Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Hops Certification (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 and come into operation on 18th October 2024.

(2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954( 4), shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.

Amendments to the Hops Certification Regulations 1979

2.—(1) The Hops Certification Regulations 1979( 5) are amended as follows—

(2) In regulation 1(2) —

(a) in the definition of “the relevant provisions”, for paragraphs (b) and (c) substitute—

“(b) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/602 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 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( 6) ;

(c) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/601 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the certification of hops and hop products and related controls( 7) ;

(d) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/2835 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards rules on import in the sectors of rice, cereals, sugar and hops, and repealing Commission Regulations (EC) No 3330/94 , (EC) No 2810/95 , (EC) No 951/2006 , (EC) 972/2006 , (EC) No 504/2007 , (EC) 1375/2007 , (EC) No 402/2008 , (EC) No 1295/2008 , (EC) No 1312/2008 and (EU) No 642/2010, (EEC) No 1361/76 , (EEC) No 1842/81 , (EEC) No 3556/87 , (EEC) No 3846/87 , (EEC) No 815/89 , (EC) No 765/2002 , (EC) No 1993/2005 , (EC) No 1670/2006 , (EC) No 1731/2006 , (EC) No 1741/2006 , (EC) No 433/2007 , (EC) No 1359/2007 , (EC) No 1454/2007 , (EC) No 508/2008 , (EC) No 903/2008 , (EC) No 147/2009 , (EC) No 612/2009 , (EU) No 1817/2010, (EU) No 1178/2010, (EU) 90/2011 and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1373/2013( 8) ;

(e) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2834 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards imports in the sectors of rice, cereals, sugar and hops( 9) ; ”

(b) in the definition of “hop products”, after “Articles 1 and 3(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013” insert “and Article 3 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/602”.

(3) In regulation 3—

(a) in paragraph (1)(e), for “Article 1(3)(a) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1850/2006”, substitute “Article 5(a) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/602”;

(b) in paragraph (1A), for “Regulation (EC) 1295/2008”, substitute “Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/2835”.

(4) In regulation 6A(a), for “Article 12(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1850/2006”, substitute “Article 9(1) of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/601”.

(5) In regulation 7—

(a) for paragraph (1), substitute—

“(1)  A brewer required by Article 6(1) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/602 to send to the competent certification authority referred to in Article 3(m) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/602 and in Article 10 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/601 , a declaration giving the particulars of hops harvested on the brewer’s land and used by the brewer which as mentioned in Article 6(1) shall forward the harvest declaration not later than 15 ^th November in each year to the Department or to such person as the Department shall by notice to the brewer from time to time direct. ”;

(b) in paragraph (2), for “Article 21 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1850/2006”, substitute “Article 10 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/601”.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations are made under section 11 of, and paragraph 11M of Part 1C of Schedule 2 to, the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018. The EU provisions relating to the hop sector marketing standards and related controls are set out in Regulation (EU) 1308/2013which is directly applicable in NI under Article 5(4) of, and Annex 2 to, the Windsor Framework. These Regulations amend the Hops Certification Regulations 1979 ( S.I.1979/1095) as they apply in Northern Ireland in relation to third country imports and certification in order to update references to the amending EU regulations, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/601and Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/602.

A regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on businesses or the voluntary/community sector is foreseen.