1.On the basis of the [F1admissible tenders submitted within the time limits set out in the published tendering procedure opening the sale, the appropriate authority shall decide]:
(a)not to fix a minimum selling price; or
(b)to fix a minimum selling price.
For butter and skimmed milk powder the minimum selling price may vary according to the location of the products offered for sale.
2.The decision referred to in paragraph 1 shall be published [F2by the appropriate authority].
[F33.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.]
[F44.This Article ceases to apply in relation to public intervention schemes in Scotland, otherwise than in connection with public intervention measures which the appropriate authority takes under Article 219(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, for a period of five years beginning on 1 July 2023.]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Art. 32(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Market Measures Payment Schemes (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/823), regs. 1, 6(19)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2Words in Art. 32(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Market Measures Payment Schemes (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/823), regs. 1, 6(19)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3Art. 32(3) inserted (E.) (28.2.2023 at 9.10 a.m.) by The Market Measures Payment Schemes (Amendments, Revocation and Transitional Provision) (England) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/124), regs. 1(2)(b), 9(4) (with reg. 10)
F4Art. 32(4) inserted (S.) (1.7.2023) by The Public Intervention and Private Storage Aid (Amendment and Suspension) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/150), regs. 1, 9(4) (with reg. 10)