1. The investment aid shall not be granted in respect of investments relating to milk production, the effect of which is to exceed the reference quantity determined in accordance with rules on the additional levy for milk and mild products, unless an additional reference quantity has been granted beforehand as provided for in accordance with the said rules.
2. Applications shall contain all necessary information, in particular: ... a declaration indicating the individual milk reference quantity assigned to the producer at the beginning of the 12-month period of application of the additional levy scheme which commences in the 1993 calendar year. If this quantity is not known on the date on which the application is lodged, it shall be notified to the competent authority as soon as possible.
3. The characteristics of milk which are considered to be representative and in particular the way its fat content is to be taken into account when the final quantities is based on a reference fat content, which must, like the individual reference quantity to which it is related, be that available on 31 March 1993; special provisions must cover cases where the reference quantity for deliveries is increased or established by converting a reference quantity for direct sales.
