Commission Regulation (EC) No 81/2005

of 19 January 2005

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,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1696/71 of 26 July 1971 on the common organisation of the market in hops [1], and in particular Article 5(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3077/78 [2] lays down for non-member countries the agencies which are authorised to issue the attestations accompanying hop products imported from non-member countries recognised as equivalent to the certificate laid down in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1696/71.

(2) Following the accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia to the European Union, the agencies of these new Member States should no longer appear on the list in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 3077/78.

(3) Regulation (EEC) No 3077/78 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Hops,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 3077/78 is hereby replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third 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, 19 January 2005.

For the Commission

Mariann Fischer Boel

Member of the Commission

[1] OJ L 175, 4.8.1971, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2320/2003 (OJ L 345, 31.12.2003, p. 18).

[2] OJ L 367, 28.12.1978, p. 28. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 539/98 (OJ L 70, 10.3.1998, p. 3).

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ANNEX

ORGANISATIONS AUTHORISED TO ISSUE ATTESTATIONS IN RESPECT OF

Hop cones | CN code: ex1210 |

Hop powders | CN code: ex1210 |

Saps and extracts of hops | CN code: 13021300 |

Country of origin | Organisations authorised | Address | Code | Telephone | Fax |

Australia | Quarantine and Quality Assurance Branch Department of Primary Industry and Fisheries | GPO Box 192B Hobart TAS 7001 | +.61.02. | 33-8011 | 34-6785 |

Ovens Research Station Department of Agriculture | PO Box 235 Myrtleford, Victoria 3737 | +.61.57. | 51-1311 | 51-1702 |

Bulgaria | Institute of Brewing and Hop Production | Gorubljane Sofia 1738 | +.359.2. | 75-4153 | 75-6194 |

Canada | Plant Protection Division Animal and Plant Health Directorate Food Production and Inspection Branch Agriculture and Agri-food Canada | Floor 2, West Wing 59, Camelot Drive Napean, Ontario, Canada K1A OY9 | +.1.613 | 952-8000 | 991-5612 |

People‘檚 Republic of China | China Tianijn Import & Export Commodity Inspection Bureau | 33, Youyi Road Tianijn 300201 | +.86.22. | 432-4143 | 832-0842 |

China Xinjiang Import & Export Commodity Inspection Bureau | Fu 6, Beijing Nan Lu Wulumuqi 830011 | +.86.991. | 484-2708 | 484-0050 |

China Neimenggu Import & Export Commodity Inspection Bureau | Zhaowuda Road Huhehaote 010010 | +.86.471. | 45-1156 | 45-1163 |

New Zealand | Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries | PO Box 2526 Wellington | +.64.4. | 472-0367 | 474-424 472-9071 |

Gawthorn Institute | Private Bag Nelson | +.64.3. | 548-2319 | 546-9464 |

Romania | Cluj-Napoca University of Agricultural Sciences | Strada Manastur no. 3 Cluj-Napoca | +.406. | 419-8792 | 419-3792 |

Bucharest Institute of Food Chemistry | Strada Garlei no. 1 Sector 1 Bucharest | +.40.1. | 230-5090 | 230-0311 |

Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) | Institut za Ratarstvo I Povrtlarstvo/Zavod sa Hmelj | Yu-21470 Backi Petrovac | +.381.21. | 780-365 | 621-212 |

South Africa | CSIR Food Science and Technology | PO Box 395 0001 Pretoria | +.27.12 | 841-3172 | 841-3594 |

Switzerland | Versuchsstation Schweizerischer Brauereien (VSB) | Engimattstrasse 11 8059 Z眉rich | +.41.1. | 201-4244 | 201-4249 |

Ukraine | Productional-Technical Centre (PTZ) Ukrhmel | Hlebnaja 27 262028 Zhitomie | +.7.0412 | 37-2111 | 36-7331 |

United States of America | Washington Department of Agriculture State Chemical and Hop Lab | 2017 South First Street Yakima, WA | +.1.509. | 575-2759 | 454-7699 |

Idaho Department of Agriculture Hop Inspection Lab | 2270 Old Penitentiary Road PO Box 790 Boise, ID 83701 | +.1.208 | 334-2623 | 334-2170 |

Oregon Department of Agriculture Commodity Inspection Division | 635 Capital Street NE Salem, OR 97310 | +.1.503. | 986-4620 | 373-1479 |

USDA, GIPSA, FGIS | 1100 NW Front Avenue PO Box 3837 Portland, OR 97208 | +.1.503. | 231-2056 | 231-6199 |

USDA, GIPSA, FGIS Commodity Testing Laboratory | Building 306, Room 209 BARC-East Beltsville, MD 20705-2325 | +.1.301 | 504-9328 | 504-9200 |

Zimbabwe | Standards Association of Zimbabwe | Northern Close Northbridge Park PO Box 2259-Borrowdale Harare | +.263.4. | 88-2021/2 | 88-2020 |

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