Council Regulation (EEC) No 3508/92 of 27 November 1992 establishing an integrated administration and control system for certain Community aid schemes
Modified by
  • Council Regulation (EC) No 165/94of 24 January 1994concerning the co-financing by the Community of remote sensing checks and amending Regulation (EEC) No 3508/92 establishing an integrated administration and control system for certain Community aid schemes, 31994R0165, January 29, 1994
  • Council Regulation (EC) No 3233/94of 20 December 1994amending Regulation (EEC) No 3508/92 establishing an integrated administration and control system for certain Community aid schemes, 31994R3233, December 28, 1994
  • Council Regulation (EC) No 3235/94of 20 December 1994amending, as a result of the accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, certain regulations in the agricultural sector providing for part-financing of certain measures in favour of the new Member States, 31994R3235, December 28, 1994
  • Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95of 22 December 1995on the common organization of the market in rice, 31995R3072, December 30, 1995
  • Council Regulation (EC) No 1577/96of 30 July 1996introducing a specific measure in respect of certain grain legumesCorrigendum to Council Regulation (EC) No 1577/96 of 30 July 1996 introducing a specific measure in respect of certain grain legumes(Official Journal of the European Communities No L 206 of 16 August 1996), 31996R157731996R1577R(01), August 16, 1996
  • Council Regulation (EC) No 2466/96of 17 December 1996amending Regulation (EEC) No 3508/92 establishing an integrated administrative and control system for certain Community aid schemes, 31996R2466, December 24, 1996
  • Council Regulation (EC) No 820/97of 21 April 1997establishing a system for the identification and registration of bovine animals and regarding the labelling of beef and beef products, 31997R0820, May 7, 1997
  • Council Regulation (EC) No 1103/97of 17 June 1997on certain provisions relating to the introduction of the euro, 31997R1103, June 19, 1997
  • Council Regulation (EC) No 1036/1999of 17 May 1999amending Regulation (EEC) No 3508/92 establishing an integrated administration and control system for certain Community aid schemes as regards the deadlines for lodging applications for compensatory payments under the aid scheme for rice producersCorrigendum to Council Regulation (EC) No 1036/1999 of 17 May 1999 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3508/92 establishing an integrated administration and control system for certain Community aid schemes as regards the deadlines for lodging applications for payments under the aid scheme for rice producers(Official Journal of the European Communities L 127 of 21 May 1999), 31999R103631999R1036R(01), May 21, 1999
  • Council Regulation (EC) No 1593/2000of 17 July 2000amending Regulation (EEC) No 3508/92 establishing an integrated administration and control system for certain Community aid schemes, 32000R1593, July 21, 2000
  • Commission Regulation (EC) No 495/2001of 13 March 2001amending the Annex to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3508/92 establishing an integrated administration and control system for certain Community aid schemes, 32001R0495, March 14, 2001
  • Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003of 29 September 2003establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers and amending Regulations (EEC) No 2019/93, (EC) No 1452/2001, (EC) No 1453/2001, (EC) No 1454/2001, (EC) 1868/94, (EC) No 1251/1999, (EC) No 1254/1999, (EC) No 1673/2000, (EEC) No 2358/71 and (EC) No 2529/2001, 32003R1782, October 21, 2003
Corrected by
  • Corrigendum to Council Regulation (EC) No 1577/96 of 30 July 1996 introducing a specific measure in respect of certain grain legumes, 31996R1577R(01), March 13, 1997
  • Corrigendum to Council Regulation (EC) No 1036/1999 of 17 May 1999 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3508/92 establishing an integrated administration and control system for certain Community aid schemes as regards the deadlines for lodging applications for payments under the aid scheme for rice producers, 31999R1036R(01), August 14, 1999
Council Regulation (EEC) No 3508/92of 27 November 1992establishing an integrated administration and control system for certain Community aid schemes THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,Having regard to the proposal from the CommissionOJ No C 9, 15. 1. 1992, p. 4.,Having regard to the opinion of the European ParliamentOpinion delivered on 17 November 1992 (not yet published in the Official Journal).,Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social CommitteeOJ No C 98, 21. 4. 1992, p. 29.,Whereas, pursuant to Article 8 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 of 21 April 1970 on the financing of the common agricultural policyOJ No L 94, 28. 4. 1970, p. 13. (Last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2048/88)., Member States must take the measures necessary to satisfy themselves that transactions financed by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) are actually carried out and are executed correctly, and prevent and deal with irregularities; whereas Article 23 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88 of 19 December 1988 laying down provisions for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 as regards coordination of the activities of the different structural Funds between themselves and with the operations of the European Investment Bank and the other existing financial instrumentsOJ No L 374, 31. 12. 