1. M O N T E N E G R O Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union Working Group for Chapter 11 – Agriculture and Rural Development HONEY SECTOR Brussels, 11-13. December 2012 Bilateral screening: Chapter 11 Sunčica Boljević suncica.boljevic@mpr.gov.me

2. M O N T E N E G R O Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union Legal framework Poglavlje 25 Nauka i istraživanje  Law on Agriculture and Rural Development (OG MNE 56/09)  Law on Livestock Farming (OG MNE72/10)  Veterinary Law (OG MNE 30/12)  Law on Food Safety (OG MNE 14/07)  Law on Animal Identification and Registration (OG MNE 48/07, 73/10)  Decree on requirements, method and dynamics of implementation of the agrarian policy measures for 2011 - Agrobudget (OG MNE 66/11)  Secondary legislation Chapter 11: Agriculture and Rural Development

3. M O N T E N E G R O Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union Institutional framework Poglavlje 25 Nauka i istraživanje Chapter 11: Agriculture and Rural Development  Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development : oBeekeeping Advisor oAgricultural Inspection  Veterinary Directorate  Diagnostic Veterinary Laboratory  Center for Eco-toxicological Researches  Institute of Public Health

4. M O N T E N E G R O Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union Main characteristics of honey sector Poglavlje 25 Nauka i istraživanje Chapter 11: Agriculture and Rural Development  Montenegrin beekeeping is of long and abundant tradition  According to the 2010 Agricultural Census, 2,533 holdings in Montenegro are involved in beekeeping and they possess some 50,024 honey bee colonies, or 20 honey bee colonies per household on average.  Number of hives per km2 varies considerably: north - 3 hives per km2 coastal area - 8 hives per km2  Langstroth Root and Dadant Blatt are the most common beehive types in Montenegro.

5. M O N T E N E G R O Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union Main characteristics of honey sector Poglavlje 25 Nauka i istraživanje Chapter 11: Agriculture and Rural Development Total annual honey products ranges from 300 to 500 tons. Only a small share of the said production is marketed through retailers, whereas the major share is sold through green markets or through so called doorstep selling. Taking into account that there is no beekeeping sector-specific analysis available, all data are the findings of internal researches undertaken by the Federation of Beekeepers’ Associations of Montenegro. The said organization gathers more than 2,000 beekeepers and represents practically the entire beekeeping. The stationary beekeeping is 60% of the total beekeeping technology; the rest is represented by the migratory beekeeping. The amount of honey per beehive: 10-30 kg in stationary beekeeping 20-60 kg in migratory beekeeping The average annual consumption is 1.5 kg per capita

6. M O N T E N E G R O Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union Honey production and marketing structures Chapter 11: Agriculture and Rural Development 20072008200920102011 Honey production, in tons and total 485476251500520 Direct sales to consumers, in % 9998 95 Direct sales to retailers, in % 1112,5 Sales to packing operators 00000 Sales to traders 0112,5 Sales to industry (food, cosmetic,…) 00000 Source: MONSTAT Statistical Office, the Statistical Yearbook and Federation of Beekeepers’ Associations of Montenegro

7. M O N T E N E G R O Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union Chapter 11: Agriculture and Rural Development Farm structure Indicator20072008200920102011 No. of beekeepers, total 1,200 1,400 2,5331,300 No. of beehives, total 36,585 28,63118,132 50,024 52,000 Professional beekeepers 25 35 40 Beehives of professional beekeepers 4,0005,600 7,000 Ownership type According to the data obtained from MONSTAT Statistical Office, there is only one business operator involved in beekeeping, whereas all others are family farm holdings. Prices No state trading monopoly for honey exists in Montenegro. No public price quotation for a standard quality of honey at representative markets exists in Montenegro. Chapter 11: Agriculture and Rural Development Source: MONSTAT Statistical Office, the Statistical Yearbook and Federation of Beekeepers’ Associations of Montenegro

8. M O N T E N E G R O Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union Chapter 11: Agriculture and Rural Development. Source: MONSTAT Honey - mainly imported from Serbia and Republic of Macedonia Total exports during 5 years: 13 t (approx.) Honey - mainly exported to Serbia

9. M O N T E N E G R O Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union Chapter 11: Agriculture and Rural Development Production and market preparation costs Fixed and Variable costs Fixed costs :  Beeswax: - €7.00/beehive  Medicinal products for the control of honey bee diseases: - €5.00/beehive  Queen bees: - €4.50/beehive, so that the aggregate fixed costs per beehive amounts to €16.5. Taking into account that the average honey yield per beehive equals to 10 kg, 1-kg-honey costs include the fixed costs amounting to €1.6. Variable costs:  Migration costs: €400.00 per apiary (average number of beehives per apiary: 20 beehives)  Packaging: €5.00 per beehive  Supplemental feeding: - €9.40 per beehive  Replacement of beehive elements: €4.50 per beehive, so the total estimated variable costs per beehive amount to €38.9. Taking into account that the average monthly honey yield is 10.00 kg per beehive, the variable costs included in 1-kg-honey costs amount to 3.9 €.

