# COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 81/2005
of 19 January 2005
amending Regulation (EEC) No 3077/78 on the equivalence with Community certificates of attestations accompanying hops imported from non-member countries
## Preamble
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 organisation of the market in hops [^1] , and in particular Article 5(2) thereof,
Whereas:
**(1)** Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3077/78 [^2] lays down for non-member countries the agencies which are authorised to issue the attestations accompanying hop products imported from non-member countries recognised as equivalent to the certificate laid down in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1696/71.
**(2)** Following the accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia to the European Union, the agencies of these new Member States should no longer appear on the list in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 3077/78.
**(3)** Regulation (EEC) No 3077/78 should therefore be amended accordingly.
**(4)** 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 3077/78 is hereby replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.
## **Article 2**
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the *Official Journal of the European Union* .
## Final provisions
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 19 January 2005. *For the Commission* Mariann FISCHER BOEL *Member of the Commission*
[^1] [OJ L 175, 4.8.1971, p. 1](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_1971_175_R_TOC) . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2320/2003 ( [OJ L 345, 31.12.2003, p. 18](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2003_345_R_TOC) ).
[^2] [OJ L 367, 28.12.1978, p. 28](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_1978_367_R_TOC) . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 539/98 ( [OJ L 70, 10.3.1998, p. 3](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_1998_070_R_TOC) ).
ORGANISATIONS AUTHORISED TO ISSUE ATTESTATIONS IN RESPECT OF
| **Hop cones** | **CN code: ex 1210** |
| --- | --- |
| **Hop powders** | **CN code: ex 1210** |
| **Saps and extracts of hops** | **CN code: 1302 13 00** |
| Country of origin | Organisations authorised | Address | Code | Telephone | Fax |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Australia | Quarantine and Quality Assurance Branch
Department of Primary Industry and Fisheries | GPO Box 192B
Hobart TAS 7001 | +.61.02. | 33-8011 | 34-6785 |
| Ovens Research Station
Department of Agriculture | PO Box 235
Myrtleford, Victoria 3737 | +.61.57. | 51-1311 | 51-1702 | |
| Bulgaria | Institute of Brewing and Hop Production | Gorubljane
Sofia 1738 | +.359.2. | 75-4153 | 75-6194 |
| Canada | Plant Protection Division
Animal and Plant Health Directorate
Food Production and Inspection Branch
Agriculture and Agri-food Canada | Floor 2, West Wing
59, Camelot Drive
Napean, Ontario, Canada
K1A OY9 | +.1.613 | 952-8000 | 991-5612 |
| People’s Republic of China | China Tianijn Import & Export
Commodity Inspection Bureau | 33, Youyi Road
Tianijn 300201 | +.86.22. | 432-4143 | 832-0842 |
| China Xinjiang Import & Export
Commodity Inspection Bureau | Fu 6, Beijing Nan Lu
Wulumuqi 830011 | +.86.991. | 484-2708 | 484-0050 | |
| China Neimenggu Import & Export
Commodity Inspection Bureau | Zhaowuda Road
Huhehaote 010010 | +.86.471. | 45-1156 | 45-1163 | |
| New Zealand | Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries | PO Box 2526
Wellington | +.64.4. | 472-0367 | 474-424
472-9071 |
| Gawthorn Institute | Private Bag
Nelson | +.64.3. | 548-2319 | 546-9464 | |
| Romania | Cluj-Napoca University of Agricultural Sciences | Strada Manastur no. 3
Cluj-Napoca | +.406. | 419-8792 | 419-3792 |
| Bucharest Institute of Food Chemistry | Strada Garlei no. 1
Sector 1
Bucharest | +.40.1. | 230-5090 | 230-0311 | |
| Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) | Institut za Ratarstvo I
Povrtlarstvo/Zavod sa Hmelj | Yu-21470 Backi Petrovac | +.381.21. | 780-365 | 621-212 |
| South Africa | CSIR Food Science and Technology | PO Box 395
0001 Pretoria | +.27.12 | 841-3172 | 841-3594 |
| Switzerland | Versuchsstation Schweizerischer Brauereien (VSB) | Engimattstrasse 11
8059 Zürich | +.41.1. | 201-4244 | 201-4249 |
| Ukraine | Productional-Technical Centre (PTZ)
Ukrhmel | Hlebnaja 27
262028 Zhitomie | +.7.0412 | 37-2111 | 36-7331 |
| United States of America | Washington Department of Agriculture State Chemical and Hop Lab | 2017 South First Street
Yakima, WA | +.1.509. | 575-2759 | 454-7699 |
| Idaho Department of Agriculture
Hop Inspection Lab | 2270 Old Penitentiary Road PO Box 790
Boise, ID 83701 | +.1.208 | 334-2623 | 334-2170 | |
| Oregon Department of Agriculture
Commodity Inspection Division | 635 Capital Street NE
Salem, OR 97310 | +.1.503. | 986-4620 | 373-1479 | |
| USDA, GIPSA, FGIS | 1100 NW Front Avenue PO Box 3837
Portland, OR 97208 | +.1.503. | 231-2056 | 231-6199 | |
| USDA, GIPSA, FGIS Commodity Testing Laboratory | Building 306, Room 209 BARC-East
Beltsville, MD 20705-2325 | +.1.301 | 504-9328 | 504-9200 | |
| Zimbabwe | Standards Association of Zimbabwe | Northern Close
Northbridge Park
PO Box 2259-Borrowdale Harare | +.263.4. | 88-2021/2 | 88-2020 |
[^1]: . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2320/2003 ().
[^2]: . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 539/98 ().