{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-1295/article-3",
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  "legislation": "eur/2008/1295",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 1295/2008 of 18 December 2008 on the importation of hops from third countries (Codified version)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-1295",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Attestations accompanying hops and hop products imported from third countries issued by an agency authorised by the third country of origin and appearing in Annex I shall be recognised as attestations of equivalence.\nThe Secretary of State may make regulations revising Annex I on the basis of information communicated by the third countries concerned.\nCertificates accompanying hops and hop products imported from the European Union before 1 February 2027 shall be recognised as EU certificates provided that:\n(a) such certificates are issued in accordance with Article 77 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, as it has effect in EU law as amended from time to time, and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/601 of 14 December 2023 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the certification of hops and hop products and related controls and Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/602 of 14 December 2023 supplementing Regulation (EU) No1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the marketing standards in the hop sector and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 1850/2006, as they have effect in EU law, and\n(b) the Secretary of State has not published a statement under Article 77(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 in relation to the relevant hops or hops products (as the case may be).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 3 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products and Common Agricultural Policy (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/828), regs. 1, 52(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Art. 3 inserted (31.12.2020) by The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products and Common Agricultural Policy (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/828), regs. 1, 52(b) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1452, regs. 1(2)(b), 6(12)(a)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Art. 3 substituted (E.W.S.) (1.2.2025) by The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products (Marketing Standards and Organic Products) (Transitional Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/18), regs. 1(2), 6(3)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Art. 3 substituted (E.W.S.) (1.2.2025) by The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products (Marketing Standards and Organic Products) (Transitional Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/18), regs. 1(2), 6(3)(b)"
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2008/1295/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:51:45.833381+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."
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