29. 7. 94 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 194/29 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1907/94 of 27 July 1994 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2282/90 laying down detailed rules for increasing the consumption and utilization of apples and the consumption of citrus fruit THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Buropean Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1195/90 of 7 May 1990 on measures to increase the consumption and utilization of apples ('), and in particular Article § thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1201/90 of 7 May 1990 on measures to increase the consumption of citrus fruit (3, and in particular Article 4 thereof, Whereas the programmes provided for pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2282/90 (}), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 516/93(%), may concern several Member States; whereas without preju- dice to the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1468/81 of 19 May 1981 on mutual assistance between - the administrative authorities of the Member States and cooperation between the latter and the Commission to ensure the correct application of the law on customs or agricultural matters (°), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 945/87 (%), experience has shown that a coordinated procedure should be established for agreeing and monito- ring the programmes among all the competent bodies concerned under the authority of the contracting compe- tent body ; Whereas the abovementioned procedure need not be implemented in cases where the competent bodies do not consider it necessary in the light of the characteristics of the programme concerned ; Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2282/90 should therefore be amended ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fruit and Vegetables, () OJ No L 119, 11. 5. 1990, p. 56. () OJ No L 119, 11. 5. 1990, p. 6S. () OJ No L 205, 3. 8. 1990, p. 8. () OJ No L 55, 6. 3. 1993, p. 48. () O] No L 144, 2. 6. 1981, p. 1. (9 OJ No L 90, 2. 4. 1987, p. 3. HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 Regulation (EEC) No 2282/90 is amended as follows : 1. Article 5 is replaced by the following: ‘Article 5 1. The application for financing shall be lodged with the competent body in the Member State in which the group or responsible partner is based (herei- nafter referred to as “the contracting competent body”), not later than 31 August. The application shall contain all the information set out in Annex IL 2. Where the application for financing covers measures to be implemented in other Member States than the one referred to in paragraph 1, the group or responsible partner shall, in addition, address to the competent body in the Member State concerned that part of the application that relates to that State’s terri- tory, not later than 31 August. 3. Each competent body shall check that the infor- mation contained in the applications it receives is correct and that the applications conform to the requi- rements of this Regulation and to the provisions of the standard contract provided for in the second subpara- graph of Article 7 (2). It shall if necessary request additional information and shall draw up a reasoned opinion. Such opinion shall include an economic assessment of the measures proposed, their technical quality, the sound basis of the financial estimates and their implementation capa- bility. The competent body shall reject any applications that contain manifestly incorrect information, or which fall within the scope of Article 2 (4). 4. Each competent body shall submit to the contracting competent body the reasoned opinion that it has drawn up not later than 30 September. The contracting competent body shall draw up a list of all the applications for financing and transmit it to the Commission with a copy of the applications accepted accompanied first, where appropriate, by the various reasoned opinions and, secondly, by its own reasoned opinion, which shall also include an assessment of the coherence of the programme as a whole if this is the subject of more than one reasoned opinion. These documents, together with the applications rejected and the reasons for their rejection, shall be submitted every year not later than 31 October’