CHAPTER IIGENERAL RULES

Article 2Eligibility 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 Council13;

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.