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of14December 2000
amendingRegulation(EEC)No1627/89onthebuying-inofbeefbyinvitationtotenderanddero-
gating from or amending Regulation (EC) No 562/2000 laying down detailed rules for the
applicationofCouncilRegulation(EC)No1254/1999asregardsthebuying-inofbeef
(OJ L 316, 15.12.2000, p. 45)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1Commission Regulation (EC) No 3/2001 of 3 January 2001 L 1 6 4.1.2001
►M2Commission Regulation (EC) No 283/2001 of 9 February 2001 L 41 22 10.2.2001
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COMMISSIONREGULATION(EC)No2734/2000
of14December 2000
amendingRegulation(EEC)No1627/89onthebuying-inofbeefby
invitation to tender and derogating from or amending Regulation(EC) No562/2000 layingdowndetailed rules for the application ofCouncil Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 as regards the buying-in of
beef
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 of 17 May
1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal (1),
as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 907/2000 (2), and in
particular Articles 38(2) and 47(8) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1627/89 of 9 June 1989 on
the buying-in of beef by invitation to tender (3), as last amended
by Regulation (EC) No 2652/2000 (4), opens buying-in by invita-
tion to tender in certain Member States or regions of a Member
State for certain quality groups.
(2)Recent events involving bovine spongiform encephalopathy
(BSE) have provoked a serious loss of consumer confidence inthe safety of beef and veal. This has led to a sharp drop in beef
consumption and a significant decline in prices, which may well
last for some time. As a result, the market for beef and veal isseverely disrupted and there is a risk that it might collapseentirely. Urgent support measures are therefore required inaccordance withArticle 38(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999.
(3)In view of the market situation described above and to improvethe effectiveness of the measures to be taken, additional productsshould be accepted into intervention, carcases of animals whichhave had to be kept for a longer period than usual due to low
demand and which exceed the maximum permitted weight
should be accepted and, finally, the increase to be applied tothe average market price in order to calculate the maximumbuying-in price should be adjusted temporarily to take account,in particular, of increased costs and reduced receipts in thesector.
(4)Commission Regulation (EC) No 716/96 of 19 April 1996adopting exceptional support measures for the beef market inthe United Kingdom (
5), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 1176/2000 (6), adopted special measures in respect of bovine
animals reared in the United Kingdom which are more than 30
months old. Those measures comprise the slaughtering andsubsequent destruction of suchcattle. Castrated animals fromthe United Kingdom exceeding that age are not therefore eligiblefor public intervention. Moreover, Commission Decision 2000/
764/EC (
7) lays down that all bovine animals over 30 months of
age subject to normal slaughter for human consumption are to beexamined by one of the approved rapid tests listed in AnnexIV(A) to Commission Decision 98/272/EC (
8), as amended by
Decision 2000/374/EC (9), as of 1 July 2001 at the latest.
Animals that have not been subject to those tests may not there-2000R2734 — EN — 10.02.2001 — 002.001 — 2
(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 105, 3.5.2000, p. 6.
(3) OJ L 159, 10.6.1989, p. 36.
(4) OJ L 303, 2.12.2000, p. 9.
(5) OJ L 99, 20.4.1996, p. 14.
(6) OJ L 131, 1.6.2000, p. 37.
(7) OJ L 305, 6.12.2000, p. 35.
(8) OJ L 122, 24.4.1998, p. 59.
(9) OJ L 135, 8.6.2000, p. 27.
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fore be accepted into public intervention witha view to subse-
quent disposal on the market.
(5)For intervention to develop its full impact, a second special invi-tation to tender should be opened for the month of December2000. To this end, an additional deadline should be laid downfor the submission of tenders and a delivery period fixed.
(6)In view of the problems of recording prices where there is very
little activity in the market and taking into account Community
price trends, it may be necessary to assume that the averageCommunity market price, as referred to in the first indent ofArticle 47(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999, is less than84 % of the intervention price and that the latest weekly marketprice recorded is sufficient to open the second invitation to
tender for December 2000.
(7)In order to deal with the further disturbance of the market which
may result from the entry onto the market of substantial numbersof male store animals originating in the Community, which havebeen kept on their holdings of origin due to a lack of demand
and for which these holdings no longer have fodder, the neces-
sary support measures should be adopted and buying-in ofcarcases from suchanimals permitted. Moreover, to prevent th ebuying-in of animals almost ready for market, a limit should beplaced on the weight of eligible carcases under these arrange-
ments. To avoid granting duplicate aid, a mechanism should be
introduced making full payment of the buying-in price condi-tional on the producer not having applied for the specialpremium referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 for the animal concerned. Finally, further additions to orderogations from the normal intervention scheme as laid down
by Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 are also needed.
(8)Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 of the European Parliament and
of the Council of 17 July 2000 establishing a system for theidentification and registration of bovine animals and regardingthe labelling of beef and beef products and repealing Council
Regulation (EC) No 820/97 (
1), as amended by Commission
Regulation (EC) No 2258/2000 (2), introduces a compulsory
beef labelling system withwh ichintervention products mustcomply.
(9)Certain provisions of Commission Regulation (EC) No 562/
2000(3) should accordingly be derogated from or amended.
(10)The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance
with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef andVeal,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 1627/89 is replaced by the Annex
to this Regulation.
Article 2
Notwithstanding the first subparagraph of Article 4(1) of Regulation
(EC) No 562/2000, the additional products which may be bought intointervention shall be as follows:
— category A, class O2 and class O3,
— Ireland: category C, class O4,
— United Kingdom-Northern Ireland: category C, class O4.2000R2734 — EN — 10.02.2001 — 002.001 — 3
(1) OJ L 204, 11.8.2000, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 258, 12.10.2000, p. 26.
(3) OJ L 68, 16.3.2000, p. 22.
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Article 3
In addition to Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 562/2000:
(a) carcases and half-carcases of castrated animals reared in the United
Kingdom which are more than 30 months old may not be boughtin;
(b) in the other Member States, carcases and half-carcases of castrated
animals which are more than 30 months old and which have notbeen subjected to one of the approved rapid tests listed in AnnexIV(A) to Decision 98/272/EC may not be bought in.
Article 4
A second special invitation to tender shall be opened for the month of
December 2000.
To this end:
— in addition to Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 562/2000, the dead-
line for the submission of tenders corresponding to this invitation totender shall be the third Tuesday of the month of December 2000,
— notwithstanding Article 16(2) of Regulation (EC) No 562/2000, the
delivery period shall end on 12 January 2001.
Article 5
Notwithstanding Article 33(3) of Regulation (EC) No 562/2000:
— invitations to tender may be opened where a Member State or
region of a Member State meets the condition laid down in the
second indent of the first subparagraph of Article 47(3) of Regula-
tion (EC) No 1254/1999,
— the latest weekly market prices recorded in Member States or
regions of Member States shall be sufficient to open the buying-inreferred to in Article 4 of this Regulation.
Article 6
1. Notwithstanding Article 4(2)(g) of Regulation (EC) No 562/2000,
the maximum carcase weight referred to in that Article shall be 430 kg.However:
— no maximum carcase limit shall apply to the two invitations to
tender in February 2001,
— for the remaining invitations to tender in the first quarter of 2001,
carcases of a weight greater than 430 kg may be bought in but thepurchase price for them shall be that for this maximum weight.
2. Notwithstanding Article 36 of Regulation (EC) No 562/2000:
(a) in the case of invitations to tender under Article 47(3) of Regula-
tion (EC) No 1254/1999, the increase applicable to the average
market price shall be EUR 14 per 100 kg carcase weight;
(b) in the case of invitations to tender under Article 47(5) of Regula-
tion (EC) No 1254/1999, the increase applicable to the averagemarket price shall be EUR 7 per 100 kg carcase weight.
Article 7
Buying-in in accordance withRegulation (EC) No 562/2000 and th is
Regulation shall also be opened in respect of carcases and half-carcasesof male animals of Community origin under 12 months old in category
A and under 14 months old in category C.
To this end:
— the animals shall belong to bovine breeds other than those listed in
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2342/1999,2000R2734 — EN — 10.02.2001 — 002.001 — 4
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— the carcase weight shall be between 140 and 200 kg and carcases
shall not show any deformities or anomalies of weight vis-à-visthe age of the animal,
— where the carcases and half-carcases presented for intervention are
of animals at least nine months old, the buying-in price to be paid
to the successful tenderer shall be reduced by EUR 61 per half-
carcase delivered. However, where proof is provided that no specialpremium has been applied for in respect of the animal concerned,that reduction shall not apply,
— the price offered shall be without reference to product quality,— Article 13(3) of Regulation (EC) No 562/2000 shall apply to
buying-in as referred to in this Article. However, the coefficientslaid down may be different from those laid down under that Articlein the case of buying-in of other products,
— the following provisions of Regulation (EC) No 562/2000 shall not
apply:
(a) Article 4(3)(b) and (c), with the exception of those concerning
the markings indicating the category and the slaughter number;
(b) Article 18(3);
(c) Article 20, except in the United Kingdom and Portugal;
(d) Article 36;
(e) the information in Annex II relating to the classification of
products.
