22.2.73 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL49/11
REGULATION (EEC)No497/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of21February1973
fixingtheexportrefundsonbeefandvealfortheperiodbeginning1March1973
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No805/
.68(*)of27June1968onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinbeefandveal,aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No187/73(2),andinparticularthe
firstsentenceofArticle18(5)thereof;
WhereasArticle18ofRegulation (EEC)No805/68
providesthatthedifferencebetweenpricesonthe
worldmarketandpriceswithintheCommunityfor
theproductslistedinArticle1ofthatRegulation
maybecoveredbyanexportrefund;
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No885/68of28
June1968(3)laysdowngeneralrulesforgranting
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,Communityparticipationininterna­tionaltrademaybeensuredbygrantingarefund
whichtakesaccountoftherefundhithertogranted
toexporters;
WhereasArticle92oftheAct(8)annexedtothe
TreatyconcerningtheAccessionofnewMember
StatestotheEuropeanEconomicCommunityand
theEuropeanAtomicEnergyCommunity (7),signed
atBrusselson22January1972,providesthatthe
refundonexportsfromthenewMemberStatesfor
theproductsspecifiedinArticle1(b)and(c)of
Regulation (EEC)No805/68shallbecorrectedby
theamountofthedifferencebetweenthecustoms
dutiesontheproductsfromwhichtheseproducts
areproduced ;
Whereas,inthecaseofotherbeefandvealprod­
ucts,arefundneednotbefixedsinceCommunity
participationinworldtradeintheseproductsisnot
significant ;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegula­
tionareinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheMan­
agementCommitteeforBeefandVeal;
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Thelistofproductsonwhichtheexportrefundre­
ferredtoinArticle18ofRegulation (EEC)No
805/68isgrantedandtheamountofthatrefundare
herebyfixedasshownintheAnnex.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1March
1973.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,21February1973.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
(4)OJNoL181,27.7.1968,p.9.
(5)OJNoL28,5.2.1970,p.10.
(®)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.14.
(7)OJNoL73,27.3.1973,p.5.(*)OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.24.
(2)OJNoL25,30.1.1973,p.23.
(3)OJNoL156,4.7.1968,p.2.

NoL49/12 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 22.2.73
ANNEX
CCTheadingNo DescriptionofgoodsRefundinu.a./100kg
Netweight
ex02.06CIa)2Ediblemeatofdomesticbovineanimals,bonedor
boneless,saltedanddried:
—forexportstoSwitzerland 21-00(x)
IrelandUnited
KingdomOther
Member
States
ex16.02BIIIb)1Otherpreparedorpreservedmeatormeatoffal,other,
containingbovinemeatoroffalbutexcludingthose
containingmeatoroffalsofdomesticswine:
—preserves,otherthanhomogenized ,containingthe
followingpercentagesofbovinemeat:
1.80°/oormoreofmeat,excludingoffalandfat 10-91 4-95 18-75
2.60°/oormorebutlessthan80°/oofmeat,
excludingoffalandfat 6-55 2-97 11-25
3.40°/oormorebutlessthan60°/oofmeat,
excludingoffalandfat 4-36 1-98 7-50
(!)ForIrelandandtheUnitedKingdomtherefundfixedabovemustbereducedbythecompensatory amountpursuanttoArticle12(1)of
Regulation (EEC)No181/73(OJL25,30.1.1973,p.9).