CHAPTER 5

EXCEPTIONS

Specific requirements
Article 20
1
In the case referred to in Article 1(3)(a), in respect of each crop, the brewer shall, by 15 November each year at the latest, send to the competent certification authority a declaration of the varieties grown, the quantities harvested, the places of production and the areas planted, together with the IACS or land register references or an official equivalent thereof.
In addition, paragraph 2(a) to (d) and (f) shall apply mutatis mutandis, except where the hops are processed or used in their natural state in the brewery itself.
2
In the case referred to in Article 1(3)(b), the competent certification authority shall, when the hops enter the establishment where they are to be processed, issue a document, upon application by the brewery, on which at least the following entries shall be entered in the course of the processing operations:
a
a reference identifying the contract;
b
the recipient brewery;
c
the processing establishment;
d
a description of the processed product;
e
the reference number of the certificate or the attestation of equivalence of the original hops;
f
the weight of the processed product.
The document referred to in the first subparagraph shall be given a reference number, which must also appear on the packaging.
In the case of blends of hops, the following additional indication shall be included on the document and on the package:
Mixture of hops for own use; may not be marketed
.
3
In the case referred to in Article 1(3)(c), the weight of the package may not exceed:
a
1 kg in the case of cones or powder;
b
300 g in the case of extract, powder and the new isomerised products;
A description of the product and its weight must appear on the package.