresponding to the model
given in Annex III and in accordance with the rules set out in
Annex IV.

2.
The customs authorities shall endorse accordingly the
original and the two copies of the attestation of equivalence,
and shall countersign the original and the two copies of each
extract.

The attestation of equivalence shall be made out for each
1.
consignment and shall consist of an original and two copies to
be drawn up on a form corresponding to the model set out in
Annex II and in accordance with the rules set out in Annex IV.

They shall retain the original of the attestation of equivalence,
send the two copies to the competent authority as referred to in
Article 21 of Regulation (EC) No 1850/2006 and return the
original and the two copies of each extract
to the person
concerned.

An attestation of equivalence shall be valid only if it is
the agencies

2.
duly completed and authenticated by one of
referred to in Annex I.

3.
A duly authenticated attestation of equivalence is one
which shows the place and date of issue and which has been
signed and bears the stamp of the issuing agency.

Article 5

1.
Each unit of packaging covered by an attestation of
equivalence shall bear the following particulars in one of the
official languages of the Community:

(a)

the description of the product;

(b) the variety or varieties;

(c)

the country of origin;

Article 7

On completion of customs formalities required for release for
free circulation in the Community of the product to which the
attestation of equivalence or the extract relates, the original and
the two copies shall be submitted to the customs authorities
who shall countersign them, retaining the original. One copy
shall be forwarded by the customs authorities to the competent
authority, as referred to in Article 21 of Regulation (EC) No
1850/2006, of the Member State where the product enters into
free circulation. The second copy shall be returned to the
importer, who must keep it for at least three years.

Article 8

If the consignment is resold or split up after it has been released
for free circulation, the product must be accompanied by an
invoice or other commercial document drawn up by the
vendor, giving the reference number of
the attestation of
equivalence or of the extract, together with the name of the
authority which issued them.

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The following information from the attestation of equivalence
or, as the case may be, the extract shall also be included on the
invoice or commercial document:

If a Member State discovers that the characteristics of a
4.
product do not conform to the details listed on the attestation
of equivalence accompanying the product it shall notify the
Commission thereof.

(a)

for hop cones:

(i) the description of the product;

(ii) the gross weight;

(iii) the place of production;

(iv) the year of harvest;

(v) the variety;

(vi) the country of origin;

(vii) the markings and identification numbers given in

Section 9 of the attestation;

(b) for products manufactured from hops,

in addition to the
the place and date of

particulars listed under point
processing.

(a):

Article 9

1.
The Member States shall regularly carry out checks on a
random basis to verify whether hops which are imported
pursuant
to Article 158 of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007
comply with the minimum marketing requirements set out in
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1850/2006.

2.
The Member States shall report to the Commission, every
year by 30 June, the frequency, type and result of the checks
which were carried out over the year preceding that date. The
checks
the number of hop
least 5 % of
consignments expected to be imported from a third country
into the Member State in question during the year.

shall cover at

If the competent authorities of the Member States find
3.
that
satisfy the minimum
the samples examined do not
marketing requirements referred to in paragraph 1, the corre­
sponding
in the
consignments may not be marketed
Community.

In accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 195(2)
of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007, a decision may be taken to
withdraw the
attestation of
equivalence for such products from the list in Annex I.

agency having

issued

the

Article 10

By way of derogation from this Regulation, neither
the
production of the attestation referred to in Article 1(2) nor
compliance with the provisions of Article 5 shall be required
for the release for free circulation of the following hops and
hop products where the weight per individual package does not
exceed 1 kg in the case of hop cones and hop powder and 300
g in the case of hop extracts:

(a) small packages for sale to private individuals for their own

use;

(b) for scientific and technical experiments;

(c)

for fairs covered by the special customs arrangements for
fairs.

The description, weight and final utilisation of the product must
appear on the packaging.

Article 11

Regulations (EEC) No 3076/78 and (EEC) No 3077/78 are
repealed.

References to the repealed Regulations shall be construed as
references to this Regulation and shall be read in accordance
with the correlation table in Annex VI.

Article 12

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following
the European
that of
Union.

its publication in the Official

Journal of

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 18 December 2008

For the Commission
The President

José Manuel BARROSO

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ANNEX II

ATTESTATION OF EQUIVALENCE

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ANNEX III

EXTRACT OF ATTESTATION

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ANNEX IV

RULES GOVERNING THE FORMS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLES 4 AND 6

I.

PAPER

The paper to be used is a white paper weighing at least 40 g/m2.

II. SIZE

The size is: 210 × 297 mm.

III. LANGUAGES

A. The attestation of equivalence must be printed in one of the official languages of the Community; it can also be

printed in the official language or one of the official languages of the issuing country.

B. The extract of the attestation of equivalence must be printed in one of the official languages of the Community

designated by the competent authorities of the issuing Member State

IV. COMPLETION OF THE FORMS

A. The forms shall be completed by typewriter or by hand; in the latter case, they shall be completed legibly in ink

and in printed characters.

B. Each form is individualised by a number given by the issuing authority, this number being the same for the

original and its two copies.

