Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1240Show full title

Article 39 Opening of tendering procedures and fixing aid in advance

1. The Implementing Regulation opening the tendering procedure or fixing the amount of aid in advance may contain the following information:

(a) the products, or types of products, covered with their relevant CN codes, if applicable;

(b) in the case of aid fixed in advance, the amount of aid for storage per unit of measurement for the products covered;

(c) the unit of measurement of the quantities;

(d) if the tender or aid fixed in advance relates to products that have already been placed in storage;

(e) in the case of tenders, the period covered (‘tendering period’) and, if necessary, the different sub-periods during which tenders can be submitted, and in the case of aid fixed in advance the period for submitting an application;

(f) the period of storage;

(g) the global quantity, if applicable;

(h) the minimum quantity per tender or application;

(i) the amount of the security per unit of measurement in the case of tenders and, where applicable, for applications;

(j) the periods of placing into store and of removal from store;

(k) the specifications that have to appear on the packaging, if applicable.

2. Where the granting of aid for private storage is restricted to certain Member States or regions of a Member State as referred to in Article 18(2)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, tenders and applications may be lodged only in the Member State(s) concerned.

3. In the case of tenders, at least six days shall elapse between the entry into force of the Implementing Regulation opening the tendering procedure and the first date for the submission of tenders.