# 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 2: Submission and admissibility of offers, tenders and applications

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

1. Operators shall lodge offers and tenders for public intervention as well as tenders and applications for aid for private storage using the method made available by the paying agency ....
2. An offer, tender or application shall be admissible if it is submitted in English, or in the case of operators from Wales, English or Welsh, and shall include, on a form made available by the paying agency, at least the following information:
(a) the operator's name, address and United Kingdom VAT registration number;
(b) the product, or type of product, covered with its relevant CN code, if applicable;
(c) the quantity offered, tendered or applied for, subject to the minimum quantities laid down in Article 5, if applicable.
3. The offer, tender or application shall not include any additional conditions introduced by the operator other than those laid down in this Regulation or in the relevant published tendering procedure or the Regulation fixing the amount of aid for private storage in advance.
4. Where the time limit for the submission of offers, tenders or applications is a public holiday, the offers, tenders or applications shall be submitted at the latest on the last working day preceding the public holiday.
5. Offers, tenders or applications submitted on a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday shall be deemed to be received by the paying agency on the first working day following the day on which they were submitted.
6. Offers, tenders or applications shall not be withdrawn or amended after their submission.
7. The paying agency shall register the admissible offers, tenders or applications and the quantities concerned on the day on which they are received.
8. The rights and obligations resulting from the acceptance of the offer, tender or application shall not be transferable.
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. This Article does not apply in relation to public intervention schemes or private storage aid schemes in Wales.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/1240/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-1240/article-2
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