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COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3975/88

OF 20 DECEMBER 1988

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 ECONOMIC COMMUNITY,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1696/71 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN HOPS ( 1 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3998/87 ( 2 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 5 ( 2 ) THEREOF,

WHEREAS COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3077/78 ( 3 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1835/87 ( 4 ), RECOGNIZES THE EQUIVALENCE WITH COMMUNITY CERTIFICATES OF ATTESTATIONS ACCOMPANYING HOPS IMPORTED FROM CERTAIN THIRD COUNTRIES AND ESTABLISHES THE LIST OF ORGANIZATIONS AUTHORIZED IN THOSE COUNTRIES TO ISSUE ATTESTATIONS OF EQUIVALENCE;

WHEREAS SINCE THEN THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS HAS UNDERTAKEN TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS LAID DOWN FOR THE MARKETING OF HOPS AND HOP PRODUCTS AND HAS AUTHORIZED A NEW ORGANIZATION TO ISSUE ATTESTATIONS OF EQUIVALENCE; WHEREAS THOSE ATTESTATIONS SHOULD ACCORDINGLY BE RECOGNIZED AS EQUIVALENT TO COMMUNITY CERTIFICATES AND THE PRODUCTS WHICH THEY COVER SHOULD BE ADMITTED IN FREE CIRCULATION; WHEREAS THE ANNEX TO REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3077/78 SHOULD BE SUPPLEMENTED ACCORDINGLY;

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 FOLLOWING ENTRIES ARE HEREBY ADDED TO THE ANNEX TO REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3077/78 FOR THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN, THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS :

1.2.3ORGANIZATIONS AUTHORIZED TO ISSUE ATTESTATIONS

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"2 . HOPFENANBAUINSTITUT LENINSTR ., 289 ZITOMIR 26 2007, UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS

HOP CONES, FRESH OR DRIED, WHETHER OR NOT GROUND, POWDERED OR IN THE FORM OF PELLETS; LUPULIN

1210 //

SAPS AND EXTRACTS OF HOPS

1302 13 00' // // //

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, 20 DECEMBER 1988 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

FRANS ANDRIESSEN

VICE-PRESIDENT

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

( 2 ) OJ NO L 377, 31 . 12 . 1987, P . 40 .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 367, 28 . 12 . 1978, P . 28 .

( 4 ) OJ NO L 174, 1 . 7 . 1987, P . 14 .