L 39/4 Official Journal of the European Communities 9.2.2002 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 238/2002 of 8 February 2002 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 12541999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal ("), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2345/2001 (), and in particular Article 47(8) thereof, Whereas: 1) ( ( ( ( 1 2 3 4 Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1627/89 of 9 June 1989 on the buying-in of beef by invitation to tender (), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 96/2002 (%), opened buying-in by invitation to tender in certain Member States or regions of a Member State for certain quality groups. The application of Article 47(3), (4) and (5) of Regula- tion (EC) No 1254/1999 and the need to limit interven- tion 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 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, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 The Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 1627/89 is hereby replaced by the Annex hereto. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 February 2002. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 8 February 2002. 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21. 315, 1.12.2001, p. 29. ) O] L ) O] L ) O] L 159, 10.6.1989, p. 36. ) O] L 17, 19.1.2002, p. 39. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission