# Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1238 of 18 May 2016 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to public intervention and aid for private storage (Text with EEA relevance), Division PART I: Eligibility criteria for butter

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1..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.
2..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 appropriate authority, set up a system of self checking under their own supervision in respect of certain quality requirements and for certain approved undertakings.
3..Levels of radioactivity in butter may not exceed the maximum levels permitted under assimilated legislation and shall be monitored only if the situation so requires.
4..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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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/1238/annex/IV/part/I (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-1238/annex-IV/part-I
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