Commission Regulation (EC) No 1648/2001 of 13 August 2001 amending Regulation (EC) No 690/2001 on special market support measures in the beef sector
Date: 2001-08-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, beef, carcase, health legislation, market support, purchase price

14.8.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 219/21

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1648/2001

of 13 August 2001

amending Regulation (EC) No 690/2001 on special market support measures in the beef sector

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

(4)

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 38(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 690/2001 of 3 April
2001 on special market support measures in the beef
sector (3) lays down in its Article 1 the eligibility criteria
to be met for carcasses in order to be accepted under the
purchase scheme. The last indent of Article 1(2) provides
in particular
to be appropriately
labelled. As labelling, however, serves no purpose where
the meat
is intended for destruction after take-over,
derogation from this requirement should be provided in
such circumstances.

the carcasses

for

Article 3(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 690/2001
provides for an amount of EUR 14 per 100 kg to be
taken into account when fixing the maximum buying-in
price. The experience from the application of the Regu-
lation indicates that that amount is insufficient to cover
the net slaughter costs as intended, in particular due to a
low value of by-products. The amount should therefore
be increased to EUR 18 per 100 kg.

Article 5(3) of Regulation (EC) No 690/2001 lays down
that the price to be paid to the successful tenderer shall
be adjusted where carcasses taken over differ from the
classification class O. The application of that provision
has led to artificially high prices for meat from Category

B animals offered under the scheme. An appropriate
amendment should therefore be provided.

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

Regulation (EC) No 690/2001 is amended as follows:

1. In Article 1 the following paragraph 3 is added:

‘3. Member States may waive the requirement laid down
in the last indent of paragraph 2 where the carcasses or
half-carcasses concerned are destroyed after take-over.’

2. The amount of ‘EUR 14’ referred to in Article 3(1) and (2)

shall be replaced by the amount of ‘EUR 18’.

3. Article 5(3) is replaced by the following text:

‘3. With the exception of carcasses from animals of
Category B, where carcasses of classification classes other
than O are taken over, the price to be paid to the successful
tenderer for the carcasses concerned shall be adjusted by
applying the coefficients fixed in Annex IV.’

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter
into force on the third day
following its publication in the Official Journal of the European
Communities.

It shall apply to quantities awarded under the tender on 27
August 2001 and following tenders.

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

Done at Brussels, 13 August 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

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 95, 5.4.2001, p. 8.