1988, p. 1. provides for the same obligation with regard to the agricultural structures policy;Whereas up to now the various aid schemes have been administered and controlled by the Member States under separate rules for each scheme, as a result of their heterogeneous structure; whereas, however, in realigning the existing market measures a part of the reform of the common agricultural policy, the Community is opting, to a large extent, in both the crop and livestock sectors, for direct aid to producers;Whereas, in order to adapt the administration and control mechanisms to the new situation and improve their effectiveness and usefulness, it is necessary to set up a new integrated administration and control system covering the aid schemes for arable crops, beef and veal, sheepmeat and goatmeat, as well as specific measures for farming in mountain, hill and certain less-favoured areas; whereas provision should be made for the possibility of including, at a later date, other aid schemes linked to the cultivated area;Whereas, the various components of the integrated system will potentially result in more effective administration and control in the case of Community schemes not covered by this Regulation; whereas the Member States should therefore be authorized to avail themselves of the system on condition they do not in any way act in opposition to the provisions concerned;Whereas, given the complexity of such a system and the large number of aid applications to be processed, it is essential to use the appropriate technical resources and administration and control methods; whereas as a result, the integrated system should comprise, in each Member State, a computerized data base, an alphanumeric identification system for agricultural parcels, aid applications from farmers, a harmonized control system and, in the livestock sector, a system for the identification and recording of animals;Whereas the administration of the data collected and its use for the verification of aid applications make it necessary to set up high-performance computerized data bases allowing cross-checks in particular to be made;Whereas the identification of agricultural parcels is a key element in the correct application of schemes linked to surface area; whereas experience has shown that the existing methods have certain deficiencies; whereas, therefore, provision should be made for an alphanumeric identification system set up initially, where necessary, with the aid of remote sensing;Whereas in order to guarantee the possibility of effective control, "area" aid applications must be submitted not later than during the first quarter of the year; whereas however the Member State may, in cases which it justifies, be authorized to apply a later date; whereas for 1993, having regard to the difficulties of implementing the integrated system, a later date is permitted;Whereas, in the livestock sector, effective control requires that animals be identified and recorded; whereas, to this end, Council Directive 92/102/EEC of 27 November 1992, on the identification and registration of animalsSee page 32 of this Official Journal. lays down specific provisions in this respect; whereas recourse should therefore be had to that Directive;Whereas the detailed rules governing aid applications continue to be subject to the provisions of each sector; whereas, however, for the sake of simplification, Member States should be authorized to make provision for the submission of one single application for several aid schemes;Whereas one of the main advantages of the new system is the introduction of an integrated control system in each Member State avoiding any duplication of sectoral checks of the same type; whereas, as a result, the stepping up of checks made necessary by the reform of the common agricultural policy should be attainable without substantially increasing the number of checks; whereas aid applications submitted must be subjected to a thorough administrative check carried out with the aid of computerized data bases; whereas, up to now, administrative checks have been supplemented systematically by checks on the spot; whereas, to a large extent, on-the-spot checks on areas may be replaced by remote sensing;Whereas the expenditure involved in introducing the integrated system may represent a high additional budgetary burden for Member States; whereas, consequently, provision should be made for part-financing for a certain period; whereas the diversity of existing production structures in the Member States must be taken into account; whereas, as a result, provision should be made for sharing out the financial contribution in a way which takes into account in particular the number of agricultural holdings, livestock numbers and the agricultural area in the Member States;Whereas provision should be made for the gradual implementation of all the elements of the integrated system,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 11.Each Member State shall set up an integrated administration and control system, hereinafter referred to as the "integrated system", applying:(a)in the crop sector:(i)to the support system for producers of certain arable crops established by Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2704/1999 (OJ L 327, 21.12.1999, p. 12).;(ii)to the aid scheme for rice producers established by Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95OJ L 329, 30.12.1995, p. 18. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2072/98 (OJ L 265, 30.9.1998, p. 4).;(iii)to the specific measure in respect of certain grain legumes introduced by Regulation (EC) No 1577/96OJ L 206, 16.8.1996, p. 4. Regulation as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1826/97 (OJ L 260, 23.9.1997, p. 11).;(b)in the livestock sector:(i)to the premium and payment arrangements for beef and veal producers established by Chapter 1 of Title 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21.;(ii)to the premium arrangements for sheepmeat and goatmeat producers introduced by Regulation (EC) No 2467/98OJ L 312, 20.11.1998, p. 1.;(iii)to direct payments under Article 19 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk productsOJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48.hereinafter referred to as "Community schemes".2.The Council may, acting by a qualified majority on a Commission proposal, extend the scope of the integrated system to other Community aid schemes.3.For the purposes of applying Community aid schemes not covered by this Regulation and notwithstanding the specific provisions laid down under such schemes, in particular those concerning the terms under which aid may be granted, the Member States