# 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 33: Individual decisions on tenders

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

1. Where no minimum selling price has been fixed, all tenders shall be rejected.
2. Where a minimum selling price has been fixed, the paying agency shall reject any tender lower than the minimum selling price.
The paying agency shall only accept admissible tenders submitted within the time limits set in the published tendering procedure opening the sale.
3. The paying agency shall take the decisions referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article after the publication of the decision of the appropriate authority referred to in Article 32.
The paying agency shall notify the operators of the outcome of their participation in the tendering procedure within three working days of the entry into force of that decision of the appropriate authority.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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/33 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-1240/article-33
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