EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 15.3.2000 L67/30
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 552/2000
of 14 March 2000
fixing the export refunds on pigmeat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 of 29
October 1975 on the common organisation of the market inpigmeat(
1),aslastamendedbytheActofAccessionofAustria,
Finland and Sweden and by Regulation (EC) No 3290/94(2),
and in particular the second paragraph of Article 13(3)thereof,
Whereas
(1)Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 provides
that the difference between prices on the world marketfor the products listed in Article 1(1) of that Regulationand prices for these products within the Communitymay be covered by an export refund.
(2)It follows from applying these rules and criteria to thepresent situation on the market in pigmeat that therefund should be fixed as set out below;
(3)In the case of products falling within CN code02101981,therefundshouldbelimitedtoanamountwhich takes account of the qualitative characteristics ofeach of the products falling within these codes and ofthe foreseeable trend of production costs on the worldmarket. It is important that the Community shouldcontinuetotakepartininternationaltradeinthecaseofcertain typical Italian products falling within CN code02101981.
(4)Becauseoftheconditionsofcompetitionincertainthirdcountries, which are traditionally importers of productsfalling within CN codes 160100 and 1602, the refundfor these products should be fixed so as to take this
situation into account. Steps should be taken to ensurethattherefundisgrantedonlyforthenetweightoftheedible substances, to the exclusion of the net weight ofthe bones possibly contained in the said preparations.
(5)Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 providesthat the world market situation or the specific require-mentsofcertainmarketsmaymakeitnecessarytovarythe refund on the products listed in Article 1(1) ofRegulation (EEC) No 2759/75 according to destination.
(6)The refunds should be fixed taking account of theamendments to the refund nomenclature established byCommission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87(
3), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 2765/1999(4).
(7)The Management Committee for Pigmeat has not deliv-ered an opinion within the time limit set by itschairman,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The list of products on which the export refund specified in
Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 is granted and theamount of the refund shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 March 2000.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 14 March 2000.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 282, 1.11.1975, p. 1. (3) OJ L 366, 24.12.1987, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 349, 31.12.1994, p. 105. (4) OJ L 338, 30.12.1999, p. 1.
EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 15.3.2000 L67/31
(EUR/100 kg net weight)
ProductcodeDestination
ofrefund(1)Amount
ofrefund(EUR/100 kg net weight)
ProductcodeDestination
ofrefund(1)Amount
ofrefundANNEX
to the Commission Regulation of 14 March 2000 fixing the export refunds on pigmeat
020311109000 01 13,00
02 35,00
020312119100 01 13,00
02 35,00
020312199100 01 13,00
02 35,00
020319119100 01 13,00
02 35,00
020319139100 01 13,00
02 35,00
020319159100 01 9,00
02 22,00
020319559110 01 13,00
02 35,00
020319559310 01 9,00
02 22,00
020321109000 01 13,00
02 35,00
020322119100 01 13,00
02 35,00
020322199100 01 13,00
02 35,00020329119100 01 13,00
02 35,00
020329139100 01 13,00
02 35,00
020329159100 01 9,00
02 22,00
020329559110 01 13,00
02 35,00
021011319110 04 90,00
021011319910 04 90,00
021012199100 04 20,00
021019819100 04 95,00
021019819300 04 76,00
160100919000 04 28,00
160100999110 04 25,00
160241109210 04 62,00
160242109210 04 34,00
160249199120 04 25,00
(1) The destinations are as follows:
01 Poland, Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia
02 All destinations except those of 0104 All destinations
NB:The product codes and the footnotes are defined in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87.