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COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 897/80

OF 14 APRIL 1980

FIXING THE EXPORT REFUNDS ON BEEF AND VEAL

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

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 REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2916/79 ( 2 ) , AND IN PARTICULAR THE FIRST SENTENCE OF ARTICLE 18 ( 5 ) THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE OPINION OF THE MONETARY COMMITTEE ,

WHEREAS ARTICLE 18 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 805/68 PROVIDES THAT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PRICES ON THE WORLD MARKET FOR THE PRODUCTS LISTED IN ARTICLE 1 OF THAT REGULATION AND PRICES FOR THOSE PRODUCTS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY MAY BE COVERED BY AN EXPORT REFUND ;

WHEREAS COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 885/68 OF 28 JUNE 1968 ( 3 ) , AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 427/77 ( 4 ) , LAYS DOWN GENERAL RULES FOR GRANTING EXPORT REFUNDS AND CRITERIA FOR FIXING THE AMOUNT OF SUCH REFUNDS ;

WHEREAS IT FOLLOWS FROM APPLYING THESE RULES AND CRITERIA TO THE FORESEEABLE SITUATION ON THE MARKET IN BEEF AND VEAL THAT THE REFUND SHOULD BE AS SET OUT BELOW ;

WHEREAS THE CURRENT MARKET SITUATION IN THE COMMUNITY AND SALES OUTLETS , PARTICULARLY IN NON-MEMBER COUNTRIES , LEADS TO GRANTING EXPORT REFUNDS ON ADULT BOVINE ANIMALS OF A LIVE WEIGHT OF AT LEAST 300 KILOGRAMS ; WHEREAS EXPERIENCE GAINED IN RECENT YEARS HAS SHOWN THAT IT IS ADVISABLE TO TREAT LIVE PEDIGREE BREEDING ANIMALS OF A WEIGHT OF AT LEAST 300 KILOGRAMS IN AN IDENTICAL MANNER TO OTHER BOVINE ANIMALS , WHILE SUBJECTING THEM TO CERTAIN SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE FORMALITIES ;

WHEREAS IT IS NECESSARY TO GRANT REFUNDS FOR THE EXPORT TO CERTAIN DESTINATIONS OF CERTAIN FRESH OR CHILLED MEAT LISTED IN THE ANNEX UNDER SUBHEADING EX 02.01 A II A ) AND OF CERTAIN FROZEN MEAT LISTED IN THE ANNEX UNDER SUBHEADING EX 02.01 A II B ) AND OF CERTAIN OTHER PREPARED OR PRESERVED MEAT OR MEAT OFFAL LISTED IN THE ANNEX UNDER SUBHEADING 16.02 B III B ) 1 AA ) ;

WHEREAS , IN THE CASE OF MEAT OF BOVINE ANIMALS , BONED OR BONELESS , SALTED AND DRIED , THERE ARE TRADITIONAL TRADE FLOWS TO SWITZERLAND ; WHEREAS , TO THE EXTENT NECESSARY TO ALLOW THIS TRADE TO CONTINUE , THE REFUND MUST BE FIXED AT AN AMOUNT WHICH WILL COVER THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PRICES ON THE SWISS MARKET AND EXPORT PRICES IN THE MEMBER STATES ;

WHEREAS , IN THE CASE OF CERTAIN OTHER CUTS AND PRESERVES OF MEAT OR OFFALS SHOWN IN THE ANNEX UNDER SUBHEADING 16.02 B III B ) 1 BB ) , COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE MAY BE ENSURED BY GRANTING A REFUND WHICH TAKES ACCOUNT OF THE REFUND HITHERTO GRANTED TO EXPORTERS ;

WHEREAS , IN THE CASE OF OTHER BEEF AND VEAL PRODUCTS , A REFUND NEED NOT BE FIXED SINCE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN WORLD TRADE IN THESE PRODUCTS IS NOT SIGNIFICANT ;

WHEREAS COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 652/79 OF 29 MARCH 1979 ON THE IMPACT OF THE EUROPEAN MONETARY SYSTEM ON THE COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY ( 5 ) , AS AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1264/79 ( 6 ) , INTRODUCED THE ECU INTO THE COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY ; WHEREAS , SINCE THAT TIME , PURSUANT TO EXISTING PROVISIONS , THE ECU HAS BEEN TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN THE FIXING OF AMOUNTS RELATING TO :

- THE APPLICATION OF THE COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY ,

- THE SPECIAL TRADE ARRANGEMENTS FOR GOODS RESULTING FROM THE PROCESSING OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS ;

