A support system of producers of certain arable crops: durum wheat (amend. Regul. 1765/92/EEC)

OBJECTIVE: to amend Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 to ensure a suitable balance between the supply of and demand for durum wheat at a reasonable cost by limiting the supplement to compensatory payments for durum wheat to a maximum area. SUBSTANCE: the measures envisaged should seek only to ensure the appropriate use of areas down to durum wheat. To this end, it is proposed: 1. that a maximum guaranteed area should be defined for each State, to be distributed, if need be, among the various traditional production zones eligible for the supplement to the compensatory payment (ECU 358.6/ha) and the zones eligible for the specific reduced aid (ECU 138.9/ha). It is proposed that the calculation of these maximum guaranteed areas should be based on the applications for aid submitted since the reform began, by reference to the best year for each Member State; 2. that the use of certified seed should be made compulsory (its progressive introduction over a period of three years being envisaged); 3. that measures should be taken to ensure production corresponding to the areas cultivated. �