# 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 28: Opening of the tendering procedure

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

1. Products taken over into public intervention and available for sale shall be sold through a tendering procedure.
2. The tendering procedure must be open for at least six days.
3. Tendering procedures may be open for the sale of products stored in one or several regions of the constituent nation.
4. The tendering procedure opening the sale shall contain, in particular, the following information:
(a) the products covered, and in particular:
(i)for rice, an indication of the type and variety,
(ii)for beef, the relevant cuts;
(b) the period covered (‘tendering period’) and the different sub-periods during which the tenders can be submitted;
(c) for beef, butter and skimmed milk powder, the minimum quantity for which a tender may be submitted;
(d) the amount of the security that shall be lodged when submitting a tender.
In addition, that tendering procedure may contain:
(a)the global quantities covered by the tendering procedure;
(b)if applicable, provisions concerning transport costs for cereals and rice.
5. Tendering procedures may be restricted to specified uses or destinations and include provisions for verifying the use or destination.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. 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/28 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-1240/article-28
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