C. In the case of the attestation of equivalence and its extracts:

1. Section 5 shall not be completed for hop products made from blends of hops;

2. Sections 7 and 8 shall be completed for all products made from hops;

3. the description of the products (Section 9) shall be one of the following:

(a)

‘unprepared hops’: i.e. hops which have only undergone preliminary drying and packaging,

(b) ‘prepared hops’: i.e. hops which have undergone final drying and packaging,

(c)

‘hop powder’ (which shall include hop pellets and enriched hop powder),

(d) ‘isomerised hop extract’:

i.e. an extract in which the alpha acids have been almost totally isomerised,

(e)

‘extract of hops’: i.e. other extracts than isomerised extract of hops,

(f)

‘mixed hop products’: i.e. a mixture of the products referred to in points (c), (d) and (e) above, excluding
hops;

4. the description ‘unprepared hops’ or ‘prepared hops’ shall be followed by the word ‘seedless’ if the seed content

is less than 2% of the weight of the hops, and by the word ‘seeded’ in other cases;

5.

in cases where products made from hops are obtained from hops of different varieties and/or different places of
production, these different varieties and/or places of production shall be stated in Section 9, followed by the
percentage by weight of each variety from each production area making up the blend.

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ANNEX V

Repealed Regulations with list of their successive amendments

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3076/78
(OJ L 367, 28.12.1978, p. 17)

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1465/79
(OJ L 177, 14.7.1979, p. 35)

Article 2 only concerning the references to Article 3 of
Regulation (EEC) No 3076/78

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 4060/88
(OJ L 356, 24.12.1988, p. 42)

Article 1 only

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2264/91
(OJ L 208, 30.7.1991, p. 20)

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2940/92
(OJ L 294, 10.10.1992, p. 8)

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 717/93
(OJ L 74, 27.3.1993, p. 45)

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2918/93
(OJ L 264, 23.10.1993, p. 37)

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3077/78
(OJ L 367, 28.12.1978, p. 28)

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 673/79
(OJ L 85, 5.4.1979, p. 25)

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1105/79
(OJ L 138, 6.6.1979, p. 9)

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1466/79
(OJ L 177, 14.7.1979, p. 37)

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3042/79
(OJ L 343, 31.12.1979, p. 5)

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3093/81
(OJ L 310, 30.10.1981, p. 17)

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 541/85
(OJ L 62, 1.3.1985, p. 57)

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3261/85
(OJ L 311, 22.11.1985, p. 20)

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3589/85
(OJ L 343, 20.12.1985, p. 19)

Article 1(2)

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1835/87
(OJ L 174, 1.7.1987, p. 14)

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3975/88
(OJ L 351, 21.12.1988, p. 23)

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 4060/88
(OJ L 356, 24.12.1988, p. 42)

Article 2 only

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2835/90
(OJ L 268, 29.9.1990, p. 88)

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2238/91
(OJ L 204, 27.7.1991, p. 13)

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2915/93
(OJ L 264, 23.10.1993, p. 29)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 812/94
(OJ L 94, 13.4.1994, p. 4)

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Commission Regulation (EC) No 1757/94
(OJ L 183, 19.7.1994, p. 11)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 201/95
(OJ L 24, 1.2.1995, p. 121)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 972/95
(OJ L 97, 29.4.1995, p. 62)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2132/95
(OJ L 214, 8.9.1995, p. 7)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 539/98
(OJ L 70, 10.3.1998, p. 3)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 81/2005
(OJ L 16, 20.1.2005, p. 52)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 495/2007
(OJ L 117, 5.5.2007, p. 6)

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ANNEX VI

Correlation Table

Regulation (EEC) No 3076/78

Regulation (EEC) No 3077/78

This Regulation

Article 1(1) and (2)

Article 1(3)

Article 1(1) and (2)

Article 2

Article 1, first sentence

Article 3, first paragraph

Article 1, second sentence

Article 3, second paragraph

Article 2

Article 3(1), introductory sentence

Article 3(1), first to fourth indents

Article 3(2)

Article 4

Article 5(1), first sentence

Article 5(1), second sentence

Article 5(1), third sentence

Article 5(2), first sentence

Article 5(2), second sentence

Article 6

Article 7, first paragraph, except last
five words

Article 7, last five words of first
paragraph and point 1

Article 7, point 1(a), introductory
words

Article 7, point 1(a), first indent

Article 7, point 1(a), second indent

Article 7, point 1(a), third indent

Article 7, point 1(a), fourth indent

Article 7, point 1(a), fifth indent

Article 7, point 1(a), sixth indent

Article 7, point 1(a), seventh indent

Article 7, point 1(b)

Article 7(2)

Article 7a, first paragraph, first
sentence

Article 7a, first paragraph, second
sentence

Article 7a, second paragraph

Article 7a, third paragraph, first
sentence

Article 4

Article 5(1), introductory sentence

Article 5(1), points (a) to (d)

Article 5(2)

—

Article 6(1), first subparagraph

Article 6(1), second subparagraph

Article 6(1), third subparagraph

Article 6(2), first sentence

Article 6(2), second sentence

Article 7

Article 8, first paragraph

Article 8, second paragraph, intro­
ductory words

Article 8, second paragraph point (a),
introductory words

Article 8, second paragraph, point (a)(i)

Article 8, second paragraph, point
(a)(ii)

Article 8, second paragraph, point
(a)(iii)

Article 8, second paragraph, point
(a)(iv)

Article 8, second paragraph, point
(a)(v)

Article 8, second paragraph, point
(a)(vi)

Article 8, second paragraph, point
(a)(vii)

Article 8, second paragraph, point (b)

—

Article 9(1)

Article 9(2)

Article 9(3)

Article 9(4), first subparagraph

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Regulation (EEC) No 3076/78

Regulation (EEC) No 3077/78

This Regulation

Article 7a, third paragraph, second
sentence

Article 9(4), second subparagraph

Article 8

Article 9

Article 10
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—

Annex I

Annex II

Annex III

Annex IV
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—

—

—

Annex

—

—

Article 10
—

—

Article 11

Article 12

Annex I

Annex II

Annex III
—

Annex IV

Annex V

Annex VI