Apiculture programmes for 2014-2016 in all 28 Member States, co-funded by the EU, were approved in the Management Committee on July 18. With €33.1 million available from the EU budget each year – increased slightly from the 2011-2013 schemes in order to take account of Croatian accession - total spending on these programmes will amount to €292m over the 3 years. Each Member State has access to the EU aid scheme by drawing up a three-year period apiculture programme detailing the measures it intends to implement and the expenditure foreseen for these measures. The level of EU contribution is fixed according to the number of hives in the Member States. Six specific measures can be funded within the frame of these programmes: technical assistance of beekeepers and groupings of beekeepers, controls of varroasis, rationalisation of transhumance, analyses of honey, restocking of hives and applied research.
EU funding for apiculture programmes 2014-2016 (in EURO)
Member State |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
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|
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Belgium |
232 420 |
232 463 |
232 178 |
Bulgaria |
1 134 101 |
1 134 312 |
1 132 919 |
Czech Republic |
1 165 776 |
1 165 992 |
1 164 560 |
Denmark |
168 949 |
171 162 |
179 323 |
Germany |
1 533 581 |
1 533 866 |
1 531 982 |
Estonia |
82 800 |
82 800 |
82 800 |
Ireland |
33 871 |
33 878 |
33 836 |
Greece |
2 825 000 |
2 825 000 |
2 850 000 |
Spain |
5 302 305 |
5 303 289 |
5 296 775 |
France |
3 527 263 |
3 527 918 |
3 523 585 |
Croatia |
1 060 725 |
1 060 922 |
1 059 619 |
Italy |
2 839 003 |
2 839 530 |
2 836 042 |
Cyprus |
96 920 |
96 938 |
96 819 |
Latvia |
180 677 |
180 711 |
180 489 |
Lithuania |
312 557 |
312 615 |
312 231 |
Luxembourg |
16 826 |
16 829 |
16 808 |
Hungary |
2 347 032 |
2 347 467 |
2 344 584 |
Malta |
6 774 |
6 776 |
6 767 |
The Netherlands |
165 131 |
157 375 |
160 895 |
Austria |
811 713 |
811 863 |
810 866 |
Poland |
2 761 211 |
2 761 724 |
2 758 332 |
Portugal |
1 222 022 |
1 222 249 |
1 220 748 |
Romania |
3 341 845 |
3 342 465 |
3 338 360 |
Slovenia |
360 057 |
360 124 |
359 681 |
Slovakia |
549 483 |
549 585 |
548 910 |
Finland |
107 801 |
107 821 |
107 689 |
Sweden |
323 404 |
323 464 |
323 067 |
United Kingdom |
590 752 |
590 862 |
590 136 |
EU-28 |
33 100 000 |
33 100 000 |
33 100 000 |