NoL34/20 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 6.2.81
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No312/81
of5February1981
fixingtheexportrefundsonbeefandveal
whereas,inthecaseofmeatofbovineanimals,
bonedorboneless,saltedanddried,therearetradi­
tionaltradeflowstoSwitzerland ;whereas,tothe
extentnecessarytoallowthistradetocontinue,the
refundmustbefixedatanamountwhichwillcover
thedifferencebetweenpricesontheSwissmarketand
exportpricesintheMemberStates;
Whereas,inthecaseofcertainothercutsand
preservesofmeatoroffalsshownintheAnnexunder
subheading16.02BIIIb)1bb),Communityparticipa­
tionininternationaltrademaybeensuredbygranting
arefundwhichtakesaccountoftherefundhitherto
grantedtoexporters;
Whereas,inthecaseofotherbeefandvealproducts,a
refundneednotbefixedsinceCommunityparticipa­
tioninworldtradeintheseproductsisnotsignifi­
cant;
Whereas,iftherefundsystemistooperatenormally,
refundsshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithin
abandof2-25%,arateofexchangebasedon
theireffectiveparity,
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiodin
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
inthepreviousindent;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforBeefandVeal,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
805/68of27June1968onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinbeefandveal(!),aslastamendedby
theActofAccessionofGreece(2),andinparticular
thefirstsentenceofArticle18(5)thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetary
Committee ,
WhereasArticle18ofRegulation(EEC)No805/68
providesthatthedifferencebetweenpricesonthe
worldmarketfortheproductslistedinArticle1of
thatRegulationandpricesforthoseproductswithin
theCommunitymaybecoveredbyanexportrefund;
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No885/68of28
June1968(3),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)'
No427/77(4),laysdowngeneralrulesforgranting
exportrefundsandcriteriaforfixingtheamountof
suchrefunds;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtheserulesand
criteriatotheforeseeablesituationonthemarketin
beefandvealthattherefundshouldbeassetout
below;
WhereasthecurrentmarketsituationintheCommu­
nityandsalesoutlets,particularlyinnon-member
countries,leadstograntingexportrefundsonadult
bovineanimalsofaliveweightofatleast300kilo­
grams;whereasexperiencegainedinrecentyearshas
shownthatitisadvisabletotreatlivepedigree
breedinganimalsofaweightofatleast300kilograms
inanidenticalmannertootherbovineanimals,while
subjectingthemtocertainspecialadministrative
formalities ;
Whereasitisnecessarytograntrefundsfortheexport
tocertaindestinations ofcertainfreshorchilledmeat
listedintheAnnexundersubheadingex02.01AIIa)
andofcertainfrozenmeatlistedintheAnnexunder
subheadingex02.01AIIb)andofcertainother
preparedorpreservedmeatormeatoffallistedinthe
Annexundersubheading16.02BIIIb)1aa);HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Thelistofproductsonwhichtheexportrefund
referredtoinArticle18ofRegulation (EEC)No
805/68isgrantedandtheamountofthatrefundshall
beassetoutintheAnnexhereto.
Article2
(i)OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.24.
(2)OJNoL291,19.11.1979,p.17.
(J)OJNoL156,4.7.1968,p.2.h)OJNoL61,5.3.1977,p.16.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon9February
1981.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,5February1981.
FortheCommission
PoulDALSAGER
MemberoftheCommission

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ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof5February1981fixingtheexportrefundsonbeefand
veal
(ECU/100kg)
CCTheadingNo Description Refund
—Liveweight—
ex01.02A Livedomesticanimalsofthebovinespecies:
I.Pure-bredbreedinganimals:
(a)Adultbovineanimalswithaliveweightequaltoorgreaterthan
300kg 68-000
II.Otherthanpure-bredbreedinganimals:
(a)Adultbovineanimalswithaliveweightequaltoorgreaterthan
300kg:
—ForexporttoEuropeanthirdcountries(')(2)
—Forexporttootherthirdcountries61-000
68-000
—Netweight—
ex02.01AII Meatofbovineanimals:
a)Freshorchilled:
1.Carcases,half-carcasesor'compensated'quarters:
(aa)Thefrontpartofacarcaseorofahalf-carcasecomprisingall
thebonesandthescrag,neckandshoulderbutwithmore
than10ribs:
—ForexporttoNorthAfrican,NearandMiddleEastthird
countries(')
—ForexporttoWest,Central,EastandSouthAfricanthird
countries(')
—ForexporttoEuropeanthirdcountries(')(2)
—Otherthirdcountries,excepttheUnitedStatesof
America95-000
88-000
80-000
70-000
-(bb)Other:
—ForexporttoNorthAfrican,NearandMiddleEastthird
countries(')
—ForexporttoWest,Central,EastandSouthAfricanthird
countries(')
—ForexporttoEuropeanthirdcountries(')(2)
—Otherthirdcountries,excepttheUnitedStatesof
America129-500
122-500
110-000
100-000
2.Separatedorunseparatedforequarters :
—ForexporttoNorthAfrican,NearandMiddleEastthirdcoun­
tries(')
—ForexporttoWest,Central,EastandSouthAfricanthird
countries(')
—ForexporttoEuropeanthirdcountries(')(2)
—Otherthirdcountries,excepttheUnitedStatesofAmerica95Ό00
88-000
80-000
70-000

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(ECU/100kg)
CCTheadingNo Description Refund
—Netweight—
ex02.01AII
(cont'd)3.Separatedorunseparatedhindquarters :
(aa)Withamaximumofnineribsorpairsofribs:
—ForexporttoNorthAfrican,NearandMiddleEastthird
countries(')
—ForexporttoWest,Central,EastandSouthAfricanthird
countries(')
—ForexporttoEuropeanthirdcountries(')(2)
—Otherthirdcountries,excepttheUnitedStatesof
America164-000
157-000
140-000
130-000
(bb)Withmorethannineribsorpairsofribs:
—ForexporttoNorthAfrican,NearandMiddleEastthird
countries(')
—ForexporttoWest,Central,EastandSouthAfricanthird
countries(')
—ForexporttoEuropeanthirdcountries(')(2)
—Otherthirdcountries,excepttheUnitedStatesof
America95-000
88-000
80-000
70-000
4.Other:
(aa)Unboned(bone-in):
—ForexporttoNorthAfrican,NearandMiddleEast
thirdcountries(')
—ForexporttoWest,Central,EastandSouthAfrican
thirdcountries(')
—ForexporttoEuropeanthirdcountries(')(2)
—Otherthirdcountries,excepttheUnitedStatesof
America95Ό00
88-000
80-000
70-000
ex(bb)Bonedorboneless,excludingthethinflanksandtheshin,
eachpieceindividuallywrapped:
—ForexporttoNorthAfrican,NearandMiddleEast
thirdcountries(')
—ForexporttoWest,Central,EastandSouthAfrican
thirdcountries(')
—ForexporttoEuropeanthirdcountries(')(2)
—OtherthirdcountriesexcepttheUSA
—ForexporttotheUnitedStatesofAmericacarriedout
inaccordancewithRegulation(EEC)No2973/79(3)141-194
134-194
130-000
110-000
107-000
b)Frozen:
1.Carcases,half-carcasesor'compensated'quarters:
(aa)Thefrontpartofacarcaseorofahalf-carcasecomprisingall
thebonesandthescrag,neckandshoulderbutwithmore
than10ribs:
—ForexporttoNorthAfrican,NearandMiddleEastthird
countries(')
—ForexporttoWest,Central,EastandSouthAfricanthird
countries(')
—ForexporttoEuropeanthirdcountries(')(2)89-000
