Commission Regulation (EC) No 272/97 of 14 February 1997 setting the final reference amounts for producers of soya beans, rape or colza seed and sunflower seed for the 1996/97 marketing year

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 272/97 of 14 February 1997 setting the final reference amounts for producers of soya beans, rape or colza seed and sunflower seed for the 1996/97 marketing year
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 1575/96 (2), and in particular Article 12 thereof,
Whereas Article 5 (1) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 provides that the Commission is to calculate a final regional reference amount based on the observed reference price for oil seeds, by substituting the observed reference price for the projected reference price; whereas the Commission has determined the observed reference price using the data provided pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3405/93 (3);
Whereas the area referred to in Article 5 (1) (f) of Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 for which the oil seeds compensatory payment does not exceed, following application of Article 2 (6) of that Regulation, the maximum guaranteed area; whereas, in accordance with Article 5 (1) (f) of that Regulation, there is no need to reduce the final regional reference amounts;
Whereas the ceiling applicable to irrigated soya in France laid down in Article 7 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 658/96 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1647/96 (5), has not been exceeded; whereas, in accordance with the first sentence of the sixth subparagraph of Article 3 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92, there is no need to reduce the final regional reference amounts;
Whereas the other producers received an advance payment at the level established in Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1479/96 (6);
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,