22. 4. 95 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 51/5 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 880/95 of 21 April 1995 ‘ amending Regulation (EEC) No 220/91 laying down detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EEC) No 1360/78 on producer groups and associations thereof THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishi'ng the European Community, ' M Having regard to Regulation (EEC) No 1360/78 of 19 June 1978 on producer groups and associations thereof (), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3669/93 (¥, and in particular Article 6 (3) thereof, Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 (%), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, introduces, with effect from the 1993/94 marke- ting year, a new support system for producers of certain arable crops ; whereas that system comprises payments to compensate for loss of income resulting from the reduc- tion in institutional prices; whereas certain producers are obliged to set aside a predetermined percentage of their arable land in order to be eligible under the system; Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 220/91 (¥ determines the minimum cultivated area, turnover or volume of production which the producer groups or asso- ciations must have in order to be eligible for the aid provided for in Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 1360/78 ; Whereas the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 220/91 should be revised in order to allow these groups and asso- ciations to continue to be eligible for the aid cited at the same rate as before the introduction of the new support system ; Whereas the system introduced by Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 applies with effect from the 1993/94 marketing year; whereas, therefore, this Regulation should apply with effect from the same date; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Agricultural Structures and Rural Develop- ment, () OJ No L 166, 23. 6. 1978, p. 1. () OJ No L 338, 31. 12. 1993, p. 26. () O] No L 181, 1. 7. 1992, p. 12. () OJ No L 26, 31. 1. 1991, p. 15. HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 In Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 220/91, the following paragraph is hereby added: ‘3. Notwithstanding paragraph 2, in respect of the products covered by Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92, the volume of production or turnover referred to in paragraph 1 shall be in respect of products actually marketed by the producers who are members of the producer group, increased : (a) in the event that the minimum limits in the Annex are fixed as a2 minimum volume of annual production : by the number of hectares of land set aside corresponding to the rotational set-aside obligation, multiplied by the average yield appli- cable to the product and to the region concerned, as defined by Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92, and in particular Article 3 (2) thereof; (b) in the event that the minimum limits in the Annex are fixed as turnover : by the amount of the compensatory payments granted for the year in question pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92; (c) in the case that the minimum limits in the Annex are fixed as the number of hectares: by the number of hectares of land set aside corresponding to the rotational set-aside obligation. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply from 1 July 1993.