CELEX: 32001R0067
Language: en
Date: 2001-01-12 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 67/2001 of 12 January 2001 fixing the maximum buying-in price and the quantities of beef to be bought in under the 259th partial invitation to tender as a general intervention measure pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 1627/89

L 10/18                EN                        Official Journal of the European Communities                                      13.1.2001
                                            COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 67/2001
                                                              of 12 January 2001
               fixing the maximum buying-in price and the quantities of beef to be bought in under the 259th
               partial invitation to tender as a general intervention measure pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                     1627/89
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                 (4)     As the quantities offered at present exceed the quantities
                                                                                    which may be bought in, a reducing coefficient should
                                                                                    therefore be applied in accordance with Article 13(3) of
                                                                                    Regulation (EC) No 562/2000.
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,
                                                                            (5)     Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 2734/2000 also opens
                                                                                    buying-in of carcases and half-carcases of store cattle
                                                                                    and lays down special rules in addition to those laid
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 of 17                         down for the buying-in of other products.
May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef
and veal (1), and in particular Article 17(8) thereof,                      (6)     In the light of developments, 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 under Article 1(1) of Commission Regulation
        (EEC) No 1627/89 of 9 June 1989 on the buying-in of
        beef by invitation to tender (4), as last amended by Regu-                                       Article 1
        lation (EC) No 27/2001 (5).
                                                                            Under the 259th 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 246,00/
        tion to tender in the light of tenders received while                        100 kg of carcases or half-carcases of quality R3,
        Article 13(2) of that Regulation states that a decision
        may be taken to make no award. In accordance with                        — the maximum quantity of carcases and half-carcases
        Article 36 of that Regulation, only tenders quoting                          accepted shall be 11 590 t,
        prices not exceeding the maximum buying-in price and                     — the quantities offered at a price of EUR 221,50 or
        not exceeding the average national or regional market                        more shall be multiplied by a coefficient of 50 % in
        price, plus the amount referred to in Article 6(2) of                        accordance with Article 13(3) of Regulation (EC) No
        Regulation (EC) No 2734/2000 are to be accepted.                             562/2000;
                                                                            (b) for category C no award shall be made;
(3)     Once tenders submitted in respect of the 259th partial
                                                                             (c) for carcases and half-carcases of store cattle as referred to
        invitation to tender have been considered pursuant to
                                                                                 in Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 2734/2000:
        Article 47(8) of Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999, and
        taking account of the requirements for reasonable                        — the maximum buying-in price shall be EUR 382,00/
        support of the market and the seasonal trend in slaugh-                      100 kg of carcases or half-carcases,
        terings and prices, the maximum buying-in price and the
        quantities which may be bought in should be fixed for                    — the maximum quantity of carcases and half-carcases
        category A and no award made for category C.                                 shall be 70 t.
(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 68, 16.3.2000, p. 22.
(3) OJ L 316, 15.12.2000, p. 45, Regulation as amended by Regulation                                     Article 2
    (EC) No 3/2001 (OJ L 1, 4.1.2000, p. 6).
(4) OJ L 159, 10.6.1989, p. 36.
( ) OJ L 3, 6.1.2001, p. 14.
 5                                                                          This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 January 2001.
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          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
          Done at Brussels, 12 January 2001.
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                           Franz FISCHLER
                                                                     Member of the Commission