22. 4. 92 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 104/31 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 980/92 of 21 April 1992 laying down detailed rules for applying the aid scheme for the marketing in Martinique and Guadeloupe of rice produced in French Guiana THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic. Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3763/91 of 16 December 1991 introducing specific measures in respect of certain agricultural products for the benefit of the French overseas departments ('), and in particular Article 3 (5) thereof, Whereas Article 3 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 3763/91 institutes an aid scheme for the disposal and marketing in Guadeloupe and Martinique of rice produced in French Guiana, up to a maximum annual quantity of 8 000 tonnes of wholly milled rice equivalent; whereas this measure concerns both the marketing of products suitable for immediate consumption and the disposal of products intended for processing and consumption in the two overseas departments of destination ; Whereas the aid is to be paid on the basis of annual contracts between producers in Guiana and natural or legal persons established in one or both of the depart- ments of destination ; whereas the Council has fixed the aid at 10 % of the value of the products delivered to the latter departments, and at 13 % of the said value where the Contracting Party producing the rice is an association or union of producers; Whereas it is necessary to determine the information which the contract must contain to ensure that the aid scheme is properly applied and to provide for contracts to be notified to the competent authorities before the begin- ning of the marketing period(s); Whereas the setting of the abovementioned quantity of 8 000 tonnes of wholly milled rice equivalent requires, firstly, the fixing of processing coefficients for paddy rice, husked rice and wholly milled rice, secondly, the determi- nation of an annual period for the submission of aid applications to ensure equality of treatment of operators and, thirdly, the implementation where necessary of a mechanism for the pro-rata allocation of the aid at the end of the marketing year on the basis of the quantities actually disposed of or marketed ; Whereas in order to fulfil the objective of the measure, the necessary steps must be taken to ensure that the products benefiting from the scheme are not re-consigned or re-exported from the overseas departments and do not benefit from export refunds; () OJ No L 356, 24. 12. 1991, p. 1. Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals, ¢ HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 1. For the purposes of applying the aid scheme provided for in Article 3 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 3763/91, ‘annual contract’ means a contract by which an operator, either a natural or legal person established in Guadeloupe and/or Martinique, undertakes, before the beginning of the marketing period, to dispose of or market in Guadeloupe and/or Martinique all or part of the rice production of a producer or a producers’ associa- tion or union in Guiana. 2. For the purposes of applying the aid scheme in question : () ‘disposal’ means the supply of a product with a view to its milling or processing into a product fit for human consumption ; (b) ‘marketing’ means the supply of a product fit for human consumption. Article 2 1. Operators as referred to in Article 1 who intend to submit an application for aid shall send the annual contract and all other relevant information to the compe- tent authorities appointed by the French Government before the start of the marketing period(s). 2. The contract shall at the very least include the following information : (2) the business names of the Contracting Parties and their places of establishment ; (b) the exact description of the product(s), in accordance with the combined nomenclature ; (c) the quantities concerned ; (d) the duration of the commitment and the schedule for disposal  or marketing ; (e) the packaging and presentation method and the infor- mation relating to transport (conditions and costs); (f) the exact delivery stage; (g) the contract delivery price.