Commission Regulation (EC) No 492/2002 of 19 March 2002 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 and amending Regulation (EEC) No 1627/89 on the buying-in of beef by invitation to tender
Date: 2002-03-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, beef, derogation from EU law, intervention buying, public holiday

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 492/2002

of 19 March 2002

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 and amending Regulation
(EEC) No 1627/89 on the buying-in of beef by invitation to tender

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), and in particular Article 47(8) thereof,

linked to bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) and
the subsequent outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease. In
particular, additional products could be accepted into
intervention. As this derogation no longer applies for
tendering procedures during the second quarter of 2002,
it is necessary to amend Regulation (EEC) No 1627/89
accordingly.

(3)

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

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

(1)

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 562/2000 (3), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1564/2001 (4),
lays
down detailed rules for the application of Council Regu-
lation (EC) No 1254/1999 as regards the buying-in of
In particular, Articles 10 and 16(2) define the
beef.
periods for submitting tenders and delivery respectively.
In view of the dates on which the public holidays fall in
the first and second quarter of 2002, it is necessary for
practical reasons to cancel
the second invitation to
tender in March 2002 and to change the closing date for
the delivery for the second tender of the second quarter
of 2002. Therefore, Regulation (EC) No 562/2000
should be derogated from.

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1627/89 of 9 June
1989 (5) on the buying-in of beef by invitation to tender,
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 238/2002 (6),
opens buying-in by invitation to tender
in certain
Member States or regions of a Member State for certain
quality groups. Commission Regulation (EC) No 1209/
2001 (7), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2579/
2001 (8),
introduced a number of derogations from
Regulation (EC) No 562/2000 in order to deal with the
exceptional situation on the market caused by events

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 315, 1.12.2001, p. 29.
(3) OJ L 68, 16.3.2000, p. 22.
(4) OJ L 208, 1.8.2001, p. 14.
(5) OJ L 159, 10.6.1989, p. 36.
(6) OJ L 39, 9.2.2002, p. 4.
(7) OJ L 165, 21.6.2001, p. 15.
(8) OJ L 344, 28.12.2001, p. 68.

Article 1

Notwithstanding the first sentence of Article 10 of Regulation
(EC) No 562/2000, no submission of tenders shall take place
on the fourth Tuesday of March 2002.

Article 2

The Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 1627/89 is replaced

1.
by the Annex to this Regulation.

2.
Notwithstanding Article 16(2) of Regulation (EC) No
562/2000, the delivery period for the second tendering proce-
dure in the second quarter of 2002 shall be 24 calendar days.

Article 3

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

Article 2 shall apply to tendering procedures opened during the
second quarter of 2002.

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

Done at Brussels, 19 March 2002.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

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ANEXO — BILAG — ANHANG — ΠΑΡΑΡΤΗΜΑ — ANNEX — ANNEXE — ALLEGATO — BĲLAGE — ANEXO —
LIITE — BILAGA

Estados miembros o regiones de Estados miembros y grupos de calidades previstos en el apartado 1 del artículo
1 del Reglamento (CEE) no 1627/89

Medlemsstater eller regioner og kvalitetsgrupper, jf. artikel 1, stk. 1, i forordning (EØF) nr. 1627/89

Mitgliedstaaten oder Gebiete eines Mitgliedstaats sowie die in Artikel 1 Absatz 1 der Verordnung (EWG) Nr.
1627/89 genannten Qualitätsgruppen
Κράτη µέλη ή περιοχές κρατών µελών και οµάδες ποιότητος που αναφέρονται στο άρθρο 1 παράγραφος 1 του
κανονισµού (ΕΟΚ) αριθ. 1627/89

Member States or regions of a Member State and quality groups referred to in Article 1(1) of Regulation (EEC)
No 1627/89

États membres ou régions d'États membres et groupes de qualités visés à l'article 1er, paragraphe 1, du règlement
(CEE) no 1627/89

Stati membri o regioni di Stati membri e gruppi di qualità di cui all'articolo 1, paragrafo 1, del regolamento
(CEE) n. 1627/89

In artikel 1, lid 1, van Verordening (EEG) nr. 1627/89 bedoelde lidstaten of gebieden van een lidstaat en
kwaliteitsgroepen

Estados-Membros ou regiões de Estados-Membros e grupos de qualidades referidos no n.o 1 do artigo 1.o do
Regulamento (CEE) n.o 1627/89

Jäsenvaltiot tai alueet ja asetuksen (ETY) N:o 1627/89 1 artiklan 1 kohdan tarkoittamat laaturyhmät

Medlemsstater eller regioner och kvalitetsgrupper som avses i artikel 1.1 i förordning (EEG) nr 1627/89