Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1882 of 8 November 2019 opening tendering procedures for the amount of aid for private storage of olive oil

1 A separate tendering procedure shall be opened for private storage aid for each of the following categories of virgin olive oils as defined in point (1) of Part VIII of Annex VII to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 in accordance with point (b) of the first paragraph of Article 17 of that Regulation: (a) extra virgin olive oil; (b) virgin olive oil; (c) lampante olive oil.

2 Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1238 and Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1240 shall apply.

1 Tenders shall be submitted during the following sub-periods, each one ending at 12.00 (Brussels time): (a) from 21 November 2019 until 26 November 2019; (b) from 12 December 2019 until 17 December 2019; (c) from 22 January 2020 until 27 January 2020; (d) from 20 February 2020 until 25 February 2020. If the last day of a sub-period is a public holiday, the time limit shall be 12.00 (Brussels time) on the previous working day.

2 For each sub-period, operators shall submit no more than one tender for each of the products referred to in Article 1(1).

3 The minimum quantity per tender shall be 50 tonnes.

4 The amount of the security referred to in Article 40(b) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1240 shall be EUR 50 per tonne.

5 The aid shall be granted for the products referred to in Article 1(1) in bulk.

6 Tenders may be submitted for products already in storage.

7 Tenders may be submitted only in Greece, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus, Malta, Portugal and Slovenia.

Member States shall notify the Commission of all the admissible tenders not later than 12.00 (Brussels time) on the day following the last day of each submission sub-period referred to in Article 2(1).

Private storage aid contracts shall cover a storage period of 180 days.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.