TITLE IIPUBLIC INTERVENTION

CHAPTER IIBuying-in of products into intervention

Section 1General provisions

Article 5Minimum quantities of products offered or tendered

1

The minimum quantity of products offered or tendered for buying-in shall be:

a

for common wheat, barley and maize: 160 tonnes;

b

for durum wheat: 20 tonnes;

c

for rice: 40 tonnes;

d

for beef: 20 tonnes;

e

for butter: 30 tonnes;

f

for skimmed milk powder: 30 tonnes.

F1If the United Kingdom has an average annual production of cereals of less than 20 million tonnes, the appropriate authority may decide to apply a minimum quantity of 120 tonnes for common wheat, barley and maize..

2

A paying agency may set a minimum quantity higher than that provided for in paragraph 1 if justified by the conditions and practices of the wholesale trade or environmental rules in force in the F2United Kingdom.