31.12.1999 Official Journal of the European Communities L 340/29 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2801/1999 of 21 December 1999 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3887/92 laying down detailed rules for applying the integrated administration and control system for certain Community aid schemes THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3508/92 of 27 November 1992 establishing an integrated administration and control system for certain Community aid schemes ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1036/1999 (3, and in partic- ular Article 12 thereof, Whereas (1) The decisions adopted on the reform of the common agricultural policy necessitate changes to the integrated administration and control system (hereinafter called ‘integrated system’). 2)  In the light of experience gained with the application of the integrated system it is necessary to provide general rules that are equally applicable in all Member States. (3)  Economic operations are increasingly being performed electronically; Member States should be offered the opportunity to adopt national provisions permitting aid applications under the integrated system to be submitted electronically. (4) If on-the-spot checks reveal significant irregularities, Atrticle 6(3) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3887/ 92 (%), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1678/ 98 (¥, stipulates that additional checks must be made during the current year. If Member States use remote sensing to carry out checks they should ensure that the additional checks are carried out by means of traditional on-the-spot checks, if it is no longer possible to do so by remote sensing during that year. (5) In order to complete the information contained in control reports, provision should be made for the results of parcel measurements to be included. (6)  In order for the Commission to monitor the integrated system, each Member State must send its annual control statistics containing specific information. (7)  Rules have to be established laying down who is entitled to the aid in certain cases where a holding is transferred. (8)  This amendment provides an opportunity to improve the clarity of the Regulation by introducing a number of clarifications and rewordings. Those amendments are restricted to a minimum so as not to burden those () O] L 355, 5.12.1992, p. 1. () O] L 127, 21.5.1999, p. 4. () O] L 391, 31.12.1992, p. 36. (% O] L 212, 30.7.1998, p. 23 national administrations familiar with the integrated system with unnecessary alterations. (9)  Regulation (EEC) No 3887/92 should therefore be amended accordingly. (10)  The Committee for the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund has not delivered an opinion within the time limit laid down by its chairman, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Regulation (EEC) No 3887/92 is amended as follows: 1. Article 2 is amended as follows: (a) paragraph 4 shall read as follows: ‘4. Member States may decide not to grant any aid if the amount per aid application does not exceed EUR 50. (b) Paragraph 5 is deleted. 2. Article 4 is amended as follows: (a) the introductory sentences of the third subparagraph of paragraph 1 are replaced by the following: ‘Uses not falling within the scope of the integrated system shall be declared under one or more “other uses” headings. However, the following uses shall be declared separately:’; (b) the second and third indent of the third subparagraph of paragraph 1 are replaced by the following: ‘— support pursuant to agri-environment (Title II, Chapter VI and Article 55(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1257[1999 (*), — area-based afforestation support (Title II, Chapter VIII and Article 55(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1257/ 1999); (*) O] L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 80. (c) paragraph 2(a) is replaced by the following: ‘2. (a) After the time limit for its submission the “area” aid application may be amended provided that the competent authority receives the amendments not later than the date laid down for sowing in, or fixed in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999 (*) and that the following condi- tions are respected: