Eligibility of operators
Article 2
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 ( 13 ) ; (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.