Commission Regulation (EC) No 3/2001 of 3 January 2001 amending Regulation (EC) No 2734/2000 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1627/89 on the buying-in of beef by invitation to tender and derogating from or amending Regulation (EC) No 562/2000 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 as regards the buying-in of beef
Date: 2001-01-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Ireland, United Kingdom, award of contract, beef, carcase, intervention buying

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Official Journal of the European Communities

4.1.2001

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 3/2001

of 3 January 2001

amending Regulation (EC) No 2734/2000 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1627/89 on the buying-in
of beef by invitation to tender and derogating from or amending Regulation (EC) No 562/2000
laying down detailed rules for the application of Council 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), and in particular Article 47(8) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2734/2000 of 14
December 2000 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1627/
89 on the buying-in of beef by invitation to tender and
derogating from or amending Regulation (EC) No 562/
2000 laying down detailed rules for the application of
Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 as regards the
buying-in of beef (2)
introduces a number of amend-
ments to and derogations from Regulation (EC) No 562/
2000 (3)
to address the exceptional situation on the
market resulting from recent events relating to bovine
spongiform encephalopathy (BSE).

In view of
this exceptional market situation and to
improve the effectiveness of the intervention measures
provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2734/2000, Article
4(2)(g) of Regulation (EC) No 562/2000 should be dero-
gated from as regards the maximum weight of carcases
by not setting any weight limit for the second of the
invitations to tender referred to in Article 6(1) of Regula-
tion (EC) No 2734/2000,
invitation to
tender opened in January 2001.

the first

i.e.

Animals belonging to the bovine breeds listed in Annex
I to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2342/1999 of 28
October 1999 laying down detailed rules
the
application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999
on the common organisation of the market in beef and
veal as regards premium schemes (4), as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 2733/2000 (5), are not deemed to

for

belong to meat breeds. These animals should not be
subject to Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 2734/2000
because they do not help to reduce production.

Regulation (EC) No 2734/2000 should accordingly be
amended.

In view of the way the situation is developing, this
Regulation should enter into force immediately.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Beef and Veal,

(4)

(5)

(6)

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 2734/2000 is amended as follows:

1. The last
following:

sentence of Article 6(1)

is

replaced by the

‘However, for the first invitation to tender, the maximum
weight shall be 430 kg and for the second invitation to
tender no limit on the maximum weight of the carcases
shall apply.’

2. In the second subparagraph of Article 7, the following

indent is added after the words ‘To this end’:

‘— the animals shall belong to bovine breeds other than
those listed in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2342/
1999.’

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publica-
tion in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 3 January 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 316, 15.12.2000, p. 45.
(3) OJ L 68, 16.3.2000, p. 22.
(4) OJ L 281, 4.11.1999, p. 30.
(5) OJ L 316, 15.12.2000, p. 44.