Article 9

Together with the storage aid applications as provided for in Article 8, applications for financial compensation as provided for in Article 9(5) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 shall be submitted by the storage agencies to the competent authority by the fifth day of each month in respect of quantities sold during the previous month.

The applications shall include in particular details of the quantities sold during the month in question, broken down by selling price. Applications relating to the last sale of quantities taken over in respect of a given marketing year shall include figures for natural losses. Such losses shall be treated as quantities sold where they do not exceed 0,5 % of the average quantity in storage per month.

The financial compensation shall be calculated in accordance with Article 9(5) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96.