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Article 16 General principles on disposal from public interventionC1C2C3C4C5

United Kingdom

Original text. Later amendments are not shown.

1.

Disposal of products bought in under public intervention shall take place in such a way as to:

(a)

avoid any disturbance of the market,

(b)

ensure equal access to goods and equal treatment of purchasers, and

(c)

be in compliance with the commitments resulting from international agreements F1to which the United Kingdom is a party.

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3.

Each year the F3appropriate authority shall publish details of the conditions under which products bought in under public intervention were sold in the previous year.

F44.

This Article does not apply in relation to public intervention schemes in England, otherwise than in connection with exceptional market conditions which are the subject of a declaration under section 20 of the Agriculture Act 2020.

F55.

This Article ceases to apply in Scotland in relation to public intervention schemes, otherwise than in connection with public intervention measures which the appropriate authority takes under Article 219(1) for a period of five years beginning on 1 July 2023.

F66.

This Article does not apply in relation to public intervention schemes in Wales.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in Art. 16(1)(c) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products Framework (Miscellaneous Amendments, etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/821), regs. 1, 10(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F2

Art. 16(2) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products Framework (Miscellaneous Amendments, etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/821), regs. 1, 10(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F3

Words in Art. 16(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products Framework (Miscellaneous Amendments, etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/821), regs. 1, 10(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F4

Art. 16(4) inserted (E.) (28.2.2023 at 9.10 a.m.) by The Market Measures Payment Schemes (Amendments, Revocation and Transitional Provision) (England) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/124), regs. 1(2)(b), 4(7) (with reg. 10)

F5

Art. 16(5) inserted (S.) (1.7.2023) by The Public Intervention and Private Storage Aid (Amendment and Suspension) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/150), regs. 1, 3(8) (with reg. 10)

F6

Art. 16(6) inserted (W.) (16.2.2026) by The Closure of European Union Legacy Agriculture Schemes (Wales) Regulations 2026 (W.S.I. 2026/44), regs. 1(2), 4(7)

Modifications

C1

Arts. 8-18: power to modify conferred (W.) (11.11.2020 for specified purposes and 11.1.2021 otherwise) by Agriculture Act 2020 (c. 21), s. 57(1)(b)(c)(6), Sch. 5 para. 9 (with s. 47)

C2

Arts. 8-18: power to modify conferred (N.I.) (11.11.2020 for specified purposes) by Agriculture Act 2020 (c. 21), s. 57(1)(b)(c)(4)(a), Sch. 6 para. 9

C3

Arts. 8-18: power to modify conferred (E.) (11.11.2020 for specified purposes and 11.1.2021 otherwise) by Agriculture Act 2020 (c. 21), ss. 22, 57(1)(b)(c)(6)

C4

Arts. 8-21: power to modify conferred (S.) (1.1.2021) by Agriculture (Retained EU Law and Data) (Scotland) Act 2020 (asp 17), ss. 6, 26(2) (with s. 25); S.S.I. 2020/373, reg. 2(2)(a) (as amended (16.6.2025) by Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Act 2024 (asp 11), ss. 26, 38(2); S.S.I. 2025/167, reg. 2(1))

C5

Arts. 8-18: power to modify conferred (W.) (17.10.2023) by Agriculture (Wales) Act 2023 (asc 4), ss. 23, 56(4); S.I. 2023/1092, art. 2(a)