Commission Regulation (EC) No 1779/97 of 15 September 1997 amending Regulation (EC) No 658/96 on certain conditions for granting compensatory payments under the support system for producers of certain arable crops

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1779/97 of 15 September 1997 amending Regulation (EC) No 658/96 on certain conditions for granting compensatory payments under the support system for producers of certain arable crops
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 1765/92 of 30 June 1992 establishing a support system for producers of certain arable crops (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1422/97 (2), and in particular Article 12 thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 658/96 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1718/97 (4), lays down, for the application of Article 4 (3), certain rules on the conditions of eligibility for the supplement to the compensatory payment for durum wheat;
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 provides that the conditions under which durum wheat is cultivated in Pannonia justify that region being recognized as a traditional production zone; whereas, as a result, the production of durum wheat in that zone, which already qualified for reduced aid, is, from the 1998/99 marketing year, eligible for the supplement to the compensatory payment for durum wheat laid down for traditional production zones, up to a ceiling of 5 000 hectares; whereas, as a result, detailed rules should be laid down for the administration of that ceiling and the eligible zones in Pannonia specified;
Whereas, as a result, Regulation (EC) No 658/96 must be amended;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Joint Committee for Cereals, Oils and Fats and Dried Fodder,