Commission Regulation (EC) No 780/2002 of 8 May 2002 amending Regulation (EC) No 3063/93 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2019/93 with regard to the aid scheme for the production of honey of specific quality
Date: 2002-05-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Aegean Islands, honey, producer organisation, product quality, production aid

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EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

9.5.2002

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 780/2002

of 8 May 2002

amending Regulation (EC) No 3063/93 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council
Regulation (EEC) No 2019/93 with regard to the aid scheme for the production of honey of specific
quality

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2019/93 of 19
July 1993 introducing specific measures for the smaller Aegean
islands concerning certain agricultural products (1), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 442/2002 (2), and in particular
Article 12(3) thereof,

recognised by the competent authorities who undertake
annual programmes of initiatives to improve the conditions
under which quality honey is marketed and promoted.’

2. In Article 2(2),

the first

sentence is

replaced by the

following:

‘The programmes shall be submitted by the associations of
beekeepers to the Greek authority for approval.’

Whereas:

3. Article 3 is amended as follows:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Regulation (EEC) No 2019/93 introduces a scheme for
the smaller Aegean islands of aid for hives for the
production of honey of specific quality. Article 12 of
that Regulation, as amended by Regulation (EC) No 442/
2002, now refers to ‘associations of beekeepers’, so the
terminology used in Commission Regulation (EC) No
3063/93 (3) should be amended.

To bring Regulation (EC) No 3063/93 up to date, the
derogations for 1993 relating to the dates for aid
applications and payment and for notification to the
Commission of information on aid paid out, and to the
percentage of aid applications checked on the spot
should be deleted. The reference to the agricultural
conversion rate should also be deleted.

Regulation (EC) No 3063/93 should be amended accord-
ingly.

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 3063/93 is amended as follows:

1. Article 1 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 1

Aid for the production of quality honey specific to the
smaller Aegean islands containing a large proportion of
thyme honey shall be granted to associations of beekeepers

(a) the second subparagraph of paragraph 1 is deleted;

(b) the first

indent of paragraph 2 is replaced by the

following:

‘— the name and address of

the association of
beekeepers, or the name, forename and address of
the beekeeper,’.

4. In Article 4, the second paragraph is deleted.

5. Article 5 is amended as follows:

(a) in the first paragraph, the first and second indents are

replaced by the following:

‘— the number of associations of beekeepers and the
beekeepers who have

individual

number
submitted an aid application,

of

— the number of hives in respect of which aid has
been applied for by associations of beekeepers and
individual beekeepers respectively, and granted,’;

(b) the second paragraph is deleted.

6. In the first

subparagraph of Article 6(2),

the second

sentence is deleted.

7. Article 8 is deleted.

Article 2

(1) OJ L 184, 27.7.1993, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 68, 12.3.2002, p. 4.
(3) OJ L 274, 6.11.1993, p. 5.

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

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

Done at Brussels, 8 May 2002.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission