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COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2039/85

of 23 July 1985

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 the 1979 Act of Accession, and in particular Article 2 (4) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1784/77 (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3041/79 (3), lays down general rules relating to certification; whereas Articles 4 and 5 of that Regulation provide that each package and certificate shall bear particulars of the variety or varieties of hop; whereas this requirement cannot be met in the case of experimental strains which must occasionally be marketed where those products are being tested on a large scale in the brewing industry; whereas there should be added to the abovementioned Regulation special provisions relating to the description of the said hops on packages and certificates,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The following Article is inserted in Regulation (EEC) No 1784/77:

'Article 5a

In the case of hops from experimental strains in the course of development and produced by a research institute on its own premises or by a producer on behalf of such an institute, particulars of the variety or varieties referred to in Article 4 (b) and Article 5 (1) (f) may be replaced by a name or number identifying the strain in question.'

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 23 July 1985.

For the Council

The President

J. POOS

(1) OJ No L 175, 4. 8. 1971, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 200, 8. 8. 1977, p. 1.

(3) OJ No L 343, 31. 12. 1979, p. 4.