I artikel 2 i forordning (EF) nr. 2771/1999 fastsættes det, at opkøb ved licitation i en medlemsstat indledes og suspenderes af Kommissionen, når det er konstateret, at markedsprisen i den pågældende medlemsstat i to på hinanden følgende uger enten har været mindre end eller lig med eller over 92 % af interventionsprisen.
Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999 lays down that buying-in by invitation to tender is to be opened or suspended by the Commission in a Member State, as appropriate, once it is observed that, for two weeks in succession, the market price in that Member State is below or equal to or above 92 % of the intervention price.