the areas cultivated, expressed in hectares with two decimals and identified in conformity with Commission Regulation (EC) No 2419/2001(3) on the integrated administration and control system (IACS);

Given the complexity of the system and the large number of aid applications to be processed, it is essential to use the appropriate technical resources and administration and control methods.

Now that the introductory phase of the integrated administration and control system has largely been completed, the Commission should continue to be kept informed about the application and effectiveness of that system in the Member States,

the area, expressed in hectares and ares, with identification of the agricultural plot or plots in accordance with the system for identifying agricultural plots laid down under the integrated administration and control system;

Provision should be made that the Member States are to design their own systems, compatible with the essential elements of the integrated administration and control system, for the application of other Community aid schemes.

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 (OJ L 391, 31.12.1992, p. 36).

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2419/2001 of 11 December 2001 laying down detailed rules for applying the integrated administration and control system for certain Community aid schemes established by Council Regulation (EEC) No 3508/92 (OJ L 327, 12.12.2001, p. 11).

1.The administrative checks referred to in Article 23 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 shall permit the detection of irregularities, in particular the automated detection using computerised means, including cross-checks:

The application of the integrated management and control system in those areas to which it applies has led to significant progress in reducing the risk to the EAGGF Guarantee Section from agricultural expenditure.

An investment firm shall have sound administrative and accounting procedures, internal control mechanisms, effective procedures for risk assessment, and effective control and safeguard arrangements for information processing systems.

Without prejudice to the provisions in paragraph 1, the Member States may, for the purposes of applying Community aid schemes not referred to in Article 1, incorporate in their administration and control procedure one or more components of the integrated system.

This Regulation lays down the detailed rules for the implementation of cross-compliance, modulation and the integrated administration and control system (hereinafter «the integrated system») established by Title II of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003.

whereas, however, the control measures must satisfy certain requirements to ensure that their application is broadly uniform in all Member States, based on the integrated administration and control system provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3508/92 of 27 November 1992 establishing an integrated administration and control system for certain Community aid schemes (8), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 820/97 (9), and 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 (10), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1078/98 (11);

For the purposes of applying Community aid schemes listed in the Annex and which are not referred to in Article 1, the Member States shall ensure that the administration and control systems applied to them are compatible with the integrated system in the following respects:

The direct payment schemes first introduced as a result of the reform of the common agricultural policy in 1992 and further developed under the Agenda 2000 measures have been subjected to an integrated administration and control system (hereinafter referred to as «integrated system»).

In carrying out the activities covered by this Directive, the Commission may have recourse to technical and/or administrative assistance to the mutual benefit of the Commission and of the beneficiaries, relating to identification, preparation, management, monitoring, audit and control, as well as to support expenditure.

However, Member States may exempt farmers from this obligation where the information concerned is made available to the competent authorities in the framework of other administration and control systems that guarantee compatibility with the integrated system in accordance with Article 26 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003.

Council Regulation (EC) No 165/94 of 24 January 1994 concerning the co-financing by the Community of remote sensing checks and amending Regulation (EEC) No 3508/92 establishing an integrated administration and control system for certain Community aid schemes (5),

whereas consequently, with a view to ensuring compatibility with the databases of the integrated administration and control system provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) 3508/92 of 27 November 1992 establishing an integrated administration and control system for certain Community aid schemes (9), last amended by Regulation (EC) No 820/97 (10) and in 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 (11), last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1678/98 (12), the information to be included in the oil cultivation GIS should be specified along with centralisation methods, arrangements, criteria and technical tolerances;

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3508/92 of 27 November 1992 establishing an integrated administration and control system for certain Community aid schemes(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 495/2001(4), and in particular Article 12 thereof,

Before the final date set by the Member State, all Community cotton growers shall submit an application form for area aid, as provided for under the integrated administration and control system, by way of a declaration of areas sown for the following marketing year.

In order to be 'compatible' within the meaning of the first subparagraph, the administration and control systems applied to the Community aid schemes concerned have to be set up so as to allow, without any problems or conflicts, a common functioning of, or the exchange of data between the systems.

Depending on the requirements, standards acts or areas of cross-compliance in question, Member States may decide to carry out administrative checks, in particular those already provided for under the control systems applicable to the respective requirement, standard, act or area of cross-compliance.

Member States may provide that the first and second subparagraphs shall not apply where the information concerned is made available to the competent authorities in the framework of other administration and control systems that guarantee compatibility with the integrated system in accordance with Article 26 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003.

to check that the conditions governing the taking-up of the business of investment firms are met and to facilitate the monitoring, on a non-consolidated or consolidated basis, of the conduct of that business, especially with regard to the capital adequacy requirements imposed by Directive 93/6/EEC, administrative and accounting procedures and internal-control mechanisms;

Commission Regulation (EC) No 796/2004 of 21 april 2004 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of cross-compliance, modulation and the integrated administration and control system provided for in of Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers

Except in cases of force majeure or exceptional circumstances as defined in Article 48 of Regulation (EC) No 2419/2001, where, as a result of an administrative or on-the-spot check, it is found that the established difference between the area declared and the area determined, within the meaning of Article 2(r) of Regulation (EC) No 2419/2001, is more than 3 % but no more than 30 % of the area determined, the amount to be granted under the single area payment scheme shall be reduced, for the year in question, by twice the difference found.

