1.The contractual storage period starts on the day following:
(a)the date of the notification referred to in Article 44(3), or the date of receipt of an admissible application without prejudice to Article 45(1), for products already placed in storage;
(b)the date that placing into storage is considered completed in accordance with Article 47(3) for products which are not yet stored.
2.The last day of the contractual storage period may be fixed in the [F1published tendering procedure or the Regulations] fixing the amount of aid for private storage in advance, as referred to in Article 39(1)(f).
By way of derogation from Article 3(4) of Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 1182/71(1), when the last day of the contractual storage period falls on Saturday, Sunday or a public holiday, the contractual storage period shall end with the expiry of the last hour of that day.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Art. 48(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Market Measures Payment Schemes (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/823), regs. 1, 6(28); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
[F2Where products are stored or will be stored in the United Kingdom, contracts shall be concluded between the paying agency] and operators fulfilling the requirements laid down in Article 2 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1238 from whom a tender or application has been accepted.
Contracts shall be concluded for the quantity actually placed in storage (the ‘contractual quantity’), which shall not exceed the quantity referred to the second paragraph of Article 44(3) in the case of tenders, or the quantity in the application in respect of products already in store, or the notification of the decision referred to in Article 45(2) in the case of applications for products not yet in store.
Where the quantity actually placed in storage is less than 95 % of the quantity in the tender or application, or the quantity arising from the application of Article 45(3)(b), no contract shall be concluded.
Contracts shall not be concluded where the eligibility of the products is not confirmed.
Textual Amendments
F2Words in Art. 49 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Market Measures Payment Schemes (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/823), regs. 1, 6(29); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
The paying agency shall notify the successful operator of a contract considered as being concluded within five working days of the date of issue of the control report referred to in Article 61(1), subject to receiving all of the documents necessary for concluding the contract.
The date of conclusion of the contract shall be that on which the paying agency notifies the operator.
Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 1182/71 of 3 June 1971 determining the rules applicable to periods, dates and time limits (OJ L 124, 8.6.1971, p. 1).