Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2103 of 15 December 2020 amending Regulation (EC) No 1295/2008 on the importation of hops from third countries
Date: 2020-12-15
Institutions: Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission
Subjects: Australia, United Kingdom, common organisation of markets, hops, import (EU), import licence, withdrawal from the EU




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16.12.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 425/87








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2020/2103
of 15 December 2020
         
amending Regulation (EC) No 1295/2008 on the importation of hops from third countries


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007 (1), and in particular Article 190(4) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Annex I to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1295/2008 (2) lists the agencies in third countries that are authorised to issue the attestations accompanying hop products imported from those countries. Those attestations are recognised as equivalent to the certificate provided for in Article 77 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013.












(2)


It is the responsibility of the agencies concerned in those third countries to keep the information provided in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1295/2008 up to date and to communicate that information to the Commission in a spirit of close cooperation.












(3)


Following the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union on 1 February 2020 and in view of the end of the transition period provided for in the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community (Withdrawal Agreement) on 31 December 2020, the United Kingdom sent the Commission a request to have its authorities listed as competent authorities of a third country for the purposes of marketing standards in certain sectors. In particular, the United Kingdom has undertaken to comply with the requirements set for the marketing of hops and hop products after the end of the transition period and has authorised an agency to issue attestations of equivalence pursuant to Article 190(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 and Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1295/2008.












(4)


The attestations issued by the agency authorised by the United Kingdom should therefore be recognised as equivalent in respect of hops and that agency should be listed in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1295/2008, without prejudice to the application of Union law to and in the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland in accordance with Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland to the Withdrawal Agreement in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol.












(5)


As Regulation (EC) No 1295/2008 applies to and in the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland, attestations issued by the authorities of the United Kingdom have to be understood as referring only to Great Britain.












(6)


In addition, Australia sent the Commission a request to amend the name and address of the competent agency authorised to issue attestations of equivalence. For reasons of clarity, it is appropriate to replace Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1295/2008 in its entirety.












(7)


Regulation (EC) No 1295/2008 should therefore be amended accordingly.












(8)


To ensure legal certainty and in order to guarantee a smooth transition of trade flows in the sector concerned, this Regulation should enter into force as a matter of urgency on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union and apply from 1 January 2021.












(9)


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





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1

Amendment to Regulation (EC) No 1295/2008

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1295/2008 is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.


Article 2

Entry into force and application

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2021.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 15 December 2020.


For the Commission


The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN
            





(1)  
            OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671.

(2)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 1295/2008 of 18 December 2008 on the importation of hops from third countries (OJ L 340, 19.12.2008, p. 45).




ANNEX



‘ANNEX I
AGENCIES AUTHORISED TO ISSUE ATTESTATIONS IN RESPECT OF:
Hop cones CN code: ex 1210
                     
Hop powders CN code: ex 1210
                     
Saps and extracts of hops CN code: 1302 13 00
                     











Country of origin


Authorised agencies


Address


Code


Telephone


Fax


e-mail (optional)




(AR) Argentina


Coordinación Regional Temática de Protección Vegetal (CRTPV).
Servicio Nacional de Sanidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria (SENASA)
Centro Regional Patagonia Norte


Calle 9 de Julio 933. General Roca, Provincia de Río Negro, Cod 8334


(54-298)


44 28 594
44 32 190


44 28 594
44 32 190


groca@senasa.gov.ar
cpaulovich@senasa.gov.ar
jesparza@senasa.gov.ar




Servicio Nacional de Sanidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria (SENASA)


Av. Pasco Colon 367 Ciudad Aut. de Buenos Aires, C1063ACD


(54-11)


41 21 50 00


41 21 50 00


webmaster@senasa.gob.ar
cdei@senasa.gob.ar




(AU) Australia


Biosecurity Tasmania - Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment


13 St John’s Avenue, New Town TAS 7008
Hobart TAS 7000, Australia


(61-3)


