
CHAPTER I
Article 1 
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Article 2 
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Article 3 

(1.) The paying agencies referred to in Article 7(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 shall manage and ensure control of the operations linked to intervention measures relating to public storage for which they are responsible, under the terms laid down in Annex II to this Regulation and, where appropriate, in the sectoral agricultural legislation, in particular on the basis of the minimum checking rates fixed in that Annex.The paying agencies may delegate their powers in this connection to intervention agencies which meet the conditions of approval laid down in point 1.C of Annex I to this Regulation or act through other paying agencies.
(2.) The paying agencies or intervention agencies may, without prejudice to their overall responsibility relating to public storage:
((a)) entrust the management of certain public storage measures to natural or legal persons storing bought-in agricultural products (‘storers’);
((b)) mandate natural or legal persons to carry out certain specific tasks laid down by the sectoral agricultural legislation.If the paying agencies entrust the management to storers as referred to in point (a) of the first subparagraph, such management shall be carried out under storage contracts on the basis of the obligations and general principles set out in Annex III.
(3.) The obligations of paying agencies with regard to public storage shall be, in particular, as follows:
((a)) to keep stock accounts and financial accounts for each product covered by an intervention measure involving public storage, based on the operations they carry out from 1 October of one year to 30 September of the following year, this period being referred to as an ‘accounting year’;
((b)) to keep an up-to-date list of the storers with whom they have concluded public storage contracts. This list shall contain references allowing the exact identification of all storage points, their capacity, the number of warehouses, cold stores and silos, and drawings and diagrams thereof;
((c)) to keep standard contracts used for public storage, the rules laid down for the taking-over of products, their storage and removal from the storehouses of the storers, and the rules applicable to the liability of storers;
((d)) to keep centralised, computerised stock accounts of all stocks, covering all storage places, all products and all the quantities and qualities of the different products, specifying in each case the weight (net and gross, where applicable) or the volume;
((e)) to perform all operations relating to the storage, conservation, transport or transfer of intervention products in accordance with the law applying in the constituent nation, without prejudice to the responsibility of the purchasers, of the other paying agencies involved in an operation and of any other persons acting on instruction in this regard;
((f)) to conduct checks on places where intervention stocks are held, throughout the year, at irregular intervals and without prior warning. However, provided that the purpose of the control is not jeopardised, advance notice may be given, strictly limited to the minimum time period necessary. Such notice shall not exceed 24 hours, except in duly justified cases;
((g)) to conduct an annual stocktaking in accordance with Article 4....
(4.) The paying agencies shall take all the necessary steps to ensure:
((a)) that products covered by ... intervention measures are properly conserved by checking the quality of stored products at least once a year;
((b)) the integrity of intervention stocks.
(4A. 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.
(4B. 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
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Article 4 

(1.) During each accounting year, the paying agencies shall draw up an inventory for each product which has been the subject of ... intervention.They shall compare the results of the inventory with the accounting data. Any differences in quantities found, and the amounts resulting from differences in quality found during checks, shall be accounted for in accordance with the rules adopted pursuant to Article 46(6)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013.
(2.) For the purposes of paragraph 1, missing quantities resulting from normal storage operations shall be equal to the difference between the theoretical stock shown by the accounts inventory, on the one hand, and the actual physical stock as established on the basis of the inventory provided for in paragraph 1 or the stock shown as remaining on the books after the physical stock of a store has been exhausted, on the other hand and shall be subject to the tolerance limits set out in Annex IV.
(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.
CHAPTER II
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Article 5a 
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Article 6 
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Article 7 
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Article 8 
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Article 9 
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Article 10 
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Article 11 

(1.) In accordance with Article 106(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013, as regards direct payment supportCMO support, for drawing up their declarations of expenditure, the relevant authority may choose to express that expenditure in either euro or sterling and shall apply the same exchange rate as that which they used to make payments to beneficiaries or receive revenue, in accordance with Chapter V and the sectoral agricultural legislation. ...
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CHAPTER III
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CHAPTER IV
SECTION 1
Article 15 
This Chapter shall apply in all cases where the sectoral agricultural legislation provides for a security whether or not the particular term ‘security’ is used.
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Article 16 
For the purposes of this Chapter:
((a)) ‘competent authority’ means either a party authorised to accept a security or a party authorised to decide in accordance with the relevant regulation if a security is to be released or forfeited;
((b)) ‘block security’ means a security made available to the competent authority with the purpose of ensuring that more than one obligation is met;
((c)) ‘the relevant part of the sum secured’ means the part of the sum secured corresponding to the quantity for which a requirement has been breached.
SECTION 2
Article 17 
A security shall be given by or on behalf of the party responsible for paying the sum of money due if an obligation is not met.
Article 18 

