ANNEX IU.K.QUALITY REQUIREMENTS

Aid should be granted only for the storage of products of sound and fair marketable quality, of Community origin and for which quality requirements have to be laid down.

Levels of radioactivity in the products eligible for private storage aid may not exceed the maximum levels permitted, where applicable, under Community rules. The level of radioactive contamination of the products shall be monitored only if the situation so requires, and during the requisite period. Where necessary, the duration and scope of checks shall be determined in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 195(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007.

I.MeatU.K.

Private storage aid shall be granted only for meat fulfilling the following criteria:

(a)

beef classified in accordance with the Community scale for the classification of carcases laid down in Council Regulation (EC) No 1183/2006(1), and identified in accordance with Article 4(3)(c) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1669/2006(2);

(b)

carcases of lambs less than 12 months old and cuts thereof derived from animals identified in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 21/2004(3).

(c)

it shall come from animals raised in the Community since at least the last three months in case of beef, two months in case of pigmeat and sheepmeat and goatmeat and slaughtered not more than 10 days before the date on which the products are placed in storage;

(d)

it shall be derived from animals raised in accordance with the prevailing veterinary requirements;

(e)

it shall have obtained the health mark referred to in Section I of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council(4);

(f)

it shall have no characteristics rendering it unfit for storage or subsequent use;

(g)

it shall not come from animals slaughtered as a result of emergency measures;

(h)

it shall be placed in storage in the fresh state and stored in the frozen state.

[F1II. Cheese with PDO/PGI U.K.

Private storage aid shall be granted only for cheese benefiting from a protected designation of origin (PDO) or from a protected geographical indication(PGI) which on the day when the storage contract commences has a minimum age corresponding to the period of maturation laid down in the product specification referred to in Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (5) for that cheese as it will be marketed after the storage under contract increased by the maturing period beyond this period that contributes to increasing the value of the cheese.

Where a period of maturation is not laid down in the product specification referred to in Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, the cheese should on the day when the storage contract starts have a minimum age corresponding to the period of maturation that contributes to increasing the value of the cheese.

Furthermore, the cheese shall comply with the following requirements:

(a)

each lot weighs at least 1 tonne;

(b)

it is indelibly marked with an indication, which may be encoded, of the undertaking in which it was manufactured and with the date of manufacture;

(c)

it bears the date of entry into storage;

(d)

it is stored as whole cheese in the Member State where the cheese is produced and in which it qualifies to bear the protected designation of origin or protected geographical indication under Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012; and

(e)

it has not been the subject of a previous storage contract.

Member States may waive the obligation to indicate the date of entry into store on the cheese provided that the store manager undertakes to keep a register in which the particulars referred to in the second paragraph under (b) are entered on the date of entry into store.

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III. Butter U.K.

Private storage aid shall be granted only for butter:

(a)

produced from cream obtained directly and exclusively from cow's milk of a minimum milkfat content, by weight, of 80 %, a maximum milk solids-non-fat content, by weight, of 2 % and a maximum water content, by weight, of 16 %;

(b)

produced during the 60 days preceding the day of application or the day of submission of the tender; and

(c)

for which minimum quantity for applications or tenders for aid is of 10 tonnes.

The packaging of the butter shall show at least the following particulars, which may be encoded, where appropriate:

(a)

the number identifying the factory and the Member State of production;

(b)

the date of production;

(c)

the date of entry into storage;

(d)

the production batch number;

(e)

the net weight.

Member States may waive the obligation to indicate the date of entry into store on the packaging provided that the store manager undertakes to keep a register in which the particulars referred to in the second paragraph are entered on the date of entry into store.]

IV.SugarU.K.

Sugar for which a tender or application is presented shall be:

(a)

white sugar in crystal form in bulk and/or in big bags (800 kg or more) and/or in 50 kg bags;

(b)

produced within a quota of the marketing year in which the tender or application is made with the exclusion of white sugar withdrawn, carried forward or offered to public intervention;

(c)

of sound and fair marketable quality, free-flowing, with a moisture content not exceeding 0,06 %.

[F2V. Skimmed milk powder U.K.

Private storage aid shall be granted only for skimmed milk powder made from cow's milk which:

(a)

contains no more than 1,5 % fat and 5 % water and has a protein content of the non-fat dry matter of at least 34 %;

(b)

has been produced during the 60 days preceding the day of application or the day of submission of the tender;

(c)

is stored in bags with a net content of 25 kg or in ‘ big bags ’ weighing no more than 1 500 kg showing at least the following particulars, which may be encoded, where appropriate:

(i)

the number identifying the factory and the Member State of production;

(ii)

the date of production;

(iii)

the date of entry into storage;

(iv)

the production batch number;

(v)

the net weight; and

(d)

for which minimum quantity for applications or tenders for aid is of 10 tonnes.

Member States may waive the obligation to indicate the date of entry into store on the packaging provided that the store manager undertakes to keep a register in which the particulars referred to in the first paragraph are entered on the date of entry into store.

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VI. Long Flax Fibre U.K.

Private storage aid shall be granted only for long flax fibre obtained by complete separation of the fibres and the woody parts of the stalk that are at least 50 cm long on average after scutching and are arranged in parallel strands in bundles, sheets or slivers and for which the minimum quantity for applications or tenders for aid is of 2 000 kg.

Long flax fibres shall be stored in bales on which may be encoded, where appropriate:

(a)

the number identifying the factory and the Member State of production;

(b)

the date of entry into storage;

(c)

the net weight.]

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[F1Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs ( OJ L 343, 14.12.2012, p. 1 .]

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