L 150/6 Official Journal of the European Communities 6.6.2001 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1092/2001 of 30 May 2001 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2202/96 introducing a Community aid scheme for producers of certain citrus fruits THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 220296 of 28 October 1996 introducing a Community aid scheme for certain producers of citrus fruits (), as last amended by Regula- tion (EC) No 2699/2000 (3 and in particular Articles 2(2), 3(4) and 6 thereof, Whereas: 1) Regulation (EC) No 2202/96 establishes an aid scheme for producer organisations that deliver for processing certain citrus fruits harvested within the Community and listed in Article 1 of that Regulation. The marketing years and equivalent periods for citrus fruits should be defined with a view to applying the scheme uniformly. The aid scheme for producers of certain citrus fruits is based on contracts between producer organisations recognised or granted preliminary recognition under Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of 28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the market in fruit and vegetables (°) as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 911/2001 (¥, on the one hand, and processors, on the other hand. Producer organisations may also act as processors in certain circumstances. The types and duration of contracts and the particulars to be included therein should be specified for the purposes of applying the aid scheme. For each of the products referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 2202/96 contracts must be concluded before a given date, so that the producer organisations can establish their plans and guarantee processors a steady supply. To ensure that the scheme is as effective as possible, the parties to such contracts should nevertheless be authorised to conclude amend- ments adjusting the quantities originally stipulated therein up to a given limit. In order to improve the way the scheme operates, the authorities should know of all producer organisations marketing the production of their members, of members of other producer organisations and of individual produ- cers who wish to qualify under the scheme. The proces- sors signing contracts with these producer organisations , 21.11.1996, p. 49. , 12.12.2000, p. 9. , 21.11.1996, p. 1. , 11.5.2001, p. 3. (10) should also send the authorities the information required to ensure that the scheme operates correctly. There is a close link between the raw material delivered for processing and the finished product obtained. The raw material should therefore meet certain minimum requirements. Aid applications for each product must include all the information needed to check their acceptability, given the information contained in the contracts. In order to ensure that the aid scheme is properly applied, producer organisations and processors must forward appropriate information and keep suitable documentation up to date and should, in particular, specify the areas under oranges, small citrus fruits, lemons, grapefruit and pomelos, on the basis of 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 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 (7), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2721/2000 (%), for the purposes of all inspections and controls deemed neces- sary. For the purposes of administering the aid scheme, procedures must be laid down for physical and docu- mentary checks on delivery and processing operations, checks must cover a sufficiently representative number of aid applications and certain penalties must be laid down for producer organisations and processors which breach the regulations, in particular by making false declarations, by failing to observe the terms of the contract or by failing to process products delivered. The measures provided for in this Regulation are to replace those laid down in Commission Regulation (EC) No 1196/97 of 26 June 1997 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/ 96 as regards the system of production aid for products processed from fruit and vegetables (%), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2729/1999 (*°). That Regulation should therefore be repealed. 355, 5.12.1992, p. 1. 72, 14.3.2001, p. 6. 391, 31.12.1992, p. 36. 314, 14.12.2000, p. 8. 169, 27.6.1997, p. 15. | ol ol onlll anll o