10. M O N T E N E G R O Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union Chapter 11: Agriculture and Rural Development Beekeeping Development Program The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development carries out the Beekeeping Development Program with funds allocated by Agro Budget. The goals to be reached by implementing the foregoing Program are as follows:  improve competitiveness of the Program,  improve genetic potentials of honey bee colonies by introducing highly- productive queen bees rearing,  preserve the quality and improve health safety of honey bee products,  improve know-how among and training of beekeepers

11. M O N T E N E G R O Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union Chapter 11: Agriculture and Rural Development Support measures  Selected queen bees rearing Support to improving selected queen bees rearing refers to both the support delivered for functioning of selection centers that obey strictly the prescribed criterions for highly productive queen bees selection and the support delivered to reproduction centers for selected queen bees rearing.  Improving the quality of bee products and health status of bee colonies Support to improving the quality of bee products and health status of bee colonies refers to both the protection of honey bees against bee mite (Varroa destructor) by using organic preparations and to improving health safety of bee products. The entitlement to this support is enjoyed by the beekeepers that use both organic products for treating their honey bee colonies against this bee mite, excluding organic acids (such as formic and oxalic ones, and alike), and antivirus bottom boards. Besides, the support to improving the quality of bee products and health status of honey bee colonies is dedicated to the provision of specific and scarce equipment for beekeeping.

12. M O N T E N E G R O Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union Chapter 11: Agriculture and Rural Development Support measures  Support to young newcomers to beekeeping Support to young newcomers to beekeeping refers to the purchase of three established honey bee colonies for a young newcomer beekeeper who is neither younger than 18 nor older than 30; however, the obligation of such beekeeper to engage him/herself in beekeeping and to join the membership of the Federation of Beekeepers’ Association.  Professional development of beekeepers Support to professional development of beekeepers is dedicated to a variety of instructional events and professional development-related activities intended for beekeepers, such as arranging seminars and beekeeping events; provision of professional literature; beekeeping magazines publishing, and alike.

13. M O N T E N E G R O Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union Chapter 11: Agriculture and Rural Development Federation of Beekeepers’ Associations of Montenegro The Federation of Beekeepers’ Associations of Montenegro is an organization gathering farmers of Montenegro and it has the largest membership. The said Organization gathers together 23 beekeepers’ associations that are mainly municipal- based ones. All the Associations are NGOs. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development implements Beekeeping Development Program through The Federation of Beekeepers’ Associations of Montenegro that coordinates the activities of all municipal Beekeeper’s Associations.

14. M O N T E N E G R O Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union Chapter 11: Agriculture and Rural Development Quality of honey and other bee products

15. M O N T E N E G R O Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union Chapter 11: Agriculture and Rural Development Legal framework: Quality of honey and other bee products  Rulebook on quality and other honey requirements, other bee products, and products based on honey (OG MNE 45/03)  Rulebook on residue monitoring in animals, animal foodstuff, and feed (OG MNE 46/2006)  Rulebook on maximum permitted concentrations of residues of farmacologically active substances of veterinary medicinal products in foodstuffs of animal origin (OG MNE 51/2007)

16. M O N T E N E G R O Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union Chapter 11: Agriculture and Rural Development Competent Institutions Honey quality and residue control:  Veterinary Directorate Preparation of Annual Residue Monitoring Program Issue orders for sampling to veterinary inspectors Monitoring of program implementation Providing funds for program implementation (since 2007)  Institute for public health Conducts quality control of honey  Center for Ecotoxicological Research Conducts quality control of honey Laboratory of residue analysis authorized by the Veterinary Directorate  Montenegro is on the EU list of countries with approved residue monitoring plans for cattle, sheep, pigs, horses, and honey

17. M O N T E N E G R O Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union Chapter 11: Agriculture and Rural Development

18. M O N T E N E G R O Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union Chapter 11: Agriculture and Rural Development

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