Regulation 15 Temporary transfer of quota

For the purposes of Article 6 of the Council Regulation (which deals with the temporary transfer of quota), a producer may agree with any other producer to make a temporary transfer, other than a temporary transfer of a kind to which paragraph (4) below refers, of all or part of any unused quota registered as his for a period of one quota year to that other producer.

The Intervention Board may in respect of any quota year prescribe a reasonable charge in connection with the administration of temporary transfers of quota, and the prescribed charge per transfer shall be announced by such means as the Intervention Board considers likely to come to the attention of producers before the beginning of each quota year.

Where there is an agreement to make a temporary transfer of quota under paragraph (1), the transferee shall submit a notice of the agreement to the Intervention Board in a form from time to time prescribed by the Intervention Board for this purpose, and the notice, accompanied by the charge prescribed in accordance with paragraph (2), shall be submitted to the Intervention Board no later than 15th December in the quota year in which the agreement is made.

No producer shall agree with any other producer to make a temporary transfer of quota which would result in an increase or reduction in the total direct sales quota or total wholesale quota available for use by dairy enterprises located within a Scottish Islands area.