Article 8 Storage aid

The aid shall be as follows:

1. (i)

   EUR 0,38 per tonne per day of contractual storage for long-keeping cheeses;

2. (ii)

   EUR 0,45 per tonne per day of contractual storage for Pecorino Romano;

3. (iii)

   EUR 0,59 per tonne per day of contractual storage for Kefalotyri and Kasseri.

No aid shall be granted in respect of storage under contract for less than 60 days. The maximum aid payable shall not exceed an amount corresponding to 180 days’ storage under contract.

Where the contractor fails to comply with the time-limit referred to in the second or, as the case may be, third subparagraph of Article 7(3), the aid shall be reduced by 15 % and shall be paid only in respect of the period for which the contractor supplies satisfactory proof to the competent agency that the cheeses have remained in contractual storage.

The aid shall be paid on application by the contractor, at the end of the contractual storage period, within 120 days of receipt of the application, provided that the checks referred to in Article 7(3) have been carried out and that the conditions for entitlement to the aid have been met.

However, if it has been necessary to commence an administrative inquiry into entitlement to the aid, payment shall not be made until entitlement has been recognised.