CHAPTER IIGENERAL RULES
Article 2Eligibility of operators
1.
Operators shall be established and registered for VAT purposes in the F1United Kingdom 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)
(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.
F2(4.
This Article does not apply in relation to public intervention schemes in England, otherwise than in connection with exceptional market conditions which are the subject of a declaration under section 20 of the Agriculture Act 2020.
F3(5.
This Article ceases to apply in relation to public intervention schemes in Scotland, otherwise than in connection with public intervention measures which the appropriate authority takes under Article 219(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, for a period of five years beginning on 1 July 2023.