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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 773/96
of 26 April 1996
laying down special measures derogating from Regulations (EEC) No 3665/87, (EEC) No
3719/88 and (EEC) No 1964/82 in the beef and veal sector
(OJ No L 104, 27. 4. 1996, p. 19)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
Commission Regulation (EC) No 957/96 of 30 May 1996 L 130 5 31. 5. 1996
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1044/96 of 11 June 1996 L 139 4 12. 6. 1996Commission Regulation (EC) No 1349/96 of 11 July 1996 L 174 13 12. 7. 1996
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ICOMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 773/96
of 26 April 1996
laying down special measures derogating from Regulations (EEC) No 3665/87, (EEC) No
3719/88 and (EEC) No 1964/82 in the beef and veal sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the T reaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of
27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market
in beef and veal (
1), as last amended by Commission Re-
gulation (EC) 2417/95 (2), and in particular Article 13 (12)
thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 565/80 (3), as
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2026/83 (4), lays down
general rules for the advance payment of export refunds
on agricultural products;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87 (5), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1384/95 (6), lays
down common detailed rules for the application of the sys-
tem of export refunds on agricultural products;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 (7), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2137/95 (8), lays
down common detailed rules for the application of the sys-
tem of import and export licences and advance fixing cer-
tificates for agricultural products;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1445/95 (9), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2856/95 (10), lays
down the rules of application for import and export li-
cences in the beef and veal sector;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1964/82 (11),
as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3169/87 (12), lays
down the conditions for granting special export refunds on
certain cuts of boned meat of bovine animals;
(1) OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24.
(2) OJ No L 248, 14. 10. 1995, p. 39.
(3) OJ No L 62, 7. 3. 1980, p. 5.
(4) OJ No L 199, 22. 7. 1983, p. 12.
(5) OJ No L 351, 14. 12. 1987, p. 1.
(6) OJ No L 134, 20. 6. 1995, p. 14.
(7) OJ No L 331, 2. 12. 1988, p. 1.
(8) OJ No L 214, 8. 9. 1995, p. 21.
(9) OJ No L 143, 27. 6. 1995, p. 35.
(10) OJ No L 299, 12. 12. 1995, p. 10.
(11) OJ No L 212, 21. 7. 1982, p. 48.
(12) OJ No L 301, 24. 10. 1987, p. 21.
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IIWhereas Commission Decision 96/239/EC of 27 March
1996 on emergency measures to protect against bovine
spongiform encephalopathy (1), inter alia, prohibits exports
of meat of bovine animals to third countries from the
United Kingdom; whereas, furthermore, the health
measures adopted by the authorities of certain third
countries against Community exports of meat of bovine
animals are having serious economic effects on Community
exporters; whereas the resulting situation has seriously af-
fected the possibilities of exporting under the conditions
laid down by Regulations (EEC) No 565/80, (EEC) No
3665/87, (EEC) No 3719/88 and (EEC) No 1964/82;
Whereas, therefore, these negative consequences should be
limited by adopting special measures and extending certain
of the deadlines laid down by the rules on refunds in order
to permit the regularization of export operations which
have not been completed because of the circumstances de-scribed;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of the Management Com-
mittee for Beef and Veal,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
(1) OJ No L 78, 28. 3. 1996, p. 47.
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1Article 1
This Regulation shall apply to the products referred to in
Article 1 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68.
Article 2
At the request of the holder, the validity of export licences
issued under Regulation (EC) No 1445/95 which are still
valid on 31 March 1996 shall be extended to 31 July 1996.
For licences issued under Article 10 (5) of the abovemen-
tioned Regulation, however, that extension shall only apply
to licences issued between 14 and 31 March 1996.
Article 3
The provisions of Article 20 (3) (a), the reduction of 20 %
referred to in the second indent of Article 20 (3) (b) and
the increases of 15 % and 20 % referred to in Article 23
(1) and the second subparagraph of Article 33 (1) respect-
ively of Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87 shall not apply to
exports carried out under licences issued by 31 March
1996, provided that the customs formalities for release for
consumption in the third country concerned were carried
out after 20 March 1996.
Article 4
1. At the request of the exporter, for products for which
by 31 March 1996:
— customs export formalities were completed but which
were released back into free circulation in the United
Kingdom because of health measures adopted by a
third country, the exporter shall repay any refund paid
in advance and the securities relating to the operations
shall be released,
— customs export formalities were completed in the
United Kingdom but which have not yet left the cus-
toms territory of the Community, the export declar-
ation and the export licence shall be cancelled, the ex-
porter shall repay any refund paid in advance and the
securities relating to the operations shall be released.
— customs export formalities were completed but which
have been destroyed by a third country as a result of
measures adopted by it in relation to BSE, the ex-
porter shall repay any refund paid in advance and, sub-
ject to the presentation of evidence of destruction, the
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2— customs export formalities were completed but which
have been returned to the customs territory of the
Community and destroyed by the receiving Member
State as a result of measures adopted by it in relation
to BSE, the exporter shall repay any refund paid in
advance and, subject to the presentation of evidence of
destruction, the securities relating to the operations
shall be released.
2. At the request of the exporter, for products placedunder one of the arrangements referred to in Articles 4
and 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 565/80 in the United King-
dom by 31 March 1996 but which are not covered by an
export declaration, the export licence shall be cancelled,
the exporter shall repay the refund paid in advance and
the securities lodged shall be released.
3. Notwithstanding the first paragraph of Article 6 of
Regulation (EEC) No 1964/82, where the total quantity ofthe boned meat was not exported by 31 March 1996, para-
graph 2 shall apply to those quantities not covered by an
export declaration in the United Kingdom. The exporter
shall retain the right to the refund for the quantities cov-
ered by an export declaration and released for consump-
tion in a third country.
4. Every Thursday, the United Kingdom shall notify the
quantities of products to which the measures referred to in
paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 were applied during the previous
week, indicating the date of issue of the licences, the cat-
egory concerned and the country of destination indicated
on the licence.
Article 5
1. At the request of the exporter, for products for which
customs export formalities were completed or which were
placed under one of the arrangements referred to in Ar-
ticles 4 and 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 565/80 in a
Member State other than the United Kingdom by 31
March 1996, the period of sixty days referred to in Article
30 (1) (b) (i) of Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 and Ar-
ticles 4 (1) and 32 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87
shall be increased to 150
days.
2. Products for which customs export formalities were
completed in a Member State other than the United King-
dom by 31 March 1996 may, before reaching their final
destination, be reintroduced into the customs territory of
the Community and placed under suspension arrangements
in a free zone or free warehouse for 120 days without los-
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33. At the request of the exporter, the export licence, the
payment declaration and the export declaration covering
meat originating in the United Kingdom which has not yet
left the custom territory of the Community and for which
customs export formalities were completed or which was
placed under one of the arrangements referred to in Ar-
ticles 4 and 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 565/80 in a
Member State other than the United Kingdom by 31
March 1996 shall be cancelled. The exporter shall repay
any refund paid in advance and the securities relating to
the operations concerned shall be released.
4. Every Thursday, Member States other than theUnited Kingdom shall notify the quantities of products to
which the measure referred to in paragraph 3 was applied
during the previous week, indicating the date of issue of
the licences, the category concerned and the country of
destination indicated on the licence.
Article 6
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following
its publication in the Official Journal of the European
Communities .
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