No L 182/10 Official Journal of the European Communities 3.7.81 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1821/81 of 2 July 1981 laying down the conditions for granting carry-over payments for certain cereals in stock at the end of the marketing year 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 1784/81 (%), and in particular Article 9 thereof, Whereas stocks of cereals remaining at the end of a marketing year are generally held by the trade or by the processing industry ; whereas to simplify admi- nistration, in particular as regards supervision, the carry-over payment, provided for by Article 9 of Regu- lation (EEC) No 2727/75 for certain cereals remaining in stock at the end of the marketing year, should be granted at the trade or processing industry stage; whereas, in the case of rye, supervision requirements are such that the payment should be made only to the milling industry ; Whereas in many areas the processing industry, and in particular the milling industry, does not have the extensive storage capacity available to the trade from which it generally obtains its supplies; whereas the minimum stocks which it is required to hold should therefore be lower than those required of that trade; Whereas, on account of the connection between the arrangements for intervention and those for carry-over payments, the carry-over payments should be granted only if the cereals offered comply with the quality requirements for intervention; whereas, however, in the case of rye held by the milling industry, milling for human consumption should be accepted as proof of sufficient quality ; Whereas in France, Greece and Italy the new harvest of common wheat and rye is generally available before the beginning of the new marketing year; whereas, - therefore, in order to prevent payments being made for cereals from the new harvest, it should be decided by virtue of Article 9 (1) (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 that the stock qualifying for payment at the end of the marketing year in those three countries may not exceed that declared at a prior date ; whereas, (1) OJ No L 281, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1. () O] No L 177, 1. 7. 1981, p. 1. in order to make it possible for the competent authori- ties of the three Member States concerned to establish the necessary stock supervision, it is essential to require applicants to declare their stocks as at 31 May ; Whereas, in view of the variations in stocks of the said cereals in France, Greece and Italy between 1 June and 31 July it should for the same reasons be decided that, for purposes of determining the quantities quali- fying for payment on 31 July, the stock to be taken into account is to be that existing as at 31 May, declared as stated above, plus the quantity of cereals purchased between 1 June and 31 July from an inter- vention agency or from declared stocks, less the quan- tities processed or sold on the Community market or for export between those dates ; Whereas provision should likewise be made to ensure that no payment is made in respect of common wheat and rye from the new harvest in France, Greece or Italy and in stock on 3! July in another Member State ; whereas the applicant should therefore provide proof either that the said cereals were purchased within the Community before 31 May, or that they come from a French, Greek or Italian intervention agency or from stocks existing in France, Greece and Italy as at 31 May and declared in the said countries in accordance with the above provisions; Whereas, if the new harvest is particularly early in other Community regions, provision should be made for special measures to prevent payments being made in respect of the new crop; Whereas provision should also be made for granting the carry-over payment to an undertaking which, having been awarded a contract under an invitation to tender for the supply of flour as food aid, has advanced a certain quantity of cereals which remain to be replaced by an intervention agency ; Whereas the procedures and supervision measures as regards stocks of cereals and their movements should be the responsibility of the competent agencies of each Member State; whereas those agencies should take the necessary measures to ensure that Commu- nity provisions on the grant of carry-over payments are observed ;