Paying agencies shall ensure that intervention storage places (‘storage places’) are suitable for the storage and keeping in good condition of the products bought-in, including storage temperature, and meet the requirements referred to in Article 7.

During the periods when intervention buying-in is taking place, paying agencies shall publish and keep updated information concerning the storage places available in their territories.

This 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.

This Article ceases to apply in relation to public intervention schemes in Scotland, otherwise than in connection with public intervention measures which the appropriate authority takes under Article 219(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, for a period of five years beginning on 1 July 2023.