Council Regulation (EEC) No 1784/77 of 19 July 1977 concerning the certification of hops
Modified by
  • Council Regulation (EEC) No 2225/79 of 9 October 1979, 31979R2225, October 12, 1979
  • Council Regulation (EEC) No 2039/85 of 23 July 1985, 31985R2039, July 25, 1985
  • Council Regulation (EEC) No 1605/91 of 10 June 1991, 31991R1605, June 14, 1991
  • Council Regulation (EEC) No 1987/93 of 19 July 1993, 31993R1987, July 24, 1993
  • Actconcerning the conditions of accession of the Kingdom of Norway, the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded(94/C 241/08)Decision of the Council of the European Unionof 1 January 1995adjusting the instruments concerning the accession of new Member States to the European Union(95/1/EC, Euratom, ECSC), 11994N31995D0001, August 29, 1994
  • Decision of the Council of the European Unionof 1 January 1995adjusting the instruments concerning the accession of new Member States to the European Union(95/1/EC, Euratom, ECSC), 31995D0001, January 1, 1995
  • Council Regulation (EC) No 1323/96 of 26 June 1996, 31996R1323, July 10, 1996
  • Actconcerning the conditions of accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded, 12003T, September 23, 2003
  • Commission Regulation (EC) No 1850/2006of 14 December 2006laying down detailed rules for the certification of hops and hop products, 32006R1850, December 15, 2006
Council Regulation (EEC) No 1784/77of 19 July 1977concerning the certification of hops
Article 11.This Regulation shall apply to products referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1696/71 when harvested in the Community or when prepared from such products which have either been harvested in the Community or imported from third countries in accordance with Article 5 of the said Regulation, with the exception of:(a)hops harvested on land owned by a brewery and used by that brewery in the natural or processed state;(b)isomerized hop extract;(c)isomerized hop powder;(d)a list of isomerized products to be drawn up in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 19 of Regulation (EEC) No 1696/71;(e)products derived from hops and processed under contract on behalf of a brewery, provided that those products are used by the brewery itself;(f)hops and products derived from hops put in small packets for sale to private individuals for their own use.The products referred to in (a) to (f) shall be subject to a control procedure to be determined.2.The certification procedure shall include the issue of certificates and the marking and sealing of the packages.3.Certification shall be carried out under official surveillance by the Member States at the first marketing stage, that is to say before the product is offered for sale, and, in any event, before processing. In the case of hop cones, it shall take place not later than 31 March of the year following the year of harvesting. However, where disposal problems arise for a given harvest, the above deadline may be extended beyond 31 March to 31 July of the same year at the latest, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 20 of Regulation (EEC) No 1696/71.Without prejudice to the time limits set out above, for hops grown in the territory of the former German Democratic Republic, prepared and processed on the farms producing hops referred to in the Annex to this Regulation and until 31 December 1996, certification may be carried out after processing of the hops into granules but before any other processing, provided that compliance with the minimum marketing requirements referred to in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 890/78 can be guaranteed. Certification of hop granules processed on the abovementioned farms shall be carried out in the certification centres in the territory of the former German Democratic Republic.4.Certification procedures shall take place at the farm or in establishments approved by the Member States and known as "certification centres" or "certification warehouses".5.If, after certification, the packaging of one of the products specified in paragraph 1 is changed, with or without further processing, the product shall be subject to a new certification procedure.6.Member States shall designate the official bodies or departments authorized to carry out certification and those responsible for ensuring compliance with the certification system.
Article 21.The stage of marketing referred to in Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1696/71 for which the minimum marketing requirements shall be valid shall be the stage at which the certificate is issued.2.The factors to which the requirements referred to in paragraph 1 shall relate, the moisture content and the foreign bodies content, shall be determined for each product in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 20 of Regulation (EEC) No 1696/71.
Article 3The particulars appearing on each package and the certificate which accompanies the product shall constitute proof of certification.
Article 4Each package shall bear at least the following particulars in one of the Community languages:(a)the description of the product including, in the case of hops, with or without seeds, the words "prepared hops" or "unprepared hops", as the case may be;(b)the variety or varieties;(c)an indication identifying the reference number of the certificate.These particulars shall appear in legible, indelible characters of uniform size.
Article 5The certificate shall include at least the following particulars:1.in the case of hops:(a)the description of the product;(b)the reference number of the certificate;(c)the net and/or gross weight;(d)the hop production area;(e)the year of harvesting;(f)the variety.2.in the case of products prepared from hops:in addition to the particulars listed in paragraph 1, the place and date of processing.
Article 5aIn 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 61.Hop production areas shall mean the zones or regions of production in the list prepared by the Member States concerned.2.The Commission shall ensure that the list of hop production areas is published in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
Article 7With the exception of the case provided for in Article 1 (1) (a), only hops certified in the Community, certified hop products prepared therefrom and hops imported from third countries in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 1696/71 may be used in the manufacture of products prepared from hops.
Article 81.While they are in circulation, the products covered by this Regulation may be blended only under supervision in certification centres or certification warehouses.2.Hops for blending must come from the same production area and the same harvest and be of the same variety.3.However, certified hops of Community origin and certified hop products prepared therefrom which are from the same harvest but of different varieties and from different production areas may be blended in the manufacture of powder and extracts provided that the certificate accompanying the product states:(a)the varieties used, the production areas and the year of harvesting;(b)the percentage weight of each variety used in the blend; if hop products have been used in combination with cone hops for the manufacturing of hop products, or if different hop products have been used, the percentage weight of each variety based on the quantity of cone hops which was used for the preparation of the input products;(c)the reference numbers of the certificates issued for the hops and the hop products used.
Article 9Within three months following the entry into force of this Regulation Member States shall communicate to the Commission, who shall inform the Member States thereof, the names and addresses of the bodies or departments designated pursuant to Article 1 (6) and the measures taken to implement this Regulation. Austria shall communicate that information within 3 months from its accession.The Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia shall communicate that information within four months from the date of accession.
Article 10This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August 1978.However, hop powder and hop extracts manufactured before 1 August 1978 may be marketed without certificates until 31 March 1979. The latter date may be deferred in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 20 of Regulation (EEC) No 1696/71.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.ANNEXFarms on which certification may be carried out after processing into granules:
LAND OF SAXONY-ANHALT:Eichenbarleben (formerly Irrleben)
Osterweddingen
Blumenberg (formerly Langenweddingen)
LAND OF THURINGIA:Kutzleben (formerly Bad Tennstedt)
Heringen
Kindelbrück
Vogelsberg (formerly Großbrembach)
Großenehrich
Hohenebra.
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