31. 7. 96 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 190/21 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1526/96 of 30 July 1996 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2700/93 on detailed rules for the application of the premium in favour of sheepmeat and goatmeat producers THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89 of 25 September 1989 on the common organization of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat('), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1265/95 (%), and in par- ticular Article 5 (9) thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3493/90 of 27 November 1990 laying down general rules for the granting of premiums to sheepmeat and goatmeat produ- cers (%), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 233/94 (%), and in particular Article 2 (4) thereof, Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1323/90 of 14 May 1990 (%) instituting specific aid for sheep- and goat- farming in certain less-favoured areas of the Community, as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 40/96 (%), grants specific aid to producers located in less- favoured areas, as defined in Article 3 (3), (4) and (5) of Commission Directive 75/268/EEC (’), as last amended by Directive 82/786/EEC (*); Whereas, in accordance with Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3493/90, a producer may also benefit from the specific aid if at least 50 % of his entire holding is located in such areas and is used for sheep and/or goat production; Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1323/90 provides that the specific aid must be granted under the same conditions as those laid down for the granting of the premium to sheepmeat and goatmeat producers; whereas the detailed rules for the payment of the premium in favour of sheep- meat and goatmeat producers, laid down in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2700/93 (®), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2946/95 (%), do not include particular provisions for producers benefiting from the specific aid; () OJ No L 289, 7. 10. 1989, p. 1. (® OJ No L 123, 3. 6. 1995, p. 1. () O] No L 337, 4. 12. 1990, p. 7. () OJ No L 30, 3. 2. 1994, p. 9. () O No L 132, 23. 5. 1990, p. 17. () O] No L 10, 13. 1. 1996, p. 6. () O] No L 128, 19. 5. 1975, p. 1. ¢) OJ No L 327, 24. 11. 1982, p. 19. () OJ No L 245, 1. 10. 1993, p. 99. (%) OJ No L 308, 21. 12. 1995, p. 26. Whereas experience has shown that, in order to avoid any unjustified payments of aid to producers whose holdings are only partially located in less-favoured areas, the current administrative and inspection procedures for controlling this specific aid should be tightened within the framework of an ‘area’ application, as provided for in the integrated administration and control system for certain Community aid schemes (‘integrated system’), as laid down in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3508/92 ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3235/94 ('3); whereas in the case of producers who are not required under the aforementioned Regulation to submit an ‘area’ aid appli- cation, provision should be made for a specific declaration as documentary proof that at least half of the land they are using for sheep- and goatmeat production is located in less-favoured areas; Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2700/93 should be amended to that end; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sheep and Goats, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 The following Article is hereby added to Regulation (EEC) No 2700/93: ‘Article 1a Application for specific aid in certain less- favoured areas (Regulation (EEC) No 1323/90) 1. In order to benefit from the specific aid provided for in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1323/90, a producer fulfilling the conditions laid down in the second subparagraph of Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3493/90: (a) who is required to submit each year a declaration of the total utilized agricultural area of his holding, by means of an “area” aid application form, as provided for in Article 4 of Regulation (") OJ No L 391, 31. 12. 1992, p. 36. (%) O No L 338, 28. 12. 1994, p. 16.