No L 159/112 Official Journal of the European Communities 1. 7. 93 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1722/93 of 30 June 1993 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulations (EEC) No 1766/82 and (EEC) No 1418/76 concerning production refunds in the cereals and rice sectors respectively 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 7 thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the market in rice (), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1544/93 (), and in particular Article 9 thereof, Whereas, in view of the special situation of the market in starch, and particularly the need to keep prices competi- tive in relation to starch produced in third countries and imported as goods in respect of which the import arran- gements do not provide sufficient protection for Commu- nity producers, Regulations (EEC) No 1766/92 and (EEC) No 1418/76 provide for the grant of a production refund to enable the user industries concerned to have access to starch and certain derivatives at a lower price than that which would result from applying the rules of the common organization of the market in the products in question ; Whereas, pursuant to Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 and Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76, it is necessary to adopt detailed rules for the grant of production refunds, including rules for control and payment, so that he same rules are applied in all Member States ; Whereas the abovementioned Regulations provide for a list to be drawn up of of products the manufacture of which uses starch giving rise to entitlement to the refund ; whereas such a list must be capable of amend- ment on the basis of fixed criteria; Whereas, to ensure that control measures are effective, provision should be made for beneficiaries of the refund to be approved in advance by the Member States in whose territory the abovementioned products are manufactured ; () O No L 181, 1. 7. 1992, p. 2. () OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1. () O] No L 154, 25. 6. 1993, p. 5. Whereas it is necessary to define how the production refund is to be calculated how often it is to be fixed; whereas the most satisfactory calculation method is at present based on the difference between the intervention price for cereals and the price used to calculate the import levy ; whereas, for reasons of stability, the produc- tion refund should as a general rule be fixed every -month ; whereas, as a means of checking that the produc- tion refund is of the correct value, the prices of maize and wheat should be monitored on the world and Community markets ; Whereas production refunds are to be paid for the use of starch and certain derived products in the manufacture of certain goods ; whereas detailed information is required to facilitate the appropriate control and payment of the production refunds to applicants ; whereas the competent authority in the Member State concerned should be empowered to require applicants to supply any informa- tion and allow any checks or inspections necessary to effect such controls; Whereas the manufacturer of the product may not neces- sarily use basic starch ; whereas it is therefore necessary to draw up a list of certain products derived from starch the use of which will give the manufacturer the right to receive the refund ; Whereas the origin of the raw materials of the starch used in the manufacture of products eligible for production refunds must be specified ; Whereas the special characteristics of esterified or etheri- fied starch could lead to certain speculative processing operations designed to receive the production refund more than once ; whereas, so as to prevent such specula- tion, measures are needed to ensure that esterified or etherified starch is not reprocessed into a raw material the use of which gives the right to apply for a refund; Whereas the production refund should not be paid until processing has taken place ; whereas, once processing has taken place, payment should be made within five months following verification by the competent authority that the starch has been processed ; whereas, however, it should be possible for the manufacturer to receive an advance before completion of the controls ;