Order No. 286-A/2016 establishing the complementary national rules for the application of the National Apicultural Programme (NAP) for 2017-2019. Country/Territory Portugal Document type Regulation Date 2016 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Diário da República No. 215, 9 November 2016. Subject Livestock Keyword Apiculture/sericulture Animal health Subsidy/incentive Policy/planning Procedural matters Internal trade International trade Animal production Geographical area Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North-East Atlantic, Southern Europe Entry into force notes This Order enters into force on the day after its publication. Abstract This Order, consisting of 88 articles divided into 12 Chapters and ten Annexes, establishes the complementary national rules for the application of the National Apicultural Programme (NAP) for 2017-2019. It was approved by EU Commission Decision 2016/1102 of 5 July, in accordance with EU Regulation No. 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December and of EU Commission Regulation No. 2015/1368 of 6 August. The measures provided for in the NAP are intended to improve the production and marketing conditions for apicultural products, as follows: a) Measure 1, 'Technical assistance to the sector', Measure 1A 'Technical assistance services to beekeepers'; (II) Measure 1B 'Improving processing conditions for honey'; (III) Measure 1C 'Promotion on the domestic market'; b) Measure 2: 'Fight against varroasis - Integrated fight against varroasis', comprising: (I) Measure 2A 'Medicinal products and waxes'; (II) Measure 2B 'Analyzes'; c) Measure 3, 'Rationalization of transhumance - Acquisition of transhumance equipment'; d) Measure 4 'Improving the quality of honey - Support for laboratory testing'; e) Measure 5, 'Restocking of beekeeping - Distribution of selected native queens'; f) Measure 6 'Research and development - Support for applied research projects'. Full text Portuguese Website www.dre.pt References - Legislation Amended by Order No. 152/2017 amending the complementary national rules for the application of the National Apicultural Programme (NAP) for 2017-2019. Legislation | Portugal | 2017 Keyword: Apiculture/sericulture, Animal health, Subsidy/incentive, Policy/planning, Procedural matters, Internal trade, International trade, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Animal production Source: FAO, FAOLEX