No L 185/22 Official Journal of the European Communities 7.7.78 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1570/78 of 4 July 1978 laying down detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EEC) No 2742/75 as regards production refunds on starches and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2026/75 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza- tion of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1254/78 (2), Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organiza- tion of the market in rice (%), as last amended by Regu- lation (EEC) No 1260/78 (%), Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2742/75 of 29 October 1975 on production refunds in the cereals and rice sectors(®), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1127/78 (¢), and in particular Article 8 thereof, Whereas Article 11 (1) (c) and (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 provides that a production refund may be granted on maize groats and meal used for the manu- facture of glucose by the direct hydrolysis process and on maize used for the manufacture of maize groats and meal (gritz) used by the brewing industry; whereas the characteristics of such products and, in particular, the quality and purity requirements which they must satisfy should be specified so as to prevent production refunds from being granted in error in respect of products which resemble maize groats or meal but which are in fact composed of a mixture of such products and other products, thus ensuring that the granting of refunds is based on the same criteria throughout the Community ; Whereas the production refund is to be paid to producers of starch, of quellmehl, of maize groats and meal or of broken rice and to importers of broken rice to be used by the starch or brewing industry ; Whereas the person entitled to the production refund should be able to make use of it at the earliest possible date; whereas this can be achieved if the basic product is placed under official supervision and . the competent agency pays the production refund (1) OJ No L 281, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1. (2) OJ No L 156, 14. 6. 1978, p. 1. () OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1. (*) O No L 156, 14. 6. 1978, p. 11. () OJ No L 281, 1. 11. 1975, p. 57. (¢) OJ No L 142, 30. 5. 1978, p. 24. within 30 days of the day on which the application for taking under official supervision is accepted ; Whereas common wheat starch is usually manufac- tured from common wheat flour ; whereas the produc- tion refund is calculated on the basis of the quantity of common wheat required to produce a given quan- tity of starch ; whereas it is therefore necessary to lay down a conversion rate for the expression of common wheat flour in terms of common wheat ; Whereas it is necessary to specify which Member State is responsible for paying the production refund; whereas for reasons of administrative facility this should be the Member State in which the basic product is processed or into which it is imported; Whereas sufficient proof that the maize groats and meal, quellmehl or broken rice have been used by the industry concerned can be furnished by documents certifying that the product has been sold to the industry in question and by the control as to use; whereas provision should be made for a system of administrative cooperation affording adequate safe- guards to handle cases where the product in question is used in a Member State other than the State required to pay the production refund; Whereas, in order to ensure that processing is carried out or that the basic product placed under supervision is used for the purpose intended, provision should be made for the person entitled to the refund to lodge a security ; whereas such security will be released only when the person concerned has fulfilled the obliga- tions specified in this Regulation ; Whereas it is desirable for the sake of clarity to repro- duce the provisions relating to production refunds in a new Regulation; whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2026/75 of 4 August 1975 laying down detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EEC) No 1955/75 as regards production refunds on starches (7) should there- fore be repealed ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage- ment Committee for Cereals, () OJ No L 206, 5. 8. 1975, p. S.