1.Where, before its entry into free circulation, a consignment covered by an attestation of equivalence is split up and redispatched an attestation extract shall be drawn up in respect of each new consignment resulting from such splitting.
The attestation shall be replaced by the necessary number of attestation extracts.
Each extract shall be drawn up by the party concerned in one original and two copies on a form corresponding to the model given in Annex III and in accordance with the rules set out in Annex IV.
[F11A.By way of derogation from paragraph 1, until 1 July 2021, the extract may instead be drawn up in accordance with Article 6(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1295/2008, as it has effect in EU law as amended from time to time.
1B.If at any time until 1 July 2021 the Secretary of State considers that the quality standards adopted in EU law for any hops or hop products are not at least equivalent to the quality standards adopted for like products harvested within Great Britain or made from such products:
(a)the Secretary of State must publish a statement to that effect, and
(b)paragraph 1A shall not apply in relation to the products set out in such statement.]
2.The customs authorities shall endorse accordingly the original and the two copies of the attestation of equivalence, and shall countersign the original and the two copies of each extract.
They shall retain the original of the attestation of equivalence, send the two copies to the [F2Secretary of State] and return the original and the two copies of each extract to the person concerned.
Textual Amendments
F1Art. 6(1A)(1B) 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, 54(a) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1452, regs. 1(2)(b), 6(14)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)