31978R2709

No L 327/ 8 Official Journal of the European Communities 22 . 11 . 78

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 2709/78 of 21 November 1978 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2397/78 on attestations of equivalence for hops imported from non-member countries

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN recognized as equivalent to Community certificates COMMUNITIES, and the goods covered by them should be admitted to free circulation ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Whereas it is therefore necessary to amend Annex III to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2397/78 (3) ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1696/71 of 26 July 1971 on the common organization Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation of the market in hops (! ), as last amended by Regula­ are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ tion (EEC) No 11 70/77 (2), and in particular Article 5 ment Committee for Hops, (2) and (3) thereof, Whereas the People's Republic of China and the HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Czechoslovak Socialist Republic have undertaken to comply with the requirements laid down for the Article 1 marketing of hops and hop products and have empow­ ered certain agencies to issue attestations of equival­ The following text is added to Annex III to Regula­ ence ; whereas these attestations should therefore be tion (EEC) No 2397/78 :

CCT Organizations authorized Products Country of origin heading to issue attestations No

People's Republic Tientsin Commodity Hops ex 12.06 of China Inspection Bureau ex 12.06 Hop powder 13.03 A VI Hop extract

Czechoslovakia Ustredni Kontrolni a zkusebni ustav zemedelsky Hops ex 12.06 Pobocka — ZATEC ex 12.06 Hop powder Hop extract 13.03 A VI

Article2¶

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following the date of its publica­ tion in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels, 21 November 1978 . For the Commission Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President

(») OJ No L 175, 4. 8 . 1971 , p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 137, 3 . 6. 1977, p. 7 . (3) OJ No L 289, 14. 10 . 1978 , p. 1 .