{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1997-2519/article-19",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1997-2519/article-19.json",
  "legislation": "eur/1997/2519",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 2519/97 of 16 December 1997 laying down general rules for the mobilization of products to be supplied under Council Regulation (EC) No 1292/96 as Community food aid",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1997-2519",
  "path": "article/19",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "19",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "1. The supplier shall bear all the costs incurred in respect of the delivery of the goods at the stage specified. However, the Commission may repay to the supplier, at his written request, certain additional costs which it shall assess on the basis of appropriate supporting documents, provided a taking-over certificate or delivery certificate has been issued without reservations relating to the nature of the costs claimed.\n2. Excluding any administrative costs, such additional costs shall be warehousing, insurance and financing costs actually paid by the supplier:\n(a) in the event of an extension of the delivery period at the recipient's request;\n(b) in the event of a delay exceeding 30 days between the date of delivery and the issue of the taking-over certificate or delivery certificate, or the issue of the final certificate of conformity, where this is later.\n3. Accepted warehousing and insurance costs shall be paid in ecus, the sum expressed in the currency of expenditure being converted at the rate applied by the Commission.\nCosts shall not be accepted if they exceed:\n1 ecu per tonne of bulk goods and 2 ecus per tonne of processed goods per week in the case of warehousing costs;\n0,75 % a year of the value of the goods in the case of insurance costs.\nFinancing costs shall be calculated as follows:\nA x n x i 360 where A the sum remaining due under Article 18 on the date of the event occasioning the payment of financing costs\nn the number of days of extension which have elapsed in the case of an extension referred to in point (a) of paragraph 2, or the number of days of delay referred to in point (b) of paragraph 2\ni the interest rate referred to in Article 18 (7).\n4. In exceptional cases the Commission may repay to the supplier, at his written request, certain unforeseeable expenses provided they are not due to an inherent defect of the goods, inadequate or inappropriate packaging, a delay in completion of the supply attributable to the supplier, port congestion or the action of a subcontractor.\n5. Where the supplier has been released from his obligations under Article 12 (4), Article 13 (5), Article 14 (15), Article 15 (10) or the second paragraph of Article 20, the Commission shall, at his written request, indemnify him.\nExcluding any administrative costs, such indemnity shall cover warehousing, insurance and financing costs assessed in accordance with paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Article, together with agreed compensation, which shall in no case exceed 3 % of the tender amount.\n6. Requests for payment of additional costs and unforeseeable expenses, shall be separate from requests for payment in respect of the supply and shall be submitted in duplicate by the deadline laid down in Article 18 (6). After this deadline, 10 % of the payment shall be withheld.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/1997/2519/article/19",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:58:32.016847+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}