No L 183/10 Official Journal of the European Communities 4. 7. 81 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1842/81 of 3 July 1981 laying down detailed rules for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 1188/81 relating to general rules for granting refunds adjusted in the case of cereals exported in the form of certain spirituous beverages 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 Articles 16 (6) and 24 thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC} No 1188/81 of 28 April 1981 laying down general rules for granting refunds adjusted in the case of cereals exported in the form of certain spirituous beverages and the criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds and amending Regulation (EEC) No 3035/80 concerning certain products not covered by Annex II to ‘the Treaty (*), and in particular Article 12 thereof, Whereas pursuant to Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1188/81 the rate of the refund is that applicable on the day on which the cereals are placed under control ; whereas the date to be taken into considera- tion must therefore be the date on which the customs authorities accept the payment declaration by the person concerned by which he manifests his intention to distil and to export the products and qualify for a refund ; whereas this declaration must include the information necessary for calculating the refunds; Whereas, for the purposes of Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1188/81 and in particular for determining the coefficient, it is necessary to define what is meant by ‘total export quantities’ and ‘total quantities released to the market’; Whereas it is necessary for the application of this Regulation for it to be known that the products have left the Community and in certain cases also for their destination to be known ; whereas for this reason it is necessary to have recourse to the definition of exporta- tion set out in Council Directive 81/177/EEC (*) and to the proofs provided for in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2730/79 of 29 November 1979 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of export refunds on agricultural products (%), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1663/81 (¢); () OJ No L 281, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1. (2) O] No L 177, 1. 7. 1981, p. 1. () OJ No L 121, 5. 5. 1981, p. 3. () OJ No L 83, 30. 3. 1981, p. 40. () OJ No L 317, 12. 2. 1979, p. 1. (§) OJ No L 166, 24. 6. 1981, p. 9. Whereas it should be laid down that the Member States shall pass on to the Commission the necessary information ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage- ment Committee for Cereals, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article ] 1. Receipt of the export refund for cereals exported in the form of one of the spirituous beverages covered by Regulation (EEC) No 1188/81 shall be subject to the lodging with the competent authorities of a decla- ration, termed ‘payment declaration’ below, in which the operator states his intention to distil the cereals in order to produce one of the spirituous beverages covered by that Regulation. 2.  The payment declaration shall include all the particulars as are necessary for determining the refund, in particular : (a) a discription of the cereals or malt in accordance with the nomenclature used for refunds; (b) the net weight of the products. Article 2 1. At the time of acceptance of the payment decla- ration, the cereals or malt shall be placed under customs control or under the administrative control referred to in Article 3 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 1188/81 until such time as they have been distilled. 2. The date of acceptance of the payment declara- tion shall determine the rate of the refund. Article 3 1.  The result of the examination of the payment declaration, whether or not combined with the exami- nation of the cereals or malt, shall be used for deter- mining the refund.