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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No1888/97
of26September1997
fixingtheexportrefundsonbeefandveal
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,intheAnnexunderCNcode0202,onsomemeatoroffal
listedintheAnnexunderCNcode0206andonsome
otherpreparedorpreservedmeatoroffallistedinthe
AnnexunderCNcode16025010;HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,
Whereas,inviewofthewidedifferencesinproducts
coveredbyCNcodes02012090700and02022090100
usedforrefundpurposes,refundsshouldonlybegranted
oncutsinwhichtheweightofbonedoesnotexceedone
third;HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No805/68of
27June1968onthecommonorganizationofthemarket
inbeefandveal('),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)
No2222/96(2),andinparticularArticle13thereof,
WhereasArticle13ofRegulation (EEC)No805/68
providesthatthedifferencebetweenpricesontheworld
marketfortheproductslistedinArticle1ofthatRegula­
tionandpricesforthoseproductswithintheCommunity
maybecoveredbyanexportrefund;Whereas,inthecaseofmeatofbovineanimals,bonedor
boneless,saltedanddried,therearetraditionaltradeflows
toSwitzerland ;whereas,toallowthistradetocontinue,
therefundshouldbesettocoverthedifferencebetween
pricesontheSwissmarketandexportpricesinthe
MemberStates;whereastherearepossibilitiesforexpor­
tingsuchmeatandalsosalted,smokedanddriedmeatto
certainAfrican,NearandMiddleEasterncountries;
whereasarefundshouldaccordinglybeset;WhereasRegulation(EEC)No32/82(3),aslastamended
byRegulation(EEC)No3169/87(4),Regulation(EEC)No
1964/82("),asamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No3169/87,
andRegulation(EEC)No2388/84(6),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No3661/92f),laydowntheconditions
forgrantingspecialexportrefundsoncertaincutsofbeef
andvealandcertainpreservedbeefandvealproducts;Whereas,inthecaseofcertainothercutsandpreservesof
meatoroffalshownintheAnnexunderCNcodes
16025031to16025080,theCommunityshareofinter­
nationaltrademaybemaintainedbygrantingarefund
corresponding tothatatpresentavailable;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingthoserulesandcriteria
totheforeseeablesituationonthemarketinbeefandveal
thattherefundshouldbeassetoutbelow;
Whereas,inthecaseofotherbeefandvealproducts,a
refundneednotbefixedsincetheCommunity'sshareof
worldtradeisnotsignificant;Whereas,giventhecurrentmarketsituationinthe
Communityandthepossibilitiesofdisposalincertain
thirdcountriesinparticular,exportrefundsshouldbe
granted,ontheonehand,onbovineanimalsintendedfor
slaughterofaliveweightgreaterthan220kilogramsand
lessthan300kilograms,and,ontheotheronadult
bovineanimalsofaliveweightofatleast300kilograms;WhereasCommissionRegulation (EEC)No3846/87(*),
aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)No1490/97(9),esta­
blishestheagriculturalproductnomenclature forthe
purposesofexportrefunds;whereas,withaviewtoclarifi­
cation,thedestinationsmustbeidentifiedinaseparate
Annex;
Whereasexportrefundsshouldbegrantedforcertain
destinationsonsomefreshorchilledmeatlistedinthe
AnnexunderCNcode0201,onsomefrozenmeatlisted
Whereas,inordertosimplifycustomsexportformalities
foroperators,therefundsonallfrozencutsshouldbe
broughtintolinewiththoseonfreshorchilledcutsother
thanthosefromadultmalebovineanimals;')OJL148,28.6.1968,p.24.
2)OJL296,21.11.1996,p.50.
>)OJL4,8.1.1982,p.11.
4)OJL301,24.10.1987,p.21.
5)OJL212,21.7.1982,p.48.
*)OJL221,18.8.1984,p.28.
^OJL370,19.12.1992,p.16.(s)OJL366,24.12.1987,p.1.
MOJL202,30.7.1997,p.24.

