
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 267/2009 of 1 April 2009 amending Regulation (EC) No 1295/2008 on the importation of hops from third countries 

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
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 Articles 192(2) and 195(2) in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,
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.

(2) It is the responsibility of the agencies concerned in those third countries to keep the information provided 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) Croatia and Serbia have undertaken to comply with the requirements set for the marketing of hops and hop products and have authorised an agency to issue attestations of equivalence. Those attestations should therefore be recognised as equivalent to Community certificates and the products covered by them admitted to free circulation.

(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 third 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, 1 April 2009.
For the Commission
Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission
ANNEX


ANNEX I 

AGENCIES AUTHORISED TO ISSUE ATTESTATIONS IN RESPECT OFHop cones CN code: ex 1210Hop powders CN code: ex 1210Saps and extracts of hops CN code: 1302 13 00Country of origin Authorised agencies Address Code Telephone Fax e-mail (optional)
Australia Quarantine Services Department of Primary Industries & Water 
Macquarie Wharf No 1Hunter Street, HobartTasmania 7000
 (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 DriveNapean, 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 DistrictTianjin 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, Zhaofaxincun2nd Avenue, TEDATianjin 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 CityInner 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 RoadUrumqi CityXinjiang 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 Fisheries PO Box 2526 Wellington (64-4) 472-0367 47 44 24472-9071 
Gawthorn Institute Private Bag Nelson (64-3) 548 23 19 546 94 64 
Serbia Institut za ratarstvo i povrtarstvo/Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops 
21000 Novi SadMaksima Gorkog 30.
 (381-21) 780 365Operator: 4898 100 780 198 institut@ifvcns.ns.ac.rs
South Africa CSIR Food Science and Technology 
PO Box 3950001 Pretoria
 (27-12) 841 31 72 841 35 94 
Switzerland Labor Veritas 
Engimattstrasse 11Postfach 353CH-8027 Zürich
 (41-44) 283 29 30 201 42 49 admin@laborveritas.ch
Ukraine Productional-Technical Centre (PTZ) Ukrhmel 
Hlebnaja 27262028 Zhtiomie
 (380) 37 21 11 36 73 31 
United States Washington Department of Agriculture State Chemical and Hop Lab 
21 N. 1st Ave. Suite 106Yakima, WA 98902
 (1-509) 225 76 26 454 76 99 
Idaho Department of Agriculture Division of Plant Industries Hop Inspection Lab 
2270 Old Penitentiary RoadP.O. Box 790Boise, ID 83701
 (1-208) 332 86 20 334 22 83 
Oregon Department of Agriculture Commodity Inspection Division 
635 Capital Street NESalem, 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 RoadSacramento, CA 95832
 (1-916) 445 00 29 or 262 14 34 262 15 72 
USDA, GIPSA, FGIS 
1100 NW Naito ParkwayPortland, OR 97209-2818
 (1-503) 326 78 87 326 78 96 
USDA, GIPSA, TSD, Tech Service Division, Technical Testing Laboratory 
10383 Nth Ambassador DriveKansas City, MO 64153-1394
 (1-816) 891 04 01 891 04 78 
Zimbabwe Standards Association of Zimbabwe (SAZ) 
Northend Close,Northridge ParkBorrowdale,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
