
Article 1 
Regulation (EC) No 917/2004 is amended as follows:

((1)) in Article 2, paragraphs 2 and 3 are replaced by the following:
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2. Each year of the apiculture programme (“apiculture year”) shall run for 12 consecutive months from 1 September until 31 August.
3. The apiculture programme measures laid down for each apiculture year shall be implemented in full within the apiculture year concerned.Payments related to measures implemented during each apiculture year shall be made within the 12-month period starting on 16 October of that apiculture year and ending on 15 October of the following year.';
((2)) Annex I is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply as from the 2014 apiculture year starting on 1 September 2013.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 8 August 2013.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO
ANNEX


ANNEX I 
Member State Bee censusNumber of hives
BE 107 800
BG 526 014
CZ 540 705
DK 150 000
DE 711 299
EE 41 400
IE 15 710
EL 1 584 206
ES 2 459 292
FR 1 636 000
HR 491 481
IT 1 316 774
CY 44 953
LV 83 801
LT 144 969
LU 7 804
HU 1 088 590
MT 3 142
NL 80 000
AT 376 485
PL 1 280 693
PT 566 793
RO 1 550 000
SI 167 000
SK 254 859
FI 50 000
SE 150 000
UK 274 000
EU 28 15 704 270
