Commission Regulation (EC) No 3404/93 of 10 December 1993 on rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2019/93 introducing specific measures for the smaller Aegean islands, as regards the growing of potatoes for human consumption and seed potatoes

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 3404/93 of 10 December 1993 on rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2019/93 introducing specific measures for the smaller Aegean islands, as regards the growing of potatoes for human consumption  and seed potatoes
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2019/93 of 19 July 1993 introducing specific measures for the smaller Aegean Islands concerning certain agricultural products (1), and in particular Article 8 (3) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 of 28 December 1992 on the unit of account and the conversion rates to be applied for the purposes of the common agricultural policy (2), and in particular Articles 6 (2) and 9 (1) thereof,
Whereas Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 2019/93 states that aid per hectare shall be granted annually for the cultivation of potatoes for human consumption and seed potatoes up to a maximum area cultivated and harvested of 3 200 hectares per year;  whereas rules should be laid down for the application of that Article, including the terms on which the aid is granted, control procedures and penalties for failure to comply with these provisions;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3824/92 of 28 December 1992 laying down the prices and amounts fixed in ecus to be amended as a result of the monetary realignments (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1663/93 (4), established the list of  prices and amounts to which, under the automatic dismantling arrangements for negative monetary gaps, the coefficient of 1,013088 set by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 537/93 (5), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1331/93 (6), is applied from the  beginning of the 1993/94 marketing year; whereas Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 3824/92 provides for the resulting price and amount reductions for each sector to be determined and for the reduced prices to be fixed; whereas the amount of the aid  provided for in Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 2019/93 should therefore be adjusted in accordance with those provisions;
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 introduced new agrimonetary arrangements from 1 January 1993; whereas under these arrangements Article 11 (1) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1068/93 of 30 April 1993 on detailed rules for determining and applying  the agricultural conversion rates (7) specifies that in the case of aid per hectare the operative event for the agricultural conversion rate is the commencement of the marketing year for which the aid is granted; whereas in the case of potatoes the  operative event should be differentiated by crop type, namely early maincrop and seed;
Whereas before the aid provided for in Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 2019/93 can be granted, applications for aid will have to be lodged by interested producers; whereas a time limit should be set for the lodging of applications so that the field  checks required to guarantee proper application of the rules can be carried out; whereas this date should vary according to the purpose for which potatoes are grown; whereas the growing cycle of the potato dictates that three different dates should be  specified; whereas to simplify management of the aid the final date for lodging applications should be authorized as the date for the operative event;
Whereas arrangements must be made for checking on proper execution of the implementing arrangements made by the Greek authorities; whereas these authorities should make periodic notifications to the Commission;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Seeds,