No L 159/84 Official Journal of the European Communities 1.7.93 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, 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 (*), 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 (3, 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 manu- facturers 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 manufac- ture 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 ; () OJ No L 181, 1. 7. 1992, p. 21. () OJ No L 154, 25. 6. 1993, p. 4. 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 intro- duced requires general surveillance by the national auth- orities of the whole of the operations conferring entitle- ment to the premium and necessitates a sufficiently dis- suasive penalization of fraud and serious negligence ; Whereas the operative event for the agricultural conver- sion 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 (%), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2011/592 () ; 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, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 Starch manufacturers shall take delivery of potatoes either at the starch works themselves or at their delivery points. The operations described in Articles 2 and 4 shall be carried out at the time of delivery and under the authority of an inspector approved by the Member State. Article 2 1. The gross weight of the potatoes shall be determined for each load at the time of delivery, where application of one of the methods described in Annex I so requires, by comparative weighings of the means of transport used, loaded and empty. () OJ No L 108, 1. 5. 1993, p. 106. () OJ No L 266, 13. 9. 1989, p. 13. () OJ No L 203, 21. 7. 1992, p. 13.