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), and in particular Article 192(2) in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,
OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1.
Whereas:
(1) Annex I to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1295/2008 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.
OJ L 340, 19.12.2008, p. 45.
(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
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	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	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’