L 339/52 Official Journal of the European Union 24.12.2003 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2237/2003 of 23 December 2003 laying down detailed rules for the application of certain support schemes provided for in Title IV of Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 of 29 September 2003 establishing 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 14542001, (EC) 1868/94, (EC) No 1251/1999, (EC) No 1254/1999, (EC) No 1673/2000, (EEC) No 2358/71 and (EC) No 2529/2001 (!), and in particular Article 145(c), (e), (f), (q) and Article 155 thereof, Whereas: (1)  Title IV of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 establishes certain support schemes for farmers. For the sake of simplification it is appropriate to provide for one single regulation laying down the implementing rules of those schemes which enter into force in 2004. (2)  Starting from 2005 the integrated administration and control system provided for in Title II, Chapter 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 (hereinafter referred as ‘the TACS)) shall apply to those support schemes. Some of those support schemes as well as some of the products receiving direct payments under some of those support schemes are already covered by the IACS. In order to facilitate the transition from the arrangements provided for by Council Regulation (EEC) No 350892 of 27 November 1992 establishing an integrated admin- istration and control system for certain Community aid schemes () to the arrangements provided for by the IACS, it is appropriate to make applicable the existing rules under Regulation (EEC) No 3508/92 and its imple- menting rules provided for in Commission Regulation (EC) No 2419/2001 (’) to those support schemes. (3)  For the efficiency and good administration of the schemes, the area payments must be restricted to certain areas and conditions to be specified. (4)  The sowing of land for the sole purpose of qualifying for area payments should be prevented. Certain conditions relating to the sowing and cultivation of crops must be specified, in particular as regards durum wheat, protein () OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 1. () OJ L 355, 5.12.1992, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commis- sion Regulation (EC) No 495/2001 (O] L 72, 14.3.2001, p. 6). () OJ L 327,12.12.2001, p. 11. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2550/2001 (O] L 341, 22.12.2001, p. 105). plants and rice. Local standards must be respected in order to reflect the diversity of agricultural practice within the Community. Only one application for an area payment should be permitted in respect of any parcel cultivated in a given year except in the cases where the area payment is given as a supplement to the same crop or the aid concerns the production of seeds. Area payments can be granted on crops subsidised under a scheme falling within the Community's structural or environmental policies. Support schemes based on area aid provide that where the area for which aid is claimed exceeds the maximum guaranteed area or base areas or subbase areas, the area per farmer for which aid is claimed shall be reduced proportionately in that year. It is therefore appropriate to establish the modalities and deadlines for the exchange of information between the Commission and the Member States in order to establish the coefficient of reduction and to inform the Commission of the areas for which the aid has been paid. The same provisions shall apply for the reduction of the total amount of individual reference quantities in case of application of Article 95(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003. According to Article 73 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/ 2003, granting of the specific quality premium for durum wheat is subject to the use of certain quantities of certified seeds of varieties recognised, in the produc- tion zone, as being of high quality for the production of semolina or pasta. In order to ensure that those require- ments are respected, the criteria for the variety screening method in each Member States should be fixed and the procedure for the establishment of the eligible varieties list as well as the minimum quantity of certified seeds to be used should be fixed. The short time between the adoption of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 and the entry into force of the specific quality premium for durum wheat makes it impossible to establish a list of eligible varieties for the granting of the aid in the years 2004 and 2005 according to the envisaged screening method. It is therefore necessary for Member States to establish a transitional list based on a selection of current varieties.