L51/14 Official Journal of the European Communities 22.2.2002 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 327/2002 of 21 February 2002 amending Regulation (EC) No 2316/1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999 establishing a 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 (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 1038/2001 (3, and in particular Article 9 thereof, Whereas: (1)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 2316/1999 (%), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1157/2001 (%), lays down detailed rules for applying Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999 with respect to the conditions for granting area payments for certain arable crops. (2)  Article 5a(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999 lays down that Member States are to check at least 30 % of the areas under hemp grown for fibre for which area payment applications have been made and at least 20 % of areas if a Member State introduces a system of prior approval for such crops. Experience gained in the 2001/ 02 marketing year shows that the requirements for these checks as laid down in Regulation (EC) No 2316/1999 should be specified in greater detail. (3)  In the interests of consistency and simplification, the specific provisions relating to the use of colza seed obtained from seed produced on the same farm should be deleted. (4)  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 (°), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2721/2000 (°), has been consol- idated and replaced by Regulation (EC) No 2419/ 2001 (), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2550/ 2001 (3). During that exercise, it was decided to transfer the specific provisions defining determined areas to the implementing rules for the schemes concerned. 160, 26.6.1999, p. 1. 145, 31.5.2001, p. 16. 280, 30.10.1999, p. 43. 157, 14.6.2001, p. 8. 391, 31.12.1992, p. 36. 314, 14.12.2000, p. 8. 327, 12.12.2001, p. 11. 341, 22.12.2001, p. 105. V@bww LLeeeerece |l onill onlll anll el anll el o ) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1/2002 of 28 December 2001 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1259/1999 as regards the simplified scheme for payments to farmers under certain support schemes (°) introduces a simplified scheme for certain producers. That Regulation provides for the specific applications under the simplified scheme to be taken into account for calculating any overrun on the base area and for calculating the overrun on the reference yield as referred to in Article 3(7) of Regula- tion (EC) No 1251/1999. In order to qualify for area payments producers are required to set aside part of the area of their holding. In order to ensure that the scheme is effective, producers should not be allowed to put set-aside land to any agricultural use. Austria has notified new names for certain regions eligible for the additional area payment for durum wheat. In response to applications by Italy, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, new base areas should be fixed in accordance with the regionalisation plans of those Member States without altering the total base area. Under Council Regulation (EC) No 1017/94 of 26 April 1994 concerning the conversion of land currently under arable crops to extensive livestock farming in Portugal (%), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2582/2001 ("), applications have been submitted for conversion of an area equivalent to 16 185 hectares. The base area should therefore be adjusted accordingly. The Member States have notified the results of the tests to determine the tetrahydrocannabinol levels in the hemp varieties sown in 2001. Those results should be taken into account when drawing up the list of hemp varieties qualifying for area payments in the coming marketing years and the list of varieties temporarily accepted for 2002/03 which will require further testing during that marketing year. OJ L 1, 3.1.2002, p. 1. L 112, 3.5.1994, p. 2. L 345, 29.12.2001, p. 5.