PART 4ALLOCATIONS AND ADJUSTMENTS OF QUOTA
Conversion of quota: generalI121
1
For the purposes of–
a
the provisions of Article 6(2) and (5) of the Council Regulation (which concern changes from direct sales to delivery and vice versa); and
b
Article 11(2) of the Council Regulation (which concerns replacements of purchasers and changes of purchasers by producers),
a producer may apply to convert direct sales quota to wholesale quota or wholesale quota to direct sales quota either temporarily or permanently.
2
If a producer wishes to convert quota in any quota year, the producer shall submit to the Scottish Ministers an application in such form as the Scottish Ministers may reasonably require–
a
stating–
i
the amount (if any) of direct sales quota of the producer, wholesale quota, direct sales and deliveries for the quota year in which the application is made;
ii
the amount of unused quota which the producer holds at the time of the application; and
iii
the amount which the producer wishes the Scottish Ministers to convert; and
b
including such other information as the Scottish Ministers may reasonably require in order to assess whether the requirements of Article 6(2) and (5) of the Council Regulation and Article 7 of the Commission Regulation (which concerns representative fat content) are met.
3
The application must reach the Scottish Ministers–
a
in the case of a permanent conversion of quota, not later than 31st December in the quota year in which the conversion is intended to take effect; and
b
in the case of a temporary conversion of quota, not later than 14th May in the year following the end of the quota year in which that temporary conversion is intended to take effect.