producers of grapes for wine-making, must and wine should make a harvest declaration since this information is necessary;

a declaration that they have for the marketing year in question harvested their olives, and

not request classification as a quality wine psr of a product which appears in his harvest or production declaration as a product suitable for yielding quality wine psr; or

In the case of hops harvested on land owned by a brewer and used by him in the natural or processed state: - in respect of each crop the brewer shall before 1 November send to the control body referred to in Article 1 (6) of Regulation (EEC) No 1784/77 a declaration of the varieties grown, the quantities harvested, the places of production and the areas planted, together with the land register references or an official equivalent thereof,

experience has shown the need to draw up precise rules for reclassifying quality wines psr as table wines and to specify the cases in which the producer has the option of not requesting that a product appearing in his harvest or production declaration as a product suitable for yielding a quality wine psr be classified as a quality wine psr;

Harvest declarations

Production of holdings not subject to the system of harvest and production declarations

failure to present the harvest, production or stock declaration within the time allowed;

prior to harvesting, sugarbeet producers shall make a declaration to the competent authorities of the areas sown,

a declaration that the products to be exported have been obtained from fruit or vegetables harvested in the Community.

the produce from which is covered by harvest declarations as provided for in Commission Regulation (EC) No 1282/ 2001 (1).

the location(s) of the holding and of the parcels on which the olives were harvested, with a reference to the crop declaration;

with a view to establishing production, for producers to lodge declarations of areas planted, estimated volume of harvest, and quantities actually harvested;

the records kept by producers may take the form of annotations on the reverse side of the harvest, production or stock declarations provided for in Commission Regulation (EC) No 1294/96 of 4 July 1996(15).

Whereas the issue of licences should also be subject to the lodging of a security and to the presentation of a declaration that the products have been obtained from fruit and vegetables harvested in the Community;

(b) before 15 December, the information shown in Annex III, resulting from a summary of the data provided in the crop declarations referred to in Article 1(b) and the estimated whole- grain yield forecast for the harvest.

presentation of a harvest, production or stock declaration found by the competent authority of the Member State to be incomplete or inaccurate, where the missing or incorrect data are essential for application of the measure concerned;

Undertakings which process their own crops or, in the case of groups those of their members shall submit annual declarations of the areas the fodder harvest of which is to be processed to the competent authorities of the Member States by a date to be determined.

By way of derogation from point (b) of the second subparagraph of Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 2461/1999, applicants in a region recognised as affected by drought under Regulations (EC) No 1360/2003 and (EC) No 1408/2003, who have been authorised by the competent authority to amend or terminate their contract or the declaration referred to in Article 3(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2461/1999 may use the raw material harvested on the land concerned for animal feed during the 2003/04 marketing year.

The following shall not be required to submit a harvest declaration:

Natural or legal persons or groups of such persons who harvest grapes, hereinafter referred to as "harvesters", shall submit each year to the competent authorities in the Member States a harvest declaration for the administrative unit specified, containing at least the information specified in Table A and, where appropriate, Table B of the Annex hereto.

In such case harvesters must provide the cooperative winery or group with a declaration specifying:

failure by the producer to present the harvest, production or stock declaration within the time allowed.

However, declarations concerning the 1991 cereals harvest shall be submitted by 31 May 1991 at the latest.

the produce from which is covered by harvest declarations as provided for in Commission Regulation (EC) No 1282/2001(23).

In the event of an incorrect declaration made deliberately, the grower in question shall not qualify under the system of aid and compensation in respect of the harvest in question and the following harvest.

As regards Community wine products, such declarations shall not include those obtained from grapes harvested in the same calendar year.

Since harvesting takes place at different times in different Member States, the deadlines for declarations by producers should be staggered.

a written declaration from the producer concerned specifying the quantities of tobacco he is in a position to deliver during the current harvest.

not request classification as a quality wine psr of a product which appears in his harvest or production declaration as a product suitable for yielding quality wine psr;

Harvest and stock declarations submitted by the various parties concerned are currently the only means of properly knowing the quantities of wine produced and wine stocks.

The Member States may provide that applications for aid or compensation can comprise a duplicate of the declaration in accordance with Article 1, with a declaration added to the effect that the crops on the areas covered by the application have been harvested.

Notwithstanding the first subparagraph of paragraph 1 and without prejudice to the obligations arising from Article 4, Member States may exempt from the obligation to submit harvest declarations:

In the event of an incorrect declaration made as a result of serious negligence, the grower in question shall not qualify under the system of aid and compensation in respect of the harvest in question.

Article 18 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 states that producers of grapes intended for winemaking and producers of must and wine are required to make harvest declarations in respect of the most recent harvest and that producers of wine and must and commercial operators other than retailers must declare their stocks each year.

before 15 December, the information shown in Annex III, resulting from a summary of the data provided in the crop declarations referred to in Article 1(b) and the estimated whole-grain yield forecast for the harvest.

The harvesters referred to in Article 2(2) and producers who obtain, by vinification on their premises of products bought in, less than 10 hectolitres of wine which has not been or will not be marketed in any form whatsoever shall not be required to submit a production declaration or, where applicable, a treatment or marketing declaration.

date and country of any first disposal of varietal constituents or harvested material of the variety, for the purposes of assessing novelty in accordance with Article 10 of the Basic Regulation, or a declaration that such disposal has not yet occurred;

By 31 May - and, in the United Kingdom, 30 June - of the year of harvest, hop producers shall lodge declarations of areas planted and of areas subject to special temporary resting and/or grubbing-up measures as provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1098/98.

Exemption from the obligation to submit a production declaration shall also be granted to harvesters belonging to or associated with a cooperative winery that is required to submit a declaration, who deliver their production of grapes to that winery but reserve the right to obtain by vinification a quantity of wine of less than 10 hectolitres for their family consumption.

Persons required to submit harvest, production, marketing and/or treatment or stock declarations who do not submit such declarations by the dates specified in Article 11 shall not, except in cases of force majeure, qualify for the measures provided for in Articles 24, 29, 30, 34 and 35 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 for the wine year in question or the following wine year.

This Regulation shall not affect any provisions of Member States on harvest, production, treatment and/or marketing or stock declarations which provide for the supply of fuller information, in particular by covering a wider range of persons than those provided for in Articles 2, 4 and 6.

The forms referred to above need not include an explicit reference to the area if the Member State is able to determine this with certainty from the other information contained in the declaration, such as the area in production and the total harvest of the holding, or in the vineyard register.

Persons required to submit harvest, production, marketing and/or treatment or stock declarations who submit declarations found to be incomplete or inaccurate by the competent authorities of the Member States may qualify for the measures referred to in Articles 24, 29, 30, 34 and 35 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 only if the missing or inaccurate details are not essential to the proper application of those measures.

Applications for aid or compensation shall include at least the information referred to in Article 1(2) in respect of the areas covered by the application and, in the case of areas as referred to in Article 2(2), first paragraph, a declaration to the effect that the crops on those areas have been harvested.

Natural or legal persons or groups of such persons, including winemaking cooperatives, who from the current year's harvest have produced wine and/or hold, at the dates specified in Article 11(1), products other than wine shall submit a production declaration each year containing at least the information specified in Table C of the Annex hereto to the competent authorities designated by the Member States.