{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-1240/article-37",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-1240/article-37.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2016/1240",
  "legislation_title": "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)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-1240",
  "path": "article/37",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "37",
  "heading": "Removal order",
  "text": "1. On payment of the amount referred to in Article 35, the paying agency shall issue a removal order indicating:\n(a) the quantity in respect of which the corresponding amount has been paid;\n(b) the storage place in which the product is stored;\n(c) the final date for removal of the product.\n2. The operators shall remove the product awarded to them within 30 days of the notification referred to in Article 33(3). After that period of time the costs and risks shall be borne by the operator.\n3. 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.\n4. 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.\n5. This Article does not apply in relation to public intervention schemes in Wales.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 37(3) inserted (E.) (28.2.2023 at 9.10 a.m.) by The Market Measures Payment Schemes (Amendments, Revocation and Transitional Provision) (England) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/124), regs. 1(2)(b), 9(4) (with reg. 10)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Art. 37(4) inserted (S.) (1.7.2023) by The Public Intervention and Private Storage Aid (Amendment and Suspension) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/150), regs. 1, 9(4) (with reg. 10)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Art. 37(5) inserted (W.) (16.2.2026) by The Closure of European Union Legacy Agriculture Schemes (Wales) Regulations 2026 (W.S.I. 2026/44), regs. 1(2), 10(4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/1240/article/37",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:45:39.577408+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}