30.10.1999 Official Journal of the European Communities L 280/43 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2316/1999 of 22 October 1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999 establishing a 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 (EC) No 1251/1999 of 17 May 1999 establishing a support system for producers of certain arable crops ('), and in particular Article 9 thereof, Whereas: 3) (1) Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999 replaced the support system for producers of certain arable crops provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 (%), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1624/98 (). Following the changes entailed by the new system and in view of experience gained, the rules on the application of the area payment system should be harmonised and, where appropriate, simplified. In the interests of clarity, it is appropriate to recast in a single act the provisions of the specific regulations governing the various aspects of that system, that is the following Commission regulations: Regulation (EEC) No 2467/92 (*) as amended by Regula- tion (EEC) No 3738/92 (°), Regulation (EEC) No 2836/ 93 (%), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1503/ 97 (), Regulation (EC) No 762/94 (%), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1981/98 (%), Regulation (EC) No 1098/94 ('%), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No @) 1945/1999 ('), Regulation (EC) No 1237/95 (1?), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2017/97 ("), Regula- tion (EC) No 658/96 ('#), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 610/1999 (**) and Regulation (EC) No 1577 98 (19). (2)  The area payments provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999 must be restricted to certain areas to be specified. Only one application for an area payment should be permitted in respect of any parcel cultivated 160, 26.6.1999, p. 1. () 181, 1.7.1992, p. 12. 210, 28.7.1998, p. 3. 246, 27.81992, p. 11. 380, 24.12.1992, p. 24. 260, 19.10.1993, p. 3. 202, 30.7.1997, p. 48. 90, 7.4.1994, p. 8. 256, 19.9.1998, p. 8. L 121, 12.5.1994, p. 12. 241, 11.9.1999, p. 14. 121, 1.6.1995, p. 29. 284, 16.10.1997, p. 36. 91, 12.4.1996, p. 46. 75, 20.3.1999, p. 24. ) 206, 23.7.1998, p. 17. (1) [salienll enll enll el il 0 0 |l onlll onlll anll anll anl in a given marketing year. Any parcel covered by an ‘area’ aid application under the common organisation of the market in any other product in respect of the same marketing year cannot qualify under the area payment scheme. Area payments can be granted on crops subsid- ized under a scheme falling within the Community's structural or environmental policies. Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999 defines the land that is eligible for area payments. That Article authorises certain exceptions under the control of the Member States which must not undermine the effective- ness of the arrangements laid down in that Regulation. In order to avoid any such risk, suitable measures should be laid down to keep the total area of eligible land at the current level and to prevent any appreciable increase therein. To that end, certain muftiannual crops should be considered as included among rotating crops. Areas covered by restructuring programmes could also be considered eligible for area payments. It is necessary to define what is meant by restructuring, appreciable increases in agricultural area and the obligation to exchange eligible and ineligible land. 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 oilseeds, protein plants, linseed and durum wheat. Local standards must be respected in order to reflect the diversity of agricultural practice within the Community. In order to foster the Community's policy of quality improvement, only applicants who have sown seed of specified varieties and qualities should be eligible for area payments in respect of colza and rape seed. For determining eligible varieties, reference should be made for the sake of consistency, simplification and good management, to the Common Catalogue of Varieties of Agricultural Plant Species established by Council Directive 70/457EEC (V), as last amended by Directive 98/96/EC (*¥), while for the 2000/01 marketing year, 225, 12.10.1970, p. 1. 0] L 0] L 25, 1.2.1999, p. 27.