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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2300/97
of 20 November 1997
on detailed rules to implement Council Regulation (EC) No 1221/97 laying down general rules
for the application of measures to improve the production and marketing of honey
(OJ No L 319, 21. 11. 1997, p. 4)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
Commission Regulation (EC) No 758/98 of 3 April 1998 L 105 5 4. 4. 1998
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ICOMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2300/97
of 20 November 1997
on detailed rules to implement Council Regulation (EC) No 1221/97 laying down general rules
for the application of measures to improve the production and marketing of honey
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the T reaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity,
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 produced and marketed in the Community;
whereas Article 1 of that Regulation states that Member
States may establish national programmes; whereas it isnecessary to specify the basic elements that these pro-
grammes are required to contain and the time limit for
their transmission to the Commission;
Whereas the Community’s financial contribution to nation-
al programmes should be restricted, by reference to each
Member State’s share 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 to be notified to the Commission;
Whereas, although measures included in operational pro-
grammes under Objectives 1, 5 (b) and 6 cannot be fi-
nanced 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 agricul-
tural 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 Com-
mittee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
(1) OJ L 173, 1. 7. 1997, p. 1.
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1Article 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 struc-
tural data in the study referred to in Article 2 of Re-
gulation (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 adminis-
trative provisions;
(f) list the representative organizations and bee-keeping
cooperatives that collaborated in drawing up the pro-grammes;
(g) set up the monitoring and assessment arrangements.
Article 2
1. Member States shall notify their programmes to the
Commission before 15 April of each year. For the first
year this date shall be 15 December 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 of the programme. Payments
shall be carried out before 15 October of the same year.
3. The results of the applied research studies into var-
roasis 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 in the ex-
change of information on concerted action No
FAIR5-PL97-3686 applying point 3 of Annex III to Coun-
cil Decision 94/805/EC of 23 November 1994 adopting a
specific programme of research, technological development
and demonstration in the field of agriculture and fisheries,
including agro-industry, food technologies, forestry, aqua-
culture and rural development (1994 to 1998) (2).
(2) OJ L 334, 22. 12. 1994, p. 73.2300/97
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2Article 3
Community part-financing of programmes, as referred to in
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1221/97, shall be re-
stricted for each Member State to an amount correspon-
ding 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 the amount of part-financing re-
ferred to in the first paragraph, the shares of the other
Member States may be increased in proportion to their
share.
Article 4
1. Member States shall forward to the Commission, to-
gether 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 national pro-
grammes. These shall consist of both administrative and
on-the-spot checks.
2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission
the list of measures included in national operational pro-
grammes under Objectives 1, 5 (b) and 6, before the date
laid down in Article 2.
3 . T h es a m em e a s u r em a yn o tb et h es u b j e c to fp a y -
ments simultaneously pursuant to Regulation (EC) No
1221/97 and pursuant to another Community aid scheme
in respect of Council Regulations (EC) No 950/97 (1),
(EC) No 951/97 (2) and (EC) 952/97 (3).
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 September 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 fol-
lowing its publication in the Official Journal of the Euro-
pean Communities.
(1) OJ L 142, 2. 6. 1997, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 142, 2. 6. 1997, p. 22.
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3ANNEX I
(1 000)
Member State No of hives
B 100
DK 85
D 10 6 9
GR 12 0 0
E 17 5 3
F 14 3 4
IRL 20
I 11 0 0
L 10
NL 80
A 394
P 550
FIN 40
S 100
UK 200
EUR -15 81 3 52300 /97
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4ANNEX II
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