Removal from storage
Article 9
1. Removal from storage may start on the day following the last day of the contractual storage period. 2. Removal from store shall be in whole storage lots or, if the competent authority so authorises, in smaller quantities. However, in the case referred to in Article 16(5)(a), only a sealed quantity may be removed from store. 3. The contracting party shall notify the competent authority before it intends to begin removing products from storage, in accordance with the provisions laid down in Article 16(6). 4. Where the requirement laid down in paragraph 3 is not complied with but the competent authority is satisfied that sufficient evidence has been furnished, within 30 days following removal from the storage place, of the date of removal from storage and the quantities concerned, the aid shall be reduced by 15 % and shall only be paid in respect of the period for which the contracting party supplies to the competent authority satisfactory proof that the product has been maintained in contractual storage. 5. Where the requirement laid down in paragraph 3 is not complied with and the competent authority is not satisfied that sufficient evidence has been furnished, within 30 days following removal from the storage place, of the date of removal from storage and the quantities concerned, no aid shall be paid in respect of the contract concerned, and where applicable, the whole of the security shall be forfeit in respect of the contract concerned.