Regulation 7 Brewers' and processors' declarationsI1

A brewer required by F1Article 20(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1850/2006 to send to the competent certification authority referred to in Article 21 of that Regulation, a declaration giving the particulars of hops harvested on his land and used by him which are mentioned in F2Article 20(1) shall forward the declaration, not later than 31st October in each year, to the appropriate F3authority or to such other person as that authority shall by notice to the brewer from time to time direct.

A processor required F4to send to the competent certification authority referred to in Article 21 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1850/2006 a declaration of the quantities of isomerized hop extracts produced and marketed by him shall forward the declaration, not later than 31st December in each year, to the appropriate F5authority or to such other person as that authority shall by notice to the processor from time to time direct.

Any person who without reasonable excuse contravenes paragraph (1) or (2) above shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction or, in Scotland, on conviction before a court of summary jurisdiction, to a fine not exceeding F6level 2 on the standard scale.