may incorporate in their administration and control mechanisms one or more of the administrative, technical or data-processing components of the integrated system.Member States may extend this possibility to national schemes. They may use the information from the integrated system for statistical purposes.Before availing themselves of these possibilities, Member States shall inform the Commission of their intentions in good time.The Commission shall ensure that recourse to this possibility does not prejudice compliance with the provisions of the sectoral Regulations or of this Regulation.3.Without prejudice to specific provisions provided for under the arrangements referred to in paragraph 1, for the purposes of this Regulation:farmer shall mean an individual agricultural producer, whether a natural or legal person or a group of natural or legal persons, whatever legal status is granted the group and its members by national law, whose holding is within Community territory,holding shall mean all the production units managed by a farmer situated within the same Member State's territory,agricultural parcel shall mean a continuous area of land on which a single crop is raised by a single farmer. In accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 12 the Commission shall adopt implementing arrangements for specific uses of agricultural parcels, in particular those concerning mixed crops and jointly used areas.
Article 2The integrated system shall comprise the following elements:(a)a computerized data base;(b)an identification system for agricultural parcels;(c)a system for the identification and registration of animals;(d)aid applications;(e)an integrated control system.
Article 31.The computerized data base shall record, for each agricultural holding, the data obtained from the aid applications. This data base shall in particular allow direct and immediate consultation, through the competent authority of the Member State, of the data relating at least to the previous three consecutive calendar and/or marketing years.2.The Member States may set up decentralized data bases on condition that these, and the administrative procedures for recording and accessing data, are designed homogeneously throughout the territory of the Member State and are compatible with one another.
Article 4An identification system for agricultural parcels shall be established on the basis of maps or land registry documents or other cartographic references. Use shall be made of computerised geographical information system techniques including preferably aerial or spatial orthoimagery, with an homogenous standard guaranteeing accuracy at least equivalent to cartography at a scale of 1:10000.
Article 5The system for the identification and registration of animals to be taken into account for the granting of aid governed by this Regulation shall be set up in accordance with Articles 4, 5, 6 and 8 of Directive 92/102/EECand with Regulation (EC) No 820/97.
Article 61.In order to be eligible under one or more Community schemes governed by this Regulation, each farmer shall submit, for each year, an "area" aid application indicating:agricultural parcels, including areas under forage crops, and agricultural parcels covered by a set-aside measure for arable land and those laid fallow,where applicable, any other necessary information provided for either by the Regulations relating to the Community schemes, or by the Member State concerned.2.The area aid application shall be submitted by a date to be fixed by the Member State which shall not be after that laid down for the submission of applications in, or fixed in accordance with, Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999.In all cases, the date shall be set bearing in mind, inter alia, the period required for all relevant data to be available for the proper administrative and financial management of the aid and for the checks provided for in Article 8 to be carried out.Notwithstanding Article 5(1) of Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 1182/71 of 3 June 1971 determining the rules applicable to periods, dates and time limitsOJ L 124, 8.6.1971, p. 1., where the submission date is a public holiday, a Saturday or a Sunday, it shall be deemed to fall on the first working day following.3.A Member State may decide that an area aid application need contain only changes with respect to the area aid application submitted the previous year. Member States shall simplify the application process by distributing pre-printed forms based on the areas determined in the previous year and supplying graphic material, as referred to in Article 4, indicating the location of those areas.4.Certain amendments may be made to the area aid application provided that they are received by the competent authorities no later than the date laid down for sowing in, or fixed in accordance with, Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999.5.The "area" aid application, amended if necessary in accordance with paragraph 4, shall be deemed to be the aid application provided for in the scheme referred to in Article 1 (1) (a).6.For each of the agricultural parcels declared, farmers shall indicate the area and its location, which information must enable the parcel to be identified in the identification system for agricultural parcels.7.Farmers applying only for aid under a scheme not directly linked to agricultural area may be exempted from the requirement to submit an "area" aid application.8.In order to be eligible for one of the Community schemes or arrangements referred to in Article 1 (1) (b), each farmer shall submit one or more "animal" aid applications, at the latest by the dates set by the schemes concerned.9.Where an aid application or amendments to it have to be accompanied by supplementary documentation, such documentation shall be considered part of the application.10.While abiding by the dates or periods laid down for submitting applications under Community rules, the Member States may decide that a single application can cover:several "animal" aid applications,an "area" aid application and one or more "animal" aid applications.
