TITLE ICOMMON RULES AND CONDITIONS RELATED TO PUBLIC INTERVENTION

CHAPTER IIAccess to public intervention

Article 4Eligibility of operators

1

Any operator established and registered for VAT purposes in the Community can submit an offer or a tender under a public intervention scheme.

However, for the purposes of buying-in, for cereals and rice, registration in a farm register is sufficient if the operator has no VAT registration.

2

In the case of beef for buying-in only the following operators may submit tenders:

a

slaughterhouses for bovine animals registered or approved in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council13, whatever their legal status; and

b

livestock or meat traders who have slaughtering undertaken therein on their own account.

3

For butter and skimmed milk powder, approved undertakings as referred to in Article 10(1)(e) and (f) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 are eligible only if they fulfil the conditions referred to in Part III of Annex IV and Part III of Annex V.