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HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :Whereasexperiencehasshownthatincertaincasesitis
oftendifficulttodeterminetherelevantquantitiesofbeef,
vealandothermeatcontainedinpreparedorpreserved
meatfallingwithinCNcode160250;whereasexclusively
beefandvealproductsshouldaccordinglybesetapart
andanewheadingshouldbecreatedformixturesof
meatsoroffals;whereaschecksonproductsotherthan
mixturesofmeatoroffalshouldbesteppedupbymaking
thegrantingofrefundsontheseproductsconditionalon
manufactureunderthearrangements providedforin
Article4ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No565/80of4
March1980ontheadvancepaymentofexportrefundsin
respectofagriculturalproducts('),asamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No2026/83(2);
Whereasrefundsonfemaleanimalsshouldvarydepen­
dingontheirageinordertopreventabusesintheexport
ofcertainpure-bredbreedinganimals;
Whereasopportunitiesexistfortheexporttocertainthird
countriesofheifersotherthanthoseintendedfor
slaughter,buttopreventanyabusecontrolcriteriashould
belaiddowntoensurethattheseanimalsarenotmore
than36monthsold;
Whereas,notwithstanding thesubdivisionofthe
combinednomenclature forpreparedandpreservedmeat,
otherthanuncooked,fallingwithinCNcode160250,
experiencehasshownthatitispossibletodeletefromthe
refundnomenclature severalproductsfallingwithinCN
code16025031andtoamendthelistofproductsfalling
withinCNcode16025080;
WhereastheManagementCommitteeforBeefandVeal
hasnotdeliveredanopinionwithinthetimelimitsetby
itschairman,Article1
1.Thelistofproductsonwhichexportrefundsas
referredtoinArticle13ofRegulation(EEC)No805/68
aregrantedandtheamountthereofshallbeassetoutin
AnnexIofthisRegulation .
2.Thedestinations areidentifiedinAnnexIItothis
Regulation.
Article2
Thegrantoftherefundforproductcode010290599000
ofthenomenclature forexportrefundsandforexportsto
thethirdcountriesinzone10listedinAnnexIItothis
Regulationshallbesubjecttopresentation ,whenthe
customsformalitiesforexportarecompleted,ofthe
originalandonecopyoftheveterinarycertificatesigned
byanofficialveterinariancertifyingthattheseareheifers
ofanageofnotmorethan36months.Theoriginalof
thecertificateshallbereturnedtotheexporterandthe
copy,certifiedasbeinginaccordancewiththeregulations
bythecustomsauthorities,shallbeattachedtotheap­
plicationforpaymentoftherefund.
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon27September
1997.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,26September1997.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission
(')OJL62,7.3.1980,p.5.
2OJL199,22.7.1983,p.12.

