Article 28U.K.Specific provisions for the delivery of butter and skimmed milk powder
1.Butter shall be packed and delivered in blocks of at least 25 kilograms net meeting the requirements laid down in Part IV of Annex IV. Butter shall be packed in new, strong material in such a way as to ensure it is protected throughout transportation, entry into storage, storage and removal from storage. The packing shall show at least the following particulars, where appropriate in code:
(a)the approval 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 and the package number; the package number may be replaced by a pallet number marked on the pallet;
(e)the words ‘sweet cream’ if the aqueous phase of the butter has the corresponding pH.
Member States may waive the obligation to show the date of entry into storage on the packaging, provided that the store manager undertakes to keep a register in which the particulars referred to in the first subparagraph are recorded on the date of entry into storage.
2.The skimmed milk powder shall be put up in bags of a net weight of 25 kilograms net meeting the requirements laid down in Parts II and III of Annex V, and showing the following particulars, where appropriate in code:
(a)the approval number identifying the factory and the Member State of manufacture;
(b)the date or, where appropriate, the week of manufacture;
(c)the number of the manufacturing batch;
(d)the description ‘spray skimmed-milk powder’.
3.The successful offerer or tenderer shall deliver the butter or skimmed milk powder to the loading bay of the storage place within 28 days following the date of issue of the delivery order. Delivery may be in several consignments.
The skimmed milk powder and butter shall be delivered on pallets of a quality suitable for long-term storage, to be exchanged against equivalent pallets.
Any cost incurred in unloading the butter or skimmed milk powder at the loading bay of the storage place shall be borne by the successful offerer or tenderer.