
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1484/2004 of 20 August 2004 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 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, and in particular Article 6 thereof,
Whereas:

(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 917/2004 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 listed in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 917/2004.

(2) There have been changes in the bee census in the Member States’ communications to update the structural data on the situation in the sector as provided for in Article 1(a) of Regulation (EC) No 917/2004.

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

(4) Given that Article 2(3) of Regulation (EC) No 917/2004 fixes 31 August as the final date implementing the measures under the annual programmes, this Regulation should apply from the 2004/2005 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 is replaced by 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 2004/2005 marketing year.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 20 August 2004.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
ANNEX

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ANNEX I 
Member State Bee censusNumber of hives
BE 110 750
CZ 477 743
DK 160 000
DE 893 000
EE 50 500
EL 1 388 000
ES 2 464 601
FR 1 150 000
IE 20 000
IT 1 100 000
CY 45 714
LV 54 173
LT 83 800
LU 11 077
HU 872 650
MT 1 938
NL 80 000
AT 327 000
PL 949 200
PT 590 000
SI 143 152
SK 192 002
FI 42 000
SE 145 000
UK 274 000
EUR 25 11 626 300'
