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TITLE IIU.K.PUBLIC INTERVENTION

CHAPTER IIIU.K.Sale of products from intervention

Article 28U.K.Opening of the tendering procedure

1.Products taken over into public intervention and available for sale shall be sold through a tendering procedure.

[F12.The tendering procedure must be open for at least six days.]

3.Tendering procedures may be open for the sale of products stored in one or several regions of the [F2constituent nation].

4.The [F3tendering procedure] opening the sale shall contain, in particular, the following information:

(a)the products covered, and in particular:

(i)

for rice, an indication of the type and variety,

(ii)

for beef, the relevant cuts;

(b)the period covered (‘tendering period’) and the different sub-periods during which the tenders can be submitted;

(c)for beef, butter and skimmed milk powder, the minimum quantity for which a tender may be submitted;

(d)the amount of the security that shall be lodged when submitting a tender.

In addition, that [F3tendering procedure] may contain:

(a)

the global quantities covered by the tendering procedure;

(b)

if applicable, provisions concerning transport costs for cereals and rice.

5.Tendering procedures may be restricted to specified uses or destinations and include provisions for verifying the use or destination.

[F46.This Article does not apply in relation to public intervention schemes in England, otherwise than in connection with exceptional market conditions which are the subject of a declaration under section 20 of the Agriculture Act 2020.]