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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 526/2001
of 16 March 2001
fixing the maximum buying-in price and the quantities of beef to be bought in under the 263rd
partial invitation to tender as a general intervention measure pursuant to Regulations (EEC) No
1627/89 and (EC) No 284/2001
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EC)No1254/1999of17
May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in beefand veal(
1), and in particular Article 17(8) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)CommissionRegulation(EC)No562/2000of15March
2000 laying down detailed rules for the application ofCouncil Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 as regards thebuying-in of beef(
2), as amended by Regulation (EC) No
2734/2000(3), lays down buying standards. Pursuant to
the above Regulation, an invitation to tender wasopened under Article 1(1) of Commission Regulation(EEC) No 1627/89 of 9 June 1989 on the buying-in ofbeefbyinvitationtotender(
4),aslastamendedbyRegu-
lation (EC) No 376/2001(5), and Article 1 of Commis-
sion Regulation (EC) No 284/2001 of 9 February 2001openinginterventioninaccordancewithArticle47(5)ofRegulation (EC) No 1254/1999(
6).
(2)Article 13(1) of Regulation (EC) No 562/2000 laysdownthatamaximumbuying-inpriceistobefixedforqualityR3,whereappropriate,undereachpartialinvita-tiontotenderinthelightoftendersreceived.Inaccord-ance with Article 36 of that Regulation, only tendersquoting prices not exceeding the maximum buying-inpriceandnotexceedingtheaveragenationalorregionalmarketprice,plustheamountreferredtoinArticle6(2)of Regulation (EC) No 2734/2000 are to be accepted.
(3)Once tenders submitted in respect of the 263rd partialinvitation to tender have been considered pursuant toArticle 47(8) of Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999, andtaking account of the requirements for reasonablesupport of the market and the seasonal trend in slaugh-teringsandprices,themaximumbuying-inpriceandthe
quantitieswhichmaybeboughtinshouldbefixed.Thedifferences in prices found within the framework ofArticle47(2)ofthesaidRegulationmakeitnecessarytoset different maximum buying-in prices in Spain and inthe other Member States.
(4)Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 2734/2000 also opensbuying-in of carcases and half-carcases of store cattleand lays down special rules in addition to those laiddown for the buying-in of other products. The differ-ences in prices found within this framework make itnecessary to set different maximum buying-in prices inSpain and in the other Member States.
(5)In the light of developments, this Regulation shouldenter into force immediately.
(6)The measures provided for in this Regulation are inaccordance with the opinion of the ManagementCommittee for Beef and Veal,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Under the 263rd partial invitation to tender opened pursuant
to Regulations (EEC) No 1627/89 and (EC) No 284/2001:
(a) for category A:
(i) in the Member States or regions thereof meeting the
conditions laid down in Article 47(2) of Regulation(EC) No 1254/1999:
— the maximum buying-in price shall be
EUR 221,00/100 kgofcarcasesorhalf-carcasesofquality R3 offered in Spain and EUR 224,50/100 kg of carcases or half-carcases of quality R3offered in the other Member States,
— themaximumquantityofcarcasesandhalf-carcases
accepted shall be 29663,5 t,(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 68, 16.3.2000, p. 22.
(3) OJ L 316, 15.12.2000, p. 45, Regulation as last amended by Regu-
lation (EC) No 371/2001 (OJ L 55, 26.2.2001, p. 44).
(4) OJ L 159, 10.6.1989, p. 36.
(5) OJ L 55, 26.2.2001, p. 49.
(6) OJ L 41, 10.2.2001, p. 24.
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(ii) in the Member States or regions thereof meeting the
conditions laid down in Article 47(5) of Regulation(EC) No 1254/1999:
— the maximum buying-in price shall be
EUR 200,00/100 kgofcarcasesorhalf-carcasesofquality R3,
— themaximumquantityofcarcasesandhalf-carcases
accepted shall be 430 t;
(b) for category C:
— the maximum buying-in price shall be EUR 224,00/
100 kg of carcases or half-carcases of quality R3,
— the maximum quantity of carcases and half-carcases
accepted shall be 90 t;(c) for carcases and half-carcases of store cattle as referred to
in Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 2734/2000:
— the maximum buying-in price shall be EUR 343,00/
100 kg of carcases or half-carcases, offered in Spainand EUR 379/100 kg of carcases or half-carcasesoffered in the other Member States,
— the maximum quantity of carcases and half-carcases
shall be 613 t.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 March 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 16 March 2001.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission