02004R0917 — EN — 11.08.2007 — 004.002

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 917/2004

of 29 April 2004

on detailed rules to implement Council Regulation (EC) No 797/2004 ►C1 on measures improving general conditions for the production and marketing of apiculture products ◄







Article 1

The national programmes referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 797/2004 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the apiculture programmes’) shall:

(a) describe the situation in the sector making it possible to update regularly the structural data in the study referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 797/2004;

(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 broken down yearly 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 apiculture programmes;

(g) set up the monitoring and assessment arrangements of the apiculture programme.

Article 2

1. Member States shall notify their apiculture programme to the Commission before 15 April of the first year of the three years period applied by the programme.

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2. The annual exercises of the apiculture programme are established from 16 October each year to 15 October of the following year.

3. ►M3 ◄ Payments shall be carried out during the exercise. The apiculture programme measures laid down for every year of the three-year period shall be implemented in full by 31 August of the year to which they relate.Payments shall be carried out during the exercise.

Article 3

Community part-financing of apiculture programmes shall be restricted for each Member State to an amount corresponding to its share of the total number of beehives in the Community, as stated in Annex I to this Regulation.

However, if one or more Member States does not notify its apiculture programme within the time limits laid down in Article 2 (1), 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

Member States shall forward to the Commission, together with their apiculture 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.

Sufficient proof of these controls shall be available by the paying agencies.

Article 5

1. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the list of measures on apiculture included in national operational programmes under Objectives 1 and 2 laid down by Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 ( 1 ), before the date referred to in Article 2 (1).

2. The same measure may not be the subject of payments simultaneously under Regulation (EC) No 797/2004 and under another Community aid scheme, in particular respect of Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 ( 2 ).

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Article 6

Provided they continue to comply with Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 797/2004, measures in apiculture programmes may be adjusted during a year. The financial limits for each of these measures may be amended provided that the overall ceiling on planned annual expenditure is not exceeded and that the Community contribution to financing of the apiculture programme does not exceed 50 % of the expenditure borne by the Member State concerned.

The Member State concerned shall notify the Commission of any draft adjustment to the measures during a year, pursuant to the first subparagraph, where a measure had not been planned initially and notified in the three-year programme. If the Commission raises no objection, the adjustment shall take effect from the first day of the second month following such notification.

At the latest two months after the end of each year of the programme, Member States shall send the Commission a summary of implementation of expenditure by type of measure.

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Article 8

For the amount referred to in Article 3 the operative event for the exchange rate shall be the same as that referred to in the first subparagraph of Article 7(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1913/2006 ( 3 ).

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Article 9

The studies referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1221/97 shall refer the points indicated in Annex II to this Regulation.

Article 10

Regulation (EC) No 2300/97 is repealed.

References to the repealed Regulation shall be construed as references to this Regulation and shall be read in accordance with the correlation table set out in Annex III.

Article 11

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

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ANNEX I







Member State Bee census Number of hives BE 110 000 BG 671 674 CZ 525 560 DK 170 000 DE 751 000 EE 33 000 EL 1 467 690 ES 2 320 949 FR 1 360 973 IE 22 000 IT 1 157 133 CY 44 338 LV 62 200 LT 85 015 LU 9 267 HU 900 000 MT 1 938 NL 80 000 AT 311 000 PL 1 091 930 PT 555 049 RO 975 062 SI 170 682 SK 246 259 FI 56 000 SE 150 000 UK 274 000 EU 27 13 602 719

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ANNEX II

Study on the structure of the apiculture sector, as referred to in Article 9

1. Hives and bee keepers

Professional beekeeper's hives:

Total hives:

Professional beekeepers (a):

Total beekeepers:

2. Marketing structures

Production (b): Direct sales to consumers

Direct sales to retailers

Sales for market preparation/to dealers

Sales to industry

Imports: Sales to dealers/for market preparation/to industry

Exports:

3. Prices

4. Production and market preparation costs

Fixed costs:

Variable costs:

— Detailed breakdown if available covering: — varroasis control costs — winter feeding — packaging (containers) — transhumance

5. Honey quality

Certificates of specific character: Council Regulation (EEC) No 2082/92 (1)

Designation of origin: Council Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 (2)

Geographical indication: Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92

Notes:

(a) A professional beekeeper is one running more than 150 hives.

(b) Where possible please indicate type of honey and size of holding.









ANNEX III







Correlation table Regulation (EC) No 2300/97 This Regulation Article 1 Article 1 Article 2(1) Article 2(1) Article 2(2) Article 2(2) Article 2(3) Article 3 Article 3 Article 4(1) Article 4, subparagraphs 1 and 2 Article 4(2) Article 5(1) Article 4(3) Article 5(2) Article 4bis Article 6 Article 7 Article 5 Article 8 Article 6 Article 9 Article 10 Article 7 Article 11 Annex I Annex I Annex II Annex II – Annex III