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Amended by Regulation (EU) 2020/2220 32020R2220 on EUR-Lex (external, EUR-Lex)
dates added to the text: 2019-08-01, 2022-07-31, 2022-12-31
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A new subparagraph is added to paragraph 1 stating that national programmes drawn up for the period from 1 August 2019 until 31 July 2022 are extended until 31 December 2022.
This same added text requires Member States to modify their national programmes to account for that extension and to notify the modified programmes to the Commission for approval.
The remainder of the provision, including paragraphs 2 through 4, is unchanged between the two versions.
Cited: Art. 55, v2 (external, EUR-Lex) · Art. 55, v1 (external, EUR-Lex)
v1 is the previous version, v2 this one.
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Previous version, in force 1 January 2019 02013R1308-20190101 → this version, in force 29 December 2020 02013R1308-20201229
Article 55 National programmes and financing 1. With a view to improving general conditions for the production and marketing of apiculture products, Member States may draw up national programmes for the apiculture sector covering a period of three years ("apiculture programmes"). These programmes shall be developed in cooperation with representative organisations in the beekeeping field. By way of derogation from the first subparagraph, national programmes drawn up for the period running from 1 August 2019 until 31 July 2022 shall be extended until 31 December 2022. Member States shall modify their national programmes to take account of that extension and shall notify the modified programmes to the Commission for their approval. 2. The Union contribution to the apiculture programmes shall be equivalent to 50 % of the expenditure borne by Member States for those programmes, as approved in accordance with point (c) of the first paragraph of Article 57. 3. To be eligible for the Union contribution provided for in paragraph 2, Member States shall carry out a study of the production and marketing structure in the beekeeping sector in their territory. 4. The following measures may be included in apiculture programmes: (a) technical assistance to beekeepers and beekeepers' organisations; (b) combating beehive invaders and diseases, particularly varroasis; (c) rationalisation of transhumance; (d) measures to support laboratories for the analysis of apiculture products with the aim of helping beekeepers to market and increase the value of their products; (e) measures to support the restocking of hives in the Union; (f) cooperation with specialised bodies for the implementation of applied research programmes in the field of beekeeping and apiculture products; (g) market monitoring; (h) enhancement of product quality with a view to exploiting the potential of products on the market.