
Article 1 
For the purposes of this Regulation, the term ‘beehive’ means the unit containing a honeybee colony used for the production of honey, other apiculture products or honeybee breeding material, and all the elements necessary for its survival.
Article 1A 
For the purposes of this Regulation,  ‘appropriate authority’ means:
(a) in relation to:
(i) England, the Secretary of State;
(ii) Wales, the Welsh Ministers;
(iii) Scotland, the Scottish Ministers;
(iv) Northern Ireland, the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs; or
(b) the Secretary of State:
(i) in relation to Scotland, if consent is given by the Scottish Ministers;
(ii) in relation to Northern Ireland, if consent is given by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs.
Article 2 
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Article 3 
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Article 4 
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Article 5 
The appropriate authority  shall ensure that there is no double funding of apiculture programmes under aid in the apiculture sector pursuant to Article 55 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 and rural development support pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013.
Article 6 
For the amounts paid as aid in the apiculture sector pursuant to Article 55 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, the operative event for the exchange rate shall be that referred to in Article 34(1) of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 907/2014.
Article 7 
Regulation (EC) No 917/2004 is repealed.
However, Regulation (EC) No 917/2004 shall continue to apply to the apiculture programmes approved before 1 January 2014 until those programmes come to an end.
Article 8 
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Article 9 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
...Done at Brussels, 11 May 2015.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude JUNCKER