Moreover, withrespect to products purch ased in conformity withth is
Article:
— notwithstanding Article 11(5)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 562/2000,
tenders must relate to at least 5 tonnes,
— when notifying tenders to the Commission, the intervention agen-
cies must specify the quantities concerned,
— suchproducts sh all be stored separately, by invitation to tender or
by monthof storage, in easily identifiable lots,
— the notifications provided for in Article 31(1), (2), (3) and (4) of
Regulation (EC) No 562/2000 shall be sent separately from thoserequired for other intervention products.
Article 8
The following point is added to Article 4(3) of Regulation (EC) No
562/2000:
‘(d) labelled in accordance withth e system introduced by Regula-
tion (EC) No 1760/2000.’
Article 9
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in
theOfficial Journal of the European Communities .
It shall apply to the second invitation to tender opened in December
2000 and to the invitations to tender opened during the first quarter of2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable
in all Member States.2000R2734 — EN — 10.02.2001 — 002.001 — 5
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ANEXO — BILAG — ANHANG — ΠΑΡΑΡΤΗΜΑ — ANNEX — ANNEXE —
ALLEGATO — BIJLAGE — ANEXO — LIITE — BILAGA
Estados miembros o regiones de Estados miembros y grupos de calidades
previstos en el apartado 1 del artículo 1 del Reglamento (CEE) no1627/
89 — Medlemsstater eller regioner og kvalitetsgrupper, jf.artikel 1,stk.1,
i forordning (EØF) nr. 1627/89 — Mitgliedstaaten oder Gebiete eines
Mitgliedstaats sowie die in Artikel 1 Absatz 1 der Verordnung (EWG) Nr.
1627/89 genannten Qualitätsgruppen — Κράτη µέλη ή περιοχές κρατών
µελών και οµάδες ποιότητος που αναφέρονται στο άρθρο 1 παράγραφος 1
του κανονισµού (ΕΟΚ)αριθ. 1627 /89 — Member States or regions of a
Member State and quality groups referred to in Article 1(1) of Regulation
(EEC) No 1627/89 — États membres ou régions d'États membres et
groupes de qualités visés à l'article 1er, paragraphe 1, du règlement (CEE)
no1627/89—StatimembrioregionidiStatimembriegruppidiqualitàdi
cui all'articolo 1, paragrafo 1, del regolamento (CEE) n. 1627/89 — In
artikel 1, lid 1, van Verordening (EEG) nr. 1627/89 bedoelde lidstaten of
gebieden van een lidstaat en kwaliteitsgroepen — Estados-Membros ou
regiões de Estados-Membros e grupos de qualidades referidos no n.o1d o
artigo 1.odo Regulamento (CEE) n.o1627/89 — Jäsenvaltiot tai alueet ja
asetuksen (ETY) N:o 1627/89 1 artiklan 1 kohdan tarkoittamat
laaturyhmät — Medlemsstater eller regioner och kvalitetsgrupper som
avsesiartikel1.1iförordning(EEG)nr1627/89
Estados miembros o regiones de Estados
miembrosCategoría A Categoría C
Medlemsstat eller region Kategori A Kategori C
Mitgliedstaaten oder Gebiete eines
MitgliedstaatsKategorie A Kategorie C
Κράτος µέλος ή περιοχές κράτους
µέλουςΚατηγορία Α Κατηγορία Γ
Member States or regions of a Member
StateCategory A Category C
États membres ou régions d'États membres Catégorie A Catégorie C
Stati membri o regioni di Stati membri Categoria A Categoria C
Lidstaat of gebied van een lidstaat Categorie A Categorie C
Estados-Membros ou regiões de Estados-
MembrosCategoria A Categoria C
Jäsenvaltiot tai alueet Luokka A Luokka C
Medlemsstater eller regioner Kategori A Kategori C
UROURO
Belgique — België × ×
Deutschland × × ×
España × × ×
France × × × ×
Irland × × ×
Italia × × ×
Nederland ×
Österreich×
Northern Ireland × × ×2000R2734 — EN — 10.02.2001 — 002.001 — 6