# 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

## Preamble

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 set out in the Annex 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 annual programmes, this Regulation should apply from the 2007/2008 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 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.

## Final provisions

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*

[^1] [OJ L 125, 28.4.2004, p. 1](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2004_125_R_TOC) .

[^2] [OJ L 163, 30.4.2004, p. 83](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2004_163_R_TOC) . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 811/2007 ( [OJ L 182, 12.7.2007, p. 5](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2007_182_R_TOC) ).

‘ANNEX I Member State Bee census Number 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** ’

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[^2]: . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 811/2007 ().