Article 7

The storage aid provided for in Article 9(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 shall be fixed per day of storage. The actual duration of storage shall include the days on which the product enters and leaves storage.

Two rates of aid shall be fixed for unprocessed dried grapes from the same marketing year. The first rate shall apply to products in storage until the end of February following buying-in. The other rate shall apply to products in storage after that date but not beyond the end of the maximum period of storage fixed in Article 9(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96. When the second rate of aid is fixed, account shall be taken of the less stringent storage requirements applying in the period commencing on 1 March following takeover pursuant to Article 6(3) of this Regulation.