14.12.73 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL344/27
REGULATION (EEC)No3371/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of13December1973
fixingtheexportrefundsonbeefandvealfortheperiodbeginning1January1974
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 ;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforBeefandVeal,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No805/
68(*)of27June1968onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinbeefandveal,aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No187/73(2),andinparticularthe
firstsentenceofArticle18(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(s),whichcontain40%or
moreofmeat,Communityparticipation ininterna­
tionaltrademaybeensuredbygrantingarefund
whichtakesaccountoftherefundhithertogranted
toexporters ;HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Thelistofproductsonwhichtheexportrefundre­
ferredtoinArticle18ofRegulation (EEC)No
805/68isgrantedandtheamountofthatrefundis
herebyfixedasshownintheAnnex.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1Januarv
1974.(')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.
C)OJNoL28,5.2.1970,p.10.(8)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.14.
(7)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.5.

NoL344/28 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 14.12.73
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,13December1973.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
ANNEX
CCTheadingNo DescriptionofgoodsRefundinu.a./100kg
Netweight
ex02.06CIa)2Ediblemeatofdomesticbovineanimals,bonedor
boneless,saltedanddried:
—forexportstoSwitzerland 14.00(»)
IrelandUnited
Kingdom OtherMemberStates
ex16.02BIIIb)1Otherpreparedorpreservedmeatormeatoffal,other,
containingbovinemeatoroffalbutexcludingthose
containingmeatoroffalsofdomesticswine:
—preserves,otherthanhomogenized ,containingthe
followingpercentagesofbovinemeat:
1.80%ormoreofmeat,excludingoffalandfat
2.60«/•ormorebutlessthan80°/oofmeat,
excludingoffalandfat
3.40%>ormorebutlessthan60°/oofmeat,
excludingoffalandfat0
0
00
0
012.50
7.50
5.00
(')ForIrelandandtheUnitedKingdomtherefundfixedabovemustbereducedbythecompensatory amountpursuanttoArticle12(I)o<
Regulation (EEC)No181/73(OJL25,30.1.1973,p.9).