22.12.73 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL353/33
REGULATION (EEC)No3454/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of21December1973
alteringtheexportrefundsonbeefandvealfortheperiodbeginning22December1973
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No805/
68I1)of27June1968onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinbeefandveal,aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No187/73(2),andinparticularthe
secondsentenceofArticle18(5)thereof;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheMonetary
Committee ;
WhereasArticle18ofRegulation (EEC)No805/68
providesthatthedifferencebetweenpricesonthe
worldmarketandpriceswithintheCommunityfor
theproductslistedinArticle1ofthatRegulation
maybecoveredbyanexportrefund;
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No885/68(3)of
28June1968laysdowngeneralrulesforgranting
exportrefundsandcriteriaforfixingtheamountof
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
pressingthemeatcontentofpreservedmeatsmanu­
facturedfromfrozenmeat,asamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No207/70(5),whichcontain40%or
moreofmeat,Communityparticipation ininterna­
tionaltrademaybeensuredbygrantingarefund
whichtakesaccountoftherefundhithertogranted
toexporters ;Whereastheexceptionalmarketsituationleadsto
allowingarefundontheexportofadultbovine
animalsandmeatscomingunderCommonCustoms
TariffheadingNoex02.01AIIa)1fob)11;
Whereas,inthecaseofotherbeefandvealprod­
ucts,arefundneednotbefixedsinceCommunity
participationinworldtradeintheseproductsisnot
significant ;
WhereasArticle92oftheAct(®)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°/o,arateofexchange
basedontheireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrenciesanexchangeratebasedon
thearithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesof
eachofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagiven
period,inrelationtotheCommunitycurrencies
referredtointheprevioussubparagraph ,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Thelistofproductsonwhichtheexportrefund
referredtoinArticle18ofRegulation (EEC)No
805/68isgrantedandtheamountofthatrefundis
herebyfixedasshownintheAnnex.
2.Regulation (EEC)No3371/73(8)ishereby
repealed.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon22Decem­
ber1973.
(x)OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.24.
(*)OJNoL25,30.1.1973,p.23.
(»)OJNoL156,4.7.1968,p.2.
(4)OJNoL181,27.7.1968,p.9.
(5)OJNoL28,5.2.1970,p.10.(8)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.14.
(7)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.5.
(8)OJNoL344,14.12.1973,p.27.

NoL353/34 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 22.12.73
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,21December1973.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
ANNEX
CCTheadingNo DescriptionofgoodsRefundinu.a./100kg
Netweight
ex01.02AllLiveanimalsofthebovinespecies,otherthanbreeding
animals : Liveweight
b)Other 18-00(x)
ex02.01AIIa)1Meatofbovineanimals,freshorchilled: Netweight
bb)Ofadultanimals:
11.Garcases,half-carcasesor'compensated 'quarters 35-00(»)
ex02.06CIa)2Ediblemeatofdomesticbovineanimals,bonedor
boneless,saltedanddried:
—forexportstoSwitzerland 14-00(»)
IrelandUnited
Kingdom OtherMemberState*
ex16.02BIIIb)1Otherpreparedorpreservedmeatormeatoffal,other,
containingbovinemeatoroffalbutexcludingthose
containingmeatoroffalsofdomesticswine:
—preserves,otherthanhomogenized ,containingthe
followingpercentagesofbovinemeat:
1.80°/oormoreofmeat,excludingoffalandfat 0 0 12-50
2.60%ormorebutlessthan80°/oofmeat,
excludingoffalandfat 0 0 7-50
3.40%ormorebutlessthan60°/oofmeat,
excludingoffalandfat 0 0 5-00
0)ForIrelandandtheUnitedKingdomtherefundfixedabovemustbereducedbythecompensatory amountpursuanttoArticle12(1)of
Regulation (EEC)No181/73(OJL25,30.1.1973,p.9).