This Regulation supplements Regulation (EU) No. 1308/2013 by inserting new rules regarding aid in the apiculture sector. It stipulates that Member States submitting national programmes for the apiculture sector shall have a reliable method to determine, between 1 September and 31 December each year, the number of beehives ready for wintering present in their territory. Furthermore it is established that from 2017 Member States submitting apiculture programmes shall notify to the Commission each year the number of beehives in their territory.
2015-05-11