EN Official Journal of the European Communities 18. 2. 98 L 47/13
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 371/98
of 17 February 1998
fixing the export refunds on poultrymeat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of themarket in poultrymeat (
1), as last amended by Commis-
sion Regulation (EC) No 2916/95 (2), and in particular
Article 8 (3) thereof,
Whereas Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75
provides that the difference between prices on the worldmarket for the products listed in Article 1 (1) of thatRegulation and prices for those products within theCommunity may be covered by an export refund;
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 provides that
from 1 July 1995 all exports for which refunds arerequested, with the exception of exports of day-oldchicks, shall be subject to the presentation of an exportlicence with advance fixing of the refund; whereas thespecific implementing rules for these arrangements arelaid down in Commission Regulation (EC) No 1372/95 (
3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2370/96 (4);
Whereas the present market situation in certain third
countries and that regarding competition on particularthird country markets make it necessary to fix a refunddifferentiated by destination for certain products in thepoultrymeat sector;
Whereas the representative market rates defined in
Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 (
5), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 150/95 (6), are used
to convert amounts expressed in third country currenciesand are used as the basis for determining the agriculturalconversion rates of the Member States’ currencies;
whereas detailed rules on the application and determina-tion of these conversions were set by Commission Regu-lation (EEC) No 1068/93 (
7), as last amended by Regula-
tion (EC) No 1482/96 (8);
Whereas it follows from applying these rules and criteria
to the present situation on the market in poultrymeatthat the refund should be fixed at an amount whichwould permit Community participation in world tradeand would also take account of the nature of theseexports and their importance at the present time;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of the ManagementCommittee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The list of product codes for which, when they are
exported, the export refund referred to in Article 8 ofRegulation (EEC) No 2777/75 is granted, and the amountof that refund shall be as shown in the Annex hereto forexports to be carried out on the basis of the exportlicences referred to in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No1372/95 or on the basis of the ‘ ex-post ' export licences
referred to in Article 9 of the same Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 February
1998.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.
Done at Brussels, 17 February 1998.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 282, 1. 11. 1975, p. 77.
(2) OJ L 305, 19. 12. 1995, p. 49.
(3) OJ L 133, 17. 6. 1995, p. 26.
(4) OJ L 323, 13. 12. 1996, p. 12.
(5) OJ L 387, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1. (7) OJ L 108, 1. 5. 1993, p. 106.
(6) OJ L 22, 31. 1. 1995, p. 1. (8) OJ L 188, 27. 7. 1996, p. 22.
EN Official Journal of the European Communities 18. 2. 98 L 47/14
Product codeDestination
of refund (1)Amount
of refund
ECU/100 unitsProduct codeDestination
of refund (1)Amount
of refund
ECU/100 kgANNEX
to the Commission Regulation of 17 February 1998 fixing the export refunds on poultry-
meat
0105 11 11 9000 01 1,40
0105 11 19 9000 01 1,40
0105 11 91 9000 01 1,40
0105 11 99 9000 01 1,40
ECU/100 kg
0207 12 10 9900 02 28,00
03 13,00
0207 12 90 9190 02 28,00
03 13,000207 14 20 9900 03 8,50
06 7,00
0207 14 60 9900 03 8,50
06 7,00
0207 14 70 9190 03 8,50
06 7,00
0207 14 70 9290 03 8,50
06 7,00
(1) The destinations are as follows:
01 All destinations except the United States of America,02 Angola, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Yemen, Lebanon and Iran,03 Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Lithuania, Estonia and
Latvia,
06 All destinations except the United States of America, Bulgaria, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Switzerland and those of 03
above.
NB: The product codes and the footnotes are defined in amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87.