Specific provisions for the delivery of cereals and rice
Article 18
1. The paying agency shall designate the storage place to which the cereals or rice shall be delivered at lowest cost. 2. Delivery to the storage place shall occur not later than 60 days following the date of issue of the delivery order. However, depending on the quantities accepted, the paying agency may extend that period by up to 14 days. In such cases the delivery period referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 17(1) may be extended accordingly. The paying agency shall inform the affected operators. 3. The operator shall bear the costs relating to the following tests carried out for cereals in accordance with the methodology referred to in Part IV of Annex I: (i) the amylasic activity (Hagberg) test; (ii) the test for the determination of the protein content of durum wheat and common wheat; (iii) the Zeleny test; (iv) the machinability test; (v) analyses of contaminants.