31. 12. 92 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 392/29 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3901/92 of 23 December 1992 introducing detailed rules for granting carryover aid on certain fishery products THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 of 17 December 1992 on the common organization of the market in fishery and aquaculture products(!), and in particular Article 14 (4) thereof, Whereas Council Regulation . (EEC) No 3759/92, Article 14, provides for the granting of carryover aid, on certain conditions, for the stabilization or processing and storage for the purpose of human consumption of the products set out in Annex I, points A, D and E of the said Regulation, and Wthh have been withdrawn from the market ; : Whereas only those categories of the said products which are fit for sale following storage or preserving should qualify for this aid ; whereas consequently these categories should be defined; Whereas the carryover aid and financial compensation for withdrawals mechanisms are parallel and complementary as regards their operation and share the same objective of stabilizing the market in the products in question; whereas the conditions on which the quantities may qualify for these mechanisms should therefore be iden- tical and the use of a tolerance margin made subject to the same conditions under both systems; Whereas, to ensure product quality and to facilitate the disposal of products on the market, the minimum requi- rements to be satisfied by operations qualifying for aid should be laid down, together with the requirements for storage and return to the market; Whereas, to prevent fraudulent operations, in particular in the case of preservation live in tanks or cages, an appro- priate system for storage and marking should be intro- duced ; Whereas the technical and financial costs taken into account in calculating the amount granted in aid should be defined; Whereas the producers’ organizations should contribute to the economic costs related to the implementation of () OJ No L 388, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1. the carryover aid scheme; whereas the amount of aid should be fixed on the basis, in particular, of the cost of the stabilization and storage operations and financial costs ; whereas, therefore, the aid should be paid on a sliding scale reflecting the duration of the period of storage ; whereas, for the same reasons, the period of storage for which an aid measure is foreseen shall not exceed six months; Whereas, to increase the efficacy of the controls, the reci- pients of the aid are to keep stock records ; whereas the records must include the particulars necessary for the purposes of the said controls, the arrangements for which are to be introduced by the Member States ; Whereas the procedure whereby interested parties may submit applications for the aid should be laid down; Whereas the procedure should also be laid down for the granting of advances and the amount of the relevant secu- rity and the conversion rate applying to the aid and the advances should be specified ; Whereas, in the event of a minor infringement of the rules of the carryover aid scheme, the limited financial advantage resulting from this infringement should not be sanctioned by the total withdrawal of the right to the aid, but only by a standard reduction thereof; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fishery Products, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 This Regulation introduces detailed rules for granting the - carryover aid referred to in Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92, hereinafter referred to as the ‘basxc Regula- tion’. Article 2 1.  Only products meeting the standards of freshness, presentation and size set out in Annex I hereto shall be eligible for carryover aid. ‘