Commission Regulation (EC) No 939/2007 of 7 August 2007 amending Regulation (EC) No 917/2004 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 797/2004 on measures improving general conditions for the production and marketing of apiculture products
Date: 2007-08-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU law - national law, apiculture, marketing, production improvement

8.8.2007

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Official Journal of the European Union

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 939/2007

of 7 August 2007

amending Regulation (EC) No 917/2004 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council
Regulation (EC) No 797/2004 on measures improving general conditions for the production and
marketing of apiculture products

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 797/2004 of
26 April 2004 on measures improving general conditions for
the production and marketing of apiculture products (1), and in
particular Article 6 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 917/2004 (2) lays down
provisions for the implementation of the national annual
programmes provided for
in Regulation (EC) No
797/2004. The Community’s financial contribution to
these programmes is based on the bee census in each
Member State as set out in the Annex to Regulation (EC)
No 917/2004.
In the Member States’ communications updating the
structural data on the
as
situation in the
in Article 1(a) of Regulation (EC) No
provided for
917/2004, there have been changes in the number of
hives.

sector

(3)

(4)

(5)

Regulation (EC) No 917/2004 should therefore be
amended accordingly.

Given that Article 2(3) of Regulation (EC) No 917/2004
fixes 31 August as the final date for implementation of
measures under annual programmes,
this Regulation
should apply from the 2007/2008 marketing year.

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

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 917/2004 shall be replaced by
the text set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

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

It shall apply for the first time to the annual programmes
covering the 2007/2008 marketing year.

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

Done at Brussels, 7 August 2007.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 125, 28.4.2004, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 163, 30.4.2004, p. 83. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 811/2007 (OJ L 182, 12.7.2007, p. 5).

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX I

Member State

Bee census
Number of hives

BE

BG

CZ

DK

DE

EE

EL

ES

FR

IE

IT

CY

LV

LT

LU

HU

MT

NL

AT

PL

PT

RO

SI

SK

FI

SE

UK

110 000

671 674

525 560

170 000

751 000

33 000

1 467 690

2 320 949

1 360 973

22 000

1 157 133

44 338

62 200

85 015

9 267

900 000

1 938

80 000

311 000

1 091 930

555 049

975 062

170 682

246 259

56 000

150 000

274 000

EU 27

13 602 719’