12.12.2001 Official Journal of the European Communities L327/11 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2419/2001 of 11 December 2001 laying down detailed rules for applying the integrated administration and control system for certain Community aid schemes established by Council Regulation (EEC) No 3508/92 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3508/92 of 27 November 1992 establishing an integrated administration and control system for certain Community aid schemes ('), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 495/2001 (), and in particular Article 12 thereof, Whereas: CCce o000 =2 ol ol anll onl W W W The integrated administration and control system for certain Community aid schemes system established by Regulation (EEC) No 3508/92 (hereinafter ‘the integrated system’) has proven to be an effective and efficient means for the implementation of the direct payment schemes first introduced as a result of the reform of the common agricultural policy in 1992 and further devel- oped under the Agenda 2000 measures. Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3887/92 of 23 December 1992 laying down detailed rules for applying the integrated administration and control system for certain Community aid schemes (%), as last amended by Regula- tion (EC) No 2721/2000 (*, has been amended on various occasions since its entry into force. Moreover, experience, and in particular the introduction of elec- tronic tools for the management of the schemes, has shown that various provisions of that Regulation should be reviewed. Since further amendments are to be made, Regulation (EEC) No 3887/92 should be replaced by this Regulation in the interests of clarity and rationalisation. For the sake of effective control and to prevent the submission of multiple aid applications to different Paying Agencies within one Member State, the Member States should provide for a single system to record the identity of farmers submitting aid applications subject to the integrated system. The Member States should, however, be given a transitional period for the introduc- tion of that system. In the light of the different identification systems throughout the Community, the Member States should be authorised to set up systems for the identification of 55, 5.12.1992, p. 1. 2, 14.3.2001, p. 6. 91, 31.12.1992, p. 36. 14, 14.12.2000, p. 8. 0) ) areas by means of units other than agricultural parcels. This possibility should be accompanied by certain obli- gations in order to ensure that the identification is reli- able. Moreover, each Member State should, for the sake of effective monitoring, determine the minimum size of agricultural parcel that may be declared in an area aid application. The concepts of ‘agricultural parcel’ and ‘forage area’ should be clarified to ensure that parcels are correctly declared and identified. Provision should be made regarding the content of area aid applications. For the sake of effective controls, any kind of area use should be declared in the area aid application. However, where the Member States have introduced administration and control systems for other area-related Community aid schemes which are compat- ible with the integrated system according to Article 9a of Regulation (EEC) No 3508/92, the Member States should be given the possibility to derogate from this requirement. There is a need to lay down special provisions for the particular situation regarding producer groups in the sheepmeat and goatmeat sector as defined in Article 1(2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3493/90 of 27 November 1990 laying down general rules for the granting of premiums to sheepmeat and goatmeat producers (°), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2825/2000 (°). An area aid application submitted only for the purpose of declaring permanent pasture does not necessarily have to be submitted to the competent authorities within the same delays as area aid applications in general, in particular because the management of the control programme of permanent pasture does not have to be carried out following the same time-schedule as the control of arable crop areas. The Member States should, therefore, be able to provide for such area aid applications to be submitted later than the date fixed in accordance with Article 6(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3508/92. However, the date to be fixed by the Member State should not be later than 1 July. 337, 4.12.1990, p. 7. 0] L 0] L 328, 23.12.2000, p. 1.