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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1240 CHAPTER III — Removal of products and payment of aid for private storage

Article 53–Article 55 · 3 articles

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Section I — Removal of products from storage

Removal from storage

Article 53

1.   Removal from storage may start on the day following the last day of the contractual storage period or, as the case may be, from the date specified in the Implementing Regulation opening the tendering procedure or fixing the amount of aid for private storage in advance. 2.   Removal from storage shall be in whole storage lots unless the paying agency authorises removal in smaller quantities. However, in the case of sealed products as referred to in Article 60, only a sealed quantity may be removed from store. 3.   Where in the Implementing Regulation opening the tendering procedure or fixing the amount of aid for private storage in advance, the contractual storage period is specified as being between a period of days, the operator shall notify the paying agency of the intention to begin removing products from storage, indicating the storage lots/batches/vats/silos involved, at least five working days before the start of removal operations. The paying agency may decide to accept a shorter period than five working days.

Section II — Payment

Application for payment of aid for private storage

Article 54

The operator shall lodge an application for payment within three months of the end of the contractual storage period.

Payment of aid for private storage

Article 55

Payment of the aid shall be made not later than 120 days following the date on which an application for payment is lodged provided that the obligations of the contract have been met. However, if an administrative inquiry is under way, payment shall not be made until entitlement has been recognised.

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