CHAPTER III

SPECIFIC RULES RELATED TO PUBLIC INTERVENTION

Intervention storage places
Article 6
1
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.
2
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.
3
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.
4
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.

Requirements for storage places
Article 7
1
Each storage place shall fulfil the following requirements:
a
it has available the necessary technical equipment to take over the products;
b
it is able to remove quantities in order to comply with the removal period indicated in Article 37(2) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1240;
c
in the case of cereals, rice, butter and skimmed milk powder, it has a minimum storage capacity as laid down in Article 3(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1240.
2
The paying agencies may lay down technical standards for storage places and shall take any other measures necessary to ensure that products taken into storage are properly conserved.
3
In the case of the beef sector, the storage places shall permit:
a
storage of carcasses, half carcasses and carcasses cut into quarters taken over and deboned;
b
freezing of all deboned meat to be stored without further processing.
However, where deboning is not a condition of the tender, the storage place shall permit bone-in meat to be taken over.
When the cutting plant and refrigeration plant of a storage place are connected with the slaughterhouse or the operator, the paying agency shall carry out the appropriate checks in order to ensure that beef subject to intervention is handled and stored in accordance with this Regulation.
The cold stores located in the United Kingdom shall be capable of holding all beef allocated by the paying agency for at least three months under technically satisfactory conditions.
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4
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.
5
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.
Words in Art. 7(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Market Measures Payment Schemes (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/823), regs. 1, 5(6)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Art. 7(3) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Market Measures Payment Schemes (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/823), regs. 1, 5(6)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Art. 6(3) inserted (E.) (28.2.2023 at 9.10 a.m.) by The Market Measures Payment Schemes (Amendments, Revocation and Transitional Provision) (England) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/124), regs. 1(2)(b), 8(6) (with reg. 10)
Art. 7(4) inserted (E.) (28.2.2023 at 9.10 a.m.) by The Market Measures Payment Schemes (Amendments, Revocation and Transitional Provision) (England) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/124), regs. 1(2)(b), 8(7) (with reg. 10)
Art. 6(4) inserted (S.) (1.7.2023) by The Public Intervention and Private Storage Aid (Amendment and Suspension) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/150), regs. 1, 8(6) (with reg. 10)
Art. 7(5) inserted (S.) (1.7.2023) by The Public Intervention and Private Storage Aid (Amendment and Suspension) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/150), regs. 1, 8(7) (with reg. 10)