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 Articles 192(2) and 195(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) It is the responsibility of the agencies concerned in those third countries to keep the information shown in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1295/2008 up to date and to communicate that information to the Commission in a spirit of close cooperation.
(3) Australia and New Zealand communicated information on changes of name and/or address concerning the competent agency authorised to issue attestations of equivalence. The list in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1295/2008 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(4) Regulation (EC) No 1295/2008 should be amended accordingly.
(5) 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:
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1295/2008 is hereby replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following 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, 10 February 2012.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel Barroso
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | Quarantine Tasmania Quarantine Centre | 163-169 Main Road, Moonah, 7009 Tasmania, Australia | (61-3) | 62 33 33 52 | 62 34 67 85 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | 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 | |
| Croatia | Križevci College of Agriculture | Milislava Demerca 1, HR-48260 Križevci | (385-48) | 279 198 | 682 790 | ssrecec@vguk.hr |
| New Zealand | Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry | PO box 2526 Wellington 6140 | (64-4) | 894-0100 | 894 0720 | |
| 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 |
| South Africa | CSIR Food Science and Technology | PO box 395 0001 Pretoria | (27-12) | 841 31 72 | 841 35 94 | |
| Switzerland | Labor Veritas | Engimattstrasse 11 Postfach 353 CH-8027 Zürich | (41-44) | 283 29 30 | 201 42 49 | admin@laborveritas.ch |
| Ukraine | Productional-Technical Centre (PTZ) Ukrhmel | Hlebnaja 27 262028 Zhitomir | (380) | 37 21 11 | 36 73 31 | |
| 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 PO 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 or 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 | ||
| Zimbabwe | Standards Association of Zimbabwe (SAZ) | Northend Close, Northridge Park Borrowdale, PO box 2259 Harare | (263-4) | 88 20 17, 88 20 21, 88 55 11 | 88 20 20 | info@saz.org.zw saz.org.zw” |