Commission Regulation (EC) No 758/98 of 3 April 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 2300/97 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 the marketing of honey
Date: 1998-04-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU aid, aid system, apiculture, honey, marketing, production improvement

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 758/98

of 3 April 1998

amending Regulation (EC) No 2300/97 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 the 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 ap-
plication of measures to improve the production and
marketing of honey (1), and in particular Article 5 thereof,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2300/97 (2),
lays down provisions for the implementation of measures
to improve the production and the marketing of honey;

Whereas Regulation (EC) No 1221/97 lays down the limit
date of 15 October of each year by which expenditure
concerning measures included in national programmes
must be made; whereas, as from the second year and in
order
to allow paying agencies accredited by each
Member State to respect this time limit, provision should
be made to advance the notification date of programmes
and to establish the
execution of
programme measures;

limit date

for

forestry,

Whereas, by Decision 94/805/EC (3), the Council adopted
a specific programme of research in the field of agricul-
ture and fisheries (including agro-industry, food techno-
logies,
aquaculture and rural development);
whereas, pursuant to the provisons of Annex III to the
programme, on specific rules for
its implementation,
concerted action No FAIR5-PL97-3686, entitled ‘Coordi-
nation in Europe of research on integrated control of
Varroa mites in honey bee colonies’, has been imple-
mented; whereas the results of the applied research in the
field of
to
Regulation (EC) No 1221/97 should therefore be sent to
the Commission so that they can be incorporated in this
concerted action;

the control of varroasis financed pursuant

consistency between measures of national
Whereas
the various
programmes and other measures under
Community policies,
in particular Council Regulations
(EC) No 950/97 of 20 May 1997 on improving the effici-

ency of agricultural structures (4), (EC) No 951/97 of 20
May 1997 on improving the processing and marketing
for agricultural products (5) and (EC) No
conditions
952/97 of 20 May 1997 on producer groups and associ-
ations thereof (6), must be ensured during the implemen-
tation of national programmes; whereas, in particular, any
over-compensation owing to the combination of aid and
any other inconsistency in the definition of measures
must be avoided;

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

Regulation (EC) No 2300/97 is hereby amended as
follows:

1. Article 2 is replaced by the following:

‘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
the programme.
following that of notification of
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

(1) OJ L 173, 1. 7. 1997, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 319, 21. 11. 1997, p. 4.
(3) OJ L 334, 22. 12. 1994, p. 73.

(4) OJ L 142, 2. 6. 1997, p. 1.
(5) OJ L 142, 2. 6. 1997, p. 22.
(6) OJ L 142, 2. 6. 1997, p. 30.

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Annex III to Council Decision 94/805/EC of 23
November 1994 adopting a specific programme of
research, technological development and demonstra-
tion in the field of agriculture and fisheries, including
agro-industry, food technologies, forestry, aquaculture
and rural development (1994 to 1998) (*).

(*) OJ L 334, 22. 12. 1994, p. 73.’;

No 1221/97 and pursuant to another Community aid
scheme in respect of Council Regulations (EC) No
950/97 (*),

(EC) No 951/97 (**) and (EC) 952/97 (***).

(*) OJ L 142, 2. 6. 1997, p. 1.
(**) OJ L 142, 2. 6. 1997, p. 22.
(***) OJ L 142, 2. 6. 1997, p. 30.’

Article 2

2. In Article 4, the following paragraph is added:

‘3.
The same measure may not be the subject of
payments simultaneously pursuant to Regulation (EC)

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.

Done at Brussels, 3 April 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission