Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the implementation of the measures concerning the apiculture sector of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007

Article 184 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (single CMO Regulation) states that a report is to be submitted every three years to the European Parliament and the Council on the implementation of the measures concerning the apiculture sector, as provided for in Articles 105 and following of that Regulation.

This report meets that obligation, covering the years 2009/2010, 2010/2011 and 2011/2012. They correspond to the last year of the previous triennial apiculture programmes (2008-2010) and the first two years of the current programme (2011-2013). This is the fifth report of the Commission on the implementation of national apiculture programmes in the Member States. The fourth report was adopted in May 2010 and covered the previous three years of implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007.

All Member States notified a national apiculture programme in respect of the periods 2008-2010 and 2011-2013. This shows the strong interest of Member States as well as the needs of European apiculture, a small sector dominated by non-professional beekeepers that faces serious challenges due in particular to bee colony losses, increased production costs and cheap imports.

In 2012, the Commission asked for an external evaluation of the measures for the apiculture sector. This report includes the main outcomes of this evaluation.

EUR-Lex: COM(2013)593: Follow the progress of this report through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2013:593:FIN

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