STATE IN WHICH THE CUSTOMS FORMALITIES TAKE PLACE .
MEMBER STATES SHALL COMMUNICATE THE CATEGORIES OF ESTABLISHMENT ENTITLED TO GIVE SUCH A GUARANTEE AND THE CRITERIA REFERRED TO IN THE PRECEDING SUBPARAGRAPH TO THE COMMISSION , WHICH SHALL INFORM THE OTHER MEMBER STATES THEREOF .
ARTICLE 29
1 . THE WHOLE DEPOSIT SHALL BE FORFEITED IF , WITHIN A PERIOD OF NINE MONTHS AFTER IT HAS BEEN LODGED , PROOF IS NOT GIVEN THAT THE PRODUCTS CONCERNED HAVE BEEN PLACED UNDER THE CONTROL REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2 OF REGULATION NO 2114/71 OR HAVE BEEN RENDERED INELIGIBLE FOR THE SUBSIDY .
HOWEVER , AT THE REQUEST OF THE PARTY CONCERNED , TO BE MADE BEFORE THE EXPIRY OF THE PERIOD REFERRED TO IN THE PREVIOUS SUBPARAGRAPH , THIS PERIOD SHALL BE RAISED TO 15 MONTHS WITH REGARD TO SUNFLOWER SEED AND MIXTURES CONTAINING SUCH SEED INTENDED FOR USE IN THE NATURAL STATE AS FOOD .
THE WHOLE DEPOSIT SHALL ALSO BE FORFEITED ON PRODUCTS WHICH SHOW TRACES OF DENATURING WHEN PLACED UNDER THE CONTROL REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2114/71 OR RENDERED INELIGIBLE FOR SUBSIDY WITHIN THE ABOVEMENTIONED PERIOD . HOWEVER , THE DEPOSIT SHALL BE REFUNDED IF PROOF IS GIVEN THAT THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION DISPLAYED SUCH TRACES OF DENATURING AT THE TIME OF IMPORTATION .
2 . PART OF THE DEPOSIT SHALL BE FORFEITED IF , WITHIN THE PERIOD REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH 1 , THE PROOF SPECIFIED IN THIS PARAGRAPH IS GIVEN IN RESPECT OF A QUANTITY OF SEEDS OR MIXTURES OF MORE THAN 1 % LESS THAN THE QUANTITY COVERED BY THE DEPOSIT .
THE AMOUNT OF THE DEPOSIT RETAINED SHALL BE CALCULATED FROM THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE QUANTITY SUBJECT TO THE DEPOSIT LESS 1 % AND THE QUANTITY IN RESPECT OF WHICH THE ABOVEMENTIONED PROOF IS GIVEN .
3 . FOR THE PURPOSES OF APPLYING PARAGRAPHS 1 AND 2 , THE WEIGHT ADJUSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE METHOD DEFINED IN THE ANNEX , RECORDED AT THE TIME OF IMPORT SHALL BE COMPARED WITH THAT SHOWN ON THE CONTROL COPY PURSUANT TO THE LAST SUBPARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 27 ( 2 ) .
ARTICLE 30
WHERE , FOR REASONS OF FORCE MAJEURE OR BECAUSE OF BEING RENDERED INELIGIBLE FOR SUBSIDY , IMPORTED SEEDS AND MIXTURES CANNOT BE PLACED UNDER CONTROL DURING THE PERIOD REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 29 :
( A ) TO THE EXTENT THAT THE SEEDS AND MIXTURES HAVE BECOME UNFIT FOR OIL PRODUCTION , THE MEMBER STATE IN WHICH THE DEPOSIT WAS LODGED SHALL DECIDE THAT THE OBLIGATION TO SUBMIT THE GOODS TO THE CONTROL OR TO RENDER THEM INELIGIBLE FOR SUBSIDY SHALL BE CANCELLED AND THAT THE DEPOSIT SHALL NOT BE FORFEITED ;
( B ) IF THIS IS NOT THE CASE , THE MEMBER STATE SHALL EXTEND THAT PERIOD FOR AS LONG AS IS CONSIDERED NECESSARY IN VIEW OF THE CIRCUMSTANCE INVOKED .
IF THE COMPETENT AUTHORITY RECOGNIZES A CASE OF FORCE MAJEURE , THE MEMBER