NoL241/12 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 29.8.73
REGULATION (EEC)No2331/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of28August1973
fixingtheexportrefundsonbeefandvealfortheperiodbeginning1September1973
Whereas,inthecaseofotherbeefandvealprod­
ucts,arefundneednotbefixedsinceCommunity
participationinworldtradeintheseproductsisnot
significant;
WhereasArticle92oftheAct(fl)annexedtothe
Treaty(7)concerningtheAccessionofnewMember
StatestotheEuropeanEconomicCommunityand
theEuropeanAtomicEnergyCommunity,signed
atBrusselson22January1972,providesthatthe
refundonexportsfromthenewMemberStatesfor
theproductsspecifiedinArticle1(b)and(c)of
Regulation (EEC)No805/68shallbecorrectedby
theamountofthedifferencebetweenthecustoms
dutiesontheproductsfromwhichtheseproducts
areproduced;
Whereasiftherefundsystemistooperatenor­
mally,refundsshouldbecalculatedonthefol­
lowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintained
inrelationtoeachother,atanygivenmoment,
withinabandof2*25%>,arateofexchange
basedontheireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrenciesanexchangeratebasedon
thearithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesof
eachofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagiven
period,inrelationtotheCommunitycurrencies
referredtointheprevioussubparagraph ;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegula­
tionareinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheMan­
agementCommitteeforBeefandVeal;THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuror
peanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No805/
68(*)of27June1968onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinbeefandveal,aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No187/73(2),andinparticularthe
firstsentenceofArtiole18(5)thereof;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheMonetary
Committee ;
WhereasArticle18ofRegulation (EEC)No805/68
providesthatthedifferencebetweenpricesonthe
worldmarketandpriceswithintheCommunityfor
theproductslistedinArticle1ofthatRegulation
maybecoveredbyanexportrefund;
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No885/68(3)of
28June1968laysdowngeneralrulesforgranting
exporjtrefundsandcriteriaforfixingtheamountof
suchrefunds;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtheserulesandcri­
teriatotheforeseeablesituationonthemarketin
beefandvealthattherefundshouldbefixedasindi­
catedbelow;
Whereas,inthecaseofediblemeatofdomesticbo­
vineanimals,bonedorboneless,saltedanddried,
therearetraditionaltradeflowstoSwitzerland ;
whereas,totheextentnecessarytoallowthistrade
tocontinue,therefundmustbefixedatanamount
whichwillcoverthedifferencebetweenpriceson
theSwissmarketandexportpricesintheMember
States;
Whereas,inthecaseofthepreservedmeatssetout
inAnnexItoCommissionRegulation (EEC)No
1082/68(4)of26July1968fixingcoefficientsex­
pressingthemeatcontent *ofpreservedmeatsmanu­
facturedfromfrozenmeat,asamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No207/70(5),whichcontain40%or
moreofmeat,Communityparticipationininterna­
tionaltrademaybeensuredbygrantingarefund
whichtakesaccountoftherefundhithertogranted
toexporters;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Thelistofproductsonwhichtheexportrefundre­
ferredtoinArticle18ofRegulation (EEC)No
805/68isgrantedandtheamountofthatrefundis
herebyfixedasshownintheAnnex.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1Septem­
ber1973.(*)OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.24.
{•)OJNoL25,30.1.1973,p.23.
(•)OJNoL156,4.7.1968,p.2.
(«)OJNoL181,27.7.1968,p.9.
(«)OJNoL28,5.2.1970,p.10.(•)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.14.
C)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.5.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,28August1973.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
ANNEX
CCTheadingNo DescriptionofgoodsRefundinu.a./100kg
Netweight
ex02.06CIa)2Ediblemeatofdomesticbovineanimals,bonedor
boneless,saltedanddried:
—forexportstoSwitzerland 21-00(*)
IrelandandUnited
Kingdom OtherMemberStates
ex16.02BIIIb)1Otherpreparedorpreservedmeatormeatoffal,other,
containingbovinemeatoroffalbutexcludingthose
containingmeatoroffalsofdomesticswine:
-r-preserves,otherthanhomogenized ,containingthe
followingpercentagesofbovinemeat:
1.80%ormoreofmeat,excludingoffalandfat 4-95 18-75
2.60%ormorebutlessthan80°/oofmeat,
excludingoffalandfat 2-97 11-25
3.40%ormorebutlessthan60%ofmeat,
excludingoffalandfat 1-98 7-50
(*)ForIrelandandtheUnitedKingdomtherefundfixedabovemustbereducedbythecompensatory amountpursuanttoArticle12(1)of
Regulation (EEC)No181/73(OJL25,30.1.1973,p.9).