Holder of measure: Intervention and Specific Measures Department – animal part 

PURPOSE OF THE MEASURE

Aid for private storage of butter and cream is a specific measure of the agricultural market price policy. It is intended to balance the supply in the market of milk products (butter/cream).

BENEFICIARIES

Beneficiaries to aid for private storage of butter/cream are legal and natural persons who signed a contract with the Agency on the aid for private storage of butter/cream.

HOW TO OBTAIN PAYMENTS

Detailed instructions

Forms

C1 - Application for obtaining the aid for private storage of butter

C2 - Application for obtaining the aid for storage of cream

C3 - Notification on removal from storage

C4 - Application for payment of aid for storage of butter

C5 - Application for payment of aid for storage of cream

C6 - Application for obtaining a pre-payment of the aid for storage of butter

C7 - Application for obtaining a pre-payment of the aid for storage of cream

The amount of aid

Every year the European Commission sets the amount of aid for contracts on storage that are valid in the year concerned.

LEGAL BASIS

(The EU regulations found on the EUR-LEX website are applied to all measures)

• Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products
• Commission Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999 of December 16 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) 1255/1999 as regards intervention on the market in butter and cream

Regulations are available here:

• http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex/RECH_naturel.do
• http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex/en/index.htm

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