Source: EURLEX
Language: en
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| 5.5.2022 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 131/1 |

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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2022/700

of 4 May 2022

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)](#ntr1-L_2022131EN.01000101-E0001), and in particular Article 190(4) thereof,

Whereas:

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| (1) | Annex I to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1295/2008 [(2)](#ntr2-L_2022131EN.01000101-E0002) 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. |

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| (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. |

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| (3) | Canada 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. |

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| (4) | Regulation (EC) No 1295/2008 should therefore be amended accordingly. |

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| (5) | 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. |

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| (6) | 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

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

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

Done at Brussels, 4 May 2022.

For the Commission

The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX I

AGENCIES AUTHORISED TO ISSUE ATTESTATIONS IN RESPECT OF:

Hop cones CN code: ex 12 10

Hop powders CN code: ex 12 10

Saps and extracts of hops CN code: 1302 13 00

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| Country of origin | Authorised agencies | Address | Code | Telephone | Fax | email (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 | Pacific Agricultural Certification Society (PACS) | 3402 32nd Avenue, Vernon, British Columbia, Canada, V1T2N1 | (1-613) | 1-250- 558-7927 | 1- 250-558-7947 | admin@pacscertifiedorganic.ca |
| (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)](#ntr*1-L_2022131EN.01000302-E0001) | Rural Payments Agency (RPA) | |  | | --- | | Lancaster House, Hampshire Court, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE4 7YH | | United Kingdom | | (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 or 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)](#ntc*1-L_2022131EN.01000302-E0001)  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.’

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