{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-1850/annex-I",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-1850/annex-I.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2006/1850",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 1850/2006 of 14 December 2006 laying down detailed rules for the certification of hops and hop products",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-1850",
  "path": "annex/I",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": "I",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "MINIMUM MARKETING REQUIREMENTS FOR HOP CONES\n(referred to in Article 4)\nCharacteristics\nDescription\nMaximum content(% of weight)\nPrepared hops\nUnprepared hops\n(a)\nMoisture\nWater content\n12\n14\n(b)\nLeaves and stalks\nLeaf fragments from branch tendrils, branch tendrils, leaf or cone strigs; to be classed as stalk, cone strigs must be at least 2,5 cm long\n6\n6\n(c)\nHop waste\nSmall particles resulting from machine harvesting, varying in colour between dark green and black and which generally do not come from the cone; the maximum contents indicated may include particles of varieties of hops other than those to be certified, amounting to up to 2 % of the weight\n3\n4\n(d)\nIn the case of ‘seedless hops’, seed\nMature fruit of the cone\n2\n2",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2006/1850/annex/I",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:53:16.181907+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}