31.12. 90 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 375/15 COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) 3919/90 of 21 December 1990 laylng down general rules for the apphcatlon of Regulatxon (EEC) No 1198/90 establishing a Community register of citrus cultivation THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1198/90 of 7 May 1990 establishing a Community register of citrus cultivation (1), and in particular Article 5 thereof, Having regard to the Commission proposal, Whereas under Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1198/90 the register is to cover all holdings cultivating citrus fruit; whereas, however, it does not appear necessary to include in the register holdings with very limited production; whereas therefore the holdings to be included in the register should be defined, having regard in particular to their area; , \ Whereas, to ensure uniform implementation of the register of citrus cultivation in the Community, certain basic elements concerning the methodology to be applied should be defined; whereas special provisions should be laid down for certain regions which do not as yet have a land register which can serve as a basis for the citrus register; Whereas it should be laid down that the Commission and + the Member States are to make arrangements guarantecing the protection of those concerned; whereas, in that connection, information gathered for putting into effect Community legislation and checking its application on that gathered for statistical purposes should not. be used for purposes other than those specifically provided for, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 1. The register of citrus cultivation referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1198/90 shall cover all parcels planted with citrus fruit trees on holdings with an area under citrus crops of at least § ares. (1) OJ No L 119, 11. 5. 1990, p. 59. 2. For the purposes of this Regulation: {a) ‘agricultural holding’ means any technico-economic unit under a single management and producing agricultural products; (b) ‘farmer’ means any natural or legal person or group of such persons for whose account and on whose behalf the holding is operated; (c) ‘area under citrus fruit’ means all areas planted with citrus fruit trees, whether alone or with other crops, whether already or not yet in production, normally intended for the production of fruit or propagating material, whether or not subject to cultivation operations to obtain a marketable product; (d) “parcel’ means a continuous plot of land as delimited in the land register. However, in the absence of a land register, a parcel shall be deemed to be a continuous portion of land, - within one and the same holding, which constitutes a distinct entity as regards the type of tenure, the type of crop and the nature of production; (e) “citrus fruit’ means the following: — bergamots: fruit of varieties (cultivars) of the species Citrus aurantium L. ssp. bergamia (Risso and Poit.) Engler. — lemons: fruit of varieties (cultivars) of the species Citrus limon (L.) Burmf, — limes: * fruit of varieties of the species Citrus aurantifolia (Christin and Panz.) Sw. — mandarins,‘ tangerines, satsumas, clementines, wilkings and the like: fruit of varieties (cultivars) of the species Citrus reticulata (Blanco) or hybrids thereof — Dbitter oranges (Seville oranges): f\ruit of varieties (cultivars) of the species Citrus aurantium (L.) — sweet oranges: fruit of varieties (cultivars) of the species Citrus sinensis (Osbeck)