Payments shall be made as soon as the inspections provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3508/92 of 27 November 1992 establishing an integrated administration and control system for certain Community aid schemes(13) are carried out but not earlier than 16 October of the calendar year in respect of which they are applied for, and not later than 31 March of the following calendar year.

have developed, implemented and maintained an effective internal quality system based on appropriate parts of internationally recognised quality standards and in compliance with EN 45004 (inspection bodies) and with EN 29001, as interpreted by the IACS Quality System Certification Scheme Requirements,

In order to ensure the correct implementation of the single area payment scheme, Commission Regulation (EC) No 2419/2001 of 11 December 2001 laying down detailed rules for applying the integrated administration and control system for certain Community aid schemes established by Council Regulation (EEC) No 3508/92(3) should apply, except as otherwise provided in this Regulation.

The competent authority of each Member State should carry out on-the-spot inspections, which should in general be unannounced, as provided for by Council Regulation (EEC) No 3508/92 of 27 November 1992 establishing an integrated administration and control system for certain Community aid schemes(4), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 495/2001(5).

The conditions governing interest rates for the reduction of the aid in case of discrepancy between the aid applied for and the amount due should be brought into line with Article 49(3) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2419/2001 of 11 December 2001 laying down detailed rules for applying the integrated administration and control system for certain Community aid schemes established by Council Regulation (EEC) No 3508/92(3).

Producer Member States must set up the control arrangements necessary to ensure that the aid system operates correctly, using where applicable the integrated administration and control system provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3508/92 of 27 November 1992 establishing an integrated administration and control system for certain Community aid schemes(7).

In order to facilitate the transition from the arrangements provided for by Council Regulation (EEC) No 3508/92 of 27 November 1992 establishing an integrated administration and control system for certain Community aid schemes(2) to the arrangements provided for by the IACS, it is appropriate to make applicable the existing rules under Regulation (EEC) No 3508/92 and its implementing rules provided for in Commission Regulation (EC) No 2419/2001(3) to those support schemes.

To reinforce administrative checks on hemp, additional information should be requested and given in the "area" aid applications as referred to in Article 4 of 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(6) as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2801/1999(7).

In the interests of simplicity, the integrated administration and control system foreseen in Title II, Chapter IV of Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 of 29 September 2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers(10) for which the detailed implementing rules are laid down by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2419/2001(11) should be applied wherever possible.

In order to ensure that cotton covered by aid applications is of proper origin, it must be possible to identify areas sown to cotton by means of the system for identifying agricultural plots provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3508/92 of 27 November 1992 establishing an integrated administration and control system for certain Community aid schemes(6), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 495/2001(7).

The competent host Member State authorities can, without prejudice to their powers of proper control, continue either, in an emergency, on their own initiative or following the initiative of the competent home Member State authorities, to verify that the activities of a credit institution established within their territories comply with the relevant laws and with the principles of sound administrative and accounting procedures and adequate internal control.

whereas in connection with the suppression of controls and formalities at the internal frontiers and on account of subsequent amendments to the said Regulation, and for reasons of clarity and administrative efficiency, that Regulation was replaced by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3002/92 of 16 October 1992, concerning new common detailed rules for verifying the use and/or destination of products for intervention (5), ensuring that products from intervention are not diverted from their use and/or destination;

The technical constraints of aid schemes for forestry measures other than afforestation of agricultural land make superfluous the sanctions provided for in Articles 30 and 31 and Article 32(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2419/2001 of 11 December 2001 laying down detailed rules for applying the integrated administration and control system for certain Community aid schemes established by Council Regulation (EEC) No 3508/92(6), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2550/2001(7).

The dates by which certain information must be sent to the competent authority should be amended to bring them into line with the dates laid down for the integrated administration and control system by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2419/2001 of 11 December 2001 laying down detailed rules for applying the integrated administration and control system for certain Community aid schemes established by Council Regulation (EEC) No 3508/92(7), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2550/2001(8), and to allow delivery certificates to be sent by telex, fax or electronic mail.

In order to improve the effectiveness and usefulness of the administration and control mechanisms, it is necessary to adapt the system established by Council Regulation (EEC) No 3508/92 of 27 November 1992 establishing an integrated administration and control system for certain Community aid schemes(6) with a view to including the single payment scheme, the support schemes for durum wheat, protein crops, energy crops, rice, potato starch, nuts, milk, seed, grain legumes and specific regional aids as well as controls on the application of the rules on cross compliance, modulation and the farm advisory system.

Without prejudice to Articles 8 and 14, and unless the importing Party raises an explicit objection and requests supportive or additional information or consultations and/or verification, each Party shall take without undue delay the necessary legislative and administrative measures to allow trade on the basis of the provision of subparagraph (a).

Without prejudice to Articles 8 and 14, and unless the importing Party raises an explicit objection and requests supportive or additional information or consultations and/or verification, each Party shall take without undue delay the necessary legislative and administrative measures to allow trade on the basis of the provisions of subparagraphs (a), (b) and (c).