CHAPTER 3U.K.CONTRACTS AND DELIVERY DECLARATIONS

[F1Article 14 U.K. Contracts

1. Each contract as referred to in Article 86(1), points (a) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 shall include, in particular:

(a) the price to be paid to the grower of the green fodder or, if appropriate, sun-dried fodder;

(b) the area from which the crop is to be delivered to the processor;

(c) the delivery and payment terms;

(d) the names and addresses of the parties to the contract;

(e) the date on which it is concluded;

(f) the marketing year concerned;

(g) the type or types of fodder to be processed and the quantity likely to be involved;

(h) the identification of the agricultural parcel(s) on which the fodder for processing is grown, with reference to the single aid application in which these parcels have been declared, in accordance with Article 14(1) of Regulation (EC) No 796/2004 and, where a contract has been concluded or a delivery declaration made before the date of submission of the single aid application, an undertaking to declare those parcels in the single aid application.

2. Where a processing undertaking is executing a special-order contract for processing of fodder as referred to in Article 86(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 concluded with an independent producer or with one or more of its own members, the contract shall also indicate:

(a) the finished product to be delivered;

(b) the costs to be paid by the producer.]

Article 15U.K.Delivery declarations

1.Where an undertaking processes its own production or a group processes that of its members, a delivery declaration shall be drawn up giving at least the following information:

(a)the date of delivery or, where appropriate, an indicative date if delivery is to take place after the date on which the delivery declaration is submitted to the competent authority;

(b)the quantity of fodder received or to be received;

(c)the type or types of fodder to be processed;

(d)where applicable, the name and address of the member of the group making the delivery;

(e)the identification of the agricultural parcel(s) on which the fodder for processing is grown, with reference to the single aid application in which these parcels have been declared, in accordance with Article 14(1) of Regulation (EC) No 796/2004 and, where a contract has been concluded or a delivery declaration made before the date of submission of the single aid application, an undertaking to declare those parcels in the single aid application.

2.Where an undertaking obtains supplies from an approved purchaser, a delivery declaration shall be drawn up giving at least the following information:

(a)the identity of the approved purchaser;

(b)the date of delivery or, where appropriate, an indicative date if delivery is to take place after the date on which the declaration is submitted to the competent authority;

(c)the quantity of fodder received or to be received, broken down according to the producers with whom contracts were concluded by the approved purchaser, specifying the reference of the contracts;

(d)the type or types of fodder to be processed;

(e)the identification of the agricultural parcel(s) on which the fodder for processing is grown, with reference to the single aid application in which these parcels have been declared, in accordance with Article 14(1) of Regulation (EC) No 796/2004 and, where a contract has been concluded or a delivery declaration made before the date of submission of the single aid application, an undertaking to declare those parcels in the single aid application.

Article 16U.K.Date of the contract or declaration

The contracts and delivery declarations provided for in Articles 14 and 15 shall be drawn up in writing at least two working days before the delivery date.

However, the Member States may provide for a period of between two and eight working days before the date of delivery.

Article 17U.K.Notifications

Processing undertakings and purchasers of fodder for drying and/or grinding shall send the competent authority, not later than the 15th of each month, a list of contracts concluded in the previous month and delivery declarations drawn up during the previous month.

The list shall include:

(a)

the identity of the co-contractor of the processing undertaking or approved purchaser or of the declarant in the case of an undertaking processing its own production or a group processing the production of its member;

(b)

the date of the contract or of the delivery declaration;

(c)

the identification references of the agricultural parcels;

(d)

the references of the single aid application in question.

The competent authority may request that this list be sent by e-mail.