CELEX: 51978PC0654
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Date: 1978-11-28
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 1696/71 on the common organization of the market in hops (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                                  Brussels , 28 November 1978
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                               Proposal for a
                          COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
            amending Regulation ( EEC ) No 1696/ 71 on the common
                   organization of the market in hops
               ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
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C0M(78 ) 654 final
 ---pagebreak---                        EXPLANATORY MEMORA.T©UM
Council Regulation (EEC) n® I696 /7I of 26 July 1971 on ths common organization
of the market in hops lays down in Article 5 that the Commission must recognize
the equivalence of attestations accompanying hops and hop products from non-
member countries issued "by the authorities of the country origin before 31
December 1978 , in accordance with the Management Committee procedure®
The experience gained with the procedure for recognizing attestations issued
by the authorities of the first countries to have requested this recognition of
equivalence shows , however , that for some countries the establishment of the
administrative systems and controls necessary to ensure that the required saarw
keting standards are met can take quite a long time *
On the other hand, the development in the world market for hops shows that , in
the more or less long-term, new producer and exporter countries are likely to
appear . It is probably not in the Community 's interest to be unable to re­
cognize the equivalence of attestations from these new countries , as necessary,
after 31 December 1978 *
This is why                  is proposing that the Council remove the date limit
 -_^^^> >^j^"3?ecognition (31 December, 1978) thereby keeping open the possibi­
lity of importing hops from non-member countries which in the future undertake
to respeot the required marketing standards *
 ---pagebreak---                                    PROPOSAL FOR
                             COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
            amending Regulation ( EEC ) No 1696/ 71 on the common
                    organization of the market in hops
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community , and
in particular Articles 43 , and 235 thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament ,
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Whereas Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 1696/ 71 , as last amended by Regulation
                    2
( EEC ) No 1170 / 77 , provides that the equivalence to Community certificates of
attestations . accompanying hops imported from non-member countries issued by
the authorities of the country of origin must be recognized before 31 December 1978
Whereas at present only a limited number of non-member countries have undertaken
to ensure that the hops they export to the Community are of the required quality
standards and have appointed bodies to issue attestations ; whereas the equiv­
alence of such attestations to Community certificates has been recognized ;
Whereas some non-member countries apparently require .more time to set up the
administrative procedures and checks necessary to ensure that the required
standards are met ;
Whereas , moreover , the trend on the world market for hops suggests that new
producer countries will enter the market 1n the relatively near future ;
                                                                               ./.
      No L 175 , 4.8.1971 , p. 1                          :           •
      No L 137 , 3.6.1977, p. 7        v
 ---pagebreak--- whereas it accordingly seems advisable for the Community to keep open the pos­
sibility of recognizing the equivalence of any attestations accompanying
products exported by such countries to the Community ; whereas a final date
for recognition of the equivalence of attestations should therefore no longer
be set ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                     Article 1
The last sentence of Article 5 ( 2) of Regulation (EEC) Fo I696/7I is hereby amended
to read as follows :
 "The equivalence of such attestations shall be recognized in accordance with the
 procedure provided for in Article 20 ."
                                     Article 2
 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication
 in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
-ThiB Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all
 Member States .
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