Commission Regulation (EC) No 62/2002 of 11 January 2002 fixing the maximum purchase price for beef under the 17th partial invitation to tender pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 690/2001
Date: 2002-01-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, beef, maximum price, purchase price

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 62/2002

of 11 January 2002

fixing the maximum purchase price for beef under the 17th partial invitation to tender pursuant to
Regulation (EC) No 690/2001

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), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC)
No 2345/2001 (2),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 690/2001 of
3 April 2001 on special market support measures in the beef
sector (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2595/
2001 (4), and in particular Article 3(1) thereof,

a period of three weeks between the 18th and 19th
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 18th partial invitation to tender on 21 January
may be delivered until 15 February 2002.

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,

(5)

(6)

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

(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 (5), as last amended by Regula-
tion (EC) No 13/2002 (6), establishes the list of Member
States in which the tendering is open for the 17th partial
invitation to tender on 7 January 2002.

In accordance with Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No
690/2001, where appropriate, a maximum purchase
price for the reference class is to 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 the market for beef in a
reasonable way, a maximum purchase price should be
fixed in the Member States concerned at an appropriate
level. 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 is to take place within 17 days of the
publication of the maximum buying-in price. However,

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 315, 1.12.2001, p. 29.
(3) OJ L 95, 5.4.2001, p. 8.
(4) OJ L 345, 29.12.2001, p. 33.
(5) OJ L 100, 11.4.2001, p. 3.
(6) OJ L 239, 7.9.2001, p. 13.

Article 1

Under the 17th partial invitation to tender on 7 January 2002
opened under Regulation (EC) No 690/2001 the following
maximum purchase prices shall be fixed:

— Germany: EUR 159,00/100 kg,

— Ireland: EUR 184,00/100 kg,

— Spain: EUR 154,99/100 kg,

— France: EUR 209,00/100 kg,

— Belgium: EUR 161,25/100 kg,

— Portugal: EUR 161,00/100 kg,

— Austria: EUR 161,70/100 kg.

Article 2

Notwithstanding Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 690/2001,
delivery of the quantity awarded under the 18th partial invita-
tion to tender of 21 January 2002 may take place until 15
February 2002 at the latest.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on 12 January 2002.

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

Done at Brussels, 11 January 2002.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission