PART 6Hops

Amendment of Regulation 1850/2006I19

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Commission Regulation (EC) No 1850/2006 laying down detailed rules for the certification of hops and hop products is amended as follows.

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In Article 1(2)—

a

in point (a)—

i

for “Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1952/2005” substitute “ Part VI of Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 ”;

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for “the Community” substitute “Great Britain”;

b

in point (b)—

i

for “Article 1 of that Regulation” substitute “ Part VI of Annex I to that Regulation ”;

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for “the Community” substitute “Great Britain”;

iii

for “Article 9 of that Regulation” substitute “ Article 190 of that Regulation ”.

3

In Article 1(4) for “Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1952/2005” substitute “ Article 190 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 ”.

4

In Article 2—

a

the existing text becomes paragraph 1;

b

in that paragraph—

i

in point (h) for “Member States concerned” substitute “ appropriate authorities in accordance with Article 23 of this Regulation ”;

ii

in point (j) for “Member State” substitute “ appropriate authority ”;

iii

after point (o), insert—

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‘constituent nation’ means England, Wales or Scotland, as the case may be;

q

‘third country’ means any country or territory other than:

i

the United Kingdom;

ii

the Bailiwick of Jersey;

iii

the Bailiwick of Guernsey;

iv

the Isle of Man.

c

after that paragraph insert—

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For the purposes of this Regulation, ‘appropriate authority’ means:

a

in relation to England, the Secretary of State;

b

in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers;

c

in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers;

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But the appropriate authority is the Secretary of State:

a

in relation to Scotland, if consent is given by the Scottish Ministers;

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5

In Article 3(1)(e) for “Article 17 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003” substitute “ Article 67 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 ”.

6

In Article 4(1) for “Article 2(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1952/2005” substitute “ point 1 of Part III of Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 ”.

7

In Article 6(2) for “Member States” substitute “ The appropriate authority ”.

8

In Article 7(3) for “of Community origin” substitute “ originating from F5Great Britain ”.

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In Article 8 for “the Community” substitute “Great Britain”.

10

In Article 14(2) for “of Community origin” substitute “ originating from F7Great Britain ”.

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In Article 15 for “the Community” substitute “Great Britain”.

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In Article 16(2)—

a

in point (d) for “Article 4(3)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1952/2005” substitute “ Article 77(3)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 ”;

b

for point (h) substitute—

h

the words ‘Certified product – Regulation (EC) No 1850/2006’, applied by the competent certification authority

13

In Article 16(4) for “Member State” substitute “ country in which certification takes place ”.

14

In Article 17 for “one of the Community languages” substitute “ English (and may also bear the same entries in any other language) ”.

15

In Article 21(1) for “Member States” substitute “ The appropriate authority ”.

16

In Article 21(3)—

a

after “Regulation” insert “ in the territory or territories for which it is appointed ”;

b

for “Member State” substitute “ appropriate authority ”.

17

In Article 22(1) omit “, under national legislation,”.

18

In Article 23 for the heading substitute “ Lists ”.

19

In Article 23(1)—

a

for the words from “Producing” to “latest, of” substitute “ The appropriate authority for each producing constituent nation shall maintain ”;

b

in point (c), before “the names” insert “ a list of ”.

20

Omit Article 23(2).

21

In Article 24—

a

for “Commission”, in the first place it occurs, substitute “ appropriate authority for each producing constituent nation ”;

b

after “are updated” insert “ at least ”;

c

for “Commission”, in the second place it occurs, substitute “ appropriate authority for each producing constituent nation ”.

22

After Article 26 omit “This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.”.

23

Omit Annex 5.

24

In Annex 6—

a

in point 1 for “Member States” substitute “ appropriate authority ”;

b

in point 2—

i

for “MEMBER STATES CARRYING OUT” substitute “ COUNTRY OF ”;

ii

omit the words from “BE for Belgium” to “SE for Sweden”;

c

in point 4 for “BE” substitute “ F9GB ”.