Article 7The integrated control system shall cover all aid applications submitted, in particular as regards administrative checks, on-the-spot checks and, if appropriate, verification by aerial or satellite remote sensing.
Article 81.Member States shall carry out administrative checks on aid applications.2.Administrative checks shall be supplemented by on-the-spot checks covering a sample of agricultural holdings. For all these checks, Member States shall draw up a sampling plan.3.Each Member State shall designate an authority responsible for coordinating the checks provided for in this Regulation.4.National authorities may, under conditions to be laid down, use remote sensing to determine the area of agricultural parcels, identify crops and verify their status.5.Where the competent authorities of the Member State delegate some aspects of the work to be carried out pursuant to this Regulation to specialized agencies or firms, they must retain control over and responsibility for that work.
Article 9The Member States shall take the measures necessary to ensure protection of the data collected.
Article 9a1.For the purposes of applying Community aid schemes listed in the Annex and which are not referred to in Article 1, the Member States shall ensure that the administration and control systems applied to them are compatible with the integrated system in the following respects:(a)the computerised data base;(b)the parcel and animal identification systems;(c)administrative checks.In order to be "compatible" within the meaning of the first subparagraph, the administration and control systems applied to the Community aid schemes concerned have to be set up so as to allow, without any problems or conflicts, a common functioning of, or the exchange of data between the systems.In accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 12a(2), the Commission shall adopt amendments to the Annex as may become necessary taking into account the criteria set out in the first and second subparagraph.2.Without prejudice to the provisions in paragraph 1, the Member States may, for the purposes of applying Community aid schemes not referred to in Article 1, incorporate in their administration and control procedure one or more components of the integrated system.3.The specific provisions laid down under the schemes referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, in particular those concerning the terms on which aid may be granted, shall not be affected by this Regulation.4.Member States may extend the possibility provided for in paragraph 2 to national schemes.They may use the information from the integrated system for statistical purposes.5.Member States shall inform the Commission if they avail themselves of the possibilities referred to in paragraphs 2 and 4.The Commission shall ensure that recourse to these possibilities does not prejudice compliance with the sectoral Regulations or this Regulation.
Article 101.The Community shall contribute to the expenditure incurred by Member States pursuant to this Regulation for the introduction of the computerized and checking structures and for the acquisition of aerial photographs or satellite pictures and the analysis thereof.Expenditure on the updating of land registry maps shall not be co-financed by the Community.2.The Community's financial contribution shall be granted for a period of five years from 1992, within the limits of the appropriations allocated for this purpose.However, for Austria, Finland and Sweden the Community's financial contribution shall be granted for a period of three years from 1 January 1995, within the limits of the appropriations available.The total amount shall be shared among the Member States as follows:for 1995:
Belgium2,2 %
Denmark2,3 %
Germany9,2 %
Greece8,0 %
Spain16,5 %
France13,3 %
Irland4,2 %
Italy18,1 %
Luxembourg0,6 %
Netherlands2,8 %
Austria3,3 %
Portugal5,3 %
Finland2,7 %
Sweden2,4 %
United Kingdom9,1 %
for 1996:
Belgium1,8 %
Denmark1,9 %
Germany7,7 %
Greece6,7 %
Spain13,7 %
France11,1 %
Ireland3,5 %
Italy15,1 %
Luxembourg0,5 %
Netherlands2,3 %
Austria9,3 %
Portugal4,4 %
Finland7,6 %
Sweden6,8 %
United Kingdom7,6 %
for 1997:
Austria39,3 %
Finland32,1 %
Sweden28,6 %
The Community's financial contribution may not be greater than 50 % of the payments made by the Member State concerned in respect of the budget year and relating to the eligible expenditure within the meaning of paragraph 1.However, appropriations which have not been used may be redistributed, under the conditions laid down by this Regulation, to those Member States which apply for them.3.Amounts expressed in ecus and national currencies shall be converted at the rates of exchange obtaining on the first working day of the calendar year in question published in the "C" series of the Official Journal of the European Communities.
