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( 1 ) OJ NO L 175 , 4 . 8 . 1971 , P . 1 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 291 , 19 . 11 . 1979 , P . 17 .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 169 , 7 . 7 . 1977 , P . 13 .

( 4 ) OJ NO L 363 , 31 . 12 . 1980 , P . 83 .

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 573/81

OF 4 MARCH 1981

AMENDING FOR THE FIFTH TIME REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1517/77 FIXING THE LIST OF THE VARIOUS GROUPS OF HOP VARIETIES CULTIVATED IN THE COMMUNITY

THE COMMISSION 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 ACT OF ACCESSION OF GREECE ( 2 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 12 ( 8 ) THEREOF ,

WHEREAS COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1517/77 ( 3 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3479/80 ( 4 ), DIVIDES THESE VARIETIES INTO THE GROUPS ' AROMATIC HOPS ' , ' BITTER HOPS ' AND ' OTHERS ' ACCORDING TO COMMERCIAL PRACTICE IN THE COMMUNITY AND WORLD HOP MARKETS ON THE BASIS OF THE FINAL USES OF THE HOPS IN BREWING AND BY REFERENCE TO COMMON CHARACTERISTICS , WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON THE CONTENT OF BITTER AND AROMATIC SUBSTANCES ;

WHEREAS TWO NEW VARIETIES HAVE APPEARED ON THE COMMUNITY MARKET ; WHEREAS THE KNOWLEDGE AT PRESENT AVAILABLE OF THEIR CHARACTERISTICS AND OF THEIR USE IN BREWING INDICATES THAT THEY SHOULD BE CLASSIFIED IN THE THIRD GROUP ' OTHERS ' ;

WHEREAS 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 1517/77 IS HEREBY REPLACED BY THE ANNEX HERETO .

ARTICLE 2

THIS REGULATION SHALL APPLY AS FROM THE 1981 HARVEST .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 4 MARCH 1981 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

POUL DALSAGER

MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION

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ANNEX

// A . // B . // C . // //

FIRST GROUP : AROMATIC HOPS // SECOND GROUP : BITTER HOPS // THIRD GROUP : OTHERS //

//

BRAMLING CROSS // BREWERS GOLD // KENT //

CHALLENGER // BULLION // RECORD //

FUGGLES // KEYWORTH ' S MIDSEASON // TRIPLOID //

GOLDINGS // NORTHDOWN // VIKING //

HALLERTAUER // NORTHERN BREWER // YEOMAN //

HERSBRUECKER SPAET // TARGET // ZENITH //

HUELLER //

PERLE //

PROGRESS //

SAAZ //

SAXON //

SPALTER //

STAR //

STRISSELSPALT //

SUNSHINE //

TARDIF DE BOURGOGNE //

TETTNANGER //

TUTSHAM //

W.G.V . //