The aid for starch potato provided for in Article 77 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 shall be granted for potatoes which are covered by a cultivation contract as provided for in Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 571/2009(1), on the basis of the net weight of the potatoes determined by one of the methods described in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2235/2003(2) and the starch content of the potatoes delivered, in accordance with the rates fixed in Annex II to that Regulation.
No aid for starch potato shall be granted for potatoes whose starch content is less than 13 %, except where the second subparagraph of Article 5(3) of Regulation (EC) No 571/2009 applies.
The aid for starch potato shall be subject to the requirement that proof is provided that a price not less than that referred to in Article 95a(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 has been paid at the delivered-to-factory stage in accordance with the rates fixed in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 2235/2003.
Article 10(2) of Regulation (EC) No 571/2009 shall apply.
1.Without prejudice to Article 29 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, the aid for potato starch shall be paid, by the Member State on whose territory is situated the holding delivering the potatoes for the manufacturing of the potato starch, per farmer once all his quantities for the marketing year have been delivered to the starch-producing undertaking within 4 months from the date on which the proof referred to in Article 11 of this Regulation has been provided and the conditions referred to in Article 10 of this Regulation have been respected.
2.Member States may grant advances, as from 1 December of the marketing year, based on the different parts of the quantity of starch potatoes by farmer delivered to the starch-producing undertaking for that marketing year. Each advance payment shall be granted for the quantity of starch potatoes delivered for which the proof referred to in Article 11 has been provided and the conditions referred to in Article 10 have been respected.