COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1923/92 of 13 July 1992 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1799/76 laying down detailed rules for the application of special measures in respect of linseed

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 569/76 of 15 March 1976 laying down special measures in respect of lineseed (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 4003/87 (2), and in particular Article 2 (4) thereof,

Whereas Article 8a (2) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1799/76 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3633/91 (4), stipulates that checks on declarations of areas sown are to include measurement of the area in question; whereas for checks made during the next few marketing years this requirement should be withdrawn, in the interests of administrative simplification, for cases where the declaration is accompanied by a document permitting the area concerned to be accurately determined without measurement;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with opinion of the Management Committee for Oils and Fats,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The following subparagraph is added to Article 8a (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1799/76:

'However, measurement need not be carried out if scrutiny of the document specified in Article 8 (3) or comparison of the area declared with past data available enables the area sown to be accurately and unambiguously determined. The inspection report must mention this and indicate the area.'

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

It shall be applicable to checks made for the 1992/93 and subsequent marketing years. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 13 July 1992. For the Commission

Ray MAC SHARRY

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 67, 15. 3. 1976, p. 29. (2) OJ No L 377, 31. 12. 1987, p. 46. (3) OJ No L 201, 27. 7. 1976, p. 14. (4) OJ No L 344, 14. 12. 1991, p. 45.