Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1240Dangos y teitl llawn

Article 29 U.K. Notice of invitation to tender and arrangements related to the invitation to tender

1. [F1 Where the paying agency is holding intervention stocks available for sale, it] shall draw up a notice of invitation to tender, and publish it at least four days before the first date for the submission of tenders.

2. The notice of invitation to tender shall indicate in particular:

(a) the name and address of the paying agency issuing the notice of invitation to tender;

(b) the reference to the [F2 published tendering procedure] opening the sale;

(c) the closing dates for the submission of tenders for each partial invitation to tender;

(d) for each storage place, the name and address of the storekeeper, and, as appropriate:

(i)

for cereals and rice, the quantities available presented in sales lots determined in such a way to ensure equal access to operators, together with a description of the quality of each sales lot;

(ii)

for beef, the quantities available by cut, in accordance with Part IV of Annex III and the date of delivery;

(iii)

for butter and skimmed milk powder, the quantities available and the date of delivery;

(e) the delivery stage as referred to in Article 30(1)(d) and, if applicable, the type of packaging;

(f) any facilities at the storage place for loading onto a means of transport;

(g) for butter, where appropriate, the available quantity of sweet cream butter per storage place, as referred to in point 2(d) of Part II of Annex IV.

3. The paying agency shall ensure that notices of invitation to tender are properly publicised.

4. The paying agency shall make the necessary arrangements to enable interested parties:

(a) to inspect and to take and examine samples of cereals and rice put up for sale at their own expense before submitting a tender;

(b) to consult the results of the analyses referred to in Part IV of Annex I, Part I of Annex II, Part I of Annex IV or Part I of Annex V, as appropriate.

[F3 5. 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.]

[F4 6. This Article ceases to apply in relation to public intervention schemes in Scotland, otherwise than in connection with public intervention measures which the appropriate authority takes under Article 219(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, for a period of five years beginning on 1 July 2023.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Art. 29(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Market Measures Payment Schemes (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/823), regs. 1, 6(16)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F2 Words in Art. 29(2)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Market Measures Payment Schemes (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/823), regs. 1, 6(16)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F3 Art. 29(5) 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(8) (with reg. 10)

F4 Art. 29(6) inserted (S.) (1.7.2023) by The Public Intervention and Private Storage Aid (Amendment and Suspension) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/150), regs. 1, 9(8) (with reg. 10)