No L 256/16 Official Journal of the European Communities 20. 9. 90 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2689/90 of 19 September 1990 laying down detailed rules for applying the system of production aid for certain cereals : THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market for cereals ("), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1340/90 (3), and in particular Article 10b (4) thereof, Whereas Article 10b of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 provides for aid to be granted for the production in the Community of buckwheat, canary seed and millet;. whereas that aid is granted by the Member States per hectare sown and harvested up to 10 hectares per holding subject to a cultivation contract; Whereas correct operation of the aid scheme requires "supervision by the Member State to ensure that aid is granted only for the areas concerned and in respect of eligible products ; whereas such supervision must include checks on the areas during the growing period and on delivery of the cereals produced on those areas; ‘Whereas experience in policing systems of production aid indicates that provisions providing for supervision and sanctions should be laid down; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 The aid referred to in Article 10b of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 shall be granted for the production of buckwheat, canary seed and millet in accordance with the conditions set out herein.’ Article 2 1. In order to be eligible for aid, the producer shall submit an application constituting a declaration of the areas under cultivation in accordance with Article 4. () OJ No L 281, 1. 11. 1975, p. S. () OJ No L 134, 28. 5. 1990, p. 1. 2. Aid shall be granted only: — for areas sown under a cultivation contract and where all normal cultivation work has been carried out, — if the producer has delivered the . harvest from that area to the purchaser. 3. The Member States may: — determine a minimum area for the granting of aid. In no circumstances may such an area exceed one hectare, : v — restrict the granting of aid to certain varieties. Article 3 For the purposes of this Regulation, a cultivation contract means any written undertaking by the producer to sow and cultivate one or more of the crops referred to in Article 1 on a designated area and to deliver the product to a named purchaser. Article 4 1. Any producer of buckwheat, canary seed or millet shall submit the application for aid referred to in Article 2 to the competent agency in the Member State before a date to be fixed by that Member State for each of the cereals and in any event not later than 31 May each year of the current marketing .year. However in the case of buckwheat, Member States may put this date back to 30 June in regions where buckwheat is grown as a main crop. 2. The application for aid shall include at least the following particulars : — the name, forenames and address of the applicant, — the areas cultivated in hectares and in ares, the cadas- tral reference of the said areas or an indication recog- nized as equivalent by the agency responsible for - checking the areas, and — the variety of seed used, in so far as this is possible. 3. The application for aid shall be valid only if accom- panied by the cultivation contract. '