(1.) The competent authority may waive the security requirement where the party responsible for meeting the obligation is either:
((a)) a public body responsible for executing the duties of a public authority; or
((b)) a private body executing duties referred to in point (a) under State supervision.
(2.) The competent authority may waive the security requirement where the value of the sum secured is less than EUR 500. In that case, the party concerned shall undertake in writing to pay a sum equal to the security waived if the corresponding obligation is not met.In applying the first subparagraph, the value of the security shall be calculated as comprising all the relevant obligations linked with a same operation.
Article 19 

(1.) The competent authority shall refuse to accept or shall require the replacement of any security which it considers inadequate or unsatisfactory or which does not provide cover for a sufficient period.
(2.) Where cash is deposited by transfer, it shall not be regarded as establishing a security until the competent authority is satisfied that it has the amount at its disposal.
(3.) A cheque for a sum whose payment is guaranteed by a financial institution recognised for that purpose by the ... competent authority concerned shall be treated as a cash deposit. The competent authority need not to present such a cheque for payment until the period for which it is guaranteed is about to expire.A cheque, other than as referred to in the first subparagraph, shall constitute a security only when the competent authority is satisfied that it has the amount at its disposal.
(4.) Any charges by a financial institution shall be borne by the party giving the security.
(5.) No interest shall be paid to the party giving a security in the form of a cash deposit.
Article 20 

(1.) Securities shall be constituted in euro or sterling.
(2.) ..., the amount of the security in euro shall be converted into sterling in accordance with the provisions of Chapter V. The undertaking corresponding to the security and any amount withheld in the event of irregularities or breaches shall remain fixed in euro  or sterling.
Article 21 

(1.) The guarantor shall have his officially registered residence or an establishment in the United Kingdom and ... be approved by the competent authority .... The guarantor shall be bound by a written guarantee.
(2.) The written guarantee shall state at least:
((a)) the obligation or, in the case of a block security, the type(s) of obligation against whose fulfilment it guarantees the payment of a sum of money;
((b)) the maximum liability to pay that the guarantor accepts;
((c)) that the guarantor undertakes jointly and severally with the party responsible for meeting the obligation to pay, within 30 days upon demand by the competent authority, any sum, within the limit of the guarantee, due once a security is declared forfeit.
(3.) Where a written block security has already been given, the competent authority shall determine the procedure to be followed by which all or part of the block security shall be allocated to a particular obligation.
Article 22 
Any person responsible for an obligation covered by a security claiming that the non-respect of the obligation is due to force majeure shall prove to the satisfaction of the competent authorities that force majeure applies. If the competent authority recognises a case of force majeure, the obligation is cancelled for the sole purpose of releasing the security.
SECTION 3
Article 23 

(1.) The obligation mentioned in Article 66(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 is the requirement to perform or to refrain from performing an action, basic to the purposes of the Regulation imposing it.
(2.) If an obligation is not fulfilled and no time limit for fulfilment has been given, the security shall be forfeited when the competent authority establishes that it was not fulfilled.
(3.) If the fulfilment of an obligation is subject to a certain time limit, and the fulfilment took only place beyond that time limit, the security shall be forfeited.In such case the security shall be forfeited for 10 % at once and further an additional percentage over the remaining balance shall be applied for:
((a)) 2 % per calendar day exceeding the time limit if the obligation concerns the importing of products into a third country;
((b)) 5 % per calendar day exceeding the time limit if the obligation concerns the leaving of products of the customs territory of the United Kingdom.
(4.) If an obligation is fulfilled timely, and the presentation of the proof of fulfilment is subject to a fixed time limit, the security covering that obligation shall be forfeited for each calendar day exceeding that time limit according to the formula 0,2/time limit in days set and taking account of Article 25.If the proof referred to in the first subparagraph consists of the submission of a used or expired import or export licence, or the submission of the proof of products having left the custom territory of the United Kingdom, the security to be forfeited shall be 15 % if that proof is submitted after the fixed time limit referred to in the first subparagraph but at the latest on the 730th calendar day after the expiry date of the licence. After those 730 calendar days, the remaining security shall be forfeited in whole.If the proof referred to in the first subparagraph consists of the submission of a used or expired export licence with advance fixing of the refunds, the security to be forfeited shall be:
((a)) 10 % if the licence is submitted between the 61th and 90th calendar days after the date of expiry of the licence;
((b)) 50 % if the licence is submitted between the 91st and 120th calendar day after the date of expiry of the licence;
((c)) 70 % if the licence is submitted between the 121st and 150th calendar day after the date of expiry of the licence;
((d)) 80 % if the licence is submitted between the 151st and 180th calendar day after the date of expiry of the licence;
((e)) 100 % if the licence is submitted after the 180th calendar day after the date of expiry of the licence.
(5.) The amount of security to be forfeited shall be rounded to the first lower amount in whole euro or sterling.
Article 24 

