No L 120/54 Official  Journal of the European Communities 11. 5. 90 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1224/90 of 10 May 1990 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1799/76 laying down detailed rules for the application of special measures in respect of linseed THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 569/76 of 15 March 1976 laying down special measures for linseed ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 4003/87 (3, and in particular Article 2 (4) thereof, Whereas Article 4 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1799/76 (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3163/89 (%), provides that-an average world market price is to be determined each week-on the basis of the most favourable offers and quotations ; whereas, as such-offers - and quotations are not always available each week, provi- sion should be made for the possibility of determining the average price twice a month only; Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1774/76 of 20 July 1976 on-special measures for linseed (%) provides that the producer Member States are to introduce a checking sytem to ensure, in the case of each linseed grower, that the crop area in respect of which a subsidy has been applied for corresponds to the area on which the linseed has actually been sown and harvested ; whereas, in order to facilitate such checks, in the case of seed flax, certain provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 1799/76. adopted pursuant to Article 3_of Regulatlon (EEC) No 1774/76 should be made more precise ; Whereas, to avoid the risk of fraudulent operations, certain conditions under which the subsidy is-granted should . be specified ; whereas, to the same end, uniform provisions should be laid down on the grant of the subsidy where the areas ascertained during a check differ from those indicated in declarations of areas sown and harvested ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in- accordance with the opinion of .the Management Committee for Qils and Fats, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION - Article 1 Regulation (EEC) No 1799/76 is hereby amended as - follows : () OJ No L 67, 15. 3. 1976, p. 29. () OJ No L 377, 31. 12. 1987, p. 46. () OJ No L 201, 27. 7. 1976, p. 14. () OF No L 307, 24. 10. 1989, p. 20. () OJ No L 199, 24. 7. 1976, p. 1. 1. The words ‘for which normal cultivation work: has been carried out and’ are added to Article 3 (1) (a). 2. In Article 4 (1), ‘each week’ is replaced by ‘at least twice a month’. 3. In Article 4 (2), ‘weekly’ is deleted. 4. Article 8 (1) is replaced by the following: ‘1. Except in cases of force majeure, all growers of linseed shall submit a declaration of areas sown not later than 15 June each year for the following marke- ting year. If the area on which seeds emerge proves to be smaller than that indicated in the declaration, the declarant must forward the relevant figures to the competent authorities within the same time limit. 5. The following paragraph is inserted in Article 8: ‘3. A declaration relating to an area of at least three hectares shall be admissible only if — it is endorsed by a body designated .by the Member State -concerned, or — it is accompanied by a document certifying to the satisfaction of the Member State concerned that the declaration is accurate. Member States may provide that declarations relating: to an- area of less than three hectares shall be admis- sible only if they.are endorsed by-a body designated - by them. 6. The following Article 8a is inserted : ‘Article 8a 1.- The checks provided for in Article 3 of Regula- tion (EEC) No 1774/76 shall be carried out on at least 5 % of the declarations of-areas sown referred to in Article 8 and on a representative percentage of the crop declarations referred to in Article .9, having regard to the geographical distribution of the areas concerned. 2. The checks shall comprise inspection and measurement of the areas.in question. Each visit for checking purposes shall be recorded in a report indicating in particular the area measured, the measuring instruments used and, where appli- cable, that the check could not be made for reasons attributable to the declarant.