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of20November1997
ondetailedrulestoimplementCouncilRegulation(EC)No1221/97layingdowngeneralrulesfor
theapplicationofmeasurestoimprove theproductionandmarketingofhoney
(OJ L 319, 21.11.1997, p. 4)
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Official Journal
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►M1CommissionRegulation(EC) No 758/98 of 3 April 1998 L 105 5 4.4.1998
►M2CommissionRegulation(EC) No 1472/98 of 9 July 1998 L 194 8 10.7.1998
►M3CommissionRegulation(EC) No 2633/98 of 8 December 1998 L 333 23 9.12.1998
►M4CommissionRegulation(EC) No 2767/98 of 21 December 1998 L 346 13 22.12.1998
►M5CommissionRegulation(EC) No 1479/1999 of 6 July 1999 L 171 9 7.7.1999
►M6CommissionRegulation(EC) No 1438/2000 of 30 Jun e 2000 L 161 65 1.7.2000
►M7CommissionRegulation(EC) No 704/2001 of 6 April 2001 L 98 14 7.4.2001
►M8CommissionRegulation(EC) No 1336/2001 of 2 July 2001 L 180 21 3.7.2001
►M9CommissionRegulation(EC) No 1216/2002 of 5 July 2002 L 177 4 6.7.2002
►M10CommissionRegulation(EC) No 1387/2003 of 1 August 2003 L 196 22 2.8.2003
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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 downmeasures 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 commoncriteria should be laid downto en sure that the
studies referred to inArticle 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 inthis Regulationare inaccor-
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 situationinthe sector; the descriptionmust make it
possible to update regularly the structural data inthe study referredto inArticle 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 indrawin g up the programmes;1997R2300 — EN — 05.08.2003 — 006.001 — 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 each year. 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-
cationof the programme. Paymen ts 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 laiddowninArticle 3 of Regulation(EC) No 1221/97 so that they canbeincluded 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
withinthe time limits laid downinArticle 2, or does n ot 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 — 05.08.2003 — 006.001 — 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
inArticle 3 shall be the rate inforce on1 May of the year inwhich theprogramme is notified.
Article 6
The studies referred to inArticle 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
publicationinthe Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable
inall Member States.1997R2300 — EN — 05.08.2003 — 006.001 — 4
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ANNEX I
Member State Number of hives
BE 100000
DK 155000DE 893000
EL 1 380000
ES 2 397840FR 1 150000IE 20000IT 1 100000
LU 10213
NL 80000AT 336139PT 632500
FI 47000
SE 145000UK 274000EUR 15 8 7206921997R2300 — EN — 05.08.2003 — 006.001 — 5
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ANNEX II
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