# Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1240 of 18 May 2016 laying down rules for the application of 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), Article 19: Transport costs for cereals and rice

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

1. The cost of transporting the cereals or rice from the place where the product was stored at the time of the offer or tender to the storage place specified in the delivery order shall be borne by the operator, where the distance involved is equal to or less than 50 km.
Beyond that maximum distance, the additional transport costs shall be borne by the paying agency ....
1A. 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.
1B. This 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) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, for a period of five years beginning on 1 July 2023.
1C. This Article does not apply in relation to public intervention schemes in Wales.
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/1240/article/19 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-1240/article-19
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