(1.) Once the proof as laid down by the specific sectoral agricultural legislation that an obligation has been fulfilled, or the security has been partially forfeited in accordance with Article 66(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 and Article 23 of this Regulation, the security, or where applicable, the remainder of the security shall be released without delay.
(2.) A security shall on request be released in part where the relevant evidence has been furnished in relation to part of a quantity of product, provided that that part is not less than any minimum quantity specified in the regulation requiring the security, or, in the absence, as specified by the relevant authority.
(3.) Where no time period is laid down for producing the evidence needed to release a sum secured, such period shall be 365 calendar days from the time limit specified for respecting the obligation for which the security was lodged. Where no such time limit is specified, the period shall be 365 calendar days from the date by which all obligations have been fulfilled.The period laid down in the first subparagraph shall not exceed 1 095 calendar days from the time the security was assigned to a particular obligation.
Article 25 

(1.) The total sum forfeited shall not exceed 100 % of the relevant part of the sum secured.
(2.) The competent authority may waive the forfeiture of an amount less than EUR 100, provided that similar ... provisions for comparable cases are laid down by law, regulation or administrative action.
SECTION 4
Article 26 
The provisions of this Section shall apply in all cases where specific sectoral agricultural legislation provides that a sum may be advanced before the obligation established to obtain any aid or advantage has been met.
Article 27 

(1.) The security shall be released:
((a)) either when final entitlement to the sum granted as an advance has been established;
((b)) or when the sum granted, plus any addition provided for in the specific sectoral agricultural legislation, has been repaid.
(2.) Once the deadline for proving final entitlement to the sum granted has passed without production of evidence of entitlement, the competent authority shall immediately follow the procedure for forfeiting the security.However, ... evidence may still be produced after that date against partial repayment of the security.
CHAPTER V
Article 28 

(1.) For amounts relating to imports and for export taxes, fixed in euro ... relating to agricultural support and applicable in sterling, the conversion rate shall be specifically equal to the rate applicable pursuant to Article 18(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92.
(2.) For export refunds fixed in euro and for prices and amounts expressed in euro in the law applying in the constituent nation regarding trade with third countries, the operative event for the exchange rate shall be the acceptance of the customs declaration.
(3.) For the purpose of calculating the standard import value of fruit and vegetables referred to in Article 136(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011, in order to determine the entry price referred to in Article 137(1) of that Regulation, the operative event for the exchange rate for the representative prices used to calculate that standard value and the amount of the reduction referred to in Article 134(3) of that Regulation shall be the day to which the representative prices relate.
Article 29 

(1.) For production refunds fixed in euro by sectoral agricultural legislation, the operative event for the exchange rate shall be the date on which it is declared that the products have reached the destination required, as the case may be, by that legislation. In cases where no such destination is required, the operative event shall be the acceptance of the application for payment of the refund by the paying agency.
(2.) For aid granted by quantity of marketed product or product to be used in a specific way, without prejudice to Articles 30 to 33, the operative event for the exchange rate shall be the first operation which guarantees, after the products are taken over by the operator concerned, the appropriate use of the products in question and entails grant of the aid.
(3.) For private storage aid the operative event for the exchange rate shall be the first day of the period in respect of which the aid relating to one and the same contract is granted.
(3A. Paragraph 3 does not apply in relation to England.
(3B. Paragraph 3 ceases to apply in relation to Scotland.
(4.) For aid other than that referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Article and in Articles 30 and 31, the operative event for the exchange rate shall be the deadline for the submission of applications.
(4A. In relation to England, paragraph 4 is to be read as if for “paragraphs 2 and 3” there were substituted “paragraph 2”.
(4B. In relation to Scotland, paragraph 4 is to be read as if for “paragraphs 2 and 3” there were substituted “paragraph 2”.
Article 30 

(1.) The operative event for the exchange rate shall be the first day of the wine year in which the support is granted for the following:
((a)) restructuring and conversion of vineyards referred to in Article 46 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013;
((b)) setting-up of mutual funds referred to in Article 48 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013;
((c)) harvest insurance referred to in Article 49 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013.
(2.) For the aids paid for the voluntary or obligatory distillation of by-products of wine-making, referred to in Article 52 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, the operative event for the exchange rate shall be the first day of the wine year in which the by-product is delivered.
(3.) For investments referred to in Article 50 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 and the innovation in the wine sector referred to in Article 51 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, the operative event for the exchange rate shall be 1 January of the year in which the decision to grant the aid is taken.
(4.) For green harvesting operations referred to in Article 47 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, the operative event for the exchange rate shall be the day on which the green harvesting operation takes place.
Article 31 

(1.) For aid granted for supplying certain milk products to pupils as referred to in Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 657/2008, the operative event for the exchange rate shall be the first day of the period to which the payment application referred to in Article 11 of that Regulation relates.
(2.) For the payment of the levy referred to in Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 595/2004, for a given twelve-month period within the meaning of Chapter III of Title I of Part II of Council Regulation (EU) No 1234/2007, the operative event for the exchange rate shall be 1 April following the period concerned.
(3.) For the transport costs referred to in Article 30(3) of Commission Regulation (EU) No 1272/2009, the operative event for the exchange rate shall be the day on which the valid offer has been received by the competent authority.
Article 32 
For aid granted for the supply of fruit and vegetable, processed fruit and vegetable and banana products to children as referred to in Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 288/2009, the operative event for the exchange rate shall be 1 January preceding the period referred to in Article 4(1) of that Regulation.
Article 32a 
For aid granted for the implementation of the school scheme referred to in Section I of Chapter II of Title I of Part II of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, the operative event for the exchange rate shall be 1 January preceding the school year concerned.
Article 33 
For the production charge on sugar, for the minimum beet price, and for the surplus levy referred to in Articles 128, 135 and 142 respectively of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, the operative event for the exchange rate shall be 1 October of the marketing year in respect of which the prices and amounts are applied or paid.
Article 34 

(1.) For the amounts referred to in Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013, as well as for the amounts relating to measures approved under Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005, for which the payments to beneficiaries are assured by the rural development programmes approved under Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013, the operative event for the exchange rate shall be 1 January of the year in which the decision to grant the aid is taken.However, where, ... payment of the amounts referred to in the first subparagraph is staggered over several years, the operative event for the exchange rate for each of the annual instalments shall be l January of the year for which the instalment in question is paid.
(2.) For the sums referred to in point 2(a) of Annex IX to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011, intended to cover overheads specifically related to the operational funds or programmes referred to in Articles 32 and 33 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, the operative event for the exchange rate shall be 1 January of the year to which these overheads relate.
Article 35 
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Article 36 
For prices or amounts other than those referred to in Articles 28 to 35, or amounts linked to those prices, expressed in euro ..., or expressed in euro by a tendering procedure, the operative event for the exchange rate shall be the day on which one of the following legal acts occurs:
((a)) for purchases, when the valid offer has been received;
((b)) for sales, when the valid offer has been received;
((c)) for withdrawals of products in the fruit and vegetables sector, the day on which the withdrawal takes place;
((d)) for non-harvesting and green harvesting operations in the fruit and vegetables sector, the day on which the non-harvesting and green harvesting operation takes place;
((e)) for costs of transport, processing or public storage and for amounts allocated to studies as part of a tendering procedure, the final day for the submission of tenders;
((f)) for the recording of prices, amounts or tenders on the market, the day in respect of which the price, amount or tender is recorded;
((g)) for penalties linked to non-compliance with agricultural legislation, the date of the act of the competent authority which establishes the facts;
((h)) for turnover or amounts relating to production volumes, the start of the reference period laid down by agricultural legislation.
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.
Article 37 
For advances, the operative event for the exchange rate shall be the operative event applicable to the price or amount to which the advance relates, where this event has occurred by the time the advance is paid, or, in other cases, the date of setting in euro of the advance or, failing that, the date of payment of the advance. The operative event for the exchange rate shall be applied to advances without prejudice to the application to the entire price or amount in question of the operative event for that price or amount.
Article 38 
For securities, the operative event for the exchange rate shall be the date on which the security is lodged.
However, the following exceptions shall apply:
((a)) for securities relating to advances, the operative event for the exchange rate shall be the operative event as defined for the amount of the advance, where that event has occurred by the time the security is paid;
((b)) for securities relating to the submission of tenders, the operative event for the exchange rate shall be the day on which the tender is submitted;
((c)) for securities relating to the performance of tenders, the operative event for the exchange rate shall be the closing date of the invitation to tender.
Article 39 
The amounts in euro appearing in Chapter III of Title V of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 shall be converted, where appropriate, into sterling by applying the rate of exchange operating on the first working date of the year when the scrutiny period begins and published in the C series of the Official Journal of the European Union.
Article 40 
When an operative event is fixed ..., the exchange rate to be used shall be the most recent rate set by the European Central Bank (ECB) prior to the first day of the month in which the operative event occurs.
However, in the following cases, the exchange rate to be used shall be:
((a)) for the cases referred to in Article 28(2) of this Regulation in which the operative event for the exchange rate is the acceptance of the customs declaration, the rate referred to in Article 18(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92;
((b)) for intervention expenditure incurred in the context of public storage operations, the rate resulting from the application of Article 3(2) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 906/2014;
((c)) for the minimum price for beet referred to in Article 33 of this Regulation, the average rate established by the European Central Bank (ECB) for the month prior to the operative event.
Point (b) of the second paragraph 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.
Point (b) of the second paragraph 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.
CHAPTER VI
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Article 42 
Paragraphs 6 and 7 of Article 34 of Regulation (EC) No 376/2008 are deleted.
However, those provisions shall continue to apply for the securities validly lodged under that Regulation before the entry into force of this Regulation.
Article 43 
Article 47(3) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 612/2009 is deleted.
However, those provisions shall continue to apply for the securities validly lodged under that Regulation before the entry into force of this Regulation.
Article 44 
Regulations (EC) No 883/2006, (EC) No 884/2006, (EC) No 885/2006, (EC) No 1913/2006, (EU) No 1106/2010 and (EU) No 282/2012 are repealed.
However, the following shall apply:
((a)) Regulation (EU) No 282/2012 shall continue to apply for the securities validly lodged under that Regulation before the entry into force of this Regulation;
((b)) Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 883/2006 shall continue to apply to expenditure effected until 15 October 2014;
((c)) Article 11 and Chapter III of Regulation (EC) No 885/2006 shall continue to apply until 31 December 2014.
Article 45 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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ANNEX II
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This Annex 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.

ZB, This Annex 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.

A.  I.  1. 
Each storage point shall be inspected at least once every year in accordance with the rules set out in point B, to ascertain in particular:


— the procedure for collecting information on public storage;
— whether the accounting data held on the spot by the storer tallies with the information sent to the paying agency;
— the physical presence in the store of the quantities mentioned in the storer’s accounting records and which served as a basis for the latest monthly statement provided by the storer, assessed visually or, in case of doubt or dispute, by weighing or measuring;
— the sound, fair and marketable quality of the products stored.

Physical presence shall be established by a sufficiently representative physical inspection, covering at least the percentages set out in point B and making it possible to conclude that the entire quantities listed in the stock accounts are actually present.

Checks on quality shall comprise visual, olfactory and/or organoleptic checks and, if there are any doubts, in-depth analyses.
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If an anomaly is detected during the physical inspection, a further percentage of the quantities in intervention storage shall be inspected using the same method. If necessary, inspection may extend to weighing all the products in the lot or store being inspected.
 II.  1. The internal inspection body of the paying agency or the body authorised by the latter shall draw up a report on each of the checks or physical inspections carried out.
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((a)) the name of the storer, the address of the store visited and the description of the lots inspected;
((b)) the date and time when the inspection began and ended;
((c)) the place where the inspection took place and a description of the conditions of storage, packaging and accessibility;
((d)) the full identity of the persons conducting the inspection, their status and the terms of their authorisation;
((e)) the inspection measures undertaken and procedures used to establish volume, such as measuring methods, calculations, interim and final results, and the conclusions drawn;
((f)) for each lot or quality stored, the quantity in the paying agency’s books, the quantity in the store’s books and any discrepancies between the two sets of books;
((g)) for each lot or quality physically inspected, the information referred to in point (f) and the quantity verified on the spot and any discrepancies, the lot or quality number, the pallets, boxes, silos, vats or other receptacles involved and the weight (both net and gross if appropriate) or volume;
((h)) the statements made by the storer where there are discrepancies or differences;
((i)) the place, date and signature of the person drawing up the report and of the storer or representative;
((j)) any extended inspection conducted in the case of anomalies, specifying the percentage of the stored quantities covered by the extended inspection, discrepancies found and explanations given.
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Immediately after receipt of the report, the paying agency’s accounts shall be corrected in the light of the discrepancies and differences detected.
 4. The reports shall be kept at the head office of the paying agency ....
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— the checks carried out, clearly indicating which are physical inspections (inventory checks),
— the quantities checked,
— the anomalies detected in relation to the monthly and annual statements, and the reasons for those anomalies.