WHEREAS THE PERIOD OF VALIDITY OF THE AFORESAID REGULATION WAS LIMITED TO 31 MARCH 1980 ; WHEREAS IT HAS NOT BEEN POSSIBLE FOR A PROLONGATION OF THOSE ARRANGEMENTS , PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION , TO BE ADOPTED IN TIME BY THE COUNCIL ; WHEREAS , IN ORDER TO AVOID A BREAK IN THE ARRANGEMENTS RESULTING , IN PARTICULAR , IN ALTERATIONS IN THE LEVEL OF PRICES AND OF OTHER AMOUNTS IN NATIONAL CURRENCY , IT APPEARS NECESSARY , IN THE MANIFEST PUBLIC INTEREST , AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE AND PENDING A FINAL DECISION ON THE MATTER BY THE COUNCIL , TO CONTINUE THE APPLICATION OF THE ARRANGEMENTS IN THEIR PRESENT FORM ;

WHEREAS , IF THE REFUND SYSTEM IS TO OPERATE NORMALLY , REFUNDS SHOULD BE CALCULATED ON THE FOLLOWING BASIS :

- IN THE CASE OF CURRENCIES WHICH ARE MAINTAINED IN RELATION TO EACH OTHER AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT WITHIN A BAND OF 2,25 % , A RATE OF EXCHANGE BASED ON THEIR EFFECTIVE PARITY ,

- FOR OTHER CURRENCIES , AN EXCHANGE RATE BASED ON THE ARITHMETIC MEAN OF THE SPOT MARKET RATES OF EACH OF THESE CURRENCIES RECORDED FOR A GIVEN PERIOD IN RELATION TO THE COMMUNITY CURRENCIES REFERRED TO IN THE PREVIOUS INDENT ;

WHEREAS 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

THE LIST OF PRODUCTS ON WHICH THE EXPORT REFUND REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 18 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 805/68 IS GRANTED AND THE AMOUNT OF THAT REFUND SHALL BE AS SET OUT IN THE ANNEX HERETO .

ARTICLE 2

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON 16 APRIL 1980 .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 14 APRIL 1980 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

FINN GUNDELACH

VICE-PRESIDENT

( 1 ) OJ NO L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , P . 24 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 329 , 24 . 12 . 1979 , P . 15 .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 156 , 4 . 7 . 1968 , P . 2 .

( 4 ) OJ NO L 61 , 5 . 3 . 1977 , P . 16 .

( 5 ) OJ NO L 84 , 4 . 4 . 1979 , P . 1 .

( 6 ) OJ NO L 161 , 29 . 6 . 1979 , P . 1 .

ANNEX

TO THE COMMISSION REGULATION OF 14 APRIL 1980 FIXING THE EXPORT REFUNDS ON BEEF AND VEAL

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EX 01.02 A*LIVE DOMESTIC ANIMALS OF THE BOVINE SPECIES : **

*I . PURE-BRED BREEDING ANIMALS : **

* ( A ) ADULT BOVINE ANIMALS WITH A LIVE WEIGHT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN 300 KG*68,000*

*II . OTHER THAN PURE-BRED BREEDING ANIMALS : **

* ( A ) ADULT BOVINE ANIMALS WITH A LIVE WEIGHT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN 300 KG*68,000*

** - NET WEIGHT - *

EX 02.01 A II*MEAT OF BOVINE ANIMALS : **

*A ) FRESH OR CHILLED : **

*1 . CARCASES , HALF-CARCASES OR " COMPENSATED " QUARTERS : **

* ( AA ) THE FRONT PART OF A CARCASE OR OF A HALF-CARCASE COMPRISING ALL THE BONES AND THE SCRAG , NECK AND SHOULDER BUT WITH MORE THAN 10 RIBS : **

* - FOR EXPORT TO NORTH AFRICAN , NEAR AND MIDDLE EAST COUNTRIES , WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2566/79 ( 1)*95,000*

* - FOR EXPORT TO EUROPEAN THIRD COUNTRIES ( 2 ) , AND TO WEST , CENTRAL , EAST AND SOUTH AFRICAN COUNTRIES , WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2566/79*88,000*

* - OTHER THIRD COUNTRIES , EXCEPT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA*72,500*

* ( BB ) OTHER : **

* - FOR EXPORT TO NORTH AFRICAN , NEAR AND MIDDLE EAST COUNTRIES , WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2566/79 ( 1)*129,500*

* - FOR EXPORT TO EUROPEAN THIRD COUNTRIES ( 2 ) , AND TO WEST , CENTRAL , EAST AND SOUTH AFRICAN COUNTRIES , WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2566/79*122,500*

