4.11. 97 Official Journal of the European Communities L 299/3 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2182/97 of 3 November 1997 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2729/88 laying down detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EEC) No 1442/88 on the granting, for the 1988/89 to 1997/98 wine years, of permanent abandonment premiums in respect of wine-growing areas THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1442/88 of 24 May 1988 on the granting, for the 1988/89 to 1997/98 wine vyears, of permanent abandonment premiums in respect of wine-growing areas ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 534/97 (%), and in par- ticular Article 20 thereof, Whereas a procedure should be established for applica- tion of the prohibition on cumulation of permanent abandonment premiums in respect of wine-growing areas and Community aid for the restructuring of vineyards, introduced into Regulation (EEC) No 1442/88 by Council Regulation (EC) No 1595/96 (*;; wherecas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2729/88 (%), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3024/94 (%), should therefore be amended; Whereas, in order to ensure that the prohibition is ef- fective, checks should be laid down; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Wine, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Regulation (EEC) No 2729/88 is hereby amended as follows: 1. the following fourth indent is hereby added to Article 4 (1) (b) ‘— a declaration that the parcels concerned have not received Community aid for the restructuring of vineyards during the past 15 years. Member States may, however, lay down a longer period.; 2. the following sixth indent is hereby added to Article 4 (2): ‘— Member States shall check a sample of declara- tions covering a minimum of 15 % of applica- tions. Declarations shall be selected on the basis of a risk analysis. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply to permanent abandonment of wine- growing areas during the 1997/98 wine year. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 3 November 1997. L 132, 28. 5. 1988, p. 3. L 83, 25. 3. 1997, p. 2. L 206, 16. 8. 1996, p. 36. L 241, 1. 9. 1988, p. 108. L 321, 14. 12. 1994, p. 8. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission