Article 20 Implementing powers in accordance with the examination procedureC1

The F1appropriate authority may make regulations in relation to the application of this Chapter. Those measures may, in particular, concern the following:

1. (a)

   the costs payable by the operator where products delivered for public intervention do not meet the minimum quality requirements;

2. (b)

   the fixing of minimum storage capacity for intervention storage places;

3. (c)

   the representative periods, markets, and market prices necessary for the application of this Chapter;

4. (d)

   the delivery of the products to be bought in under public intervention, the transport costs to be borne by the offerer, the taking over of the products by paying agencies and the payment;

5. (e)

   the different operations connected with the boning process for the beef and veal sector;

6. (f)

   the practical arrangements for the packaging, marketing and labelling of products;

7. (g)

   the procedures for the approval of undertakings producing butter and skimmed milk powder for the purposes of this Chapter;

8. (h)

   any authorisation of storage outside the F2constituent nation where the products have been bought in and stored;

9. (i)

   the sale or disposal of products bought in under public intervention, regarding, in particular, selling prices, the conditions for removal from storage, the subsequent use or destination of products releasedF3...;

10. (j)

    in respect of products bought in under public intervention, the provisions relating to the possibility for F4the relevant authority to sell, at their own responsibility, small quantities remaining in storage or quantities which may no longer be repackaged or which have deteriorated;

11. (k)

    in respect of private storage, the conclusion and the content of contracts between the competent authority F5... and the applicants;

12. (l)

    the placing and keeping of products in private storage and their removal from storage;

13. (m)

    the duration of the private storage period and the provisions according to which such periods, once specified in the contracts, may be curtailed or extended;

14. (n)

    the procedures to be followed for buying-in at a fixed price, including the procedures for, and the amount of, the security to be lodged, or for the granting of aid fixed in advance for private storage;

15. (o)

    the use of tendering procedures, both for public intervention and for private storage, in particular as regards:

    1. (i)

       the submission of offers or tenders and the minimum quantity for an application or submission;

    2. (ii)

       the procedures for, and the amount of, the security to be lodged; and

    3. (iii)

       the selection of offers F6...;

16. (p)

    the implementation of F7... scales for the classification of beef, pig and sheep carcasses;

17. (q)

    a different presentation of carcasses and half carcasses than the one laid down in point A.IV of Annex IV for the purpose of establishing market prices;

18. (r)

    the corrective factors F8... to be used for a different presentation of beef and sheep carcasses where the reference presentation is not used;

19. (s)

    the practical arrangements for the marking of classified carcasses and for the calculation F9of the weighted average price in the United Kingdom for beef, pig and sheep carcasses;

20. (t)

    F10provision for a different presentation of pig carcasses than the one laid down in point B.III of Annex IV, if one of the following conditions is fulfilled:

    1. (i)

       normal commercial practice in F11the constituent nation differs from the standard presentation defined in the first subparagraph of point B.III of Annex IV;

    2. (ii)

       technical requirements warrant it;

    3. (iii)

       carcasses are dehided in a uniform manner;

21. (u)

    F12...

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F14Points (p) to (t) do not apply in relation to slaughterhouses in Scotland (see section 11 of the Agriculture (Retained EU Law and Data) (Scotland) Act 2020).

F15Points (p) to (t) do not apply in relation to slaughterhouses in England (see section 40(1) of the Agriculture Act 2020).

F16Points (p) to (t) do not apply in relation to slaughterhouses in Wales F17(see section 35(1) of the Agriculture (Wales) Act 2023).

F18This 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.

In relation to private storage aid schemes in England, point (o) is to be read as if point (ii) were omitted.

F19This Article ceases to apply in relation to public intervention schemes in Scotland, 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.

In relation to private storage aid schemes in Scotland, point (o) is to be read as if point (ii) were omitted.

F20This Article does not apply in relation to public intervention schemes or private storage aid schemes in Wales.