Article 2U.K.Eligibility of operators
1.Operators shall be established and registered for VAT purposes in the Union in order to submit:
(a)an offer or a tender for the buying-in, or a tender for the selling, of products under public intervention; or
(b)a tender for aid for private storage or an application for aid for private storage fixed in advance.
2.In the case of buying-in of beef, only the following operators referred to in paragraph 1 may submit tenders:
(a)slaughterhouses for bovine animals approved in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council(1);
(b)livestock or meat traders who have slaughtering undertaken therein on their own account.
3.In the case of aid for private storage, only the following operators referred to in paragraph 1 may apply or submit tenders:
(a)in the olive oil sector, operators who fulfil the requirements laid down in Annex VII;
(b)in the sugar sector, operators who are sugar manufacturers.
Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin (OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 55).