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1.[F1Any 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.
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3.In the case of tenders, at least six days shall elapse between F3... opening the tendering procedure and the first date for the submission of tenders.
Textual Amendments
F1Words 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)
F2Art. 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)
F3Words 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)
A tender or application for aid for private storage shall be admissible if it complies with the requirements laid down in Article 2 and the following conditions are met:
it includes at least the following information:
a reference to the [F4published tendering procedure or Regulations] fixing the amount of aid for private storage in advance;
the storage period where so required in the [F4published tendering procedure or Regulations] fixing the amount of aid for private storage in advance;
the quantity of products covered by the tender or application;
where products are already stored, the name and address of each place of private storage, the location of the storage lots/batches/vats/silos with the corresponding quantities and, where appropriate, the number identifying the approved undertaking;
in the case of tenders, the expiry date for the sub-period of submission;
in the case of tenders, the amount of aid in euro proposed per unit of measurement rounded to no more than two decimal places, exclusive of VAT;
the operator has lodged the amount of the security referred to in the [F5published tendering procedure or Regulations] fixing the amount of aid for private storage in advance.
Textual Amendments
F4Words in Art. 40(a)(i)(ii) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Market Measures Payment Schemes (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/823), regs. 1, 6(23); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F5Words in Art. 40(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Market Measures Payment Schemes (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/823), regs. 1, 6(23); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
1.The paying agency shall decide on the admissibility of tenders and applications on the basis of the conditions set out in Articles 2 and 40.
2.Where the paying agency decides that a tender or application is inadmissible, it shall inform the operator concerned within three working days of the receipt of the tender or application.
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Textual Amendments
F6Art. 42 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Market Measures Payment Schemes (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/823), regs. 1, 6(24); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
1.On the basis of the [F7admissible tenders received within the time limits set down in the published tendering procedure], the [F8appropriate authority] shall decide F9...:
(a)not to fix a maximum amount of the aid; or
(b)to fix a maximum amount of the aid.
2.Where the tender is subject to a global quantity as referred to in Article 39(1)(g), and if the award of the total quantities for which that amount has been offered would lead to the global quantity being exceeded, the [F10appropriate authority] shall [F11fix] an allocation coefficient. The coefficient shall apply to the tenders which have been received at the level of the maximum amount of aid.
By way of derogation from Article 2(6), an operator to whom an allocation coefficient applies may withdraw his tender within 10 working days of the date of entry into force of the decision fixing the allocation coefficient.
3.Decisions on aid referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be published [F12by the appropriate authority].
Textual Amendments
F7Words in Art. 43(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Market Measures Payment Schemes (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/823), regs. 1, 6(25)(a)(i) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1445, regs. 1(2)(a), 15(3)(b)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F8Words in Art. 43(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Market Measures Payment Schemes (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/823), regs. 1, 6(25)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F9Words in Art. 43(1) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Market Measures Payment Schemes (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/823), regs. 1, 6(25)(a)(ii) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1445, regs. 1(2)(a), 15(3)(b)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F10Words in Art. 43(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Market Measures Payment Schemes (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/823), regs. 1, 6(25)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F11Word in Art. 43(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Market Measures Payment Schemes (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/823), regs. 1, 6(25)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F12Words in Art. 43(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Market Measures Payment Schemes (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/823), regs. 1, 6(25)(d); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
1.Where no maximum amount of aid for private storage has been fixed, all tenders shall be rejected.
2.Where a maximum amount of aid has been fixed, the paying agency shall accept tenders which are equal to, or lower than that amount, without prejudice to Article 43(2). All the other tenders shall be rejected.
The paying agency shall only accept [F13tenders received within the time limits set down in the published tendering procedure.].
3.The paying agency shall take the decisions referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article after the publication of the decision of the [F14appropriate authority] referred to in Article 43(1).
The paying agency shall notify operators of the outcome of their participation in the tendering procedure within three working days of the entry into force of that decision of the [F14appropriate authority].
Textual Amendments
F13Words in Art. 44(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Market Measures Payment Schemes (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/823), regs. 1, 6(26)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F14Words in Art. 44(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Market Measures Payment Schemes (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/823), regs. 1, 6(26)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
1.For products already in storage, an admissible application shall be deemed to have been accepted on the eighth working day following the date of receipt of that application, provided that the [F15appropriate authority] does not adopt a decision in accordance with paragraph 3 in the interim.
2.For products that are not already stored, decisions on acceptance of an admissible application shall be notified by the paying agency to the operator on the eighth working day following the date of receipt of that application, provided that the [F15appropriate authority] does not adopt a decision in accordance with paragraph 3 in the interim.
3.Where an examination of the situation reveals that excessive use has been made of the aid for private storage scheme, or that there is a risk of excessive use or speculation, the [F15appropriate authority] mayF16... decide to:
(a)suspend the application of the scheme for not more than five working days; applications submitted during that period shall not be accepted;
(b)set a single percentage by which the quantities in the applications are reduced, subject to observance of the minimum contractual quantity where appropriate;
(c)reject applications made before the period of suspension the acceptance of which would have been decided during the period of suspension.
By way of derogation from Article 2(6), an operator to whom point (b) of the first subparagraph applies may withdraw his application within 10 working days of the date of entry into force of the decision setting the percentage reduction.
Textual Amendments
F15Words in Art. 45 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Market Measures Payment Schemes (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/823), regs. 1, 6(27)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F16Words in Art. 45(3) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Market Measures Payment Schemes (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/823), regs. 1, 6(27)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Following receipt of the notification referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 44(3) or the notification of the decision referred to in Article 45(2), the operator shall notify the paying agency of the timeframe for the entry of products into storage, the name and address of each place of private storage and the corresponding quantities. The notification shall be provided to the paying agency at least five working days before the start of the placing lots into storage. The paying agency may decide to accept a shorter period than five working days.
1.Products shall be placed into storage within 28 days following the notification referred to in the second paragraph of Article 44(3) in the case of tenders, or the notification of the decision referred to in Article 45(2) in the case of applications.
2.For meat, placing in storage shall begin, for each individual lot of the quantity covered by the tender or application, on the day on which it comes under the control of the competent authority. That day shall be the day on which the net weight of the fresh or chilled product is determined:
(a)at the place of private storage, where the product is frozen on the premises;
(b)at the place of freezing, where the product is frozen in suitable facilities outside the place of private storage.
3.Placing into storage shall be considered completed on the day on which the last individual lot of the quantity covered by the tender or application is placed in storage.