Commission Regulation (EEC) No 675/88 of 15 March 1988 laying down detailed rules for the production aid for certain varieties of rice

COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 675/88
of 15 March 1988
laying down detailed rules for the production aid for certain varieties of rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the market in rice (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3990/87 (2), and in particular Article 8a (5) thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3878/87 of 18 December 1987 on the production aid for certain varieties of rice (3) lays down the general rules for the granting of the aid; whereas it is for the Commission to lay down the relevant detailed rules of application;
Whereas the areas of production and the varieties for which aid may be granted are laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 3878/87;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 3878/87, the Member States are to introduce a system of control and a system of declarations in respect of areas under cultivation and of the varieties sown in order to ensure that the product for which the aid is applied for meets the conditions laid down for the granting thereof; whereas declarations, which are deemed to be aid applications, must include a minimum of information for the purposes of controls to be carried out by the Member States;
Whereas certain rules regarding the checks provided for in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 3878/87 should be specified more clearly by defining the minimum items of information to be checked and, on account of the cost and administrative difficulties, the simplified system for declarations relating to small areas;
Whereas provision should be made, on the one hand, for measures to discourage declarations which do not comply with the facts and, on the other hand, for the maintenance of the right to aid in cases of force majeure and of natural disasters;
Whereas in order to enable farmers to benefit fully from the aid, the period during which the aid must be paid and the conversion rate to be used for conversion into national currency should be specified;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,