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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:

(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 917/2004(2) 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.

(2) 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.

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

(4) 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.

(5) 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 StateBee censusNumber of hives
BE112 000
BG617 420
CZ497 946
DK170 000
DE711 913
EE24 800
EL1 502 239
ES2 459 373
FR1 338 650
IE24 000
IT1 127 836
CY43 975
LV64 133
LT117 977
LU8 171
HU900 000
MT2 722
NL80 000
AT367 583
PL1 123 356
PT562 557
RO1 280 000
SI142 751
SK235 689
FI46 000
SE150 000
UK274 000
EU 2713 985 091