11. 12. 92 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 362/41 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3567/92 of 10 December 1992 laying down detailed rules for the application of the individual limits, national reserves and transfer of rights provided for in Articles 5a to 5c¢ of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89 on the common organization of the market in ) sheepmeat and goatmeat THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89 of 25 September 1989 on the common organization of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2069/92 (%), and in particular Articles Sa (4) (b) and (f), 5b (4) and S5c (2) thereof, Whereas, with a view to implementing the system of indi- vidual limits as introduced by Article Sa of Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89, the rules governing the determination of those limits and their communication to the producers should be specified, taking account of the specific problems linked to producer groups and to the different rates of premium in the sheep and goat sector; whereas also certain terms should be defined so as to give effect to the said Article 5a; Whereas, bearing in mind the regulating effect which the system of individual limits will have on the market, provi- sion should be made for premium rights not used by their holder during a specific period to revert to the national reserve ; whereas appropriate measures should also be taken to ensure that rights granted free of charge from the national reserve are used by the beneficiaries solely for the intended purposes ; Whereas the uniform implementation of the provisions relating to the transfer and temporary leasing of rights entails the laying-down of certain administrative rules; whereas, in order to avoid excessive administrative work, the minimum number of rights which may be transferred or temporarily leased should be set at a sufficiently high level, taking into account the special situation of small producers ; whereas such rules must also prevent infringe- ment of the obligation under Article 5a (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89 to surrender, whenever rights are transferred without transfer of the holding, a certain percentage of such transferred rights to the national () OJ No L 289, 7. 10. 1989, p. 1. () OJ No L 215, 30. 6. 1992, p. 9. reserve ; whereas, moreover, provision should be made for this temporary surrender to be limited in time so as to avoid abuse of the transfer rules; Whereas the special case where a producer only uses publicly or collectively owned land for grazing and trans- fers all his rights to another farmer, thus ceasing produc- tion, should be deemed equivalent to the transfer of a holding ; Whereas application of an administrative system of trans- fers in which all transfers of rights without transfer of the holding are conducted solely via the national reserve necessitates the establishment of a legal framework designed to preserve economic consistency with the system of direct trasfers between producers; whereas objective criteria should be established for the determina- tion of the sum to be paid by the national reserve to the producer who has transferred his rights and the sum to be paid by the producer who receives equivalent rights from the national reserve; Whereas the choice of 1991 as the reference year will cause transitional problems which need to be resolved; whereas, while ensuring that the total number of existing rights is not increased above the number of acquried or potential rights corresponding to 1991 alone, provision should be made for an initial allocation of rights to farmers in well-defined situations ; whereas, in order to take account of the exceptional circumstances which preveted producers from applying for a premium for 1992 while having obtained a premium for 1991, provision should be made for such producers to receive rights from the national reserve ; whereas, moreover, in conformity with the principle of legitimate expectations, compensa- tion in the form of the allocation of additional rights should be provided for in the case of producers whose individual limit does not reach its normal level because of their participation in a Community extensification programme ; Whereas the Canary Islads have only been subject to the provisions of the common agricultural policy, including the ewe premium arrangements, since 1 July 1992; whereas, therefore, the individual limits for producers located in that territory may not be established by reference to premiums granted for 1991 ; whereas, in