No L 170/12 Official Journal of the European Communities 13. 7. 93 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1860/93 of 12 July 1993 on transitional measures for granting compensatory payments for oilseed flax for the 1993/94 marketing year THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 of 30 June 1992 establishing a support system for produ- cers of certain arable crops ('), as last amended by Regula- tion (EEC) No 1552/93 (%, and in particular Articles 16 and 17a thereof, Whereas, in view of the late date at which oilseed flax was included, as from the 1993/94 marketing year in the support system provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 to replace the system introduced by Council Regulation (EEC) No 569/76 (%), as last amended by Regu- lation (EEC) No 2048/92 (*), producers should be exempt from certain obligations provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 and should not be subject to the integrated management and control arrangements introduced by Council Regulation (EEC) No 3508/92 (%); Whereas, with regard to eligibility for the compensatory payment referred to in Article 6 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 and to facilitate the transition from the previous scheme to the scheme in force from 1 July 1993, account should be taken of the legitime expectations of producers who sowed flax seed in 1993 regardless of the previous uses of the land thus sown; Whereas provisions should be made for producer Member States to take the necessary control measures to ensure the proper functioning of the aid scheme ; whereas this objec- tive may be achieved by providing that the rules on lodging declarations of areas sown and the checks laid down in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1799/76 of 22 July 1976 laying down detailed rules for the applica- tion of special measures in respect of linseed (%), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3530/92(’), should continue to apply; Whereas provision should be made for the Commission to note any overrun of the maximum guaranteed area laid down by the Council and to determine the consequent 181, 1. 7. 1992, p. 12. 154, 25. 6. 1993, p. 19. 67, 15. 3. 1976, p. 29. 215, 30. 7. 1992, p. S. 355, 5. 12. 1992, p. 1. 201, 27. 7. 1976, p. 14. 358, 8. 12. 1992, p. 9. No No ol onll ol ol ol ol 0! reduction in the compensatory payment; whereas, in order for the aid scheme to be applied correctly, the data to be communicated to the Commission by the Member States should be defined ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Oils and Fats, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 The compensatory payment for oilseed flax referred to in Article 6 (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 shall be granted for the 1993/94 marketing year subject to the conditions laid down in this Regulation. Article 2 For the purposes of this Regulation : (a) ‘compensatory payment’ means a transfer of funds to the producer from the competent authority of the Member State in whose territory the eligible areas are located ; (b) ‘production region’ means a region determined in accordance with Article 3 (1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92. Article 3 For the purposes of granting the compensatory payment for oilseed flax in the 1993/94 marketing year: — the base areas laid down in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 845/93 (*) shall remain unchanged, — areas under oilseed flax receiving the compensatory payment referred to in Article 6a of Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 shall not be taken into account when establishing 4ny overrun of the base areas, — Articles 2 (5), 7, 8 and 10 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92, and the provisions concerning the inte- grated management and control arrangements for certain Community aid schemes laid down in Regula- tion (EEC) No 3508/92 shall not apply. () OJ No L 88, 8. 4. 1993, p. 27.