No L 265/4 Official Journal of the European Communities 26. 10. 93 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2928/93 of 25 October 1993 ’ amending Regulation (EEC) No 890/78 layi'ng down detailed rules for the certification of hops THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1696/71 of 26 July 1971 on the common organization of the market in hops ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3124/92 (%, and in particular Article 2 (5) thereof, . Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1784/77 of 19 July 1977 concerning the certitication of hops (), as las amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1987/93 (¥, excludes certain products from the certification process on account or their specific characteristics or their intended use ; whereas isomerized hop powders and the new isomerized hop products referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1784/77 fall within that group of products, as do isomerized hop extracts; whereas those products in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 890/78 (%), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2265/91 (%), should be defined more precisely ; Whereas the second subparagraph of Article 1 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1784/77 lays down that products exempt from certification must be subject to a control procedure ; whereas the control procedure must ensure that such products do not disturb the normal marketing of certified products and are used only for the purposes stated and only be those for whom they are intended; Whereas the control procedures should be the responsibi- lity of the bodies carrying out certification ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Hops, () OJ No L 175, 4. 8. 1971, p. 1. () OJ No L 313, 30. 10. 1992, p. 1. % OJ No L 200, 8. 8. 1977, p. 1. () OJ No L 182, 24. 7. 1993, p. 1. () OJ No L 117, 29. 4. 1978, p. 43. () OJ No L 208, 30. 7. 1991, p. 22. HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 Regulation (EEC) No 890/78 is hereby amended as follows : 1. Article '1 is replaced by the following : Article 1 (a) “unprepared hops” means hops which have under- gone only preliminary drying and packaging; (b) “prepared hops” means hopsv which have under- gone final drying and final packaging; (c) “seeded hops” means hops ‘marketed with a seed content greater than 2 % of their weight; (d) “seedless hops”.means hops marketed with a seed content not exceeding 2 % of their weight; (e) “isomerized hop extract” means an extract in which the alpha acids have been almost totally isome- rized ; (f) “isomerized hop powder” means a powder in which the alpha acids have been almost totally isome- rized ; {g) “new isomerized hop products” means products in which not only have the alpha acids been totally isomerized but other constituents have also under- gone alteration to a greater or lesser extent (accor- ding to the stage at which and the condition under which the transformation of the alpha acids has been carried out) or have been deliberately elimi- nated from the final product; (h) “sealing” means closure of the package under offi- cial supervision and in such a way that the means of clusure will be damaged when the package is opened ; (i) “closed operating circuit” means a process for preparing or processing hops carried out under official supervision and in such a way that no hops or processed products can be added or removed during the operation. The closed operating circuit starts with the opening of the sealed package containing the hops or hop products to be prepared or processed and ends with the sealing of the package containing the processed hops or hop product ; () “consignment” means a number of packages of hops or hop products with the same characteristics presented at the same time for certification by the same individual or associated producer or by the same processor.’;