82-000
80-000

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(ECU/100kg)
CCTheadingNo Description Refund
—Netweight—
ex02.01AII
(cont'd)(bb)Other:
—ForexporttoNorthAfrican,NearandMiddleEastthird
countries(') 108-500
—ForexporttoWest,Central,EastandSouthAfricanthird
countries(')andtoEuropeanthirdcountries(')(2) 101-500
2.Separatedorunseparatedforequarters :
—ForexporttoNorthAfrican,NearandMiddleEastthirdcoun­
tries(') 89-000
—ForexporttoWest,Central,EastandSouthAfricanthird
countries(') 82-000
—ForexporttoEuropeanthirdcountries(')(2) 80-000
3.Separatedorunseparatedhindquarters :
(aa)Withamaximumofnineribs:
—ForexporttoNorthAfrican,NearandMiddleEastthird
countries(') 128-000
—ForexporttoWest,Central,EastandSouthAfricanthird
countries(')andtoEuropeanthirdcountries(')(2) 121-000
(bb)Withmorethannineribsorpairsofribs:
—ForexporttoNorthAfrican,NearandMiddleEastthird
countries(') 89-000
—ForexporttoWest,Central,EastandSouthAfricanthird
countries(')andtoEuropeanthirdcountries(')(2) 82-000
4.Other:
(aa)Unboned(bone-in):
—ForexporttoNorthAfrican,NearandMiddleEast
thirdcountries(') 89Ό00
—ForexporttoWest,Central,EastandSouthAfrican
thirdcountries(') 82-000
—ForexporttoEuropeanthirdcountries(')(2) 80-000
ex(bb)Bonedorboneless,excludingthethinflanksandtheshin
eachpieceindividuallywrapped:
—ForexporttotheUnitedStatesofAmericacarriedout
inaccordancewithRegulation(EEC)No2973/79(3) 107000
—ForexporttoNorthAfrican,NearandMiddleEast
thirdcountries(') 107-000
—ForexporttoWest,Central,EastandSouthAfrican
thirdcountries(')andtoEuropeanthirdcoun­
tries(')(2) 100-000
Otherbonedorboneless:
—ForexporttotheUnitedStatesofAmericacarriedout
inaccordancewithRegulation(EEC)No2973/79(2) 107-000
ex02.06CIa)2Meatofbovineanimals,bonedorboneless,saltedanddried:
—ForexporttoSwitzerland 64-679

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(ECU/100kg)
CCTheadingNo Description Refund
—Netweight—
ex16.02BIIIb)1Otherpreparationsandpreservescontainingbovinemeatoroffals,
exceptthosefinelyhomogenized (4):
ex(aa)Uncooked,containingbyweightthefollowingpercentagesof
bovinemeats(excludingoffalandfat):
(11)80%ormoreofmeat:
—ForexporttoNorthAfrican,NearandMiddleEast
thirdcountries(') 98-880
—ForexporttoWest,Central,EastandSouthAfrican
thirdcountries(')andtoEuropeanthirdcountries(')(2) 91-880
(22)60%ormore,butlessthan80%ofmeat:
—ForexporttoAfrican,NearandMiddleEast(')and
Europeanthirdcountries(')(^ 55-007
(33)40%ormore,butlessthan60%ofmeat:
—ForexporttoAfrican,NearandMiddleEast(')and
Europeanthirdcountries(')(2) 37-478
ex(bb)Other,containingbyweightthefollowingpercentagesofbovine
meats(excludingoffalandfat):
(11)80%ormoreofmeat:
—Forexporttothirdcountries 45-336
(22)60%ormore,butlessthan80%ofmeat:
—Forexporttothirdcountries 27-201
(33)40%ormore,butlessthan60%ofmeat:
—Forexporttothirdcountries 18-134
(44)20%ormore,butlessthan40%ofmeat:
—Forexporttothirdcountries 9-067
(')WithinthemeaningofCommissionRegulation(EEC)No3488/80(OJNoL365,31.12.1980,p.4).
(2)WithinthemeaningofthisRegulationthosedestinationsmentionedinArticle5ofRegulation(EEC)No2730/79(OJNoL
317,12.12.1979,p.1)tobeunderstoodasEuropeanthirdcountries.
0OJNoL336,29.12.1979,p.44.
(4)Theproductswhichcontainasmallquantityofvisiblepiecesofmeatarealsoexcluded.
NB:Article7ofRegulation(EEC)No885/68providesthatnoexportrefundsshallbegrantedonproductsimportedfromthird
countriesandre-exportedtothirdcountries.