No L 118/12 Official Journal of the European Communities 14. 5. 93 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1165/93 of 13 May 1993 laying down detailed rules for the application of the aid scheme for Portuguese producers of paddy rice THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3653/90 of 11 December 1990 introducing transitional measures governing the common organization of the market in cereals and rice in Portugal ('), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 738/93 (%), and in particular Article 10 thereof, Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 3653/90 introduces aid for producers of paddy rice placed on the market by the producer or sold by him direct to an intervention agency ; whereas the meaning of sale on the market should be defined ; Whereas, given the date of entry into force of that Regula- tion, the latest date of 30 June laid down for the crop declaration is not applicable for the 1992/93 marketing year ; whereas special provisions should therefore be made for the aid applications and the checks in that marketing year ; Whereas, for the satisfactory operation of the aid scheme, Member States should carry out checks to ensure that the - aid is granted in accordance with the conditions laid down ; whereas aid applictions must therefore contain a minimum amount of information for the purposes of the’ checks to be carried out; Whereas, to ensure efficient application, provision should be made for random on-the-spot checks of the accuracy of applications submitted ; whereas these checks should be made on a sufficiently representative number of aid applications ; Whereas provision should be made for the recovery of aid in the event of undue payment and for appropriate penal- ties for false declarations ; Whereas, for the satisfactory operation of the aid scheme, provision should be made for the computerization of data given in aid applications; Whereas the intervention price for paddy rice applicable in Portugal in the 1992/93 marketing year is aligned on the intervention price applicable in the other Member States with effect from 1 April 1993, pursuant to Regula- tion (EEC) No 738/92; whereas the fall in prices due to the anticipated alignment of Portuguese prices on Community prices from 1 April 1993 onwards should therefore be compensated ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals, () OJ No L 362, 27. 12. 1990, p. 28. () OJ No L 77, 31. 3. 1993, p. 1. HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 The aid referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 3653/90 shall be granted to Portuguese producers of paddy rice in accordance with the rules laid down in this Regulation. Article 2 1. The aid shall be paid to producers or their autho- rized representatives in respect of the quantities of paddy rice referred to in Article 1 (a) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76(}), harvested on the producer’s holding, and for which evidence is presented that they have been sold on the market or to the intervention agency. ’ 2.  For the purposes of this Regulation, ‘sale on the market’ means the sale of paddy rice by producers to collection, trading and processing undertakings. 3.  For the 1992/93 marketing year, the aid shall be paid in respect of sales effected from 1 April 1993 onwards. Article 3 1.  The aid shall be paid by the Portuguese authorities to the producers or their authorized agents referred to in Article 2, at their request. 2. Aid applications shall be sent to the Portuguese intervention agency and shall be accompanied by a chro- nological list of the sales of each type of paddy rice showing the quantity sold. 3.  The final application for a marketing year shall be submitted not later than 31 August of that marketing year. 4.  The Portuguese authorities shall pay the aid at the latest by the end of the month following that in which the application is received. Article 4 1. In order to qualify for aid, producers of paddy rice must submit to the Portuguese intervention agency before a date to be fixed by the Member State, and by 30 June each year at the latest, a crop declaration showing all the areas sown with each type of paddy rice, and their loca- tion on the basis of cadastral data or an information () OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1.