Article 40 Submission and admissibility of tenders and applications for aid for private storage

A tender or application for aid for private storage shall be admissible if it complies with the requirements laid down in Article 2 and the following conditions are met:

1. (a)

   it includes at least the following information:

   1. (i)

      a reference to the F1published tendering procedure or Regulations fixing the amount of aid for private storage in advance;

   2. (ii)

      the storage period where so required in the published tendering procedure or Regulations fixing the amount of aid for private storage in advance;

   3. (iii)

      the quantity of products covered by the tender or application;

   4. (iv)

      where products are already stored, the name and address of each place of private storage, the location of the storage lots/batches/vats/silos with the corresponding quantities and, where appropriate, the number identifying the approved undertaking;

   5. (v)

      in the case of tenders, the expiry date for the sub-period of submission;

   6. (vi)

      in the case of tenders, the amount of aid in euro proposed per unit of measurement rounded to no more than two decimal places, exclusive of VAT;

2. (b)

   the operator has lodged the amount of the security referred to in the F2published tendering procedure or Regulations fixing the amount of aid for private storage in advance.

F3This 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.

In relation to private storage aid schemes in England, this Article is to be read as if—

F4In relation to private storage aid schemes in Scotland, this Article is to be read as if—

F5This Article does not apply in relation to public intervention schemes or private storage aid schemes in Wales.