COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 631/2012

of 12 July 2012

amending 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 Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation)(1), and in particular Article 192(2) in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Annex I to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1295/2008(2) lists the agencies in third countries which 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 117 of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007.

(2) Argentina has communicated, for the first time, two competent agencies authorised to issue equivalent attestations. These agencies must, therefore, be added to the list in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1295/2008.

(3) Regulation (EC) No 1295/2008 should be amended accordingly.

(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1295/2008 is hereby replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following that of its publication in the

Official Journal of the European Union

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

Done at Brussels, 12 July 2012.

For the Commission

The President

José Manuel BARROSO

(1)

OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1

(2)

OJ L 340, 19.12.2008, p. 45

ANNEX

‘ANNEX I

AGENCIES 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

Authorised agencies

Address

Code

Telephone

Fax

e-mail (optional)

(AR) Argentina

Coordinación Regional Temática de Protección Vegetal (CRTPV).

Servicio Nacional de Sanidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria (SENASA)

Centro Regional Patagonia Norte

Calle 9 de Julio 933.

General Roca, Provincia de Río Negro,

Cod 8334

(54-298)

44 28 594

44 32 190

44 28 594

44 32 190

groca@senasa.gov.ar

cpaulovich@senasa.gov.ar

jesparza@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 00

webmaster@senasa.gob.ar

cdei@senasa.gob.ar

(AU) Australia

Quarantine Tasmania

Quarantine Centre

163-169 Main Road

Moonah, 7009

Tasmania,

Australia

(61-3)

62 33 33 52

62 34 67 85

(CA) 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,

K1A OY9

(1-613)

952 80 00

991 56 12

(CH) Switzerland

Labor Veritas

Engimattstrasse 11

Postfach 353

CH-8027 Zürich

(41-44)

283 29 30

201 42 49

admin@laborveritas.ch

(CN) China

Tianjin Airport Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau of the People’s Republic of China

No 33 Youyi Road,

Hexi District

Tianjin 300201

(86-22)

28 13 40 78

ciqtj2002@163.com

Tianjin Economic and Technical Development Zone Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau of the People’s Republic of China

No 8, Zhaofaxincun

2nd Avenue, TEDA

Tianjin 300457

(86-22)

662 98-343

662 98-245

zhujw@tjciq.gov.cn

Inner Mongolia Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau of the People’s Republic of China

No 12 Erdos Street,

Saihan District, Huhhot City

Inner Mongolia 010020

(86-471)

434-1943

434-2163

zhaoxb@nmciq.gov.cn

Xinjiang Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau of the People’s Republic of China

No 116 North Nanhu Road

Urumqi City

Xinjiang 830063

(86-991)

464-0057

464-0050

xjciq_jw@xjciq.gov.cn

(NZ) New Zealand

Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry

P.O. Box 2526

Wellington 6140

(64-4)

894-0100

894 0720

(HR) Croatia

Križevci College of Agriculture

Milislava Demerca 1,

HR-48260 Križevci

(385-48)

279 198

682 790

ssrecec@vguk.hr

(RS) - Serbia

Institut za ratarstvo i povrtarstvo/

Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops

21000 Novi Sad

Maksima Gorkog 30.

(381-21)

780 365

Operator:

4898 100

780 198

institut@ifvcns.ns.ac.rs

(UA) Ukraine

Productional-Technical Centre (PTZ)

Ukrhmel

Hlebnaja 27

262028 Zhitomir

(380)

37 21 11

36 73 31

(US) United States

Washington Department of Agriculture

State Chemical and Hop Lab

21 N. 1st Ave. Suite 106

Yakima, WA 98902

(1-509)

225 76 26

454 76 99

Idaho Department of Agriculture

Division of Plant Industries

Hop Inspection Lab

2270 Old Penitentiary Road

P.O. Box 790

Boise, ID 83701

(1-208)

332 86 20

334 22 83

Oregon Department of Agriculture

Commodity Inspection Division

635 Capital Street NE

Salem, OR 97310-2532

(1-503)

986 46 20

986 47 37

California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA-CAC)

Division of Inspection Services

Analytical Chemistry Laboratory

3292 Meadowview Road

Sacramento, CA 95832

(1-916)

445 00 29 ou 262 14 34

262 15 72

USDA, GIPSA, FGIS

1100 NW Naito Parkway

Portland, OR 97209-2818

(1-503)

326 78 87

326 78 96

USDA, GIPSA, TSD, Tech Service Division, Technical Testing Laboratory

10383 Nth Ambassador Drive

Kansas City, MO 64153-1394

(1-816)

891 04 01

891 04 78

(ZA) South Africa

CSIR Food Science and Technology

PO Box 395

0001 Pretoria

(27-12)

841 31 72

841 35 94

(ZW) Zimbabwe

Standards Association of Zimbabwe (SAZ)

Northend Close,

Northridge Park

Borrowdale,

P.O. Box 2259 Harare

(263-4)

88 20 17, 88 20 21, 88 55 11

88 20 20

info@saz.org.zw

saz.org.zw’