No L 332/16 Official Journal of the European Communities 10. 12. 85 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3459/85 of 6 December 1985 laying down detailed rules for the granting of a compensatory allowance for Atlantic sardines THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal and in particular Articles 171 and 358 thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3117/85 of 4 November 1985 laying down general rules for the granting of compensatory allowances for sardines (') and in particular Article 4 thereof, Whereas Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 3117/85 sets out certain conditions for the granting of compensatory allowances as regards products, the quantitative limit of 2000 tonnes and the beneficiaries of the scheme, and fixes the method of calculating the said allowance; Whereas this scheme must be applied to those categories of sardines which are likely to be marketed most easily after processing ; Whereas the health and technical provisions laid down by the national authorities ensure that the products in ques- tion have been subjected fully and definitively to one of the processes referred to in Article 3 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3117/85 ; whereas compliance of the processed products in question with the said provisions should be subject to verification ; Whereas, in order to clarify the scope of the present arrangements, the types of processing permitted should be defined ; Whereas, for quantities in respect of which entitlement to the allowance is established, certain detailed rules should be laid down for the submission of applications by those concerned for the payment of the allowance; Whereas, in order to ensure constant control, those quali- fying for the allowance must keep the inspection autho- rity informed of their processing activities at all times; Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 (3) of the Treaty of Acces- sion, the institutions of the Community may adopt before accession the measures referrred to in Articles 171 and 358 of the Act; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fishery Products, () OJ No L 297, 9. 1i. 1985, p. 1. HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 This Regulation lays down detailed rules for the granting of the compensatory allowance, hereinafter referred to as the ‘allowance’, referred to in Article 2 of Council Regula- tion (EEC) No 3117/85, in respect of Atlantic sardines. Article 2 1. The allowance shall be granted to producers’ organiza- tions in respect of sardines which : — have been caught by a member, — are sold to a processor for full and definitive processing in accordance with the health and tech- nical provisions relating to products intended for human consumption in force in the Member State where the processor is established. 2. The processes referred to in paragraph 1 are: (a) freezing, (b) the manufacture of canned products falling within - heading No 16.04 of the Common Customs Tariff, (c) filleting or chopping if accompanied by one of the processes referred to under (a) and (b). Article 3 In respect of each lot of the same commercial category sold, the amount of the allowance shall be determined in accordance with Article 2 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 3117/85. Article 4 Where one of the processes referred to in Article 2 (2) is carried out in a Member State other than that which recognized the producers’ organization selling the product, proof that such processing has taken place shall be provided in the form of Control Copy T No § in accordance with the provisions of Commission Regula- tion (EEC) No 223/77 (* and of this Regulation. () OJ No L 38, 9. 2. 1977, p. 20.