Commission Regulation (EC) No 6/2008 (repealed)Show full title

Article 9

1. The periods, dates and time limits referred to in this Regulation shall be determined in accordance with Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 1182/71. However, Article 3(4) of that Regulation shall not apply to the determination of the storage period as referred to in Article 3(3)(d) of this Regulation or as amended under Article 3(3)(g) of this Regulation.

2. The first day of the contractual storage period shall be the day following that on which placing in storage was completed.

3. Removal from storage may commence on the day following the last day of the contractual storage period.

4. The contracting party shall advise the intervention agency in good time before the intended commencement of removal from storage; the intervention agency may require that this information is given at least two working days before that date.

Where the obligation to notify the intervention agency is not complied with but where sufficient evidence has been furnished, within 30 days following removal from the warehouse, to the satisfaction of the competent authority as to the date of removal from storage and the quantities concerned aid shall be granted, without prejudice to Article 6(3) and 15 % of the security shall be declared forfeited in respect of the quantity concerned.

For all other cases of non-compliance with this obligation, no aid shall be paid in respect of the contract concerned, and the whole of the security shall be declared forfeited in respect of the contract concerned.

5. Subject to the cases of force majeure referred to in Article 10, where the contracting party fails to observe the end of the contractual storage period, each calendar day of non-compliance shall entail a reduction of 10 % in the amount of aid for the contract in question.