21.6.2001 Official Journal of the European Communities L165/15 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1209/2001 of 20 June 2001 derogating from 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 12541999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal (1), and in particular Articles 38(2) and 47(8) thereof, Whereas: 1) O/ L1 ®OoLé6 ¢) O] L1 (% O] L 99, 20.4.1996, p. 14. ¢) O] L1 © oL 3 Events involving bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) have provoked a serious loss of consumer confi- dence in the safety of beef and veal. This has led to a sharp drop in beef consumption and a significant decline in prices. The subsequent outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease has further complicated the situation. Under these circumstances, although the situation appears to be improving slowly, the market for beef and veal is still disrupted and there is a risk of continuing instability. In view of the market situation described above and to improve the effectiveness of the measures to be taken, additional products should be accepted into interven- tion, as provided for by 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 (%), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1082/2001 (?), carcases of animals which exceed the maximum weight currently permitted and which have had to be kept for a longer period than usual due to low demand should be accepted and, finally, the increase to be applied to the average market price in order to calculate the maximum buying-in price should be adjusted temporarily to take account, in particular, of increased costs and reduced receipts in the sector. Commission Regulation (EC) No 716/96 of 19 April 1996 adopting exceptional support measures for the beef market in the United Kingdom (*), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 11762000 (°), adopted special measures for bovine animals reared in the United Kingdom which are more than 30 months old. Those measures comprise the slaughtering and subsequent destruction of such cattle. Castrated animals from the United Kingdom exceeding that age are not therefore eligible for public intervention. Moreover, Commission Decision 2000/764/EC (°) on the testing of bovine 60, 26.6.1999, p. 21. 8, 16.3.2000, p. 22. 49, 2.6.2001, p. 19. 31, 1.6.2000, p. 37. 05, 6.12.2000, p. 35. animals for the presence of bovine spongiform ence- phalopathy, as amended by Decision 2001/8/EC ('), requires all bovine animals over 30 months of age subject to normal slaughter for human consumption to be examined by one of the approved rapid tests listed in Annex IV(a) to Commission Decision 98/272[EC (%) as from 1 July 2001 at the latest. Animals that have not been subject to those tests may not therefore be accepted into public intervention with a view to subse- quent disposal on the market. In order to permit intervention to play a full role faced with this serious market situation, the acceptance into intervention of forequarters should also be authorised, with the price being derived from the carcase price, and some rules on taking over quarters should be laid down. In order to deal with the further disturbance of the market which may result from the entry onto the market of substantial numbers of male store animals originating in the Community, which have been kept on their holdings of origin due to a lack of demand and for which these holdings no longer have fodder, the neces- sary support measures should be adopted under Article 38 of Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 and buying-in of the carcases of such animals permitted. Moreover, to prevent the buying-in of animals which are almost finished, a limit should be placed on the weight of eligible carcases under these arrangements. Since cattle of the breeds listed in Annex I to Commission Regula- tion (EC) No 2342/1999 of 28 October 1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regu- lation (EC) No 1254/1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal as regards premium schemes (%), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 192/ 2001 (19, are not considered as belonging to a meat breed, they should not be eligible for this type of inter- vention. To avoid granting aid twice, a mechanism should be introduced making full payment of the buying-in price conditional on the producer not having applied for the special premium referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 12541999 for the animal concerned. Finally, further additions to or derogations from the normal intervention scheme as laid down by Regulation (EC) No 12541999 are also needed. 2, 5.1.2001, p. 28. 122, 24.4.1998, p. 59. 281, 4.11.1999, p. 30. |l ol ol