Commission Regulation (EC) No 1689/2001
of 23 August 2001
repealing Regulation (EC) No 1136/2001 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 Regulation (EC) No 1512/2001(2), and in particular Article 47(8) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1136/2001 of 8 June 2001 opening intervention in accordance with Article 47(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999(3) and 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 Regulation (EC) No 1489/2001(5), opened buying-in by invitation to tender in certain Member States or regions of a Member State for certain quality groups.
(2) The application of Article 47(3), (4) and (5) of Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 and the need to limit intervention to buying in the quantities necessary to ensure reasonable support for the market result, on the basis of the prices of which the Commission is aware, in the repeal of Regulation (EC) No 1136/2001 and an amendment, in accordance with the Annex hereto, to the list of Member States or regions of a Member State where buying-in is open by invitation to tender, and the list of the quality groups which may be bought in.
(3) 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
Regulation (EC) No 1136/2001 is hereby repealed.
Article 2
The Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 1627/89 is hereby replaced by the Annex hereto.
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on 24 August 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 23 August 2001.