{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-1240/article-48",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-1240/article-48.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/48",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "48",
  "heading": "Contractual storage period",
  "text": "1. The contractual storage period starts on the day following:\n(a) the date of the notification referred to in Article 44(3), or the date of receipt of an admissible application without prejudice to Article 45(1), for products already placed in storage;\n(b) the date that placing into storage is considered completed in accordance with Article 47(3) for products which are not yet stored.\n2. The last day of the contractual storage period may be fixed in the published tendering procedure or the Regulations fixing the amount of aid for private storage in advance, as referred to in Article 39(1)(f).\nBy way of derogation from Article 3(4) of Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 1182/71, when the last day of the contractual storage period falls on Saturday, Sunday or a public holiday, the contractual storage period shall end with the expiry of the last hour of that day.\n3. This Article does not apply in relation to 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. 48(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Market Measures Payment Schemes (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/823), regs. 1, 6(28); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Art. 48(3) 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(14)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 1182/71 of 3 June 1971 determining the rules applicable to periods, dates and time limits (OJ L 124, 8.6.1971, p. 1)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/1240/article/48",
    "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."
}