CELEX: 32000R2846
Language: en
Date: 2000-12-22 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2846/2000 of 22 December 2000 fixing the maximum buying-in price and the quantities of beef to be bought in under the 258th partial invitation to tender as a general intervention measure pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 1627/89

L 328/46               EN                      Official Journal of the European Communities                                     23.12.2000
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2846/2000
                                                          of 22 December 2000
               fixing the maximum buying-in price and the quantities of beef to be bought in under the 258th
               partial invitation to tender as a general intervention measure pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                   1627/89
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                       ingly be applied to those quantities in accordance with
                                                                                  Article 13(3) of Regulation (EC) No 562/2000.
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                     (5)     Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 2734/2000 also opens
Community,                                                                        buying-in of carcases and half-carcases of store cattle
                                                                                  and lays down special rules in addition to those laid
                                                                                  down for the buying-in of other products.
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), and in particular Article 17(8) thereof,                    (6)     In view of the way the situation is developing, this
                                                                                  Regulation should enter into force immediately.
Whereas:                                                                  (7)     The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
                                                                                  accordance with the opinion of the Management
                                                                                  Committee for Beef and Veal,
(1)     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 (2), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
        No 2734/2000 (3), lays down buying standards. Pursuant            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
        to the above Regulation, an invitation to tender was
        opened pursuant to Article 1(1) of Commission Regula-
        tion (EEC) No 1627/89 of 9 June 1989 on the buying-in                                          Article 1
        of beef by invitation to tender (4), as last amended by
        Regulation (EC) No 2760/2000 (5).
                                                                          Under the 258th partial invitation to tender opened pursuant
                                                                          to Regulation (EEC) No 1627/89:
(2)     Article 13(1) of Regulation (EC) No 562/2000 lays
        down that a maximum buying-in price is to be fixed for             (a) for category A:
        quality R3, where appropriate, under each partial invita-              — the maximum buying-in price shall be EUR 236,99/
        tion to tender in the light of tenders received. In accord-                100 kg of carcases or half-carcases of quality R3,
        ance with Article 36 of that Regulation, only tenders                  — the maximum quantity of carcases and half-carcases
        quoting prices not exceeding the maximum buying-in                         accepted shall be 12 371 t,
        price and not exceeding the average national or regional
        market price, plus the amount referred to in Article 6(2)              — the quantities offered at a price of EUR 227 or more
        of Regulation (EC) No 2734/2000 are to be accepted.                        shall be multiplied by a coefficient of 75 % in accord-
                                                                                   ance with Article 13(3) of Regulation (EC) No 562/
                                                                                   2000.
(3)     Once tenders submitted in respect of the 258th partial
        invitation to tender have been considered and taking              (b) for category C:
        account, pursuant to Article 47(8) of Regulation (EC) No               — the maximum buying-in price shall be EUR 236/
        1254/1999, and taking account of the requirements for                      100 kg of carcases or half-carcases of quality R3,
        reasonable support of the market and the seasonal trend
        in slaughterings and prices, the maximum buying-in                     — the maximum quantity of carcases and half-carcases
        price and the quantities which may be bought in should                     accepted shall be 70 t,
        be fixed.
                                                                           (c) for carcases and half-carcases of store cattle as referred to
                                                                               in Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 2734/2000:
(4)     The quantities offered (for categories A and C) at present             — the maximum buying-in price shall be EUR 351/
        exceed the quantities which may be bought in. Accord-                      100 kg of carcases or half-carcases,
        ingly, a reducing coefficient or, where appropriate,                   — the maximum quantity of carcases and half-carcases
        depending on the differences in prices and the quantities                  shall be 80 t.
        tendered for, several reducing coefficients should accord-
(1) OJ L  160, 26.6.1999, p. 21.
(2) OJ L  68, 16.3.2000, p. 22.                                                                        Article 2
(3) OJ L  316, 15.12.2000, p. 45.
(4) OJ L  159, 10.6.1989, p. 36.
(5) OJ L  318, 16.12.2000, p. 27.                                         This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 December 2000.
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
           Done at Brussels, 22 December 2000.
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                            Franz FISCHLER
                                                                      Member of the Commission