CELEX: 51983PC0293
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Date: 1983-05-24
Title: 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)

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                                        Proposal f o r a
                                  COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
     amending R e g u l a t i o n   (EEC) No 1196/81 e s t a b l i s h i n g a system o f
       aid f o r bee-keeping i n r e s p e c t o f t h e 1981/82, 1982/83 and
                                   1983/84 marketing years
                (submitted t o t h e C o u n c i l by t h e Commission)
  COM(83) 293 f i n a l
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I n r e c e n t y e a r s t h e r e has been a r a p i d spread i n the Community of a bee
d i s e a s e caused by t h e mite v a r r o a J a c o b s o n i .        I t i s necessary, not only to
s t e p up r e s e a r c h i n t o t h i s d i s e a s e , b u t , more i m p o r t a n t l y , to organize i t
immediately          a t Community l e v e l .
To t h a t end i t i s proposed making p r o v i s i o n , under C o u n c i l R e g u l a t i o n (EEC)
No 1196/81 e s t a b l i s h i n g a system o f a i d f o r bee-keeping, f o r supplementary
f i n a n c i n g f o r the 1983/84 marketing y e a r , corresponding                       t o 7 % of the amount
o f t h e a i d f i x e d i n 1981, and t o i n s t r u c t the Commission t o prepare and
implement an a p p r o p r i a t e r e s e a r c h programme.
 ---pagebreak---                                                          Proposal f o r a
                                                 COUNCIL REGULATION           (EEC)
                         amending R e g u l a t i o n (EEC) No 1196/81 e s t a b l i s h i n g a
                              system o f a i d f o r bee-keeping i n r e s p e c t o f the
                                1981/82, 1982/83 and 1983/84 marketing                           years
THE      COUNCIL OP THE              EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard t o the T r e a t y e s t a b l i s h i n g the European Economic Community, and
i n p a r t i c u l a r A r t i c l e s 42 and 43 t h e r e o f ,
Having r e g a r d to the p r o p o s a l from the Commission,
Having r e g a r d t o the o p i n i o n o f the European P a r l i a m e n t ,
 Whereas A r t i c l e .5 of C o u n c i l R e g u l a t i o n (EEC)             No 1196/31 ( 1 ) , as l a s t amended by
R e g u l a t i o n (EEC)       No 2993/81 ( 2 ) , p r o v i d e s t h a t the a i d granted may,                  among
o t h e r t h i n g s , be used by r e c o g n i z e d a s s o c i a t i o n s f o r g e n e r a l programmes
c o v e r i n g d i s e a s e c o n t r o l and p r e v e n t i o n and     r e s e a r c h i n these a r e a s ;    whereas,
i n the l i g h t o f the spread i n r e c e n t y e a r s o f v a r r o a - m i t e d i s e a s e i n a number
o f Member S t a t e s and o f the t h r e a t thus posed to Europe as a whole, i t i s
necessary           to arrange          f o r r e s e a r c h to be c a r r i e d out w i t h o u t d e l a y i n t o t h i s
d i s e a s e a t Community l e v e l ;                whereas p r o v i s i o n should be made f o r
supplementary f i n a n c i n g f o r t h i s measure d u r i n g the 1983/84 marketing                              year;
whereas e x p e n d i t u r e i n c u r r e d i n implementing                an ad hoc        r e s e a r c h programme
s h o u l d be f i n a n c e d by the Community pursuant                      to A r t i c l e 3 o f C o u n c i l
R e g u l a t i o n (EEC) No 729/70 o f 21 A p r i l 1970 on the f i n a n c i n g o f the common
a g r i c u l t u r a l policy (3),             as l a s t amended by R e g u l a t i o n (EEC) No 929/79 ( 4 ) ;
Whereas the proposed amendments have delayed the a d o p t i o n o f c e r t a i n
p r o v i s i o n s p r o v i d e d f o r i n R e g u l a t i o n (EEC) No 1196/81, f o r the
1983/84 m a r k e t i n g y e a r ;             whereas c e r t a i n time l i m i t s f i x e d by          the
above-mentioned R e g u l a t i o n f o r t h a t marketing y e a r should t h e r e f o r e be
extended,
HAS     ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
(1)     OJ No.        L 122,        6. 5-1981, p.              1
(2) OJ No.            L 299,      2 0 . 1 0 . 1 9 8 1 , p.    26
(3) OJ No.            L   94,     28. 4 . 1 9 7 0 , p.        13
(4) OJ No.            L 117,      1 2 . 5 . 1 9 7 9 , P-       4
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                                                              Article        1
R e g u l a t i o n (EEC) No 1196/81 i s hereby amended as f o l l o w s :
1.      The f o l l o w i n g A r t i c l e      2a i s i n s e r t e d :
                                                            "Article          2a
           1.       For the 1983/84 m a r k e t i n g            y e a r a Community measure aimed a t
                    e s t a b l i s h i n g an ad hoc      r e s e a r c h programme on v a r r o a - m i t e       disease
                    s h a l l be t a k e n i n o r d e r t o combat t h i s d i s e a s e a t Community l e v e l .
           2.        The measure r e f e r r e d to i n p a r a g r a p h 1 s h a l l be adopted by                   the
                     Commission which s h a l l communicate t o the C o u n c i l the                            research
                     programme i t proposes t o implement.
           3.        For the 1983/84 m a r k e t i n g           y e a r , the amount o f the a i d r e f e r r e d t o i n
                     A r t i c l e 2(2)     s h a l l be i n c r e a s e d by 0 . 0 7     ECU p e r h i v e i n p r o d u c t i o n .
                     T h i s p o r t i o n o f the a i d s h a l l not be g r a n t e d t o a s s o c i a t i o n s ;
                      it    i s t o be a l l o c a t e d f o r f i n a n c i n g the measure r e f e r r e d t o i n paragraph        1.
                     The e s t i m a t e d c o s t o f t h i s measure i s 2 5 0 . 0 0 0             ECU".
 2.      The     f o l l o w i n g t h i r d subparagraph i s added t o A r t i c l e 4 ( l ) :
          "For the 1983/84 m a r k e t i n g            y e a r , a p p l i c a t i o n s f o r a i d s h a l l be   submitted
         not l a t e r t h a n 30 September 1983".
  3.      The     f o l l o w i n g subparagraph i s added t o A r t i c l e                  4(2):
          "However, where the a i d o r p a r t o f the a i d i s used f o r the                                general
          programmes r e f e r r e d t o i n A r t i c l e 5,               the d e a d l i n e f o r payment o f the a i d
          may     be extended u n t i l the end o f the m a r k e t i n g y e a r i n q u e s t i o n " .
                                                                Article        2
  T h i s R e g u l a t i o n s h a l l e n t e r i n t o f o r c e on the day o f i t s p u b l i c a t i o n i n the
  O f f i c i a l J o u r n a l o f the European Communities.
  T h i s R e g u l a t i o n s h a l l be b i n d i n g i n i t s e n t i r e t y and d i r e c t l y a p p l i c a b l e i n
  a l l Member S t a t e s .
 Done at                                                                                               For the      Council