A carry-over payment may be granted in respect of stocks remaining at the end of the marketing year of common wheat, durum wheat, rye, barley and maize harvested in the Community, and of malt.
However, for Member States in which the new harvest is usually available before the beginning of the new marketing year, it may be decided in accordance with the procedure referred to in paragraph 6, that the stock qualifying for the payment at the end of the marketing year may not be greater than that declared at an earlier date, to be determined in each year.
Before 15 March of each year the Council, acting by a qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission, shall decide whether a carry-over payment should be granted in respect of one or more of the abovementioned products, and, if so, to what extent.
The carry-over payment for each cereal shall not exceed the difference between the target price valid for the last month of the marketing year and that valid for the first month of the next marketing year.
The carry-over payment shall be granted only in respect of stocks which reach a minimum quantity.
