TITLE II U.K. PUBLIC INTERVENTION

CHAPTER II U.K. Buying-in of products into intervention

Section 1 U.K. General provisions

Article 5 U.K. Minimum 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.

[F1 If 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 [F2 United Kingdom].

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Art. 5(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Market Measures Payment Schemes (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/823), regs. 1, 6(7)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F2 Words in Art. 5(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Market Measures Payment Schemes (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/823), regs. 1, 6(7)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)