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,

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,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 658/96 is hereby amended as follows:

1. In Article 6, the following paragraph 1a is added:

'1a. The supplement to the compensatory payment referred to in Article 4 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 shall be granted, from the 1998/99 marketing year in Austria, up to a limit of 5 000 hectares, for the zones in Pannonia referred to in Annex Va.`

2. In Article 6 (2), 'and in Austria` is replaced by the following:

'and, up to the 1997/98 marketing year, in Austria`.

3. The following Annex Va is added:

'ANNEX Va

Zones referred to in Article 6 (1a)

AUSTRIA

1. Gebiete der Bezirksbauernkammern

2046 Atzenbrugg

2054 Baden

2062 Bruck/Leitha

2089 Ebreichsdorf

2101 Gänserndorf

2160 Groß-Enzersdorf

2208 Hainburg

2241 Hollabrunn

2275 Kirchberg/Wagram

2305 Korneuburg

2321 Laa/Thaya

2330 Langenlois

2364 Marchegg

2399 Mistelbach

2402 Mödling

2470 Poysdorf

2500 Ravelsbach

2518 Retz

2551 Schwechat

2577 Stockerau

2585 Tulln

2623 Wr. Neustadt

2631 Wolkersdorf

2658 Zistersdorf

2. Gebiete der Bezirksreferate

3018 Neusiedl/See

3026 Eisenstadt

3034 Mattersburg

3042 Oberpullendorf

3. Gebiete der Landwirtschaftskammer

1007 Wien`

4. In Annex VI, the section AUSTRIA is deleted from the 1998/99 marketing year.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following 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.

Done at Brussels, 15 September 1997.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 181, 1. 7. 1992, p. 12.

(2) OJ L 196, 24. 7. 1997, p. 18.

(3) OJ L 91, 9. 4. 1996, p. 46.

(4) OJ L 242, 4. 9. 1997, p. 31.