Commission Regulation (EC) No 1136/2001

of 8 June 2001

opening intervention in accordance with Article 47(5) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999

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) Article 47(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 lays down that intervention must be opened in a Member State or regions of a Member State if, for a period of two consecutive weeks, the average Community market price of young uncastrated male animals less than two years old or of castrated male animals, recorded on the basis of the Community grading scale for carcases of adult bovine animals, falls short of 78 % of the intervention price, and if in a Member State or regions of a Member State the average market price, recorded on the same basis, falls short of 60 % of the intervention price.

(2) Where these conditions are met, all offers for sale into intervention of the products referred to in Article 4 of 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 1082/2001(3).

(3) The above conditions are met in the Netherlands with respect to young uncastrated male animals,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Intervention as referred to in Article 47(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 is hereby opened in the Member State listed in the Annex to this Regulation for the categories and qualities referred to therein.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 June 2001.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 8 June 2001.

For the Commission

Franz Fischler

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21.

(2) OJ L 68, 16.3.2000, p. 22.

(3) OJ L 149, 2.6.2001, p. 19.

ANEXO/BILAG/ANHANG/ΠΑΡΑΡΤΗΜΑ/ANNEX/ANNEXE/ALLEGATO/BIJLAGE/ANEXO/LIITE/BILAGA

Estados miembros o regiones de Estados miembros y grupos de calidades previstos en el artículo 1/Medlemsstater eller regioner og kvalitetsgrupper, jf. artikel 1/Mitgliedstaaten oder Gebiete eines Mitgliedstaats sowie die in Artikel 1 genannten Qualitätsgruppen/Κράτη μέλη ή περιοχές κρατών μελών και ομάδες ποιότητος που αναφέρονται στο άρθρο 1/Member States or regions of a Member State and quality groups referred to in Article 1/États membres ou régions d'États membres et groupes de qualités visés à l'article 1er/Stati membri o regioni di Stati membri e gruppi di qualità di cui all'articolo 1/In artikel 1 bedoelde lidstaten of gebieden van een lidstaat en kwaliteitsgroepen/Estados-Membros ou regiões de Estados-Membros e grupos de qualidades referidos no artigo 1.o/Jäsenvaltiot tai alueet ja 1 artiklassa tarkoitetut laaturyhmät/Medlemsstater eller regioner och kvalitetsgrupper som avses i artikel 1

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