No L 268/88 Official Journal of the European Communities 29. 9. 90 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2835/90 of 28 September 1990 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3077/78 on the equivalence with Community certificates of attestations accompanying hops imported from non-member ' countries THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, ' Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1696/71 of 26 July 1971 on the common organization of the market in hops ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3998/87 (%), and in particular Article 5 (2) thereof, Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3077/78 (), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3975/88 (), recognizes the equivalence with Community certificates of attestations accompanying hops imported from certain non-member countries, and contains a list of the bodies in those countries authorized to issue attestations of equi- valence ; Whereas, since that time, the body authorized by the German Democratic Republic to issue attestations of equivalence, as set out in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 3077/78, has ceased to exist; whereas another body has therefore been authorized to issue these attestations as of 1 July 1990 ; whereas the respective entry in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 3077/78 should be therefore amended ; Whereas, due to the accession of the German Democratic Republic to the Federal Republic of Germany, the terri- tory of the German Democratic Republic becomes part of the Community and will no longer be considered a third country ; whereas the issuing of attestations of equivalence will no longer be required ; whereas the respective entry in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 3077/78 should be therefore deleted on the date of the German unification ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Hops, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 The entry in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 3077/78 concerning the German Democratic Republic is hereby replaced by the following: . . Organizations authorized Country of origin tg: issue attestations Products CN code - German Hopfenverwertungsgenossenschaft Hop cones ex 1210 Democratic Elbe-Saale G Hop powders ex 1210 Republic Leipzig Saps and extracts of 1302 13 00 hops Article 2 All references to the German Democratic Republic in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 3077/78 are deleted with effect from the day of accession of the German Democratic Republic to the Federal Republic of Germany. ' ' Artiile 3 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply with effect from 1 July 1990. () OJ No L 175, 4. 8. 1971, p. 1. () OJ No L 377, 31. 12. 1987, p. 40. () O] No L 367, 28. 12. 1978, p. 28. () OJ No L 351, 21. 12. 1988, p. 23.