1.This Regulation establishes, for the durum wheat and rice sectors, the detailed rules of application governing public intervention buying-in, as provided for in Article 13(3) and in Article 18(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007.
2.The buying-in referred to in paragraph 1 is carried out by the paying agencies or agencies approved by them, in accordance with Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No 884/2006, hereinafter referred to as ‘intervention agencies’.