Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3975/88 of 20 December 1988 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3077/78 on the equivalence with Community certificates of attestations accompanying hops imported from non-member countries

COMMISSION  REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3975/88
OF 20 DECEMBER 1988
AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3077/78 ON THE EQUIVALENCE WITH COMMUNITY CERTIFICATES OF ATTESTATIONS ACCOMPANYING HOPS IMPORTED FROM NON-MEMBER COUNTRIES
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY,
HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1696/71 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN HOPS ( 1 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3998/87 ( 2 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 5 ( 2 ) THEREOF,
WHEREAS COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3077/78 ( 3 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1835/87 ( 4 ), RECOGNIZES THE EQUIVALENCE WITH COMMUNITY CERTIFICATES OF ATTESTATIONS ACCOMPANYING HOPS IMPORTED FROM CERTAIN THIRD COUNTRIES AND ESTABLISHES THE LIST OF ORGANIZATIONS AUTHORIZED IN THOSE COUNTRIES TO ISSUE ATTESTATIONS OF EQUIVALENCE;
WHEREAS SINCE THEN THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS HAS UNDERTAKEN TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS LAID DOWN FOR THE MARKETING OF HOPS AND HOP PRODUCTS AND HAS AUTHORIZED A NEW ORGANIZATION TO ISSUE ATTESTATIONS OF EQUIVALENCE; WHEREAS THOSE ATTESTATIONS SHOULD ACCORDINGLY BE RECOGNIZED AS EQUIVALENT TO COMMUNITY CERTIFICATES AND THE PRODUCTS WHICH THEY COVER SHOULD BE ADMITTED IN FREE CIRCULATION; WHEREAS THE ANNEX TO REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3077/78 SHOULD BE SUPPLEMENTED ACCORDINGLY;
WHEREAS THE MEASURES PROVIDED FOR IN THIS REGULATION ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OPINION OF THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE FOR HOPS,