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of20November1997
ondetailedrulestoimplementCouncilRegulation(EC)No1221/97layingdowngeneralrulesfor
theapplicationofmeasurestoimprove theproductionandmarketingofhoney
(OJ L 319, 21.11.1997, p. 4)
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►M1Commission Regulation (EC) No 758/98 of 3 April 1998 L 105 5 4.4.1998
►M2Commission Regulation (EC) No 1472/98 of 9 July 1998 L 194 8 10.7.1998
►M3Commission Regulation (EC) No 2633/98 of 8 December 1998 L 333 23 9.12.1998
►M4Commission Regulation (EC) No 2767/98 of 21 December 1998 L 346 13 22.12.1998
►M5Commission Regulation (EC) No 1479/1999 of 6 July 1999 L 171 9 7.7.1999
►M6Commission Regulation (EC) No 1438/2000 of 30 June 2000 L 161 65 1.7.2000
►M7Commission Regulation (EC) No 704/2001 of 6 April 2001 L 98 14 7.4.2001
►M8Commission Regulation (EC) No 1336/2001 of 2 July 2001 L 180 21 3.7.2001
►M9Commission Regulation (EC) No 1216/2002 of 5 July 2002 L 177 4 6.7.2002
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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 Council Regulation (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 producedand marketed in the Community; whereas Article 1 of that Regulationstates that Member States may establish national programmes; whereasit is necessary 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 financial contribution to national
programmes should be restricted, by reference to each Member State'sshare of the total number 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 Regula-
tion, 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 accor-
dance with the opinion of the Management Committee forPoultrymeat and Eggs,
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 provi-
sions;
(f) list the representative organizations and bee-keeping cooperatives
that collaborated in drawing up the programmes;1997R2300 — EN — 09.07.2002 — 005.001 — 2
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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 April of eachyear. However, Member States may simply
notify any amendments or adjustments to programmes notified theprevious year.
2. As from the second year, the programme measure shall be
entirely executed before 31 August of the year following that of notifi-
cation of the programme. Payments shall be carried out before 15
October of the same year.
3. The results of the applied research studies into varroasis preven-
tion shall be sent to the Commission two months after the date laiddown in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1221/97 so that they can beincluded in the exchange of information on concerted action NoFAIR5-PL97-3686 applying point 3 of Annex III to Council Decision
94/805/EC of 23 November 1994 adopting a specific programme of
research, technological development and demonstration in the field ofagriculture and fisheries, including agro-industry, food technologies,forestry, aquaculture 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 State
to an amount corresponding to its share of the total number of beehives
in 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 theamount 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 Objec-
tives 1, 5 (b) and 6, before the date laid down in Article 2.
3. The same measure may not be the subject of payments simulta-
neously under Regulation (EC) No 1221/97 and under anotherCommunity aid scheme in respect of Council Regulations (EC) No950/97(
2), (EC) No 951/97(3) and (EC) No 952/97(4) as well as
Community programmes of research, technological development and
demonstration provided for in Article 2(3) of this Regulation.
Article 4a
The financial limits for each measure may be increased or reduced by a
maximum of 10 % provided that the overall ceiling for the annual1997R2300 — EN — 09.07.2002 — 005.001 — 3
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programme is not exceeded and the Community contribution to finan-
cing of the programme referred to in Article 3 does not exceed 50 % ofthe expenditure borne by the Member State concerned.
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 theprogramme 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 — 09.07.2002 — 005.001 — 4
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ANNEX I
Member State No of hives
B 100000
DK 155000D 900000
GR 1 380000
E 2 314494F 1 297000IRL 20000I 1 100000
L 10213
NL 80000A 343906P 632500
FIN 42000
S 145000UK 273750EUR 15 8 7938631997R2300 — EN — 09.07.2002 — 005.001 — 5
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ANNEX II
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