EN Official Journal of the European Communities 24.2.2001 L 55/ 44

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EC) No 371/ 2001 of 23 February 2001 amending Regulation ( EC) No 2734/ 2000 amending Regulation ( EEC) No 1627/ 89 on the buying- in of beef by invitation to tender and derogating from or amending 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

EN Official Journal of the European Communities 24.2.2001 L 55/ 44

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EC) No 371/ 2001 of 23 February 2001 amending Regulation ( EC) No 2734/ 2000 amending Regulation ( EEC) No 1627/ 89 on the buying- in of beef by invitation to tender and derogating from or amending 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

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

Whereas: ( 1) Commission Regulation ( EC) No 2734/ 2000 of 14

December 2000 amending Regulation ( EEC) No 1627/ 89 on the buying- in of beef by invitation to tender and derogating from or amending 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 ( 2 ) , as last amended by Regulation ( EC) No 283/ 2001 ( 3 ) , introduces a number of amendments to and derogations from Commission Regulation ( EC) No 562/ 2000 ( 4 ) to address the exceptional situation on the market resulting from recent events relating to bovine spongiform encephalopathy ( BSE) .

( 2) In view of this exceptional market situation and to improve the effectiveness of the intervention measures provided for in Regulation ( EC) No 2734/ 2000, the list of categories eligible for intervention should be supple- mented to include category C for Austria. That Regula- tion should be amended accordingly.

( 3) In view of the way the situation is developing, this Regulation should enter into force immediately.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Article 2 of Regulation ( EC) No 2734/ 2000 is replaced by the following:

Article 2

Notwithstanding the first subparagraph of Article 4( 1) of Regulation ( EC) No 562/ 2000, the additional products which may be bought into intervention shall be as follows:

category A, class O2 and class O3, Austria: category C, class U3, class R3 and class O3, Ireland: category C, class O4, United Kingdom- Northern Ireland: category C, class

O4.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publica- tion in the Official Journal of the European Communities .

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 23 February 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

( 1 ) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21. ( 2 ) OJ L 316, 15.12.2000, p. 45. ( 3 ) OJ L 41, 10.2.2001, p. 22. ( 4 ) OJ L 68, 16.3.2000, p. 22.


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