22. 11. 95 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 279/3 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2684/95 of 21 November 1995 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2505/95 on improving the Community production of peaches and nectarines THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2505/95 of 24 October 1995 on improving the Community produc- tion of peaches and nectarines (), and in particular Article 6 thereof, Whereas, in order to meet the objectives of Regulation (EC) No 2505/95, the conditions should be laid down for the granting of the premium for the grubbing-up of peach trees and nectarine trees provided, for in that Regu- lation, hereinafter called the ‘grubbing-up premium’; whereas, to that end, the areas and the fruit trees which may be grubbed up and the level of the premium should be determined ; Whereas, in order to ensure the effectiveness of the scheme, it is essential that the particulars which are to appear in the application for the premium should be specified and that the accuracy of such information be checked ; Whereas, in order to avert the risk of the grubbed-up trees being replanted, provision should be made for them to be rendered unsuitable for such use; Whereas, before the premium is paid, it should be estab- lished that grubbing-up has actually taken place; Whereas all the provisions necessary to ensure compli- ance with the undertakings given by the recipient of the grubbing-up premium should be laid down; Whereas the operative event for the conversion rate is 1 January of the year to which the decision to pay the aid relates, in accordance with Article 11 (2) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1068/93 (%), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1053/95(); Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fruit and Vegetables, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 1. For the purposes of Regulation (EC) No 2505/95, peach trees and nectarine trees means healthy trees () OJ No L 258, 28. 10. 1995, p. 1. () OJ No L 108, 1. 5. 1993, p. 106. () OF No L 107, 12. 5. 1995, p. 4. capable of producing a normal crop of pears and necta- rines. 2. The grubbing-up premium shall be granted for the grubbing-up of orchards, within the meaning of Article 2 (2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 2505/95, with an area of 0,5 hectares or more in one or more parcels. 3. The grubbing-up must relate to complete parcels or, where necessary to satisfy the requirements of the second indent of Article 2 (1) (a) of Council Regulation (EC) No 2505/95, a continuous part of one parcel. Article 2 The grubbing-up premium shall be ECU 5000 per hectare. Article 3 Applications for the grubbing-up premium shall be submitted to the competent authorities of the Member States before the commencement of the grubbing-up operations and not later than 31 January 1996. They shall contain the following: (a) the name and address of the applicant; (b) the name, if any, and address of the undertaking concerned ; (c) for each parcel planted with peach trees and/or necta- rine trees, the total area planted with peach trees and/or nectarine trees, the total number of peach trees and/or nectarine trees and their age, broken down by variety ; (d) particulars necessary for identifying the parcels on which the grubbing-up operations are to take place and for which the premium is requested. The age of the trees shall be determined by the date of their planting. Applications shall be accompanied : — by a written undertaking by the applicant to refrain for a period of 15 years, first, from planting any peach or nectarine trees or apples trees other than cider- apple trees on the areas of his holding affected by the grubbing-up operation and, second, from extending the areas of his holding planted with peach or necta- rine trees,