22.4.2004 Official Journal of the European Union L 116/9 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 740/2004 of 21 April 2004 amending Regulation (EC) No 141/2004 laying down rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 as regards the transitional rural development measures applicable to the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to the Treaty of Accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia, and in particular Article 2(3) thereof, Having regard to the Act of Accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia, and in particular the first paragraph of Article 41 thereof, Whereas: (1) Article 33j of Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 of 17 May 1999 on support for rural development from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) and amending and repealing certain Regula- tions (") provides for specific temporary support to be granted to full-time farmers in Malta. On the basis of the information provided by the Maltese authorities, ceilings must be fixed, within the context of Commission Regu- lation (EC) No 141/2004 (%), for the three types of payment provided for. (2)  Article 33l(2a) and (2b) of Regulation (EC) No 1257/ 1999 lays down derogations to certain provisions of the measure relating to compliance with the standards laid down Articles 21a, 21b and 21c of that Regulation. Detailed rules should be laid down for the application of these derogations. (3)  The list of rural development measures in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 141/2004 should moreover be aligned with the list laid down in point 8 of Annex II to the draft Commission Regulation laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 on support for rural development from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGE). (4)  The financial table in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 141/2004 also provides for an indication of expenditure on ‘Other actions’. The types of action covered by this heading must be specified. () OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 80. Regulation as last amended by the 2003 Act of Accession. () OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 25. (5)  Under Article 331(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 the classification of areas at risk of forest fires must be submitted as part of the rural development plan. Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 141/2004 must therefore be supplemented accordingly. (6)  Regulation (EC) No 141/2004 should therefore be amended accordingly. (7)  The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Agri- cultural Structures and Rural Development, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Atrticle 1 Regulation (EC) No 141/2004 is hereby amended as follows: 1. in Chapter III, the following Article 5a is added: ‘Article 5a Full-time farmers in Malta The amount of the payments provided for in the second subparagraph of Article 33j of Regulation (EC) No 1257/ 1999 shall not exceed the annual ceiling per holding and per annual work unit laid down in Annex I, point A’ 2. Chapter IV is replaced by the following: ‘CHAPTER IV DEROGATIONS APPLICABLE TO THE NEW MEMBER STATES Article 5b Implementing demanding standards 1. The costs related to investments required to enable a standard to be met, as referred to in Article 331(2b) of Regu- lation (EC) No 1257/1999, shall be fixed by the competent public authority in the form of standard costs. These stand- ard costs shall be calculated on the basis of objective criteria permitting determination of the cost of individual activities, taking account of specific local conditions and avoiding any overcompensation.