Division V Cheese

Aid shall only be granted for cheese benefiting from a protected designation of origin (PDO) or from a protected geographical indication (PGI) which on the day when the storage contract commences has a minimum age corresponding to the period of maturation laid down in the product specification referred to in Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council^f1 for that cheese as it will be marketed after the storage under contract increased by the maturing period beyond this period that contributes to increasing the value of the cheese.

Where a period of maturation is not laid down in the product specification referred to in Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, the cheese shall on the day when the storage contract starts have a minimum age corresponding to any period of maturation that contributes to increasing the value of the cheese.

Furthermore, the cheese shall comply with the following requirements:

1. (a)

   it is indelibly marked with an indication, which may be encoded, of the undertaking in which it was manufactured and with the date of manufacture;

2. (b)

   F1it is stored as whole cheese in the United Kingdom; and

3. (c)

   it has not been the subject of a previous storage contract.

The storekeeper shall keep a register in which the particulars referred to in point (a) of the third paragraph are entered on the date of entry into store.

F2In relation to England, the text under this heading is to be read as if—

1. (a)

   the first and second paragraphs were omitted;

2. (b)

   in the third paragraph, for “Furthermore, the cheese” there were substituted “Cheese”.

F3In relation to Scotland, the text under this heading is to be read as if—

1. (a)

   the first and second paragraphs were omitted;

2. (b)

   in the third paragraph, for “Furthermore, the cheese” there were substituted “Cheese”.