Article 111.The Commission shall be kept regularly informed of the application of the integrated system.It shall organise exchanges of views on this subject with the Member States.2.After informing the competent authorities concerned in good time, Commission officials may carry out:any examination or control relating to the body of measures taken in order to establish and to implement the integrated system;checks at the specialized agencies and firms referred to in Article 8 (5).Officials of the Member State concerned may take part in such checks.The aforementioned powers to check shall not affect the application of national criminal law provisions which reserve certain acts for officials specifically designated by national law. Commission officials shall in particular not participate in home visits to or the formal interrogation of suspects under the criminal law of the Member State. They shall, however, have access to the information obtained thereby.3.Without prejudice to the responsibilities of the Member States for the implementation and application of the integrated system, the Commission may seek the assistance of specialized bodies or persons in order to facilitate the establishment, monitoring and utilization of the integrated system, in particular with a view to providing the competent authorities of the Member States with technical advice, should they request it.
Article 12The Commission shall adopt detailed rules for the application of this Regulation in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 12a(2). These detailed rules shall cover in particular:(a)the basic features of the identification system for agricultural parcels;(b)any amendments which may be made to the "area" aid applications and exemption from the requirement to submit an "area" aid application;(c)the minimum amount of information to be included in the aid applications;(d)the administrative and on-the-spot checks and the checks by remote sensing;(e)the establishment of an advance payment scheme for Community financial participation;(f)transitional provisions for the start-up period of the system;(g)communications between the Member States and the Commission;(h)the measures required to resolve specific practical problems. Such measures — if duly justified — may derogate from certain parts of this Regulation.
Article 12a1.The Commission shall be assisted by the Fund Committee established by Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 103. (hereinafter referred to as "the Committee").2.Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 4 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/ECOJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23. shall apply.The period provided for in Article 4(3) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be set at one month.3.The Committee may examine any matter raised by its Chairman, either on his own initiative or at the request of a Member State.
Article 131.The integrated system shall apply(a)from 1 February 1993 as regards aid applications, an alphanumeric system of identification and registration of bovine animals and the integrated control system referred to in Article 7;(b)as regards the other elements referred to in Article 2, at the latest from:1 January 1998 in the case of Austria, Finland and Sweden,1 January 1997 in the case of the other Member States,(c)at the latest as from 1 January 2005 as regards the geographical part of the parcel identification system as provided for in Article 4,(d)at the latest as from 1 January 2003 as regards the compatibility of the administration and control systems with the integrated system as provided for in Article 9a.2.With a view to implementation of the integrated system, the Member States shall:adopt the necessary laws, regulations and administrative provisions concerning paragraph 1 (a) before 1 February 1993, and those concerning paragraph 1 (b) before 1 June 1993;take the administrative, budgetary and technical measures necessary for the integrated system to be operational from the dates laid down in paragraph 1.If, however, any parts of the integrated system are operational before the dates laid down in paragraph 1, the Member States shall use them for their management and checking activities.
Article 14This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.ANNEX
SectorLegal baseNotes
Dried grapesArticle 7(1)Regulation (EC) No 2201/96Area-related aid
TobaccoArticle 3Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92Production aid
HopsArticle 12Regulation (EEC) No 1696/71Area-related aid
Regulation (EC) No 1098/98Payments for temporary resting and grubbing-up
Agri-environmentTitle II, chapter VI (Articles 22 to 24) and Article 55(3)Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999Area-related aid
ForestryArticle 31 and Article 55(3)Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999Area-related aid
Less-favoured areas and areas with environmental restrictionsTitle II, chapter V (Articles 13 to 21) and Article 55(3)Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999Area-related aid
Olive oilArticle 5(1)Regulation No 136/66/EECProduction aid
CottonArticle 8Regulation (EC) No 1554/95Production aid
Dried fodderArticles 10 and 11Regulation (EC) No 603/95Production aid
Citrus for processingArticle 1Regulation (EC) No 2202/96Production aid
Tomatoes for processingArticle 2Regulation (EC) No 2201/96Production aid
WineArticles 11 to 15Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999Restructuring aid