Commission Regulation (EC) No 2579/2001 of 27 December 2001 amending for the third time Regulation (EC) No 1209/2001 derogating 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
Date: 2001-12-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, award of contract, beef, intervention buying

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Official Journal of the European Communities

28.12.2001

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2579/2001

of 27 December 2001

amending for the third time Regulation (EC) No 1209/2001 derogating 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

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Article 1

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 Commission Regulation (EC)
No 2345/2001 (2), and in particular Articles 38(2) and 47(8)
thereof,

Regulation (EC) No 1209/2001 is amended as follows:

1. Article 1 is amended as follows:

(a) paragraph 3 is replaced by the following:

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1209/2001 (3), as
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1922/2001 (4), intro-
duces a number of derogations from Commission Regu-
lation (EC) No 562/2000 (5), as last amended by Regula-
tion (EC) No 1564/2001 (6), in order to deal with the
exceptional situation on the market caused by events
linked to bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) and
the subsequent outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease.

The market is still disrupted and prices have fallen signif-
icantly. Furthermore, an increase in production planned
for the first quarter of 2002, resulting in postponement
of slaughter of animals currently held on farms, could
also lead to a further fall in prices for certain categories
of bovine animals. The derogations provided for in
Regulation (EC) No 1209/2001 should therefore be
extended to the first quarter of 2002 and, at the same
time, certain adjustments should be made.

The special premium referred to in Article 4 of Regula-
tion (EC) No 1254/1999 will increase for steers from
EUR 136 to EUR 150 for 2002. As a result, that figure
should also be reflected in the price reduction (per half
carcase) for store cattle (weanlings).

Regulation (EC) No 1209/2001 should consequently be
amended.

‘3.
Notwithstanding Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC)
No 562/2000, the maximum weight of the carcases
referred to therein shall be:

— 380 kg for the first three tendering procedures in

the first quarter of 2002, and

— 370 kg for the last two tendering procedures in the

first quarter of 2002.

However, carcases of a greater weight may be bought in.
In that case, the buying-in price paid shall not be more
than the price for that maximum weight or, in the case
of forequarters, the buying-in price paid shall not be
more than 40 % of the price for the maximum weight
authorised.’

(b) paragraph 4 is replaced by the following:

Notwithstanding Article 16(2) of Regulation (EC)

‘4.
No 562/2000:

— the delivery period for the second and fifth tendering
procedures in the first quarter of 2002 shall be 24
calendar days.’

(c) the figure ‘68’ in the second sentence of the third indent

of paragraph 7 is replaced by ‘75’.

2. The second paragraph of Article 2 is replaced by the

following:

‘It shall apply to tendering procedures opened during the
first quarter of 2002.’

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

Article 2

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 315, 1.12.2001, p. 29.
(3) OJ L 165, 21.6.2001, p. 15.
(4) OJ L 261, 29.9.2001, p. 52.
(5) OJ L 68, 16.3.2000, p. 22.
(6) OJ L 208, 1.8.2001, p. 14.

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

It shall apply from 1 January 2002.

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

Done at Brussels, 27 December 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission