S.L. 146.2 Art. 13Notification of contractual deliveries or processing.

(1) At least eight working days before the start of deliveries or processing within each marketing year, each processor participating in the aid scheme shall notify the competent authority as to the date in which contractual deliveries or processing is to commence.

(2) The processor shall be deemed to have discharged the obligation under subregulation (1) where they provide proof to the competent authority that they have forwarded this information at least eight working days before commencement of contractual deliveries or processing: Provided that in exceptional and duly justified cases, the competent authority may at its discretion accept notifications, as provided for in the Fifth Schedule from processors after the time limit herein mentioned:

Provided further that in such cases, no aid granted under the aid scheme shall be granted for quantities already delivered or in the course of delivery unless the checks needed to establish eligibility for aid can be conducted to the satisfaction of the mentioned competent authority.

(3) The producer shall ensure that any raw materials delivered to processors in virtue of the contracts provided for under regulation 7 shall be of sound and fair marketing quality and suitable for processing.