21.8.2007 Official Journal of the European Union L 216/3 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 972/2007 of 20 August 2007 amending Regulation (EC) No 796/2004 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of cross- compliance, modulation and the integrated administration and control system provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 of 29 September 2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers and amending Regulations (EEC) No 2019/93, (EC) No 1452/2001, (EC) No 1453/2001, (EC) No 1454/2001, (EC) No 1868/94, (EC) No 1251/1999, (EC) No 1254/1999, (EC) No 1673/2000, (EEC) No 2358/71 and (EC) No 2529/2001 (%), and in particular Article 145(c), (j), (), (1), (m), (n) and (p) thereof, Whereas: (1) Experienced gained since the introduction of the support schemes under Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 shows that Commission Regulation (EC) No 796/2004 (3) needs to be amended. Moreover, Regulation (EC) No 796/2004 needs to be clarified with regard to certain aspects and a number of simplifications of the rules should be introduced. In addition, provisions which have become obsolete, in particular because of the ending of the transitional period provided for in Article 71 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, should be deleted. (2)  In order to ensure coherence between the obligations to declare separate use of parcels and the definition of the ‘agricultural parcel’, that definition should be clarified in the case where a separate declaration of the use of a parcel is required in the context of Regulation (EC) No 796/2004. In the case where that separate declaration of use concerns an area within a crop group, it is appro- priate to clarify that the agricultural parcel is defined by that use. (3)  Following the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union the definition of the term ‘new Member States’ needs to be updated. () O L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 552/2007 (OJ L 131, 23.5.2007, p. 10). () OJ L 141, 30.4.2004, p. 18. Regulation as last amended by Regu- lation (EC) No 381/2007 (OJ L 95, 5.4.2007, p. 8). (4 To ensure an adequate and reliable system for identifi- cation of the agricultural parcels, the provisions concerning the declaration of areas and in particular, the need to indicate the new boundaries of the reference parcels when the pre-printed application form is corrected, needs to be clarified. (5)  Following the amended rules for payments for energy crops and the introduction of the written declaration provided for in Article 33(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1973/2004 of 29 October 2004 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 as regards the support schemes provided for in Titles IV and IVa of that Regulation and the use of land set aside for the production of raw materials ?) as amended by Regulation (EC) No 270/2007 (), Articles 13 and 24 of Regulation (EC) No 796/2004 should be amended accordingly. (6)  To verify the eligibility of certain payments, the farmer is required to send supporting documents when he is making his application. In order to simplify the admin- istration for the farmer as well as for the national autho- rities, it should be possible for the national authority to require those documents directly from the source of information. (7)  The integration of the banana reference amounts into the single payment scheme following the reform in the banana sector, as provided for by Council Regulation (EC) No 2013/2006 of 19 December 2006 amending Regulations (EEC) No 404/93, (EC) No 1782/2003 and (EC) No 247/2006 as regards the banana sector (%), requires flexibility concerning possible additions and amendments to the single application during the year 2007. However, the dates for the submission of the single application as provided for in Article 11 of Regu- lation (EC) No 796/2004 should be maintained in order to allow the Member States to organise their respective control programmes in due time. () O] L 345, 20.11.2004, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 381/2007 (O] L 95, 5.4.2007, p. 8). () OJ L 75, 15.3.2007, p. 8. () O] L 384, 29.12.2006, p. 13.