Article 31Conditional takeover
1.The date of conditional takeover shall be:
(a)for cereals, rice, butter and skimmed milk powder on the day on which the whole quantity entered the storage place designated but not earlier than the day following that on which the delivery order was issued;
(b)for each consignment of beef as referred to in Article 27, on the day of entrance at the weighing point of the intervention storage place's cutting plant.
2.The intervention agency may decide that the takeover of cereals, rice, butter or skimmed milk powder may take place in the storage place where the products are held at the time the offer or tender is submitted, provided that the storage place fulfils the requirements laid down in Article 3 and, in respect of cereals and rice, that it has been approved in accordance with Article 2(3). In that case, conditional takeover takes place on the day following the issue of the delivery order.
3.The products shall be taken over by the intervention agency or its representative, who has to be a person who is independent from the offerer or tenderer.