02004R0917 — EN — 11.08.2007 — 004.002

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►B	COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 917/2004 of 29 April 2004 on detailed rules to implement Council Regulation (EC) No 797/2004 ►C1  on measures improving general conditions for the production and marketing of apiculture products ◄ (OJ L 163 30.4.2004, p. 83)

Amended by:

		Official Journal
		No	page	date
M1	COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1484/2004 of 20 August 2004	L 273	5	21.8.2004
►M2	COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1913/2006 of 20 December 2006	L 365	52	21.12.2006
►M3	COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 811/2007 of 11 July 2007	L 182	5	12.7.2007
►M4	COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 939/2007 of 7 August 2007	L 207	3	8.8.2007

Corrected by:

►C1	Corrigendum, OJ L 194, 2.6.2004, p.  3 (917/2004)

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 917/2004

of 29 April 2004

on detailed rules to implement Council Regulation (EC) No 797/2004 ►C1  on measures improving general conditions for the production and marketing of apiculture products ◄

Article 1

The national programmes referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 797/2004 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the apiculture programmes’) shall:

Article 2

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Article 3

Community part-financing of apiculture programmes shall be restricted for each Member State to an amount corresponding to its share of the total number of beehives in the Community, as stated in Annex I to this Regulation.

However, if one or more Member States does not notify its apiculture programme within the time limits laid down in Article 2 (1), or does not use all of the amount of part-financing referred to in the first paragraph, the shares of the other Member States may be increased in proportion to their share.

Article 4

Member States shall forward to the Commission, together with their apiculture programmes, documents specifying how the programmes are to be monitored.

The monitoring checks shall be designed to verify compliance with the terms on which aid is granted under the national programmes. These shall consist of both administrative and on-the-spot checks.

Sufficient proof of these controls shall be available by the paying agencies.

Article 5

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Article 6

Provided they continue to comply with Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 797/2004, measures in apiculture programmes may be adjusted during a year. The financial limits for each of these measures may be amended provided that the overall ceiling on planned annual expenditure is not exceeded and that the Community contribution to financing of the apiculture programme does not exceed 50 % of the expenditure borne by the Member State concerned.

The Member State concerned shall notify the Commission of any draft adjustment to the measures during a year, pursuant to the first subparagraph, where a measure had not been planned initially and notified in the three-year programme. If the Commission raises no objection, the adjustment shall take effect from the first day of the second month following such notification.

At the latest two months after the end of each year of the programme, Member States shall send the Commission a summary of implementation of expenditure by type of measure.

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Article 8

For the amount referred to in Article 3 the operative event for the exchange rate shall be the same as that referred to in the first subparagraph of Article 7(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1913/2006 ( 3 ).

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Article 9

The studies referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1221/97 shall refer the points indicated in Annex II to this Regulation.

Article 10

Regulation (EC) No 2300/97 is repealed.

References to the repealed Regulation shall be construed as references to this Regulation and shall be read in accordance with the correlation table set out in Annex III.

Article 11

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

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

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ANNEX I

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ANNEX II

Study on the structure of the apiculture sector, as referred to in Article 9

1.   Hives and bee keepers

Professional beekeeper's hives:

Total hives:

Professional beekeepers (a):

Total beekeepers:

2.   Marketing structures

Production (b): Direct sales to consumers

Direct sales to retailers

Sales for market preparation/to dealers

Sales to industry

Imports: Sales to dealers/for market preparation/to industry

Exports:

3.   Prices

4.   Production and market preparation costs

Fixed costs:

Variable costs:

5.   Honey quality

Certificates of specific character: Council Regulation (EEC) No 2082/92 (1)

Designation of origin: Council Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 (2)

Geographical indication: Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92

Notes:

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ANNEX III

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( 1 ) OJ L 161, 26.6.1999, p. 1.

( 2 ) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 80.

( 3 ) OJ L 365, 21.12.2006, p. 52.