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Commission Regulation (EC) No 1484/2004 of 20 August 2004 amending Regulation (EC) No 917/2004 on detailed rules to implement Council Regulation (EC) No 797/2004 on measures improving general conditions for the production and marketing of apiculture produ


Published: 2004-08-20

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21.8.2004   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 273/5


COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1484/2004

of 20 August 2004

amending Regulation (EC) No 917/2004 on detailed rules to implement 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 establishing the European Community,

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)

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 listed in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 917/2004.

(2)

There have been changes in the bee census in the Member States’ communications to update the structural data on the situation in the sector as provided for in Article 1(a) of Regulation (EC) No 917/2004.

(3)

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

(4)

Given that Article 2(3) of Regulation (EC) No 917/2004 fixes 31 August as the final date implementing the measures under the annual programmes, this Regulation should apply from the 2004/2005 marketing year.

(5)

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 is replaced by 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 2004/2005 marketing year.

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

Done at Brussels, 20 August 2004.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission


(1)  OJ L 125, 28.4.2004, p. 1.

(2)  OJ L 163, 30.4.2004, p. 83.


ANNEX

‘ANNEX I

Member State

Bee census

Number of hives

BE

110 750

CZ

477 743

DK

160 000

DE

893 000

EE

50 500

EL

1 388 000

ES

2 464 601

FR

1 150 000

IE

20 000

IT

1 100 000

CY

45 714

LV

54 173

LT

83 800

LU

11 077

HU

872 650

MT

1 938

NL

80 000

AT

327 000

PL

949 200

PT

590 000

SI

143 152

SK

192 002

FI

42 000

SE

145 000

UK

274 000

EUR 25

11 626 300’