10.12.1999 Official Journal of the European Communities L 316/31 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2604/1999 of 9 December 1999 fixing the definitive aid on certain grain legumes for the 1999/2000 marketing year THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1577/96 of 30 July 1996 introducing a specific measure in respect of certain grain legumes ('), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1826/97 (3), and in particular Article 6 thereof, Whereas: (1)  Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1577/96 provides that the Commission is to determine the overrun in the maximum guaranteed area and to fix the definitive aid for the marketing year in question. (2)  The maximum guaranteed area referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1577/96 was exceeded by 15,72 % in 1999/2000; the aid provided for in Article 2(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1577/96 should be reduced propor- tionately for the marketing year in question. (3)  The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Joint Management Commiittee for Cereals, Oils and Fats and Dried Fodder, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 The definitive aid for certain grain legumes for the 1999/2000 marketing year shall be EUR 156,41 per hectare. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 9 December 1999. () O] L 206, 16.8.1996, p. 4. () O] L 260, 23.9.1997, p. 11. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission