1.In order to be eligible for public intervention, in addition to the requirements laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007, the products shall be of sound, fair and of marketable quality.
In particular, they shall fulfil the requirements laid down in this Regulation:
for cereals: in Annex I, Parts I, II and III,
for rice: in Annex II, Parts I and III,
for beef: in Annex III, Parts I, III, V and VI,
for butter: in Article 28 and Annex IV, Parts I and IV,
for skimmed milk powder: in Article 28 and Annex V, Parts I, IV and V.
2.In order to establish the eligibility of products, tests shall be carried out in accordance with the methods laid down in:
for cereals: in Annex I, Parts IV to VIII and Part XII,
for rice: in Annex II, Part VI,
for beef: in Annex III, Part III,
for butter: in Annex IV, Part IV,
for skimmed milk powder: in Annex V, Part IV.
1.The minimum quantity offered or tendered for buying-in shall be:
(a)for common wheat, barley, maize and sorghum: 80 tonnes;
(b)for durum wheat: 10 tonnes;
(c)for rice: 20 tonnes;
(d)for beef: 10 tonnes;
(e)for butter: 20 tonnes;
(f)for skimmed milk powder: 20 tonnes.
2.For buying-in products at a fixed price, a Member State may require minimum quantities greater than those laid down in paragraph 1 if justified by the conditions and practices of the wholesale trade or environmental rules in force in the Member State.
When submitting an offer or a tender for buying-in, the following security shall be lodged in favour of the intervention agency to which the offer or tender is submitted, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2220/85:
for cereals: EUR 20/tonne;
for paddy rice: EUR 30/tonne;
for beef: EUR 300/tonne;
for butter: EUR 50/tonne;
for skimmed milk powder: EUR 50/tonne.
1.To be admissible by the intervention agency the offer or tender shall be submitted in the official language or one of the official languages of the Member State in which the offer or tender is submitted, and shall include:
(a)a form made available by the Member States providing, at least, the following information:
the offerer's or tenderer's name, address and VAT registration number in the Member State where the offerer or tenderer carries out his main activity or, failing this, his farm registration number;
the product offered with, for cereals and rice, its relevant CN code and, for rice, an indication of the type and variety;
except for beef, the place where the product is held at the time of the offer or tender;
for cereals and rice, the approved storage place of an intervention centre for which the offer or tender is made, at the lowest cost taking into account Article 29; this storage place shall not be the storage place where the product is held at the time of the offer or tender;
the year of harvest and the area or areas of production in the Community for cereals and rice;
the date of production for butter and skimmed milk powder;
the quantity offered or tendered within the limits laid down in Article 8;
for cereals and rice the main characteristics of the product offered;
for butter and skimmed milk powder, the name and the approval number of the undertakings.
(b)the following annexed documents:
proof that the security referred to in Article 9 has been lodged by the offerer or tenderer;
for cereals and rice a declaration by the offerer or tenderer that the quantity offered is actually present in the place of storage specified in point (a)(iii) of this paragraph;
for cereals and rice a declaration by the offerer or tenderer that the products are of Community origin and that the offer or tender refers to a homogeneous lot which, for rice, must comprise paddy rice of the same variety; and
for cereals and rice, a declaration specifying whether any post-harvest treatment has been carried out or not, the name of the product used, that it has been applied in conformity with the conditions of use, and that the product is authorised under Council Directive 91/414/EEC(1).
2.Notwithstanding, paragraph 1(a)(iv) of this Article, an offerer or tenderer can request on the form referred to in paragraph 1(a) thereof that the product is taken over at the storage place where it is held at the time the offer or tender is submitted provided that the storage place fulfils the requirements laid down in Article 3 and, in respect of cereals and rice, has been approved in accordance with Article 2(3).
3.Where the time limit for the submission of offers or tenders is a public holiday, the offers or tenders shall be submitted at the latest in the last working day preceding the public holiday.
4.Offers or tenders submitted on a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday shall be deemed to be received by the intervention agency on the first working day following the day on which they were submitted.
5.Offers or tenders shall not be withdrawn or amended after their submission.
6.The intervention agency shall register the admissible offers or tenders the day on which the offer or tender was received and the quantities concerned.
7.The rights and obligations resulting from the acceptance of the offer or tender shall not be transferable.
1.The intervention agencies shall check that the offers or tenders are admissible, on the basis of the elements required, as set out in Article 10(1).
If the offer or tender is not admissible, the operator concerned shall be informed by the intervention agency within three working days. For offers, if the operator does not receive such information, the offer is considered as being admissible.
2.The documents referred to in Article 10(1)(b)(ii), (iii) and (iv) can be checked for compliance after the intervention agency has verified that the offers or tenders are admissible, if necessary with the assistance of the intervention agency competent for the storage place indicated by the offerer or tenderer, in accordance with Article 32(3).