Article 5U.K.Minimum quantities of products offered or tendered
1.The minimum quantity of products offered or tendered for buying-in shall be:
(a)for common wheat, barley and maize: 160 tonnes;
(b)for durum wheat: 20 tonnes;
(c)for rice: 40 tonnes;
(d)for beef: 20 tonnes;
(e)for butter: 30 tonnes;
(f)for skimmed milk powder: 30 tonnes.
[F1If the United Kingdom has an average annual production of cereals of less than 20 million tonnes, the appropriate authority may decide to apply a minimum quantity of 120 tonnes for common wheat, barley and maize.].
2.A paying agency may set a minimum quantity higher than that provided for in paragraph 1 if justified by the conditions and practices of the wholesale trade or environmental rules in force in the [F2United Kingdom].
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Art. 5(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Market Measures Payment Schemes (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/823), regs. 1, 6(7)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2Words in Art. 5(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Market Measures Payment Schemes (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/823), regs. 1, 6(7)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)