Council Regulation (EEC) No 1987/93 of 19 July 1993 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1784/77 concerning the certification of hops

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1987/93 of 19 July 1993 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1784/77 concerning the certification of hops
THE COUNCIL 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 of 26 July 1971 on the common organization of the market in hops (1), and in particular Article 2 (4) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1784/77 (2) specifies the stage at which certification must be carried out and lays down the conditions under which hop products may undergo further processing;
Whereas isomerized hop powders and a whole range of new isomerized products, used just before or just after the fermentation stage and which, from the point of view of their chemical composition, fall in between isomerized hop powders and isomerized hop extracts, have gained a certain importance on the market; whereas their position with regard to certification is unclear, making their marketing difficult; whereas these products, as in the case of isomerized hop extracts, have lost most of the inherent characteristics of the varieties from which they are produced, making identification of their origin impossible, even using very sophisticated laboratory equipment; whereas those products should be included in the list of exceptions set out Regulation (EEC) No 1784/77;
Whereas, in the former German Democratic Republic, the treatment of hops after harvest is traditionally different from that in other parts of the Community in the sense that, on numerous farms producing hops, cleaning and initial drying of cones is carried out at the same time as milling and pressing into granules, existing equipment not permitting separation of the two stages; whereas his procedure does not, however, conform the Community legislation, which lays down that certification must take place before any processing; whereas, to enable producers to spread their new investment over a suitable period, a transitional period longer than that provided for by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2239/91 of 26 July 1991 on transitoinal measures applicable in the hop sector after the unification of Germany (3), which expired on 31 December 1992, should be laid down,