Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2316/1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) 1251/1999 establishing a support system for producers of certain arable crops.

Area payments shall be granted in accordance with the conditions laid down in this Regulation. In a given marketing year, no more than one application for an area payment may be made in respect of any cultivated parcel. Area payments for arable crops shall be paid solely on areas: (a) located in regions declared by the Member State as climatically and agriculturally suitable for growing arable crops; (b) fully sown in accordance with local standards; (c) on which the crop is maintained until at least the beginning of flowering under conditions of normal growth; (d) covered by applications in respect of at least 0,3 ha, each parcel cultivated being larger than the minimum size fixed by the Member State for the region concerned.
The Member States shall apply a quality policy in respect of colza and rape seed by limiting areas eligible for area payments to those sown with certified seed of double-zero (00) varieties of colza and rape seed. notified and entered as such in the Common Catalogue of Varieties of Agricultural Plant Species.
The base areas shall be as set out in Annex VI. For the purposes of determining any overshoots in regional base areas the competent authority of the Member State shall take account, on the one hand, of the regional base area fixed in Annex VI and, on the other hand, of the sum of areas covered by applications for area payments submitted in respect of each crop. Areas set aside in accordance with this Chapter must cover a single area at least 0,3 ha in size and at least 20 m wide. (29 articles and XI Annexes)