{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-1240/article-40",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-1240/article-40.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/40",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "40",
  "heading": "Submission and admissibility of tenders and applications for aid for private storage",
  "text": "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:\n(a)it includes at least the following information:\n(i)a reference to the published tendering procedure or Regulations fixing the amount of aid for private storage in advance;\n(ii)the storage period where so required in the published tendering procedure or Regulations fixing the amount of aid for private storage in advance;\n(iii)the quantity of products covered by the tender or application;\n(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;\n(v)in the case of tenders, the expiry date for the sub-period of submission;\n(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;\n(b)the operator has lodged the amount of the security referred to in the published tendering procedure or Regulations fixing the amount of aid for private storage in advance.\nThis 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.\nIn relation to private storage aid schemes in England, this Article is to be read as if—\n(a)) in point (a)(vi), for “euro” there were substituted “sterling”;\n(b)) point (b) were omitted.\nIn relation to private storage aid schemes in Scotland, this Article is to be read as if—\n(a)) in point (a)(vi), for “euro” there were substituted “sterling”,\n(b)) point (b) were omitted.\nThis Article does not apply in relation to public intervention schemes or private storage aid schemes in Wales.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 40(a)(i)(ii) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Market Measures Payment Schemes (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/823), regs. 1, 6(23); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Art. 40(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Market Measures Payment Schemes (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/823), regs. 1, 6(23); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Art. 40 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(10) (with reg. 10)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Art. 40 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(10) (with reg. 10)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Art. 40 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(10)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/1240/article/40",
    "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."
}