The quantities checked and the anomalies detected shall be indicated for each product concerned, in terms of weight or volume and as a percentage of the total quantities held.

This summary document shall list separately the checks to verify the quality of the products stored. ...

B.  I.  1. The sample of the lots to be checked shall represent at least 5 % of the total quantity in public storage. The lots to be checked shall be selected prior to the visit to the store on the basis of the paying agency’s accounting data, but the storer shall not be informed.
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— identifying the control numbers of the lots and boxes on the basis of purchase or entry notes,
— weighing the pallets (one in 10) and the boxes (one per pallet),
— visually checking the contents of a box (one in five pallets),
— checking the condition of the packaging.
 3. A description of the lots physically inspected and any shortcomings noted shall be included in the inspection report.
 II.  1. The sample of the lots to be checked shall represent at least 5 % of the quantity in public storage. The lots to be checked shall be selected prior to the visit to the store on the basis of the paying agency’s accounting data, but the storer shall not be informed.
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— identifying the control numbers of the lots and bags on the basis of purchase or entry notes,
— weighing the pallets (one in 10) and bags (one in 10),
— visually checking the contents of a bag (one in five pallets),
— checking the condition of the packaging.
 3. A description of the lots physically inspected and any shortcomings noted shall be included in the inspection report.
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Selection shall be based on the paying agency’s stock records, but the storer shall not be informed.
 (b) 

— verification of the presence of cereals or rice in the selected bins or storerooms,
— identification of the cereals or rice,
— inspection of storage conditions and check on the quality of the products stored in the conditions provided for in Regulation (EU) No 1272/2009,
— comparison of the place of storage and identity of the cereals or rice with the store’s records,
— evaluation of the quantities stored by a method previously approved by the paying agency, a description of which shall be lodged at its head office.
 (c) 
The cereals or rice shall be stored in such a way that their volume may be verified.
 2. 
Some tolerance is permitted when verifying the volume.

The rules laid down in Annex III, point II shall thus apply where the weight of the products stored as recorded during the physical inspection differs from the book weight by 5 % or more for cereals and for rice in the case of storage in silos or on-floor storage.

Where cereals or rice are stored in a warehouse, the quantities weighed on entry into storage may be recorded instead of those resulting from a volume assessment if the latter does not provide an adequate degree of accuracy and provided the difference between the two figures is not excessive.

The paying agency shall make use of this option where justified by circumstances, on a case-by-case basis and on its own responsibility. It shall indicate that it has done so in its inspection report, based on the following model:


Product: Storer: Store, silo:Cell number: Date:
Lot Quantity stated in stock accounts



A.Chamber No Volume stated in specification m3 (A) Free volume recorded m3 (B) Volume of stored cereals m3 (A-B) Specific gravity recorded kg/hl = 100 Weight of cereals or rice
     

Total (A): …



B. Storeroom No Storeroom No Storeroom No
Area covered …Height … …m2………m …… m3… …m2……… m …… m3… …m2……… m …… m3…
Corrections … … m3 … m3 … m3
Volume … … m3 … m3 … m3
Specific gravity … … kg/hl … kg/hl … kg/hl
Total weight … tonnes … tonnes … tonnes

Total (B): …

Total weight in the store: …

Difference from book weight: …

In %: …

…, [date]

… (Stamp and signature)

Paying agency inspector:
 IV.  1. The sample of the lots to be checked shall represent at least 5 % of the total quantity in public storage. The lots to be checked shall be selected prior to the visit to the store on the basis of the paying agency’s accounting data, but the storer shall not be informed.
 2. 

