Article 6
1
The intervention agency shall fix the date and intervention centre of delivery and shall notify the applicant of both forthwith. These conditions may be appealed no later than two working days from the receipt of the notification.
The actual taking-over must occur not later than the end of the second month following receipt of the offer and in any case not later than 31 August of the current marketing year. In the case of staggered deliveries, the last part of the lot must be delivered in accordance with this subparagraph.
2
The intervention agency shall take the goods over in the presence of the applicant or his duly authorised agent.
3
The rice offered shall be taken over by the intervention agency where the minimum quantity and characteristics laid down in Articles 1 and 2 have been established by the intervention agency or its authorised agent for the goods delivered to the intervention warehouse, in accordance with Article 8(1).
Where Article 7 applies, the date of taking over shall coincide with the date on which the minimum characteristics mentioned in the take-over record referred to in Article 9 were checked.
4
The quantity delivered shall be established by weight in the presence of the applicant and a representative of the intervention agency, who must have no relationship to the applicant.
5
The storekeeper may represent the intervention agency.
In this case the intervention agency shall itself carry out a check within 30 days of the completion of delivery. The weight at least must be checked, using volumetric measurement.
If volumetric measurement indicates that:
a
the weight is up to 6 % less than the quantity recorded in the storekeeper's accounts, the storekeeper shall bear all the costs relating to the missing quantities as recorded in any subsequent weighing compared to the weight recorded in the accounts (at taking over);
b
the weight is over 6 % less than the quantity recorded in the storekeeper's accounts, the goods shall be immediately weighed. The weighing costs involved shall be borne by the storekeeper if the weight established is less than the weight recorded in the accounts. In the opposite case, the intervention agency shall bear the weighing costs.