Commission Regulation (EC) No 297/96 of 16 February 1996 establishing final regional reference amounts for producers of soya beans, rape seed, colza seed and sunflower seed for the 1995/96 marketing year

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 297/96 of 16 February 1996 establishing final regional reference amounts for producers of soya beans, rape seed, colza seed and sunflower seed for the 1995/96 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 agricultural crops (1), as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 2989/95 (2), and in particular Article 12 thereof,
Whereas Article 5 (1) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 specifies that the Commission must 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 price using the information supplied pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3405/93 (3);
Whereas the area mentioned in Article 5 (1) (f) of Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 for which the oilseeds compensatory payment is paid, does not exceed, after the application of Article 2 (6), the maximum guaranteed area; whereas, in accordance with Article 5 (1) (f) of Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92, there is no need to reduce the final regional reference amounts;
Whereas the ceiling applicable for irrigated soya in France, as fixed in Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2715/94 (4), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1799/95 (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 maximum guaranteed area has not been exceeded for the 1995/96 marketing year; whereas the Commission, in accordance with Article 5 (1) (h) of Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92, has decided not to apply the sanctions applicable in the 1994/95 marketing year in the current marketing year;
Whereas in accordance with Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 240/95 (6) certain producers received an advance payment based on an estimated projected regional reference amount before the Commission had established the Regional Reference Amounts for the 1995/96 marketing year pursuant to Article 1 (2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1747/95 (7); whereas all other producers received an advance payment at the level established in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1747/95;
Whereas Article 8 (1) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2294/92 of 31 July 1992 on detailed rules for the application of the support system for producers of the oil seeds referred to in Council Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 (8), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2989/95 (9), specifies that the agricultural conversion rate valid on the first day of the marketing year in question must be used for all payments made in the course of that year;
Whereas the Joint Management Committee for Cereals, Oils and Fats and Dried Fodder has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,