No L 264/6 Official Journal of the European Communities 14, 10. 94 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2475/94 of 13 October 1994 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2911/90 laying down detailed rules of application for aid for the production of certain varieties of grapes for drying THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 426/86 of 24 February 1986 on the common organization of the market in products processed from fruit and vegetables (), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1490/94 (3), and in particular Article 6 (6) thereof, Whereas, in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 426/86, the system of aid for the production of dried grapes has been replaced #n foto, as from the 1994/95 wine year, by a system of aid for the cultivation of grapes for drying; whereas the necessary inferences should be drawn as regards the detailed rules of application laid down by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2911/90 (), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1445/93 (*); Whereas, given not only the discontinuation of the system of production aid, but also the experience gained, and the fact that two rates of aid are fixed for sultanas, new requirements must be laid down, in particular as regards the retention of a quantity, the definition of areas, and the conduct of controls; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Products Processed from Fruit and Vegeta- bles, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 Regulation (EEC) No 2911/90 is hereby amended as follows : 1. Article 2 is replaced by the following: ‘Article 2 The aid shall be granted in respect of areas meeting the following conditions : () OJ No L 49, 27. 2. 1986, p. 1. () OJ No L 161, 29. 6. 1994, p. 13. () OJ No L 278, 10. 10. 1990, p. 35. () OJ No L 142, 12. 6. 1993, p. 27. (2) they must be fully cultivated and harvested and normal cultivation work must have been carried out on them; (b) at least 90 % of the fresh grapes produced must have been dried and a quantity thereof must have been retained in accordance with national provi- sions ; : (c) they must have a yield at least equal to a threshold fixed every year by the Commission. : However, the Member States shall be authorized, with the agreement of the Commission, to allow areas which, by virtue of officially recognized natural disasters, have a yield equal to at least 50 % of that threshold, to qualify for the aid; (d) they must have been covered by a cultivation declaration and an aid application in accordance with Article 3 and 3a rspectively.’; 2. Article 3 is amended as follows : (a) paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: ‘l. By 30 April each year in respect of the following marketing year, cultivation declarations shall be submitted by producers to the competent authority designated by the Member State on whose territory the areas are located. However, Member States which have created a complete register of areas cultivated and qualifying for the cultivation aid may: — restrict the declaration requirement to newly eligible producers and to producers having changes in the previous situation to declare; and — authorize other producers to replace the cultiva- tion declaration by a statement in their aid applications as provided for in Article 3a to the effect that there is no change as compared with the previous situation.’; (b) paragraph 2 is amended as follows : (i) in the introductory part, ‘Applications for aid’ is replaced by ‘Cultivation declarations’; (ii) point (c) is replaced by the following: ‘(c) the grape variety used and, in the case of sultanas, a statement as to whether the vineyard is affected by phylloxera or has been replanted in the last five years;