L 252/18 Official Journal of the European Communities 16. 9. 97 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1779/97 of 15 September 1997 amending Regulation (EC) No 658/96 on certain conditions for granting compensatory payments under the support system for producers of certain arable crops THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 of 30 June 1992 establishing a support system for producers of certain arable crops ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1422/97 (3, and in particular Article 12 thereof, Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 658/96 (%), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1718/97 (%), lays down, for the application of Article 4 (3), certain rules on the conditions of eligibility for the supplement to the compensatory payment for durum wheat; Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 provides that the conditions under which durum wheat is cultivated in Pannonia justify that region being recognized as a traditional production zone; whereas, as a result, the production of durum wheat in that zone, which already qualified for reduced aid, is, from the 1998/99 marketing year, eligible for the supplement to the compensatory payment for durum wheat laid down for traditional production zomnes, up to a ceiling of 5000 hectares; whereas, as a result, detailed rules should be laid down for the administration of that ceiling and the eligible zones in Pannonia specified; Whereas, as a result, Regulation (EC) No 658/96 must be amended; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Joint Committee for Cereals, Oils and Fats and Dried Fodder, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Regulation (EC) No 658/96 is hereby amended as follows: 1. In Article 6, the following paragraph la is added: ‘la.  The supplement to the compensatory payment referred to in Article 4 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 shall be granted, from the 1998/99 marketing year in Austria, up to a limit of 5 000 hectares, for the zones in Pannonia referred to in Annex Va/ 2. In Article 6 (2), ‘and in Austria’ is replaced by the following: ‘and, up to the 1997/98 marketing year, in Austria’. 3. The following Annex Va is added: ‘ANNEX Va Zones referred to in Article 6 (1a) AUSTRIA 1. Gebiete der Bezirksbauernkammern 2046 Atzenbrugg 2054 Baden 2062 Bruck/Leitha 181, 1. 7. 1992, p. 12. 196, 24. 7. 1997, p. 18. 91, 9. 4. 1996, p. 46. 242, 4. 9. 1997, p. 31. =32 228 Sinlale