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ondetailedrulestoimplementCouncilRegulation(EC)No1221/97layingdowngeneralrulesfor
theapplicationofmeasurestoimprove theproductionandmarketingofhoney
(OJ L 319, 21.11.1997, p. 4)
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OfficialJournal
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►M1 Commission Regulation (EC) No 758/98 of 3 April 1998 L 105 5 4.4.1998
►M2 Commission Regulation (EC) No 1472/98 of 9 July 1998 L 194 8 10.7.1998
►M3 Commission Regulation (EC) No 2633/98 of 8 December 1998 L 333 23 9.12.1998
►M4 Commission Regulation (EC) No 2767/98 of 21 December 1998 L 346 13 22.12.1998
►M5 Commission Regulation (EC) No 1479/1999 of 6 July 1999 L 171 9 7.7.1999
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COMMISSIONREGULATION(EC)No2300/97
of20November1997
ondetailedrulestoimplementCouncilRegulation(EC)No1221/97
laying down general rules for the application of measures to
improve theproductionandmarketingofhoney
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to CouncilRegul ation (EC) No 1221/97 of 25 June 1997
laying down general rules for the application of measures to improve the
production and marketing of honey (1), and in particular Article 5
thereof,
Whereas Regulation (EC) No 1221/97 lays down measures for the
purpose of improving the conditions under which honey is produced andmarketed in the Community; whereas Article 1 of that Regulation statesthat Member States may establish national programmes; whereas it isnecessary to specify the basic elements that these programmes arerequired to contain and the time limit for their transmission to the
Commission;
Whereas the Community's financialcontribution to nationalprogrammes
should be restricted, by reference to each Member State's share of thetotalnumber of hives in the Community;
Whereas the Member States are to monitor programmes implemented
pursuant to this Regulation; whereas those monitoring measures are tobe notified to the Commission;
Whereas, although measures included in operational programmes under
Objectives 1, 5 (b) and 6 cannot be financed pursuant to this Regulation,
a list of such measures should also be notified to the Commission;
Whereas common criteria should be laid down to ensure that the studies
referred to in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1221/97 are carried out in
a consistent fashion;
Whereas rules should be adopted for setting the agricultural conversion
rates to be applied to the financing of national programmes;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance
with the opinion of the Management Committee for Poultrymeat andEggs,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The national annual programmes referred to in Article 1 of Regulation
(EC) No 1221/97 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the programmes’) shall:
(a) describe the situation in the sector; the description must make it
possible to update regularly the structural data in the study referredto in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1221/97;
(b) state its aims;
(c) give a detailed description of the measures involved, with unit costs
where appropriate;
(d) state the estimated costs and financing plan at national and regional
level;
(e) refer to the applicable laws, regulations and administrative
provisions;
(f) list the representative organizations and bee-keeping cooperatives
that collaborated in drawing up the programmes;1997R2300 — EN — 10.07.1999 — 002.001 — 2
(1) OJ L 173, 1. 7. 1997, p. 1.
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(g) set up the monitoring and assessment arrangements.
Article 2
1. Member States shall notify their programmes to the Commission
before 15 Aprilof each year. For the first year this date shal lbe 15December 1997. For the second year this date shall be 15 May 1998.
2. As from the second year, the programme measure shall be entirely
executed before 31 August of the year following that of notification ofthe programme. Payments shall be carried out before 15 October of thesame year.
3. The results of the applied research studies into varroasis prevention
shall be sent to the Commission two months after the date laid down in
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1221/97 so that they can be included inthe exchange of information on concerted action No FAIR5-PL97-3686applying point 3 of Annex III to Council Decision 94/805/EC of 23November 1994 adopting a specific programme of research, technolo-gical development and demonstration in the field of agriculture and
fisheries, including agro-industry, food technologies, forestry, aqua-
culture and rural development (1994 to 1998) (
1).
Article 3
Community part-financing of programmes, as referred to in Article 3 of
Regulation (EC) No 1221/97, shall be restricted for each Member Stateto an amount corresponding to its share of the totalnumber of beehivesin the Community, as shown in Annex I to this Regulation.
However, if one or more Member States does not notify its programme
within the time limits laid down in Article 2, or does not use all of the
amount of part-financing referred to in the first paragraph, the shares ofthe other Member States may be increased in proportion to their share.
Article 4
1. Member States shall forward to the Commission, together with
their programmes, documents specifying how the programmes are to be
monitored. The monitoring checks shall be designed to verify
compliance with the terms on which aid is granted under the nationalprogrammes. These shall consist of both administrative and on-the-spotchecks.
2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the list of
measures included in national operational programmes under Objectives
1, 5 (b) and 6, before the date laid down in Article 2.
3. The same measure may not be the subject of payments
simultaneously under Regulation (EC) No 1221/97 and under anotherCommunity aid scheme in respect of CouncilRegul ations (EC) No 950/97 (
2), (EC) No 951/97 (3) and (EC) No 952/97 (4) as well as Community
programmes of research, technological development and demonstrationprovided for in Article 2(3) of this Regulation.
Article 4 a
The financiall imits for each measure may be increased or reduced by a
maximum of 10 % provided that the overall ceiling for the annual
programme is not exceeded and the Community contribution to
financing of the programme referred to in Article 3 does not exceed50 % of the expenditure borne by the Member State concerned.1997R2300 — EN — 10.07.1999 — 002.001 — 3
(1) OJ L 334, 22. 12. 1994, p. 73.
(2) OJ L 142, 2.6.1997, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 142, 2.6.1997, p. 22.
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Article 5
The agricultural conversion rate to be applied to the amount referred to
in Article 3 shall be the rate in force on 1 May of the year in which the
programme is notified.
Article 6
The studies referred to in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1221/97 shall
cover the points indicated in Annex II to this Regulation.
Article 7
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
all Member States.1997R2300 — EN — 10.07.1999 — 002.001 — 4
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ANNEX I
Member State No of hives
B 100 000
DK 85 000D 1 038 000
GR 1 217 000
E 2 013 048F 1 446 906IRL 20 000I 1 100 000
L 10 213
NL 80 000A 373 062P 550 000
FIN 40 000
S 110 000UK 200 000EUR-15 8 383 2291997R2300 — EN — 10.07.1999 — 002.001 — 5
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ANNEX II
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