Commission Regulation (EU) No 726/2010
of 12 August 2010
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 EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation)1, and in particular Article 110 in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
Commission Regulation (EC) No 917/20042 lays down provisions for the implementation of the national apiculture programmes provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007. The Community’s financial contribution to those programmes is based on the bee census in each Member State as set out in Annex I 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 the apiculture programmes for the year to which those measures relate, this Regulation should apply from the 2010/2011 marketing year.
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for the Common Organisation for Agricultural Markets,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 917/2004 is 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 programmes covering the 2010/2011 marketing year.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 12 August 2010.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel Barroso
ANNEX
ANNEX I
Member State
Bee censusNumber of hives
BE
112 000
BG
617 420
CZ
497 946
DK
170 000
DE
711 913
EE
24 800
EL
1 502 239
ES
2 459 373
FR
1 338 650
IE
24 000
IT
1 127 836
CY
43 975
LV
64 133
LT
117 977
LU
8 171
HU
900 000
MT
2 722
NL
80 000
AT
367 583
PL
1 123 356
PT
562 557
RO
1 280 000
SI
142 751
SK
235 689
FI
46 000
SE
150 000
UK
274 000
EU 27
13 985 091