COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2919/95 of 18 December 1995 on the grant of special aid for the production of durum wheat in Austria

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 of 30 June 1992 establishing a support system for producers of certain arable crops (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2800/95 (2), and in particular Article 12 thereof,

Whereas, in order to safeguard a certain level of protection of durum wheat in Austria, outside the traditional production zones, Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 provides for the grant of special aid in those regions in which production of durum wheat was well established; whereas a list of regions meeting that criterion should be established;

Whereas, in order to prevent too high an increase in the areas under durum wheat, the special aid is granted up to a ceiling of 5 000 ha; whereas detailed rules for the administration of that ceiling should be laid down;

Whereas for the purposes of the application of this Regulation, the information required under Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3887/92 of 23 December 1992 laying down detailed rules for applying the integrated administration and control system for certain Community aid schemes (3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1648/95 (4), and under Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1664/93 of 29 June 1993 setting out the information to be provided by the Member States concerning the support system for producers of certain arable crops (5), should be supplemented;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Joint Management Committee for cereals, oils and fats and dried fodder,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1. The special aid referred to in Article 4 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 shall be granted, up to a limit of 5 000 ha, for all the Austrian regions listed in the Annex.

2. The aid referred to in paragraph 1 shall be granted for all plots eligible for the compensatory payment for arable crops referred to in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 sown to durum wheat and located in one of the regions in question.

3. For the purposes of granting the special aid for durum wheat, the 'area` aid application referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 3887/92 shall indicate all particulars permitting identification of the plots sown to durum wheat.

4. Where the sum of the areas under durum wheat meeting the criteria referred to in paragraph 2 for which special aid applications have been submitted exceeds the ceiling referred to in paragraph 1, the areas eligible for the special aid shall be reduced in proportion, before the reduction referred to in the first indent of Article 2 (6) of Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92, if any, is applied.

Article 2

In the information table required under Regulation (EEC) No 1664/93, Member States shall also communicate the information on durum wheat referred to in this Regulation.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

It shall apply from the 1995/96 marketing year.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 18 December 1995.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

ANNEX

DURUM WHEAT PRODUCTION REGIONS

1. Gebiete der Bezirksbauernkammern 2046 Atzenbrugg

2054 Baden

2062 Bruck/Leitha

2089 Ebreichsdorf

2101 Gaenserndorf

2160 Gross-Enzersdorf

2208 Hainburg

2241 Hollabrunn

2275 Kirchberg/Wagram

2305 Korneuburg

2321 Laa/Thaya

2330 Langenlois

2364 Marchegg

2399 Mistelbach

2402 Moedling

2470 Poysdorf

2500 Ravelsbach

2518 Retz

2551 Schwechat

2577 Stockerau

2585 Tulln

2623 Wr. Neustadt

2631 Wolkersdorf

2658 Zistersdorf

2. Gebiete der Bezirksreferate

3018 Neusiedl/See

3026 Eisenstadt

3034 Mattersburg

3042 Oberpullendorf

3. Gebiet der Landwirtschaftskammer

1007 Wien