Article 4 Marketing requirements

In order to be certified, hops shall comply with the conditions referred to in F1point 1 of Part III of Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 and the minimum marketing requirements set out in Annex I to this Regulation.

Compliance with the minimum marketing requirement relating to the moisture content of the hops shall be checked by representatives of the competent certification authority applying one of the methods described in Annex II(B).

The method described in Annex II(B)(2) shall be approved by the competent certification authority and must give results with a standard deviation not exceeding 2,0. In the event of a dispute, compliance shall be checked by the method described in Annex II(B)(1).

Compliance with minimum marketing requirements other than the moisture content shall be checked in accordance with normal commercial practice.

However, in the event of a dispute, the method described in Annex II(C) shall be used.