1.9.2001 Official Journal of the European Communities L 234/51 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1747/2001 of 31 August 2001 fixing the maximum purchase price for beef under the ninth partial invitation to tender pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 690/2001 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, (3)  Because of the need to support in a reasonable way the Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 12541999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1512/ 2001 (), Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 690/2001 of 3 April 2001 on special market support measures in the beef sector (°), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1648/2001 (¥, and in particular Article 3(1) thereof, Whereas: (1)  In application of Article 2(2) of Regulation (EC) No 690/2001, Commission Regulation (EC) No 713/2001 of 10 April 2001 on the purchase of beef under Regula- tion (EC) No 690/2001 (%), as last amended by Regula- tion (EC) No 1688/2001 (°), establishes the list of Member States in which the tendering is open for the ninth partial invitation to tender on 27 August 2001. 2)  In accordance with Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No 690/2001, where appropriate, a maximum purchase price for the reference class shall be fixed in the light of the tenders received, taking into account the provisions of Article 3(2) of that Regulation. market for beef a maximum purchase price should be fixed in the Member States concerned. In the light of the different level of market prices in those Member States, different maximum purchase prices should be fixed. (40 Due to the urgency of the support measures, this Regu- lation should enter into force immediately. (5)  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 Under the ninth partial invitation to tender on 27 August 2001 opened under Regulation (EC) No 690/2001 the following maximum purchase prices shall be fixed: — Germany: EUR 164,90/100 kg, — TIreland: EUR 183,50/100 kg, — Spain: EUR 157,47/100 k. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September 2001. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 31 August 2001. ] L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21. ] L 201, 26.7.2001, p. 1. ] L 95, 5.4.2001, p. 8. ] L 219, 14.8.2001, p. 21. ] L 100, 11.4.2001, p. 3. ] L 288, 24.8.2001, p. 17. For the Commission Viviane REDING Member of the Commission