Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1212/2012Show full title

Article 2 U.K.

Regulation (EC) No 917/2004 is amended as follows:

(1)

Article 1 is replaced by the following:

“Article 1

The national programmes referred to in Article 105 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007(1) (hereinafter referred to as ‘the apiculture programmes’) shall:

(a)

describe the situation in the sector making it possible to update regularly the structural data in the study referred to in Article 107 of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007, covering in particular the following:

(i)

total number of beekeepers;

(ii)

number of professional beekeepers with more than 150 hives each;

(iii)

total number of hives;

(iv)

honey production;

(v)

list of aims of the programme;

(b)

give a detailed description of the measures involved, with estimated costs and financing plan broken down by year at national and regional level, according to the following headings:

(i)

technical assistance to beekeepers;

(ii)

control of varroasis;

(iii)

rationalisation of transhumance;

(iv)

analyses of honey;

(v)

restocking of hives;

(vi)

applied research programmes;

(c)

refer to the applicable laws, regulations and administrative provisions;

(d)

list the representative organisations and bee-keeping cooperatives that collaborated with the competent authority of the Member State in drawing up the apiculture programmes;

(e)

set up the monitoring and assessment arrangements of the apiculture programmes.”

(2)

In Article 6, the third paragraph is replaced by the following:

“By 15 December each year, Member States shall notify the Commission of a summary of the implementation of expenditure broken down according to the headings referred to in Article 1(b).”

(3)

The following Article 6a is inserted:

“Article 6a

The notifications referred to in this Regulation shall be made in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 792/2009(2).”

(1)

OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1."

(2)

OJ L 228, 1.9.2009, p. 3."