TITLE IIPUBLIC INTERVENTION

CHAPTER IIISale of products from intervention

Article 28Opening of the tendering procedure

1

Products taken over into public intervention and available for sale shall be sold through a tendering procedure.

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The tendering procedure must be open for at least six days.

3

Tendering procedures may be open for the sale of products stored in one or several regions of the F2constituent nation.

4

The F3tendering procedure opening the sale shall contain, in particular, the following information:

a

the products covered, and in particular:

  1. (i)

    for rice, an indication of the type and variety,

  2. (ii)

    for beef, the relevant cuts;

b

the period covered (‘tendering period’) and the different sub-periods during which the tenders can be submitted;

c

for beef, butter and skimmed milk powder, the minimum quantity for which a tender may be submitted;

d

the amount of the security that shall be lodged when submitting a tender.

In addition, that F3tendering procedure may contain:

  1. (a)

    the global quantities covered by the tendering procedure;

  2. (b)

    if applicable, provisions concerning transport costs for cereals and rice.

5

Tendering procedures may be restricted to specified uses or destinations and include provisions for verifying the use or destination.

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This Article does not apply in relation to public intervention schemes in England, otherwise than in connection with exceptional market conditions which are the subject of a declaration under section 20 of the Agriculture Act 2020.