* - OTHER THIRD COUNTRIES , EXCEPT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA*103,000*

*2 . SEPARATED OR UNSEPARATED FOREQUARTERS : **

* - FOR EXPORT TO NORTH AFRICAN , NEAR AND MIDDLE EAST COUNTRIES , WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2566/79 ( 1)*95,000*

* - FOR EXPORT TO EUROPEAN THIRD COUNTRIES ( 2 ) , AND TO WEST , CENTRAL , EAST AND SOUTH AFRICAN COUNTRIES , WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2566/79*88,000*

* - OTHER THIRD COUNTRIES , EXCEPT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA*72,500*

*3 . SEPARATED OR UNSEPARATED HINDQUARTERS : **

* - FOR EXPORT TO NORTH AFRICAN , NEAR AND MIDDLE EAST COUNTRIES , WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2566/79 ( 1)*164,000*

* - FOR EXPORT TO EUROPEAN THIRD COUNTRIES ( 2 ) , AND TO WEST , CENTRAL , EAST AND SOUTH AFRICAN COUNTRIES , WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2566/79*157,000*

* - OTHER THIRD COUNTRIES , EXCEPT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA133,500*

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EX 02.01 A II ( CONT'D ) *4 . OTHER : **

* ( AA ) UNBONED ( BONE-IN ) : **

* - FOR EXPORT TO NORTH AFRICAN , NEAR AND MIDDLE EAST COUNTRIES , WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2566/79 ( 1)*95,000*

* - FOR EXPORT TO EUROPEAN THIRD COUNTRIES ( 2 ) , AND TO WEST , CENTRAL , EAST AND SOUTH AFRICAN COUNTRIES , WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2566/79*88,000*

* - OTHER THIRD COUNTRIES , EXCEPT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA*72,500*

*EX ( BB ) BONED OR BONELESS , EXCLUDING THE THIN FLANKS AND THE SHIN : **

* ( 11 ) EACH PIECE INDIVIDUALLY WRAPPED : **

* - FOR EXPORT TO NORTH AFRICAN , NEAR AND MIDDLE EAST COUNTRIES , WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2566/79 ( 1)*141,194*

* - FOR EXPORT TO EUROPEAN THIRD COUNTRIES ( 2 ) , AND TO WEST , CENTRAL , EAST AND SOUTH AFRICAN COUNTRIES , WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2566/79*134,194*

* - OTHER THIRD COUNTRIES , EXCEPT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA*113,037*

*B ) FROZEN : **

*1 . CARCASES , HALF-CARCASES OR " COMPENSATED " QUARTERS : **

* ( AA ) THE FRONT PART OF A CARCASE OR OF A HALF-CARCASE COMPRISING ALL THE BONES AND THE SCRAG , NECK AND SHOULDER BUT WITH MORE THAN 10 RIBS : **

* - FOR EXPORT TO NORTH AFRICAN , NEAR AND MIDDLE EAST COUNTRIES , WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2566/79 ( 1)*89,000*

* - FOR EXPORT TO EUROPEAN THIRD COUNTRIES ( 2 ) , AND TO WEST , CENTRAL , EAST AND SOUTH AFRICAN COUNTRIES , WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2566/79*82,000*

* ( BB ) OTHER : **

* - FOR EXPORT TO NORTH AFRICAN , NEAR AND MIDDLE EAST COUNTRIES , WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2566/79 ( 1)*108,500*

* - FOR EXPORT TO EUROPEAN THIRD COUNTRIES ( 2 ) , AND TO WEST , CENTRAL , EAST AND SOUTH AFRICAN COUNTRIES , WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2566/79*101,500*

*2 . SEPARATED OR UNSEPARATED FOREQUARTERS : **

* - FOR EXPORT TO NORTH AFRICAN , NEAR AND MIDDLE EAST COUNTRIES , WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2566/79 ( 1)*89,000*

* - FOR EXPORT TO EUROPEAN THIRD COUNTRIES ( 2 ) , AND TO WEST , CENTRAL , EAST AND SOUTH AFRICAN COUNTRIES , WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2566/79*82,000*

*3 . SEPARATED OR UNSEPARATED HINDQUARTERS : **

* - FOR EXPORT TO NORTH AFRICAN , NEAR AND MIDDLE EAST COUNTRIES , WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2566/79 ( 1)*128,000*

* - FOR EXPORT TO EUROPEAN THIRD COUNTRIES ( 2 ) , AND TO WEST , CENTRAL , EAST AND SOUTH AFRICAN COUNTRIES , WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2566/79*121,000*

