Council Regulation (EU) No 1370/2013Show full title

Article 3 Buying-in prices and applicable quantitative limitations

1. Where public intervention is open pursuant to point (a) of Article 13(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, buying-in shall be carried out at the fixed price referred to in Article 2 of this Regulation and shall not exceed the following quantitative limitations for each period referred to in Article 12 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 respectively:

(a) for common wheat, 3 million tonnes;

(b) for butter, 50 000 tonnes;

(c) for skimmed milk powder, 109 000 tonnes.

2. Where public intervention is open pursuant to Article 13(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013:

(a) for common wheat, butter and skimmed milk powder beyond the quantitative limitations referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article; and

(b) for durum wheat, barley, maize, paddy rice and beef and veal,

buying-in shall be carried out by way of a tendering procedure to determine the maximum buying-in price.

The maximum buying-in price shall not exceed the relevant level referred to in Article 2(1) of this Regulation and shall be fixed by means of implementing acts.

3. In special and duly justified circumstances, the Commission may adopt implementing acts:

(a) restricting tendering procedures to a Member State or to a region of a Member State, or

(b) subject to Article 2(1), determining the buying-in prices for public intervention, per Member State or per region of a Member State on the basis of recorded average market prices.

4. The buying-in prices referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3 for common wheat, durum wheat, barley, maize and paddy rice shall be adjusted by increases or reductions to those prices based on the main quality criteria for those products.

The Commission shall adopt implementing acts determining such increases or reductions.

5. The implementing acts referred to in paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 of this Article shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 15(2).

6. The Commission shall adopt, without applying the procedure referred to in Article 15(2), the implementing acts necessary in order to:

(a) respect the intervention limitations set out in paragraph 1 of this Article; and

(b) apply the tendering procedure referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article for common wheat, butter and skimmed milk powder beyond the quantitative limitations set out in paragraph 1 of this Article.