TITLE III U.K.AID FOR PRIVATE STORAGE

CHAPTER I U.K.Specific rules for aid for private storage

Section I U.K.General provisions

Article 39 U.K.Opening of tendering procedures and fixing aid in advance

1. [F1 Any tendering procedure (where tendering applies) or Regulations] 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.

[F2 1A. 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, or in relation to private storage aid schemes in England, paragraph 1 is to be read as if point (i) were omitted.]

[F3 1B. 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, paragraph 1 is to be read as if point (i) were omitted

1C. In relation to private storage aid schemes in Scotland, paragraph 1 is to be read as if point (i) were omitted.]

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3. In the case of tenders, at least six days shall elapse between F5 ... opening the tendering procedure and the first date for the submission of tenders.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Art. 39(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Agriculture (Legislative Functions) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/831), regs. 1(4)(a), 60(a) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1445, regs. 1(2)(a), 16(8)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F2 Art. 39(1A) 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(9) (with reg. 10)

F3 Art. 39(1B)(1C) 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(9) (with reg. 10)

F4 Art. 39(2) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Agriculture (Legislative Functions) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/831), regs. 1(4)(a), 60(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F5 Words in Art. 39(3) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Agriculture (Legislative Functions) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/831), regs. 1(4)(a), 60(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)