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TITLE IIU.K.PROCEDURE OF BUYING-IN

CHAPTER IU.K.General rules

Section III U.K. Specific conditions for buying-in via a tendering procedure

Article 15U.K.Procedure for buying-in of products via a tendering procedure

Buying-in of products referred to in Article 18(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 shall be carried out in accordance with the provisions of Section I and of this Section.

Article 16U.K.Tendering procedure

1.A tendering procedure for buying-in of products may be opened in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 195(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007, by way of Regulation, hereinafter referred to as ‘Regulation opening the tendering procedure’.

2.The Commission shall open without the assistance of the Committee referred to in Article 195(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007:

[F1(a) the tendering procedure for buying-in of common wheat, butter or skimmed milk powder for amounts in excess of the maximum quantity offered, respectively, of 3 million tonnes, 50 000 tonnes or 109 000 tonnes;]

[F2((b)] F2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F32a. The Commission may open, without the assistance of the Committee referred to in Article 229(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (1) , the tendering procedure for buying-in beef by category and Member State, or region thereof, on the basis of the two most recent weekly market prices recorded, in accordance with Article 13(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013. That tendering procedure may be closed by the Commission, in accordance with the same procedure, by category and Member State, or region thereof, on the basis of the most recent weekly market prices recorded.]

3.The Regulation opening the tendering procedure shall, in particular, contain the following information:

(a)the products covered with their relevant CN codes, for cereals and rice, with an indication for rice of the type and variety;

(b)the period covered (tendering period) and, if necessary the different sub-periods during which the tenders can be submitted.

4.In accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 18(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007, a restricted tendering procedure may be opened in special circumstances in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 195(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007. In such a case, the Regulation shall refer to the specific Member State or region of a Member State covered by the tendering procedure.

[F15. With regard to rice, the tendering procedure may be restricted to specific varieties or one or more types of paddy rice as defined in Part I, I.2 of Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 ( ‘ round grain rice ’ , ‘ medium grain rice ’ , ‘ long grain rice A ’ or ‘ long grain rice B ’ ).]

6.[F4For the purposes of Article 12(1)(c), Article 12(2) and Article 18(3)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007, the following rules shall apply:]

(a)

the average market price by eligible category in a Member State or in a region thereof shall take account of the prices for qualities U, R and O, expressed in quality R3 using the coefficients set out in Part II of Annex III to this Regulation in the Member State or intervention region concerned;

(b)

the average market prices shall be recorded in accordance with the conditions and in respect of the qualities laid down in Commission Regulation (EC) No 1249/2008(2);

(c)

the average market price by eligible category in a Member State or a region thereof shall be the average of the market prices for all the qualities referred to in point (b), weighted by the proportion each represents of total slaughterings in that Member State or region.

The United Kingdom shall consist of two intervention regions as follows:

7.For the purposes of paragraphs 2 and 6 of this Article, the competent authority of the Member State shall notify to the Commission the average market prices in accordance with Article 17 of Regulation (EC) No 1249/2008 and Article 58 of this Regulation.

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Article 17U.K.Submission and admissibility of tenders

1.In addition to the general conditions laid down in Article 10, a tender shall be admissible if it indicates a proposed price in euro per unit of measurement rounded to no more than two decimal places, exclusive of VAT.

In the case of cereals and rice the price proposed per tonne for the products shall be a price corresponding to the minimum quality for cereals or to the standard quality for rice, delivered to the storage place indicated by the tenderer, not unloaded.

In the case of butter and skimmed milk powder, the proposed price shall be the price per 100 kg of products delivered to the loading bay of the storage place to be designated by the intervention agency in accordance with Articles 25 and 30(1).

[X1In the case of beef, tenders shall state the price quoted in accordance with Article 16(6)(a) and the second subparagraph of Article 19(2), expressed per 100 kg of products of quality R3.]

2.Without prejudice to Article 20(1) of this Regulation, the price tendered shall at most be equal for cereals, rice, beef and skimmed milk powder to the reference price set out in Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 or, for butter to 90 % of the reference price as referred to in Article 18(3) of that Regulation.

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Article 18U.K.Notification of the tenders to the Commission

1.All admissible tenders shall be notified to the Commission by the intervention agencies, within the time limits set in the Regulation opening the tendering procedure, containing the related information.

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

3.The intervention agencies shall notify nil returns to the Commission within the time limits referred to in paragraph 1.

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

Article 19U.K.Decisions on the basis of tenders

1.On the basis of the tenders notified as provided for in Article 18, the Commission shall, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 195(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007, fix a maximum buying-in price or decide not to fix a maximum buying-in price.

2.In the case of beef:

(a)the maximum buying-in price relating to quality R3 shall be fixed per category;

(b)a different buying-in price may be set per Member State or region thereof to reflect the average market prices recorded, in application of Article 12(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007.

Where qualities other than quality R3 are taken over, the price to be paid to successful tenderers shall be adjusted by applying the coefficient for the quality bought in as set out in Part II of Annex III.

3.Decisions on public intervention referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Article 20U.K.Individual decisions on tenders

1.Where a maximum buying-in price has been fixed pursuant to Article 19(1), the intervention agencies shall accept tenders which are equal to or lower than the maximum amount. All the other tenders shall be rejected.

2.Where no maximum buying-in price has been fixed all tenders shall be rejected.

The intervention agencies shall not accept tenders that have not been notified as provided for in Article 18.

3.The intervention agencies shall take the decisions referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article after the publication of the Commission's decision on public intervention referred to in Article 19(3) and shall notify tenderers of the outcome of their participation within a deadline of three working days after the entry into force.

Article 21U.K.Specific criteria in the beef sector

[F11. For beef, tenders shall not be considered if the price offered is higher than the average market price recorded by category in each Member State or region thereof, converted into quality R3 using the coefficients set out in Part II of Annex III.]

2.Without prejudice to paragraph 1, tenders shall be rejected if the price offered is higher than the maximum buying-in price as referred to in the first subparagraph of Article 19(2) for the tendering sub-period concerned.

3.Where the buying-in price awarded to tenderers is higher than the average market price as referred to in paragraph 1, the price awarded shall be adjusted by multiplying it by the coefficient obtained by applying formula A in Part VII of Annex III. However, that coefficient may not:

(a)be greater than 1;

(b)result in a reduction in the price awarded that is greater than the difference between that price and the average market price.

Should the Member State possess reliable data and have suitable means of verification, it may decide to calculate the coefficient for each tenderer using formula B in Part VII of Annex III.

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Article 22U.K.Limitation of buying-in for beef

[X1Where the intervention agencies are offered beef in quantities greater than they are able to take over forthwith, they may limit the buying-in to the quantities they can take over in their territory or in one of their intervention regions as defined in the second subparagraph of Article 16(6).]

Member States shall ensure equal access for all parties concerned in the event of such limitation.

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