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:
for rice, an indication of the type and variety,
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:
the global quantities covered by the tendering procedure;
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.]
Textual Amendments
F1Art. 28(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Agriculture (Legislative Functions) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/831), regs. 1(4)(a), 59(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2Words in Art. 28(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Agriculture (Legislative Functions) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/831), regs. 1(4)(a), 59(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3Words in Art. 28(4) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Agriculture (Legislative Functions) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/831), regs. 1(4)(a), 59(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F4Art. 28(6) inserted (E.) (28.2.2023 at 9.10 a.m.) by The Market Measures Payment Schemes (Amendments, Revocation and Transitional Provision) (England) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/124), regs. 1(2)(b), 9(6) (with reg. 10)