Commission Regulation (EC) No 939/2007
of 7 August 2007
amending Regulation (EC) No 917/2004 laying down detailed rules for the application of 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 products1, and in particular Article 6 thereof,
Whereas:
Commission Regulation (EC) No 917/20042 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 set out in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 917/2004.
In the Member States’ communications updating the structural data on the situation in the sector as provided for in Article 1(a) of Regulation (EC) No 917/2004, there have been changes in the number of hives.
Regulation (EC) No 917/2004 should therefore be amended accordingly.
Given that Article 2(3) of Regulation (EC) No 917/2004 fixes 31 August as the final date for implementation of measures under annual programmes, this Regulation should apply from the 2007/2008 marketing year.
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 shall be replaced by the text set out in 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 2007/2008 marketing year.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 7 August 2007.
For the Commission
Mariann Fischer Boel
Member of the Commission
ANNEX
ANNEX I
Member State
Bee censusNumber of hives
BE
110 000
BG
671 674
CZ
525 560
DK
170 000
DE
751 000
EE
33 000
EL
1 467 690
ES
2 320 949
FR
1 360 973
IE
22 000
IT
1 157 133
CY
44 338
LV
62 200
LT
85 015
LU
9 267
HU
900 000
MT
1 938
NL
80 000
AT
311 000
PL
1 091 930
PT
555 049
RO
975 062
SI
170 682
SK
246 259
FI
56 000
SE
150 000
UK
274 000
EU 27
13 602 719