Article 1U.K.Scope and definition
1.This Regulation lays down common rules for the granting of an aid for private storage for products listed in Articles 28 and 31 of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007.
It shall apply without prejudice to the specific provisions laid down in Commission Regulations either opening a tendering procedure or fixing in advance the private storage aid.
2.For the purposes of this Regulation ‘the competent authorities of the Member States’ shall mean the departments or bodies accredited by the Member States as paying agencies which fulfil the conditions laid down in Article 6 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005(1).