62 33 33 52


03 6165 3777


Biosecurity.Tasmania@dpipwe.tas.gov.au
or
Export.Enquiries.Tas@dpipwe.tas.gov.au




(CA) Canada


Plant Protection Division, Animal and Plant Health Directorate, Food Production and Inspection Branch, Agriculture and Agri-food Canada


Floor 2, West Wing 59, Camelot Drive Napean, Ontario, K1A OY9


(1-613)


952 80 00


991 56 12


 




(CH) Switzerland


Labor Veritas


Engimattstrasse 11, Postfach 353, CH-8027 Zürich


(41-44)


283 29 30


201 42 49


admin@laborveritas.ch




(CN) China


Tianjin Airport Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau of the People’s Republic of China


No 33 Youyi Road, Hexi District Tianjin 300201


(86-22)


28 13 40 78


28 13 40 78


ciqtj2002@163.com




Tianjin Economic and Technical Development Zone Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau of the People’s Republic of China


No 8, Zhaofaxincun 2nd Avenue, TEDA Tianjin 300457


(86-22)


662 98-343


662 98-245


zhujw@tjciq.gov.cn




Inner Mongolia Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau of the People’s Republic of China


No 12 Erdos Street, Saihan District, Huhhot City Inner Mongolia 010020


(86-471)


434-1943


434-2163


zhaoxb@nmciq.gov.cn




Xinjiang Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau of the People’s Republic of China


No 116 North Nanhu Road Urumqi City Xinjiang 830063


(86-991)


464-0057


464-0050


xjciq_jw@xjciq.gov.cn




(NZ) New Zealand


Ministry for Primary Industries


P.O. Box 2526, Wellington 6140


(64-4)


830 1574


894 0300


 




(RS) Serbia


Institut za ratarstvo i povrtarstvo/
Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops


21000 Novi Sad Maksima Gorkog 30.


(381-21)


780 365 
Operator:
4898 100


780 198 


institut@ifvcns.ns.ac.rs




(UA) Ukraine


Productional-Technical Centre (PTZ)
Ukrhmel


Hlebnaja 27262028 Zhitomir


(380)


37 21 11


36 73 31


 




(GB) United Kingdom (*1)



Rural Payments Agency (RPA)


Lancaster House, Hampshire Court, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE4 7YH
United Kingdom


(+44)


(+44) 3300 416 500


-


hops.exports@rpa.gov.uk




(US) United States


Washington Department of Agriculture
State Chemical and Hop Lab


21 N. 1st Ave. Suite 106 Yakima, WA 98902


(1-509)


225 76 26


454 76 99


 




Idaho Department of Agriculture
Division of Plant Industries
Hop Inspection Lab


2270 Old Penitentiary Road P.O. Box 790 Boise, ID 83701


(1-208)


332 86 20


334 22 83


 




Oregon Department of Agriculture
Commodity Inspection Division


635 Capital Street NE Salem, OR 97310-2532


(1-503)


986 46 20


986 47 37


 




California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA-CAC)
Division of Inspection Services
Analytical Chemistry Laboratory


3292 Meadowview Road Sacramento, CA 95832


(1-916)


445 00 29 ou 262 14 34


262 15 72


 




USDA, GIPSA, FGIS


1100 NW Naito Parkway Portland, OR 97209-2818


(1-503)


326 78 87


326 78 96


 




USDA, GIPSA, TSD, Tech Service Division, Technical Testing Laboratory


10383 Nth Ambassador Drive Kansas City, MO 64153-1394


(1-816)


891 04 01


891 04 78


 




(ZA) South Africa


CSIR Food Science and Technology


PO Box 3950001 Pretoria


(27-12)


841 31 72


841 35 94


 




(ZW) Zimbabwe


Standards Association of Zimbabwe (SAZ)


Northend Close, Northridge Park Borrowdale, P.O. Box 2259 Harare


(263-4)


88 20 17, 88 20 21, 88 55 11


88 20 20


info@saz.org.zw
saz.org.zw






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(*1)  In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, for the purposes of this Annex references to the United Kingdom do not include Northern Ireland.