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COMMISSION OF THE  EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 
COM(83) 293 final 
Brussels,  24 May 1983 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION  (EEC) 
amending  Regulation  (EEC) No 1196/81  establishing  a system of 
aid for bee-keeping  in respect of the  1981/82, 1982/83  and 
1983/84 marketing years 
(submitted  to the  Council by the  Commission) 
COM(83) 293 final 

Explanatory  Memorandum 
In recent years there  has been a  rapid spread in the Community of a bee 
disease caused by the  mite varroa Jacobsoni.  It is  necessary,  not only to 
step up research  into this disease,  but, more  importantly,  to organize  it 
immediately  at Community  level. 
To that end it is  proposed  making  provision,  under Council Regulation  (EEC) 
No 1196/81  establishing  a system of aid for  bee-keeping,  for supplementary 
financing  for the 1983/84  marketing year, corresponding  to 7 % of the amount 
of the aid  fixed in 1981, and to  instruct  the Commission  to prepare and 
implement  an appropriate research  programme. 

Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION  (EEC) 
amending  Regulation (EEC) No  1196/81  establishing  a 
system of aid for  bee-keeping  in respect of the 
1981/82,  1982/83  and 1983/84  marketing years 
THE COUNCIL  OP THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty  establishing  the European  Economic  Community,  and 
in particular  Articles  42 and 43 thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal  from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the  European  Parliament, 
Whereas  Article  .5 of Council Regulation (EEC) No  1196/31  (1), as  last amended  by 
Regulation (EEC) No  2993/81  (2), provides that the aid granted may,  among 
other things, be  used by recognized associations for general  programmes 
covering disease  control  and prevention and research in these areas;  whereas, 
in the light of the spread in recent years of varroa-mite disease in a  number 
of Member  States and of the threat thus  posed to Europe  as a whole,  it is 
necessary to arrange for research to be  carried  out without delay  into this 
disease at  Community  level; whereas  provision should be  made for 
supplementary  financing for  this measure  during the  1983/84  marketing year; 
whereas  expenditure incurred in implementing an ad hoc research  programme 
should be financed by the  Community  pursuant to  Article  3 of Council 
Regulation (EEC) No  729/70  of 21 April 1970 on the financing of the  common 
agricultural  policy  (3), as  last amended  by Regulation (EEC) No  929/79  (4); 
Whereas  the proposed  amendments  have delayed the adoption of  certain 
provisions  provided for in Regulation (EEC) No  1196/81,  for the 
1983/84  marketing year;  whereas  certain  time limits  fixed by the 
above-mentioned  Regulation for that marketing year should therefore be 
extended, 
HAS ADOPTED  THIS REGULATION  : 
(1) OJ No. L 122, 6.  5-1981,  p. 1 
(2) OJ No. L 299,  20.10.1981,  p. 26 
(3) OJ No. L 94, 28.  4.1970,  p. 13 
(4) OJ No. L 117, 12.  5.1979,  P- 4 

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Article 1 
Regulation (EEC) No  1196/81  is hereby amended  as follows: 
1. The following  Article  2a is inserted: 
"Article  2a 
1. For the  1983/84  marketing year a  Community  measure  aimed at 
establishing  an ad hoc research  programme  on varroa-mite disease 
shall be taken in order to  combat  this disease at  Community  level. 
2. The  measure  referred to in  paragraph  1 shall be adopted  by the 
Commission  which shall communicate  to the Council the research 
programme  it proposes  to implement. 
3. For the  1983/84  marketing year, the  amount  of the aid referred to in 
Article  2(2) shall  be increased by 0.07 ECU per hive in production. 
This portion of the aid  shall not be granted to associations; 
it is to be allocated for financing the  measure  referred to in  paragraph  1. 
The estimated cost of  this measure  is  250.000  ECU". 
2. The following  third subparagraph  is added to Article  4(l): 
"For the  1983/84  marketing year, applications for aid  shall be submitted 
not later than 30  September  1983". 
3. The following  subparagraph  is added to Article  4(2): 
"However,  where the aid or part of the aid is  used for the general 
programmes  referred to in  Article  5, the deadline for  payment  of the aid 
may be extended  until the end of the marketing year in question". 
Article  2 
This Regulation  shall enter into force on the day of 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. 
Done at For the Council