At the time of removal from the storage place, the intervention agency shall, in the case of delivery outside of the storage place, make the butter and skimmed milk powder available on pallets at the storage place loading bay, and loaded onto the means of transport where this is a lorry or a railway wagon. The costs involved shall be borne by the paying agency.

The buyer shall return equivalent quality pallets to the intervention agency on removal from the storage place.

F1Any stowage and depalletising costs shall be borne by the buyer of the butter or skimmed milk powder. These costs shall be fixed by the Member States on a flat-rate basis and notified on request to the interested parties.