# Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007, Article 13: Public intervention

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. The appropriate authority must buy in common wheat, butter and skimmed milk powder during the periods referred to in Article 12 in respect of those products.
2. Subject to paragraphs 3 and 4, the appropriate authority may buy in any other products listed in Article 12 under public intervention during the periods referred to in respect of those products.
(3.) In the case of durum wheat, barley, maize and paddy rice (including specific varieties or types of paddy rice), the appropriate authority may only buy in products if the market situation so requires.
(4.) In the case of beef and veal, the appropriate authority may only buy in products if, over the representative period determined pursuant to point (c) of the first paragraph of Article 20, the average market price in the United Kingdom or in a particular region of the United Kingdom, recorded on the basis of the scale for classification of carcasses of bovine animals referred to in point A of Annex IV, is below 85% of the reference threshold laid down in point (d) of Article 7(1)Article 1a of Council Regulation (EU) No 1370/2013 determining measures on fixing certain aids and refunds related to the common organisation of the markets in agricultural products.
4A. In relation to England, paragraph 4 is to be read as if for “Article 7(1)” there were substituted “Article 1a(1) of Council Regulation (EU) No 1370/2013 determining measures on fixing certain aids and refunds related to the common organisation of the markets in agricultural products”.
(5.) The appropriate authority may close the tendering procedure for the beef and veal sector where, over the representative period determined pursuant to point (c) of the first paragraph of Article 20, the conditions provided for in paragraph 4 of this Article are no longer fulfilled.
6. 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.
7. This Article ceases to apply in Scotland in relation to public intervention schemes, otherwise than in connection with public intervention measures which the appropriate authority takes under Article 219(1), for a period of five years beginning on 1 July 2023.
8. This Article does not apply in relation to public intervention schemes in Wales.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2013/1308/article/13 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-1308/article-13
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