CELEX: 51991PC0122
Language: en
Date: 1991-04-17
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1784/77 CONCERNING THE CERTIFICATION OF 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 e d that the C o u n c i l a d o p t a R e g u l a t i o n             amending
C o u n c i l R e g u l a t i o n ( E E C ) No 1 7 8 4 / 7 7 c o n c e r n i n g the     certification
of h o p s .
D u e to t e c h n i c a l d e v e l o p m e n t in the hop p r o c e s s i n g i n d u s t r y not
o n l y p r o c e s s i n g of h o p s but a l s o of hop p r o d u c t s h a s b e c o m e
i m p o r t a n t . T h e c u r r e n t p r o v i s i o n s of R e g u l a t i o n ( E E C ) No 1 7 8 4 / 7 7
do not a l l o w e x p l i c i t l y for the f u r t h e r p r o c e s s i n g of hop
p r o d u c t s . In o r d e r to t a k e a c c o u n t of the n e e d s of p r a c t i c e and
to p r o v i d e c l e a r l e g i s l a t i o n the a b o v e m e n t i o n e d R e g u l a t i o n
s h o u l d be a m e n d e n d .
The      proposal        has     no  financial         impact  to    the      EAGGF.
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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
                                   4
Regulation   (EEC) No    2039/85* ),    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.
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                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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