# Council Regulation (EU) No 1370/2013 of 16 December 2013 determining measures on fixing certain aids and refunds related to the common organisation of the markets in agricultural products, Article 3: Buying-in prices and applicable quantitative limitations

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

1. Where public intervention is open pursuant to ... 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 (applicable to the United Kingdom as a whole) for each period referred to in Article 12 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 respectively:
(a) for common wheat, 300,000 tonnes;
(b) for butter, 5,000 tonnes;
(c) for skimmed milk powder, 11,000 tonnes.
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By way of derogation from the first subparagraph, the quantitative limitation for buying-in skimmed milk powder at a fixed price shall be 0 tonnes for the year 2019.
2. Where public intervention is open pursuant to Article 13 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 ....
3. In special and duly justified circumstances:
(a) where public intervention is carried out by way of tendering, the relevant authority may restrict tendering procedures to a particular region or regions; and
(b) where buying-in is carried out at a fixed price, the appropriate authority may make regulations, subject to Article 2(1), determining the buying-in prices subject to public intervention in the constituent nation or in a region of the constituent nation 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 appropriate authority may make regulations determining such increases or reductions.
4A. 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.
4B. 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.
4C. This Article does not apply in relation to public intervention schemes in Wales.
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2013/1370/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-1370/article-3
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