Offer to sell common wheat to be taken into intervention storage

If you sell common wheat, you can sell goods for transfer to public storage for reasons of market support. To do so, submit an offer to the Federal Office for Agriculture and Food (BLE).

The European Union buys and stores soft wheat to support agricultural market prices. As a market participant, you benefit from this market support measure during crises in the grain sector.

In the period from November 1st of each year until May 31st of the following year, you as a trader of common wheat can offer common wheat to the Federal Office for Agriculture and Food (BLE) for purchase at the intervention price (corresponds to the reference price) and for transfer to public storage.

Detailed information on the general conditions can be found in the respective intervention guidelines.

• Offer form
• Guarantee form, if the deposit is not transferred
• Please refer to the relevant intervention guidelines to find out which other documents the Federal Office for Agriculture and Food may require from you.

• You are trading in common wheat.
• Further requirements for the submission of offers and the purchase and takeover procedure can be found in the intervention guidelines.

• Appeal: You will find information on how to lodge an appeal in the notification of your offer.
• Appeal to the administrative court

In the period from November 1st of each year to May 31st of the following year, you can offer common wheat for purchase. Outside this period, the European Commission must first open the buying-in of common wheat and publish a corresponding intervention directive.

You can submit your offer to buy in common wheat online, by fax or by post to the Federal Office for Agriculture and Food (BLE).

Submit an offer online:

• Call up the online application. The online application will be activated as soon as the intervention guidelines are published.
• The online application will guide you step by step through the necessary information.
• Upload any required documents and submit the form online. Alternatively, you can print out the completed form and send it to the BLE by post with the required documents.
• The BLE will check your offer and contact you if anything is unclear or information is missing.
• The BLE will send you
  • a confirmation of the offer or
  • a rejection.

Submit your offer by fax or post:

• Download the offer and, if applicable, the guarantee form from the BLE website. Note: Forms are only available on the BLE website if there is an EU intervention directive.
• Fill in the forms.
• Send them to the BLE by fax or post, together with any other documents required.
• The BLE will check your offer and contact you if anything is unclear or information is missing.
• The BLE will send you
  • a confirmation of purchase or
  • a rejection.

Deadlines can be found in the respective intervention guidelines.

Processing times can be found in the respective intervention guidelines.

There are no costs.

There are no indications or special features.