Hvis markedspriserne for smør i en eller flere medlemsstater i en repræsentativ periode ligger under 92 % af interventionsprisen, foretager interventionsorganerne i den eller de pågældende medlemsstater opkøb af smør som angivet i stk. 2 til 90 % af interventionsprisen i perioden 1. marts til 31. august i et hvilket som helst år i henhold til betingelser, der skal fastlægges nærmere.
If market prices for butter in one or more Member States, over a representative period, are less than 92 % of the intervention price, intervention agencies shall buy-in butter as indicated in paragraph 2, at 90 % of the intervention price during the period 1 March to 31 August of any year, in the Member State(s) concerned on the basis of specifications to be determined.