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EX 02.01 A II ( CONT'D ) *4 . OTHER : **

* ( AA ) UNBONED ( BONE-IN ) : **

* - FOR EXPORT TO NORTH AFRICAN , NEAR AND MIDDLE EAST COUNTRIES , WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION NO 2566/79 ( 1)*89,000*

* - FOR EXPORT TO EUROPEAN THIRD COUNTRIES ( 2 ) , AND TO WEST , CENTRAL , EAST AND SOUTH AFRICAN COUNTRIES , WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2566/79*82,000*

*EX ( BB ) BONED OR BONELESS , EXCLUDING THE THIN FLANKS AND THE SHIN EACH PIECE INDIVIDUALLY WRAPPED : **

* - FOR EXPORT TO THE U.S.A . CARRIED OUT IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2973/79 ( 3)*107,000*

* - FOR EXPORT TO NORTH AFRICAN , NEAR AND MIDDLE EAST COUNTRIES , WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2566/79 ( 1)*107,000*

* - FOR EXPORT TO EUROPEAN THIRD COUNTRIES ( 2 ) , AND TO WEST , CENTRAL , EAST AND SOUTH AFRICAN COUNTRIES , WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2566/79*100,000*

*OTHER BONED OR BONELESS : **

* - FOR EXPORT TO THE U.S.A . CARRIED OUT IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2973/79 ( 3)*107,000*

EX 02.06 C I A ) 2*MEAT OF BOVINE ANIMALS , BONED OR BONELESS , SALTED AND DRIED : **

* - FOR EXPORT TO SWITZERLAND*64,679*

EX 16.02 B III B ) 1*OTHER PREPARATIONS AND PRESERVES CONTAINING BOVINE MEAT OR OFFALS , EXCEPT THOSE FINELY HOMOGENIZED ( 4 ) : **

*EX ( AA ) UNCOOKED , CONTAINING BY WEIGHT THE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES OF BOVINE MEATS ( EXCLUDING OFFAL AND FAT ) : **

* ( 11 ) 80 % OR MORE OF MEAT : **

* - FOR EXPORT TO NORTH AFRICAN , NEAR AND MIDDLE EAST COUNTRIES , WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2566/79 ( 1)*98,880*

* - FOR EXPORT TO EUROPEAN THIRD COUNTRIES ( 2 ) , AND TO WEST , CENTRAL , EAST AND SOUTH AFRICAN COUNTRIES , WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2566/79*91,880*

* ( 22 ) 60 % OR MORE , BUT LESS THAN 80 % OF MEAT : **

* - FOR EXPORT TO AFRICAN , NEAR AND MIDDLE EAST AND EUROPEAN THIRD COUNTRIES , WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2566/79 ( 1 ) ( 2)*55,007*

* ( 33 ) 40 % OR MORE , BUT LESS THAN 60 % OF MEAT : **

* - FOR EXPORT TO AFRICAN , NEAR AND MIDDLE EAST AND EUROPEAN THIRD COUNTRIES , WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2566/79 ( 1 ) ( 2)*37,478*

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EX 16.02 B III B ) 1 ( CONT'D ) *EX ( BB ) OTHER , CONTAINING BY WEIGHT THE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES OF BOVINE MEATS ( EXCLUDING OFFAL AND FAT ) : **

* ( 11 ) 80 % OR MORE OF MEAT*45,336*

* ( 22 ) 60 % OR MORE , BUT LESS THAN 80 % OF MEAT*27,201*

* ( 33 ) 40 % OF MORE , BUT LESS THAN 60 % OF MEAT*18,134*

* ( 44 ) 20 % OR MORE , BUT LESS THAN 40 % OF MEAT*9,067*

( 1 ) OJ NO L 294 , 21 . 11 . 1979 , P . 5 .

( 2 ) WITHIN THE MEANING OF THIS REGULATION THOSE DESTINATIONS MENTIONED IN ARTICLE 5 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2730/79 ( OJ NO L 317 , 12 . 12 . 1979 , P . 1 ) TO BE UNDERSTOOD AS EUROPEAN THIRD COUNTRIES .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 336 , 29 . 12 . 1979 , P . 44 .

( 4 ) THE PRODUCTS WHICH CONTAIN A SMALL QUANTITY OF VISIBLE PIECES OF MEAT ARE ALSO EXCLUDED .

NB : ARTICLE 7 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 885/68 PROVIDES THAT NO EXPORT REFUNDS SHALL BE GRANTED ON PRODUCTS IMPORTED FROM THIRD COUNTRIES AND RE-EXPORTED TO THIRD COUNTRIES .