27.3.2001 Official Journal of the European Communities L 86/15 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 587/2001 of 26 March 2001 amending Regulation (EC) No 2461/1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999 as regards the use of land set aside for the production of raw materials for the manufacture within the Community of products not primarily intended for human consumption THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999 of 17 May 1999 establishing a support system for producers of certain arable crops (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1672/2000 (3, and in particular Article 9 thereof, Whereas: (1)  Hemp falling within CN code 5302 has found some new industrial uses, for example in insulating panels or in brick manufacture, without there being a need, in certain cases, to separate the fibre from the woody portion of the stalk. This is a non-food use meeting the objectives of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2461/1999 of 19 November 1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999 as regards the use of land set aside for the production of raw materials for the manufacture within the Community of products not primarily intended for human consumption (?), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2555/2000 (¥). 20 Until the end of the 2000/01 marketing year, hemp intended for this kind of use qualifies for Community aid under the common organisation of the market in flax and hemp governed by Council Regulations (EEC) No 1308/70 (%), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2826/2000 (%), and (EEC) No 619/71 ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1420/98 (%), and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1164/89 (%), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 13132000 (*°). With effect from the 2001/02 marketing year, hemp will be included in the support system for producers of certain arable crops established by Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999. However, only hemp intended for fibre production will qualify for the area aid provided for in that Regulation and the processing aid provided for in Council Regulation (EC) 160, 26.6.1999, p. 1. 193, 29.7.2000, p. 13. 299, 20.11.1999, p. 16. 292, 21.11.2000, p. 18. 146, 4.7.1970, p. 1. 328, 13.12.2000, p. 2. 72, 26.3.1971, p. 2. 19, 4.7.1998, p. 7. 121, 29.4.1989, p. 4. J L 148, 22.6.2000, p. 34. NS =373 S sl enlenll el el i i M ) 3 o0LLLLL0000 223 TEEEEE = No 1673/2000 of 27 July 2000 on the common organ- isation of the markets in flax and hemp grown for fibre ('). As there is no risk under the circumstances of multiple payments of Community aid as excluded by Regulation (EC) No 2461/1999, hemp for processing into products not covered by Regulation (EC) No 1673/ 2000 can be added to Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2461/1999. To prevent the growing of illegal varieties of hemp, the cultivation terms and specific control measures laid down for hemp for fibre production under Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 2316/1999 (13, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2860/2000 ("), should be imposed. Moreover, new heating technology has been developed whereby heaters can now use totally unprocessed cereals or certain oilseeds such as soya beans or rape, colza or sunflower seeds as fuel. Those raw materials can also be processed on farm for the production of biofuels such as raw colza oil or for power production, for example electricity. The use of those raw materials, which have a high heat value, is a non-food use meeting the objectives of Regulation (EC) No 2461/1999. To facilitate the use of those raw materials as fuel, Member States should be allowed to authorise the burning of cereals or certain oilseeds harvested on an applicant's set-aside land in heaters used on the appli- cant's agricultural holding. To prevent those raw materials being used for other purposes, the Member States must take the necessary steps to ensure that the measures laid down for the grant of aid are properly applied and provide in partic- ular for the denaturing of the cereals or oilseeds. The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals, L 193, 29.7.2000, p. 16. L 280, 30.10.1999, p. 43. L 332, 28.12.2000, p. 63.