CELEX: 32001R0662
Language: en
Date: 2001-03-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 662/2001 of 30 March 2001 fixing the maximum buying-in price and the quantities of beef to be bought in under the 264th partial invitation to tender as a general intervention measure pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 1627/89

31.3.2001               EN                        Official Journal of the European Communities                                       L 91/75
                                            COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 662/2001
                                                               of 30 March 2001
                fixing the maximum buying-in price and the quantities of beef to be bought in under the 264th
                partial invitation to tender as a general intervention measure pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                      1627/89
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                          down for the buying-in of other products. The differ-
                                                                                     ences in prices found within this framework make it
                                                                                     necessary to set different maximum buying-in prices in
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                                Spain and in the other Member States.
Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 of 17                  (6)     Veterinary measures to combat foot-and-mouth disease
May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef                            in certain regions, adopted in accordance with Council
and veal (1), and in particular Article 17(8) thereof,                               Directive 90/425/EEC of 26 June 1990 concerning
                                                                                     veterinary and zootechnical checks applicable in intra-
                                                                                     Community trade in certain live animals and products
Whereas:                                                                             with a view to the completion of the internal market (6),
                                                                                     as last amended by Directive 92/118/EEC (7), and/or
                                                                                     Council Directive 89/662/EEC of 11 December 1989
(1)      Commission Regulation (EC) No 562/2000 of 15 March
                                                                                     concerning veterinary checks in intra-Community trade
         2000 laying down detailed rules for the application of
                                                                                     with a view to the completion of the internal market (8),
         Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 as regards the
                                                                                     as last amended by Directive 92/118/EEC, currently
         buying-in of beef (2), as amended by Regulation (EC) No
                                                                                     restrict the movement of animal products. In accordance
         2734/2000 (3), lays down buying standards. Pursuant to
                                                                                     with Article 4(2)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 562/2000, the
         the above Regulation, an invitation to tender was
                                                                                     products concerned from those regions should be
         opened under Article 1(1) of Commission Regulation
                                                                                     excluded from this tendering procedure.
         (EEC) No 1627/89 of 9 June 1989 on the buying-in of
         beef by invitation to tender (4), as last amended by Regu-
         lation (EC) No 557/2001 (5).                                        (7)     In the light of developments, this Regulation should
                                                                                     enter into force immediately.
(2)      Article 13(1) of Regulation (EC) No 562/2000 lays
         down that a maximum buying-in price is to be fixed for              (8)     The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
         quality R3, where appropriate, under each partial invita-                   accordance with the opinion of the Management
         tion to tender in the light of tenders received. In accord-                 Committee for Beef and Veal,
         ance with Article 36 of that Regulation, only tenders
         quoting prices not exceeding the maximum buying-in
         price and not exceeding the average national or regional
         market price, plus the amount referred to in Article 6(2)
         of Regulation (EC) No 2734/2000 are to be accepted.
                                                                             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
(3)      Once tenders submitted in respect of the 264th partial
         invitation to tender have been considered pursuant to
         Article 47(8) of Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999, and
         taking account of the requirements for reasonable
                                                                                                           Article 1
         support of the market and the seasonal trend in slaugh-
         terings and prices, the maximum buying-in price and the
         quantities which may be bought in should be fixed.                  Under the 264th partial invitation to tender opened pursuant
                                                                             to Regulation (EEC) No 1627/89:
(4)      As the quantities offered at present in Spain exceed the
         quantities which may be bought in, a reducing coeffi-                (a) for category A:
         cient should therefore be applied in accordance with
         Article 13(3) of Regulation (EC) No 562/2000.                            — the maximum buying-in price shall be EUR 223,00/
                                                                                      100 kg of carcasses or half-carcasses of quality R3,
(5)      Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 2734/2000 also opens                     — the quantities offered in Spain shall be multiplied by a
         buying-in of carcasses and half-carcasses of store cattle                    coefficient of 60 % in accordance with Article 13(3) of
         and lays down special rules in addition to those laid                        Regulation (EC) No 562/2000,
                                                                                  — the maximum quantity of carcasses and half-carcasses
(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21.                                                       accepted shall be 31 353 t,
(2) OJ L 68, 16.3.2000, p. 22.
(3) OJ L 316, 15.12.2000, p. 45, Regulation as last amended by Regu-
    lation (EC) No 371/2001 (OJ L 55, 26.2.2001, p. 44).                     (6) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 29.
(4) OJ L 159, 10.6.1989, p. 36.                                              (7) OJ L 62, 15.3.1993, p. 49.
( ) OJ L 82, 22.3.2001, p. 14.
 5                                                                           (8) OJ L 395, 30.12.1989, p. 13.
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(b) for category C:                                                          — the maximum quantity of carcasses and half-carcasses
                                                                                  shall be 579 t.
    — the maximum buying-in price shall be EUR 224,00/
        100 kg of carcasses or half-carcasses of quality R3,                                          Article 2
    — the maximum quantity of carcasses and half-carcasses               In accordance with Article 4(2)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 562/
        accepted shall be 50 t;                                          2000, carcasses or half-carcasses, the movement of which is
                                                                         restricted under the measures against foot-and-mouth disease
(c) for carcasses and half-carcasses of store cattle as referred to      adopted in accordance with Directives 90/425/EEC and/or 89/
    in Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 2734/2000:                        662/EEC, may not be bought into intervention under the
                                                                         tendering procedure provided for by this Regulation.
    — the maximum buying-in price shall be EUR 331,00/
        100 kg of carcasses or half-carcasses, offered in Spain                                       Article 3
        and EUR 376,00/100 kg of carcasses or half-carcasses
        offered in the other Member States,                              This Regulation shall enter into force on 31 March 2001.
                    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                    Done at Brussels, 30 March 2001.
                                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                                         Franz FISCHLER
                                                                                   Member of the Commission