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TITLE IIU.K.PROCEDURE OF BUYING-IN

CHAPTER IU.K.General rules

Section II U.K. Specific conditions for buying-in at fixed price

Article 12U.K.Procedure for buying-in of products at fixed price

1.Buying-in of common wheat, butter and skimmed milk powder at fixed price as referred to in Article 18(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 shall be carried out in accordance with the provisions of Section I and this Section.

2.Offers can be submitted to the intervention agency from the beginning of the periods laid down in Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007.

Article 13U.K.Notifications to the Commission

1.The intervention agencies shall notify the Commission of the quantities of common wheat, butter and skimmed milk powder which, during the preceding week, have been the subject of an offer and of the related information.

2.The notifications shall be sent:

(a)for butter and skimmed milk powder: not later than 14.00 (Brussels time) each Monday;

(b)for common wheat: not later than 12.00 (Brussels time) each Wednesday, as part of the notification referred to in Article 56(1).

3.When for common wheat, butter and skimmed milk powder, the quantities offered approach the limits fixed in Articles 13(1)(a), (c) or (d) or 18(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007, the Commission shall inform the Member States as of which date they shall notify the Commission of the quantities as referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article each working day before 14.00 (Brussels time) for the quantities of common wheat, butter and skimmed milk powder offered for intervention during the preceding working day.

4.The notifications shall not contain the data referred to in Article 10(1)(a)(i) and 10(1)(a)(ix).

5.The notifications shall be made in accordance with Article 58.

Article 14U.K.Measures for respecting the intervention ceilings

1.In order to comply with the limits referred to in Article 13(1)(a), (c) and (d) and Article 18(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007, the Commission shall decide, without the assistance of the Committee referred to in Article 195(1) of that Regulation:

(a)to close intervention buying-in at fixed price;

(b)where acceptance of the full quantity offered on a certain day would lead to the maximum quantity being exceeded, to set an allocation coefficient applicable to the total quantity in the offers received and notified to the Commission on that day from each offerer;

(c)where appropriate, to reject pending offers submitted to the intervention agencies of the Member States.

The Commission shall decide within 2 working days following the notification referred to in Article 13(1) and within 5 working days following the notification referred to in Article 13(3).

2.For common wheat, butter and skimmed milk powder, an offerer to whom an allocation coefficient as referred to in paragraph 1, point (b) applies may withdraw his offer within 5 working days from the date of entry into force of the regulation fixing the allocation coefficient.