COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 117/2012
of 10 February 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 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:
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 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.