Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/602 of 14 December 2023 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the marketing standards in the hop sector and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 1850/2006
(a) hop cones falling under CN code 12101000 covered by Part VI of Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 when harvested in the Union or imported from third countries in accordance with Article 190 of that Regulation;(b) hop products falling under CN codes 121020 and13021300 covered by Part VI of Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 prepared in the Union or imported from third countries in accordance with Article 190 of that Regulation.
(a) "hop cones" or "hops" means the inflorescences, of the (female) climbing hop plant ( Humulus lupulus ); these inflorescences, which are greenish yellow and of an ovoid shape, have a flower stalk and their longest dimension generally varies from 2 to 5 cm;(b) "unprepared hops" means hops which have undergone only preliminary drying and packaging; (c) "prepared hops" means hops which have undergone final drying and final packaging; (d) "seeded hops" means hops marketed with a seed content exceeding 2 % of their weight after drying; (e) "seedless hops" means hops marketed with a seed content not exceeding 2 % of their weight after drying; (f) "hop product" means a product derived from hop cones which have undergone a more significant transformation, such as hop powders, pellets or extracts; (g) "isomerised hop product" means hop product in which the alpha acids have been almost totally isomerised; (h) "consignment" means a number of packages of hops with the same characteristics presented at the same time for certification by the same individual or associated producer or by the same processor; (i) "hop production areas" means the zones or regions of production in the list drawn up by the Member States concerned; (j) "sealing" means closure of the package in such a way that the means of closure will be damaged when the package is opened; (k) "marking" means labelling and identification; (l) "closed operating circuit" means a process for preparing or processing hops in such a way that no hops or processed products can be added or removed during the operation. The closed operating circuit starts with the opening of the sealed package containing the hops or hop products to be prepared or processed and ends with the sealing of the package containing the prepared hops or processed hop product; (m) "competent certification authority" means the body or department authorised by the Member State to carry out certification and to approve and control certification centres; (n) "certification centre" means a venue where certification is carried out; (o) "representatives of a competent certification authority" means personnel either employed by the competent certification authority, or employed by a third party and authorised by the competent certification authority to carry out certification duties; (p) "official surveillance" means supervision of certification activities by the competent certification authority or its representatives.
(a) hops harvested on land owned by a brewery or grown on contract for a brewery and used by that brewery in the natural or processed state; (b) hop products processed under contract on behalf of a brewery, provided that those products are used by the brewery; (c) hops and hop products for sale to private individuals for their own use put in small packets of not more than 5 kg in the case of cones, powders and pellets and 1 kg in the case of extracts or isomerised hop products, with a description of the product and its weight on the package.
(a) a unique reference number identifying the contract; (b) the recipient brewery; (c) the name and address of the processing establishment; (d) the unique reference number of the certificate of the hops or hop products to be processed and/or, in case of imported hops, the attestation of equivalence provided for in Article 190(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 and/or a copy of the harvest declaration of the hops to be processed.
(a) a description of the processed product; (b) the weight of the processed product.
(a) the description of the product; (b) the gross or net weight of the original certified consignment; (c) the place and area of production; (d) the variety; (e) the year of harvest; (f) the unique reference number of the certificate.
(a) the varieties used, the hop production areas and the year of harvest; (b) the percentage weight of each variety used in the blend; if hop products have been used in combination with hop cones for the manufacturing of hop products, or if different hop products have been used, the percentage of each variety shall be based on the weight of the hop cones which were used for the preparation of the input products; (c) the reference numbers of the certificates issued for the hops and hop products used.
| Characteristics | Description | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Prepared hops | Unprepared hops | ||
| Water content | ||
| Leaf fragments from branch tendrils, branch tendrils, leaf or cone strigs; to be classed as stalk, cone strigs must be at least 2,5 cm long | ||
| Small particles resulting from machine harvesting, varying in colour between dark green and black and which generally do not come from the cone; the maximum contents indicated may include particles of varieties of hops other than those to be certified, amounting to up to 2 % of the weight | ||
| Mature fruit of the cone | ||
| Regulation (EC) No 1850/2006 | This Regulation | Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/601 |
|---|---|---|
| Article 1(1) | Article 1 | - |
| Article 1(2) | Article 2 | - |
| Article 1(3) | Article 5 | - |
| Article 1(4) | - | Article 5(3) |
| Article 2 | Article 3 | - |
| Article 3(1) | - | Article 6(2) |
| Article 3(2) | - | Article 6(3) |
| Article 4(1) | - | Article 2(2) |
| Article 4(2) | - | Article 7(1) |
| Article 4(3) | - | Article 7(2) |
| Article 5 | - | Article 7(3) |
| Article 6(1) | - | Article 2(1) and (6) |
| Article 6(2) | - | Article 6(1) |
| Article 6(3) | - | Article 3(1) |
| Article 6(4) | - | Article 2(4) |
| Article 6(5) | - | Article 2(7) |
| Article 7(1) | Article 8(1) | - |
| Article 7(2) | Article 8(2) | - |
| Article 7(3) | Article 8(3) | - |
| Article 8 | Article 7 | - |
| Article 9(1) | Article 2(6) | |
| Article 9(2) | Article 2(1) | |
| Article 9(3) | Article 3(1) | |
| Article 9(4) | Article 2(4) | |
| Article 9(5) | Article 2(7) | |
| Article 10(1) | Article 5(2) | |
| Article 10(2) | - | - |
| Article 10(3) | Article 5(1) | |
| Article 11 | Article 8 | |
| Article 12(1) | Article 9(1) | |
| Article 12(2) | Article 9(2) | |
| Article 12(3) | Article 9(3) | |
| Article 13 | Article 2(7) | |
| Article 16 | Article 4 | |
| Article 17 | Article 3(2) | |
| Article 18 | Article 3(3) | |
| Article 19 | Article 2(6) | |
| Article 20(1) | Article 6(1) | |
| Article 20(2) | Article 6(2), (3) and (4) | |
| Article 21 | Article 10 | |
| Article 22(1) | Article 11 | |
| Article 22(2) | Article 12 | |
| Article 23 | Article 14 | |
| Article 24 | Article 15 | |
| Article 25 | Article 9 | |
| Article 26 | Article 10 | Article 16 |
| Annex I | Annex I | |
| Annex II | Annex IV | |
| Annex III | Annex I | |
| Annex IV | Article 5(3) | |
| Annex V | Annex III | |
| Annex VI | Annex II | |
| Annex VII | Annex II |