COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 972/95 of 28 April 1995 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 organization of the market in hops (1), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden and Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 of 22 December 1994 (2), and in particular Article 5 (2) thereof,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3077/78 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 201/95 (4), recognizes the equivalence with Community certificates of attestations accompanying hops imported from certain non-member countries and adopts the list of agencies in those countries authorized to issue attestations of equivalence and of products covered; whereas, as result of its accession, Austria should no longer remain on that list; whereas the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 3077/78 should therefore be amended;

Whereas the provisions provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee on Hops,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

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

Article 2

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

It shall apply from 1 January 1995.

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

Done at Brussels, 28 April 1995.

For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission

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