Commission Regulation (EC) No 371/2001 of 23 February 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: 2001-02-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Austria, Ireland, United Kingdom, award of contract, beef, intervention buying

L 55/44

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

24.2.2001

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 371/2001

of 23 February 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)

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), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 283/2001 (3), introduces a number of amendments
to and derogations from Commission Regulation (EC)
No 562/2000 (4) to address the exceptional situation on
the market resulting from recent events relating to
bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE).

this exceptional market situation and to
In view of
improve the effectiveness of the intervention measures
provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2734/2000, the list
of categories eligible for intervention should be supple-
mented to include category C for Austria. That Regula-
tion should be amended accordingly.

(3)

(4)

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,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 2734/2000 is replaced by the
following:

‘Article 2

Notwithstanding the first subparagraph of Article 4(1) of
Regulation (EC) No 562/2000,
the additional products
which may be bought into intervention shall be as follows:

— category A, class O2 and class O3,
— Austria: category C, class U3, class R3 and class O3,
— Ireland: category C, class O4,
— United Kingdom-Northern Ireland: category C, class

O4.’

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, 23 February 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 41, 10.2.2001, p. 22.
(4) OJ L 68, 16.3.2000, p. 22.