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ANNEXI
totheCouncilRegulationof26September1997fixingexportrefundsonbeef
(ECU/100kg) (ECU/100kg)
Productcode Destination Refund(7) Productcode Destination Refund(7)
—Liveweight— —Netweight—
010210109120 01 61,50
02 33,00020120209120 02 69,50010210109130
03 23,0003 47,50
04 11,5004 24,00
010210309120 01 61,50020120309110(1) 02 84,50
010210309130 02 33,00 03 58,50
03 23,0004 28,50
04 11,50
010210909120 01 61,50020120309120 02 50,00
010290419100 02 54,5003 35,00
010290519000 02 33,0004 17,50
03 23,00020120509110(1) 02 147,50
04 11,5003 98,50
010290599000 02
0333,00
23,0004 49,00
04 11,50020120509120 02 88,00
10 54,50(9) 03 61,00
010290619000 02 33,00 04 30,00
03 23,00020120509130(i) 84,50 02
04 11,50
03 58,50
010290699000 02 33,00
03 23,0004 28,50
04 11,50 020120509140 02 50,00
010290719000 02 54,50 03 35,00
03 36,0004 17,50
04 18,00
010290799000 02 54,50020120909700 02 50,00
03 36,0003 35,00
04 18,00 04 17,50
020130009050 05(4) 72,50
—Netweight—07(4a) 72,50
020110009110(1) 02 84,50 020130009100(2) 02 205,50
03 58,50 03 141,00
04 28,5004 70,50
020110009120 02
0350,00
35,0006 181,00
04 17,50 020130009150(6) 08 88,00
020110009130(1) 02 116,5009 81,00
03 78,00 03 68,00
04 39,50 04 34,00
020110009140 02 69,50 06 79,00
03 47,5069,5004 24,00020130009190(6) 02
116,5003 46,00
020120209110(1) 02
I 03 78,0004 23,00
04 39,50 06 56,00

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(ECU/100kg) (ECU/100kg)
Productcode Destination Refund(7) Productcode Destination Refund(7)
—Netweight— —Netweight—
020210009100 02 50,00 160250109120 02 80,00(8)
03 35,00 03 64,00(8)
04 17,5004 64,00(8)
020210009900 02 69,50160250109140 02 71,00(8)
03 47,5003 56,50(8)
04 24,0004 56,50(8)
020220109000 02 69,50160250109160 02 56,50(8)
03 47,5003 46,00(8)
04 24,0004 46,00(8)II
50,00160250109170 02 38,00(8)020220309000 02
03 30,00(8)03 35,00Il 04 30,00(8)
38,0004 17,50
160250109190 02
020220509100 02 88,0003 30,00
03 61,0004 30,00
04 30,00
160250109240 02 _
020220509900 02 50,0003
03 35,0004
\ 04 17,50160250109260 02 —
020220909100 02
0350,00
35,0003
04—
04 17,50160250109280 02 —
020230909100 05(4) 72,50 03 —
07(4a) 72,50 04 —
020230909400(6) 08 88,00 160250319125 01 97,50(5)
09 81,00 160250319135 01 51,50(8)
03 68,00160250319195 01 25,00
04 34,00
87,00(S) 160250319325 01
06 79,00
69,50160250319335 01 46,00(8)
020230909500(6) 02
03 46,00160250319395 01 25,00
04 23,00 160250399125 01 97,50(5)
06 56,00 160250399135 01 51,50(8)
020610959000 02 69,50 160250399195 01 25,00
03 46,00 160250399325 01 87,00(5)
04 23,00160250399335 01 46,00(8)
06 56,00
160250399395 01 25,00
020629919000 02 69,50
01 52,00(5)
46,00160250399425
03
04 23,00160250399435 01 30,00(8)
06 56,00 160250399495 01 22,50
021020909100 02 58,00160250399505 01 22,50
04 34,50 160250399525 01 52,00(5)
021020909300 02 72,00 160250399535 01 30,00(8)
021020909500(3) 02 72,00 160250399595 01 22,50

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(ECU/100kg) (ECU/100kg)
Productcode Destination Refund(7) Productcode Destination Refund(7)
—Netweight—| —Netweight—
160250399615 01 22,50160250809495 01 22,50
160250399625 01 10,50160250809505 01 22,50
160250399705 01 — 160250809515 01 10,50
160250399805 01 — 160250809535 01 30,00(8)
160250399905 01 — 160250809595 01 22,50
160250809135 01 46,00(8)160250809615 01 22,50
160250809195 01 22,50 160250809625 01 10,50
160250809335 01 41,00(8) 160250809705 01 —
160250809395 01 22,50 160250809805 01 —
160250809435 01 30,00(8) 160250809905 01 —
(1)EntryunderthissubheadingissubjecttothesubmissionofthecertificateappearingintheAnnextoamendedCommissionRegulation(EEC)No32/82.
(2)EntryunderthissubheadingissubjecttocompliancewiththeconditionlaiddowninamendedCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1964/82.
(*)Therefundonbeefinbrineisgrantedonthenetweightofthemeat,afterdeductionoftheweightofthebrine.
(*)CarriedoutinaccordancewithamendedCommissionRegulation(EEC)No2973/79(OJL336,29.12.1979,p.44).
(4a)CarriedoutinaccordancewithamendedCommissionRegulation (EEC)No2051/96(OJL274,26.10.1996,p.18).
(5)OJL221,19.8.1984,p.28.
'*)TheleanbovinemeatcontentexcludingfatisdeterminedinaccordancewiththeproceduredescribedintheAnnextoCommissionRegulation(EEC)
No2429/86(OJL210of1.8.1986,p.39).
[7)Article13(10)ofamendedRegulation (EEC)No805/68providesthatnoexportrefundsshallbegrantedonproductsimportedfromthirdcountriesand
re-exportedtothirdcountries.
'8)TherefundisgrantedonlyonproductsmanufacturedunderthearrangementprovidedforinArticle4ofamendedCommissionRegulation(EEC)No
565/80.
I9)ThegrantoftherefundissubjecttocompliancewiththeconditionsreferredtoinArticle2ofthisRegulation .
NB:Thedescriptionscorresponding totheproductcodesandthefootnotesaresetoutinCommissionRegulation(EEC)No3846/87as
amended.

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ANNEXII
Zone01:allthirdcountries
Zone02:zones08and09
Zone03 Zone05 Zone09
022CeutaandMelilla 400UnitedStatesofAmerica 224Sudan
024Iceland228
232
236Mauritania
Mali
BurkinaFaso028
041Norway
FaroeIslandsZone06
043Andorra 809NewCaledonia240
244Niger
Chad
044Gibraltar 822FrenchPolynesia247CapeVerde
045VaticanCity 248Senegal
053Estonia
Zone07252Gambia
054Latvia 257Guinea-Bissau
055Lithuania404Canada260Guinea
060Poland 264SierraLeone
061CzechRepublic\ 268Liberia
063SlovakiaZone08 272Côted'Ivoire
I 276Ghana064HungaryMalta
066046 280TogoRomaniaTurkey052 284Benin
068Bulgaria072Ukraine 288Nigeria
070Albania073Belarus 302Cameroon
091Slovenia 074Moldova 306CentralAfricanRepublic
092Croatia 075Russia 310EquatorialGuinea
093Bosnia-Herzegovina 076Georgia 311SaoTomeandPrincipe
094SerbiaandMontenegro077Armenia 314Gabon
096FormerYugoslavRepublicof078Azerbaijan 318Congo
Macedonia 079Kazakhstan 322DemocraticRepublicofCongo
109ThecommunesofLivignoand080Turkmenistan 324Rwanda
Campioned'Italia;theislandof081Uzbekistan 328Burundi
Helgoland 082Tajikistan 329StHelenaanddependencies
406Greenland 083Kirghistan 330Angola
600Cyprus204Morocco 334Ethiopia
662Pakistan208Algeria 336Eritrea
669SriLanka212Tunisia 338Djibouti
216Libya 342Somalia
676Myanmar(Burma)220Egypt 350Uganda
680Thailand604Lebanon 352Tanzania
690Vietnam 608Syria 355Seychellesanddependencies
700Indonesia 612Iraq 357BritishIndianOceanTerritory
708Philippines 616Iran 366Mozambique
724NorthKorea 624Israel 373Mauritius
950Storesandprovisions625GazaandJericho 375Comoros
(DestinationsreferredtoinArticle628Jordan 377Mayotte
34ofCommission Regulation 632SaudiArabia 378Zambia
(EEC)No3665/87,asamended)636Kuwait 386Malawi
640Bahrain 388SouthAfrica
644Qatar 395Lesotho
l 647
649UnitedArabEmirates
OmanI
Zone04
653Yemen
ChinaZone10
720
039Switzerland 740HongKongSAR075Russia
NB:ThecountriesarethosedefinedbyCommissionRegulation(EC)No895/97(OJL128,21.5.1997,p.1).