— identifying the lots and pallets and verifying the number of boxes,
— checking the weight of 10 % of the pallets or containers,
— checking the weight of 10 % of the boxes from each pallet weighed,
— visually checking the contents of the boxes and the condition of the packaging in each box.

The pallets shall be chosen having regard to the different cuts in store.
 3. A description of the lots physically inspected and any shortcomings noted shall be included in the inspection report.

ANNEX III
This Annex 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 Annex 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.
Storers shall be responsible for ensuring that the products covered by ... intervention measures are properly conserved. They shall bear the financial consequences of any failure to do so.

I. 
Where the quality of intervention products in storage deteriorates as a result of poor or inappropriate storage conditions, the losses shall be borne by the storer and entered in the public storage accounts as a loss resulting from deterioration of the product due to storage conditions.

II.  1. The storer shall be responsible for all discrepancies between the quantities in store and the details given in the stock statements sent to the paying agency.
 2. 
The tolerance limits provided for in Annex II, points B. III(2) shall apply without prejudice to the other tolerances referred to in the first subparagraph.

III.  1.  (a) 

— place of storage (with identification of the bin or vat where relevant),
— quantity carried over from the previous month,
— entries and removals by lot,
— stock at the end of the period.

These documents shall permit precise identification of the quantities in store at any time, and shall take account of purchases and sales that have been agreed but for which the corresponding entries or removals of stock have not yet occurred.
 (b) The documents relating to the entry, storage and removal of products shall be sent by the storer to the paying agency at least once a month, in support of a summary monthly stock statement. They shall must be in the paying agency’s possession before the tenth day of the month following that to which the stock statement relates.
 (c) 

Products: Storer:Store: No:Address: Month:
Lot Description Quantity (kg, tonnes, hl, boxes, items, etc.) Date Comments
Entry Exit
 Quantity carried over    
 Quantity to be carried over   

(Stamp and signature)

Place and date:

Name:
 2.  (a) The storer shall prepare an annual stock declaration on the basis of the monthly statements described in point 1. It shall be sent to the paying agency no later than the 15 October following the closure of the accounting year.
 (b) The annual stock declaration shall give a summary of the quantities in store, broken down by product and place of storage, and shall give for each product the quantities in store, the lot numbers (except in the case of cereals), the year of their entry into store and an explanation of any anomalies detected.
 (c) 
It shall be made available to storers in electronic form by the paying agencies.


Products: Storer:Store: No:Address: Year:
Lot Description Quantity and/or weight booked Comments
   

(Stamp and signature)

Place and date:

Name:

IV. 
Public storage contracts concluded between the paying agency and the storer shall contain provisions which make it possible to guarantee compliance with the law applying in the constituent nation.

They shall require the following:


— the keeping of computerised intervention stock accounts;
— direct, immediate availability of a permanent inventory;
— availability at all times of all the documents relating to the entry, storage and removal of stock and the accounting documents and records drawn up under this Regulation and held by the storer;
— permanent access to those documents for staff of the paying agency and the relevant authorities, and for any person duly authorised by them.

V. 
The form and content of the documents referred to in points 1 and 2 of paragraph III shall be established in accordance with  sectoral agricultural legislation.

VI. 
Supporting documents relating to all public storage operations shall be kept by the storer for the full period required under the rules adopted based on sectoral agricultural legislation including the exercise of existing or repatriated powers, and without prejudice to any other provisions.

ANNEX IV
A1. This Annex 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.

A2. This Annex 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.

1. 

— cereals 0,2 %
— paddy rice, maize 0,4 %
— skimmed-milk powder 0,0 %
— butter 0,0 %
— beef and veal 0,6 %

2. The percentage for allowable losses during boning of beef shall be 32. This percentage shall apply to all quantities boned during the accounting year.

3. 
These tolerances shall apply during the physical stock inspections. They shall be calculated, for each product, on the basis of all the quantities stored by a paying agency.

The actual weight at entry and removal shall be the recorded weight minus the standard packaging weight, as laid down in the conditions of entry or, where no such conditions have been laid down, minus the average packaging weight used by the agency.

4. The tolerance shall not cover losses in terms of number of packages or number of registered pieces.

5. Losses arising from theft or other identifiable losses shall not be included in the calculation of tolerance limits provided for in paragraphs 1 and 2.

ANNEX V

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ANNEX VI

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2. 
