L 61/4 Official Journal of the European Union 8.3.2005 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 382/2005 of 7 March 2005 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1786/2003 on the common organisation of the market in dried fodder THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1786/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in dried fodder ('), and in particular Article 20 thereof, Having regard to 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 and amending Regulations (EEC) No 2019/93, (EC) No 1452/2001, (EC) No 1453/2001, (EC) No 1454/2001, (EC) No 1868/94, (EC) No 1251/1999, (EC) No 1254/1999, (EC) No 1673/2000, (EEC) No 2358/71 and (EC) No 2529/2001 (3, and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 71(2) thereof, Whereas: (1) As Regulation (EC) No 1786/2003 has replaced Council Regulation (EC) No 60395 (}), new implementing rules should be adopted. Commission Regulation (EC) No 785/95 of 6 April 1995 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 603/95 on the common organisation of the market in dried fodder (%) should therefore be repealed. (2)  For the sake of clarity, a number of definitions should be laid down. (3)  Having regard to the conditions laid down in Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1786/2003, the minimum quality for the products in question, expressed in terms of moisture and protein content, should be laid down. Taking account of commercial practices, the moisture content should be differentiated according to certain production processes. () OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 114. Regulation as amended by Regu- lation (EC) No 583/2004 (O] L 91, 30.3.2004, p. 1). (» OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 118/2005 (O] L 24, 27.1.2005, p. 15). () O] L 63, 21.3.1995, p. 1. () OJ L 79, 7.41995, p. 5. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1413/2001 (OJ L 191, 13.7.2001, p. 8). (4) (10) Fodder from areas already benefiting from an aid provided for in Title IV of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 should be excluded from the aid provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1786/2003. Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 17862003 requires Member States to carry out checks to verify that each processing undertaking and purchaser of fodder for dehy- drating satisfy the conditions set out in that Regulation. In order to facilitate such checks and to ensure fulfilment of the conditions of eligibility for aid, processing under- takings and purchasers of fodder for dehydrating should be subject to an approval procedure. To the same end, the details to be included in aid applications, stock records and delivery declarations of processing under- takings should be specified. The other supporting documents to be supplied should be specified. Rigorous checks should be carried out to ensure fulfilment of the quality requirements for dried fodder based on regular sampling of finished products leaving undertakings. Where these products are mixed with other materials, samples must be taken before mixing. In order to verify that the quantities of raw materials delivered to undertakings tally with the quantities of dried fodder leaving them, the said undertakings should weigh all fodder for processing and determine its moisture content. In order to facilitate the marketing of fodder for processing and to enable the competent authorities to carry out the checks necessary for verifying entitlement to aid, contracts between processing undertakings and farmers should be concluded before delivery of the raw materials and lodged with the competent authorities before a certain date to enable them to know the expected volume of production. To that end, contracts must be in writing, indicate the date of conclusion, the period of validity, the names and addresses of the contracting parties and the nature of the products to be processed and identify the agricultural parcel on which the fodder to be processed was grown. In certain cases there are no such contracts, and delivery declarations, subject to the conditions applicable to contracts, must be drawn up by the processing under- taking. In order to ensure uniform application of the system of aid, the payment procedures should be defined.