Commission Regulation (EC) No 1564/2001 of 31 July 2001 amending Regulation (EC) No 562/2000 as regards vacuum-packing of certain cuts of intervention beef and correcting Regulation (EC) No 1209/2001
Date: 2001-07-31
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: beef, intervention buying, packaging

L 208/14

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

1.8.2001

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1564/2001

of 31 July 2001

amending Regulation (EC) No 562/2000 as regards vacuum-packing of certain cuts of intervention
beef and correcting Regulation (EC) No 1209/2001

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(4)

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 last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1512/
2001 (2), and in particular Article 47(8) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 562/2000 of 15 March
2000 laying down detailed rules for the application of
Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 as regards the
buying-in of beef (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 1082/2001 (4), lays down in particular rules on the
packing of cuts immediately after boning of the meat
and specific requirements for intervention boning.

On the basis of experience, it is necessary to clarify the
situation with regard to the possibility of vacuum-
packing certain individual cuts of
intervention beef.
Regulation (EC) No 562/2000 should therefore be
amended accordingly.

Article 1(2)(b) of the English version of Commission
Regulation (EC) No 1209/2001 of 20 June 2001 derog-
ating from 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 (5),
as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1496/2001 (6),
contains an error. Therefore, this Regulation should be
corrected.

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

In Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 562/2000, the following
point 3 is added:

‘3. VACUUM-PACKING OF CERTAIN INDIVIDUAL CUTS

Member States may decide to allow vacuum-packing
instead of individual wrapping as provided for under
point 1 for cuts of codes INT 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17
and 19.’

Article 2

Article 1(2)(b) of the English version of Regulation (EC) No
1209/2001 shall read as follows:

‘(b) the following may be bought into intervention: five-rib
forequarters obtained using a straight cut
from the
carcasses or half carcasses referred to in Article 4(2) of
Regulation (EC) No 562/2000; the price of forequarters
shall be calculated by applying the coefficient 0,80 to
the carcass price.’

Article 3

into force on the third day
This Regulation shall enter
following its publication 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, 31 July 2001.

For the Commission

Frederik BOLKESTEIN

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 201, 26.7.2001, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 68, 16.3.2000, p. 22.
(4) OJ L 149, 2.6.2001, p. 19.
(5) OJ L 165, 21.6.2001, p. 15.
(6) OJ L 197, 21.7.2001, p. 3.