Division PART I Eligibility criteria for butter

The paying agency shall only buy-in butter which complies with Article 11(d) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, with points 2 to 6 of this Part of this Annex and with Part II of Annex IV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1240.

The paying agency shall check the quality of butter using the methods referred to in Article 4 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1240, and on the basis of samples taken in accordance with the rules set out in Part I of Annex IV to that Regulation. However, paying agencies may, subject to written agreement of the F1appropriate authority, set up a system of self checking under their own supervision in respect of certain quality requirements and for certain approved undertakings.

Levels of radioactivity in butter may not exceed the maximum levels permitted under F2assimilated legislation and shall be monitored only if the situation so requires.

The butter shall have been made during the 31 days preceding the day on which the paying agency receives the offer to sell at fixed price or, in the case of tenders, during the 31 days preceding the closing date of the tendering sub-period.

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