COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1711/93 of 30 June 1993 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 as regards the minimum price and compensatory payment to be paid to potato producers, and of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1543/93 on the payment of a premium to manufacturers of potato starch

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1711/93 of 30 June 1993 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 as regards the minimum price and compensatory payment to be paid to potato producers, and of Council  Regulation (EEC) No 1543/93 on the payment of a premium to manufacturers of potato starch
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the market in cereals (1), and in particular Article 8 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1543/93 of 28 June 1993 fixing the amount of the premium granted to producers of potato starch for the 1993/94, 1994/95 and 1995/96 marketing year (2),
Whereas in accordance with Regulations (EEC) No 1766/92 and (EEC) No 1543/93 it is necessary to lay down the conditions and rules governing the payment of the premium to potato starch manufacturers as well as the minimum price and compensatory payment  to be paid to potato producers;
Whereas rules should be laid down on how starch manufacturers are to provide proof of the quantities of potatoes supplied to them, by specifying their starch content and showing payment of the minium price payable to the potato grower;
Whereas the net weight of the potatoes is determined in the Member States by three different methods which experience has shown to give equally satisfactory results; whereas all three methods may be approved and applied;
Whereas potatoes which cannot be used for the manufacture of starch should not qualify for the premium; whereas, to take account of those potatoes which are too small to give a normal yield on processing, a certain reduction should be made in the net  weight used for calculating the minimum price payable by the starch manufacturer for the quantity of potatoes needed to manufacture one tonne of starch;
Whereas the main data relating to deliveries should be entered by the starch manufacturers on a receipt form and summarized on a payment slip made out by the starch manufacturer with a view to providing the information necessary for payment of the  premium and for verifying entitlement thereto;
Whereas the checks which must be carried out on the potatoes, in particular to determine their starch content, call for facilities which only the starch manufacturers can provide; whereas the checks in question should be carried out at the starch works  or at the delivery points operated by the latter, under the authority of an inspector approved by the Member State;
Whereas satisfactory operation of the arrangements introduced requires general surveillance by the national authorities of the whole of the operations conferring entitlement to the premium and necessitates a sufficiently dissuasive penalization of fraud  and serious negligence;
Whereas the operative event for the agricultural conversion rate, provided for in Article 10 (2) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1068/93 (3), should be defined;
Whereas this Regulation incorporates, whilst adapting them to present market conditions, the provisions of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2752/89 (4), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2011/92 (5); whereas that Regulation should therefore be repealed;
Whereas the Management Committee for Cereals has not given an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,