Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2103 of 15 December 2020 amending Regulation (EC) No 1295/2008 on the importation of hops from third countries
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2103of 15 December 2020amending Regulation (EC) No 1295/2008 on the importation of hops from third countries THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671., and in particular Article 190(4) thereof,Whereas:(1)Annex I to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1295/2008Commission Regulation (EC) No 1295/2008 of 18 December 2008 on the importation of hops from third countries (OJ L 340, 19.12.2008, p. 45). lists the agencies in third countries that are authorised to issue the attestations accompanying hop products imported from those countries. Those attestations are recognised as equivalent to the certificate provided for in Article 77 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013.(2)It is the responsibility of the agencies concerned in those third countries to keep the information provided in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1295/2008 up to date and to communicate that information to the Commission in a spirit of close cooperation.(3)Following the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union on 1 February 2020 and in view of the end of the transition period provided for in the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community (Withdrawal Agreement) on 31 December 2020, the United Kingdom sent the Commission a request to have its authorities listed as competent authorities of a third country for the purposes of marketing standards in certain sectors. In particular, the United Kingdom has undertaken to comply with the requirements set for the marketing of hops and hop products after the end of the transition period and has authorised an agency to issue attestations of equivalence pursuant to Article 190(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 and Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1295/2008.(4)The attestations issued by the agency authorised by the United Kingdom should therefore be recognised as equivalent in respect of hops and that agency should be listed in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1295/2008, without prejudice to the application of Union law to and in the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland in accordance with Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland to the Withdrawal Agreement in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol.(5)As Regulation (EC) No 1295/2008 applies to and in the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland, attestations issued by the authorities of the United Kingdom have to be understood as referring only to Great Britain.(6)In addition, Australia sent the Commission a request to amend the name and address of the competent agency authorised to issue attestations of equivalence. For reasons of clarity, it is appropriate to replace Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1295/2008 in its entirety.(7)Regulation (EC) No 1295/2008 should therefore be amended accordingly.(8)To ensure legal certainty and in order to guarantee a smooth transition of trade flows in the sector concerned, this Regulation should enter into force as a matter of urgency on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union and apply from 1 January 2021.(9)The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for the Common Organisation of the Agricultural Markets,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1Amendment to Regulation (EC) No 1295/2008Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1295/2008 is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2Entry into force and applicationThis Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.It shall apply from 1 January 2021.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 15 December 2020.For the CommissionThe PresidentUrsula von der LeyenANNEX

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ANNEX IAGENCIES AUTHORISED TO ISSUE ATTESTATIONS IN RESPECT OF:Hop cones CN code: ex1210Hop powders CN code: ex1210Saps and extracts of hops CN code: 13021300
In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, for the purposes of this Annex references to the United Kingdom do not include Northern Ireland.
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(AR) ArgentinaCoordinación Regional Temática de Protección Vegetal (CRTPV).Servicio Nacional de Sanidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria (SENASA)Centro Regional Patagonia NorteCalle 9 de Julio 933. General Roca, Provincia de Río Negro, Cod 8334(54-298)44 28 59444 32 19044 28 59444 32 190groca@senasa.gov.arcpaulovich@senasa.gov.arjesparza@senasa.gov.ar
Servicio Nacional de Sanidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria (SENASA)Av. Pasco Colon 367 Ciudad Aut. de Buenos Aires, C1063ACD(54-11)41 21 50 0041 21 50 00webmaster@senasa.gob.arcdei@senasa.gob.ar
(AU) AustraliaBiosecurity Tasmania - Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment13 St John’s Avenue, New Town TAS 7008Hobart TAS 7000, Australia(61-3)62 33 33 5203 6165 3777Biosecurity.Tasmania@dpipwe.tas.gov.auorExport.Enquiries.Tas@dpipwe.tas.gov.au
(CA) CanadaPlant Protection Division, Animal and Plant Health Directorate, Food Production and Inspection Branch, Agriculture and Agri-food CanadaFloor 2, West Wing 59, Camelot Drive Napean, Ontario, K1A OY9(1-613)952 80 00991 56 12
(CH) SwitzerlandLabor VeritasEngimattstrasse 11, Postfach 353, CH-8027 Zürich(41-44)283 29 30201 42 49admin@laborveritas.ch
(CN) ChinaTianjin Airport Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau of the People’s Republic of ChinaNo 33 Youyi Road, Hexi District Tianjin 300201(86-22)28 13 40 7828 13 40 78ciqtj2002@163.com
Tianjin Economic and Technical Development Zone Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau of the People’s Republic of ChinaNo 8, Zhaofaxincun 2nd Avenue, TEDA Tianjin 300457(86-22)662 98-343662 98-245zhujw@tjciq.gov.cn
Inner Mongolia Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau of the People’s Republic of ChinaNo 12 Erdos Street, Saihan District, Huhhot City Inner Mongolia 010020(86-471)434-1943434-2163zhaoxb@nmciq.gov.cn
Xinjiang Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau of the People’s Republic of ChinaNo 116 North Nanhu Road Urumqi City Xinjiang 830063(86-991)464-0057464-0050xjciq_jw@xjciq.gov.cn
(NZ) New ZealandMinistry for Primary IndustriesP.O. Box 2526, Wellington 6140(64-4)830 1574894 0300
(RS) SerbiaInstitut za ratarstvo i povrtarstvo/Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops21000 Novi Sad Maksima Gorkog 30.(381-21)780365Operator:4898 100780198institut@ifvcns.ns.ac.rs
(UA) UkraineProductional-Technical Centre (PTZ)UkrhmelHlebnaja 27262028 Zhitomir(380)37 21 1136 73 31
(GB) United KingdomRural Payments Agency (RPA)Lancaster House, Hampshire Court, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE4 7YHUnited Kingdom(+44)(+44) 3300 416 500-hops.exports@rpa.gov.uk
(US) United StatesWashington Department of AgricultureState Chemical and Hop Lab21 N. 1st Ave. Suite 106 Yakima, WA 98902(1-509)225 76 26454 76 99
Idaho Department of AgricultureDivision of Plant IndustriesHop Inspection Lab2270 Old Penitentiary Road P.O. Box 790 Boise, ID 83701(1-208)332 86 20334 22 83
Oregon Department of AgricultureCommodity Inspection Division635 Capital Street NE Salem, OR 97310-2532(1-503)986 46 20986 47 37
California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA-CAC)Division of Inspection ServicesAnalytical Chemistry Laboratory3292 Meadowview Road Sacramento, CA 95832(1-916)445 00 29 ou 262 14 34262 15 72
USDA, GIPSA, FGIS1100 NW Naito Parkway Portland, OR 97209-2818(1-503)326 78 87326 78 96
USDA, GIPSA, TSD, Tech Service Division, Technical Testing Laboratory10383 Nth Ambassador Drive Kansas City, MO 64153-1394(1-816)891 04 01891 04 78
(ZA) South AfricaCSIR Food Science and TechnologyPO Box 3950001 Pretoria(27-12)841 31 72841 35 94
(ZW) ZimbabweStandards Association of Zimbabwe (SAZ)Northend Close, Northridge Park Borrowdale, P.O. Box 2259 Harare(263-4)88 20 17, 88 20 21, 88 55 1188 20 20info@saz.org.zwsaz.org.zw