Commission Regulation (EC) No 663/2004 of 7 April 2004 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 marketing of honey

Commission Regulation (EC) No 663/2004
of 7 April 2004
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 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 application of measures to improve the production and marketing of honey(1), and in particular Article 5 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 2300/97(2) lays down provisions for the implementation of the national annual programmes provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1221/97. Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2300/97 provides that the Member States are to notify their programmes to the Commission by 15 April each year.
(2) EU membership should enable the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia to benefit from the national programmes provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1221/97. With a view to being able to examine the programmes in the same way for all Member States, the date for notifying programmes should be postponed, for 2004, to 15 May 2004.
(3) Regulation (EC) No 2300/97 should be amended accordingly.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,