With the object of organizing buying-in by intervention agencies in an efficient manner, criteria for the selection of intervention centres should be defined; whereas the choice of such centres should be determined by certain technical requirements ensuring satisfactory cold storage of the meat ... intervention centres shall be selected by Member States with a view to ensuring the efficiency of intervention measures. The facilities at these centres must be such that bone-in meat can be taken over; they must also be capable of freezing, unboned, all the bone-in meat to be stored there. Such facilities must also be capable of storing bone-in meat for a minimum period of three months under technically satisfactory conditions.
