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.