Commission Regulation (EC) No 613/97 of 8 April 1997 laying down rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 as regards the conditions for granting compensatory payments under the aid scheme for rice producers

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 613/97 of 8 April 1997 laying down rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 as regards the conditions for granting compensatory payments under the aid scheme for rice producers
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22 December 1995 on the common organization of the market in rice (1), and in particular Articles 8, 21 and 25 (5) thereof,
Whereas Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 lays down that Community rice producers may claim a compensatory payment under certain conditions; whereas the detailed rules for applying this scheme must be laid down, without prejudice to the provisions of the integrated administration and control system for certain Community aid schemes as laid down in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3508/92 of 27 November 1992 establishing an integrated administration and control system for certain Community aid schemes (2), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2466/96 (3), and in 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 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2015/95 (5);
Whereas specific measures for French Guiana and Portugal should be laid down in order to take account of the different periods of sowing;
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 3508/92 contains no specific rules on the final date in the rice sector by which 'area` aids must be applied for; whereas transitional deadlines should therefore be fixed for the marketing year 1997/98;
Whereas the Commission must have the necessary statistical information in sufficient time to establish the scale of the reductions to be applied; whereas the Member States possess this information through the aid applications submitted by the producers; whereas provision should therefore be made for a standardized and periodic notification from the Member States to the Commission containing the information required; whereas any reductions in the compensatory payment should be established on the basis of the information sent by the Member States;
Whereas the Member States should be allowed to correct their notifications so that the rates of reduction fixed by the Commission correspond to the actual position; whereas the Commission should also be able to adapt, if necessary, the rates initially adopted in the light of the corrections sent by the Member States; whereas, however, in the interests of legal certainty, the application of this correction mechanism should be subject to time restrictions;
Whereas it is an essential part of the scheme that the areas not included in the notifications to the Commission cannot qualify for compensatory payments;
Whereas the Management Committee for Cereals has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,