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"BCOMMISSION 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 L 319, 21.11.1997, p. 4)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
"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
"M6 Commission Regulation (EC) No 1438/2000 of 30 June 2000 L 161 65 1.7.2000
"M7 Commission Regulation (EC) No 704/2001 of 6 April 2001 L 98 14 7.4.2001
"M8 Commission Regulation (EC) No 1336/2001 of 2 July 2001 L 180 21 3.7.20011997R2300 — EN — 01.07.2001 — 004.001 — 1
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
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 produced and
marketed in the Community; whereas Article 1 of that Regulation states
that Member States may establish national programmes; whereas it is
necessary to specify the basic elements that these programmes are
required 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’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 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 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 referred
to 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
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(f) list the representative organizations and bee-keeping cooperatives
that collaborated in drawing up the programmes;
(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. However, Member States may simply notify
any amendments or adjustments to programmes notified the previous
year.
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 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 in
the exchange of information on concerted action No FAIR5-PL97-3686
applying point 3 of Annex III to Council Decision 94/805/EC of 23
November 1994 adopting a specific programme of research, tech-
nological development and demonstration in the field of agriculture and
fisheries, including agro-industry, food technologies, forestry, aquacul-
ture 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 the
amount of part-financing referred 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, 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 national
programmes. 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 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 simulta-
neously under Regulation (EC) No 1221/97 and under another
Community aid scheme in respect of Council Regulations (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
demonstration provided for in Article 2(3) of this Regulation.!B
(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.
(4) OJ L 142, 2.6.1997, p. 30.!M1
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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 annual
programme is not exceeded and the Community contribution to
financing of the programme referred to in Article 3 does not exceed
50 % of the 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 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.!M2
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ANNEX I
Member State No of hives
B 100 000
DK 155 000D 899 000GR 1 380 000E 2 238 064
F 1 446 900
IRL 20 000I 1 100 000L 10 213NL 80 000A 363 967P 632 500FIN 42 000
S 145 000
UK 200 000EUR-15 8 812 644!
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ANNEX II
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