Commission Regulation (EC) No 1437/2001 of 13 July 2001 fixing the maximum purchase price for beef under the seventh partial invitation to tender pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 690/2001 and derogating from that Regulation
Date: 2001-07-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, beef, intervention buying, maximum price, purchase price

L 192/16

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

14.7.2001

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1437/2001

of 13 July 2001

fixing the maximum purchase price for beef under the seventh partial invitation to tender pursuant
to Regulation (EC) No 690/2001 and derogating from that Regulation

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),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 690/2001 of
3 April 2001 on special market support measures in the beef
sector (2), and in particular Article 3(1) thereof,

Whereas:

individual tender has been fixed in Annex III to the
Regulation. For the purpose of supporting the beef
market on a permanent basis throughout that period it
should be provided that delivery of quantities awarded
under the eighth partial invitation to tender on 23 July
may be delivered until 31 August 2001.

(5)

(6)

Due to the urgency of the support measures, this Regu-
lation 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,

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

In application of Article 2(2) of Regulation (EC) No
690/2001, Commission Regulation (EC) No 713/2001
of 10 April 2001 on the purchase of beef under Regula-
tion (EC) No 690/2001 (3), as last amended by Regula-
tion (EC) No 1373/2001 (4), establishes the list of
Member States in which the tendering is open for the
seventh partial

invitation to tender on 9 July 2001.

In accordance with Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No
690/2001, where appropriate, a maximum purchase
price for the reference class shall be fixed in the light of
the tenders received, taking into account the provisions
of Article 3(2) of that Regulation.

Because of the need to support in a reasonable way the
market for beef a maximum purchase price should be
fixed in the Member States concerned. In the light of the
different level of market prices in those Member States,
different maximum purchase prices should be fixed.

Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 690/2001 lays down
that delivery of the quantity awarded under each indi-
vidual tender shall take place within 17 days of the
publication of the maximum buying-in price. However,
a period of five weeks between the eighth and ninth

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Under the seventh partial invitation to tender on 9 July 2001
opened under Regulation (EC) No 690/2001 the following
maximum purchase price shall be fixed:
— Germany: EUR 159,00/100 kg,
— France: EUR 211,50/100 kg,
— Ireland: EUR 182,50/100 kg,
— Spain: EUR 157,47/100 kg.

Article 2

Notwithstanding Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 690/2001
delivery of the quantity awarded under the eighth partial invita-
tion to tender of 23 July 2001 may take place until 31 August
2001.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 14 July 2001.

Article 3

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

Done at Brussels, 13 July 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 95, 5.4.2001, p. 8.
(3) OJ L 100, 11.4.2001, p. 3.
(4) OJ L 183, 6.7.2001, p. 23.