Article 8

The issue of a certificate shall be subject to the lodging of a security by the manufacturer with the competent authority, equal to EUR 15 per tonne of basic starch, where appropriate multiplied by the coefficient corresponding to the type of starch to be used as set out in Annex II.

The security shall be released in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2220/85. The primary requirement within the meaning of Article 20 of that Regulation shall be the processing of the quantity of starch stated on the application into approved products within the period of validity of the certificate. However, if a manufacturer has processed at least 90 % of the quantity of starch stated on the application, he shall be deemed to have fulfilled that primary requirement.