L339/12 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 10.12.97 EN
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No2441/97
of9December 1997
fixingtheexportrefundsonpoultrymeat
andareusedasthebasisfordeterminingtheagricultural
conversionratesoftheMemberStates'currencies;whereas
detailedrulesontheapplicationanddetermination of
theseconversionsweresetbyCommissionRegulation
(EEC)No1068/93Q,aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)
No1482/96(8);
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtheserulesandcriteria
tothepresentsituationonthemarketinpoultrymeatthat
therefundshouldbefixedatanamountwhichwould
permitCommunityparticipation inworldtradeand
wouldalsotakeaccountofthenatureoftheseexportsand
theirimportanceatthepresenttime;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforPoultrymeatandEggs,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2777/75
of29October1975onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinpoultrymeat('),aslastamendedbyCommis­
sionRegulation (EC)No2916/95(2),andinparticular
Article8(3)thereof,
WhereasArticle8ofRegulation (EEC)No2777/75
providesthatthedifferencebetweenpricesontheworld
marketfortheproductslistedinArticle1(1)ofthat
Regulationandpricesforthoseproductswithinthe
Communitymaybecoveredbyanexportrefund;
WhereasRegulation(EEC)No2777/75providesthat
from1July1995allexportsforwhichrefundsare
requested,withtheexceptionofexportsofday-oldchicks,
shallbesubjecttothepresentationofanexportlicence
withadvancefixingoftherefund;whereasthespecific
implementingrulesforthesearrangementsarelaiddown
inCommissionRegulation (EC)No1372/95(3),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No2370/96(4);
Whereasthepresentmarketsituationincertainthird
countriesandthatregardingcompetitiononparticular
thirdcountrymarketsmakeitnecessarytofixarefund
differentiatedbydestinationforcertainproductsinthe
poultrymeatsector;
WhereastherepresentativemarketratesdefinedinArticle
1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No3813/92(^aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No150/95(6),areusedto
convertamountsexpressedinthirdcountrycurrenciesHASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Thelistofproductcodesforwhich,whentheyare
exported,theexportrefundreferredtoinArticle8of
Regulation(EEC)No2777/75isgranted,andtheamount
ofthatrefundshallbeasshownintheAnnexheretofor
exportstobecarriedoutonthebasisoftheexport
licencesreferredtoinArticle2ofRegulation (EC)No
1372/95oronthebasisofthe'ex-post'exportlicences
referredtoinArticle9ofthesameRegulation .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon10December
1997.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,9December1997.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission
■)OJL282,1.11.1975,p.77.
2)OJL305,19.12.1995,p.49.
3)OJL133,17.6.1995,p.26.
4)OJL323,13.12.1996,p.12.
s)OJL387,31.12.1992,p.1. 0OJL108,1.5.1993,p.106.
«OJL22,31.1.1995,p.1. (8)OJL188,27.7.1996,p.22.

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ANNEX
totheCommission Regulationof9December1997fixingtheexportrefundson
poultrymeat
ProductcodeDestination
ofrefund(')Amount
ofrefundProductcodeDestination
ofrefund(')Amount
ofrefund
ECU/100units ECU/100kg
010511119000 01 1,40 020712909190 02 24,00
010511199000 01 1,40 03 13,00
010511919000 01 1,40 04 5,50
010511999000 01 1,40 020714209900 03 8,50
010512009000 01 3,30 06 7,00
010519209000 01 3,30 020714609900 03 8,50
ECU/100kg02071470919006
037,00
8,50
7,00 020712109900 02 24,00 06
03 13,00 020714709290 03 8,50
04 5,50 06 7,00
(')Thedestinationsareasfollows:
01AlldestinationsexcepttheUnitedStatesofAmerica,
02Angola,SaudiArabia,Kuwait,Bahrain,Qatar,Oman,theUnitedArabEmirates,Jordan,Yemen,LebanonandIran,
03Armenia,Azerbaijan,Belarus,Georgia,Kazakhstan ,Kyrgyzstan,Moldova,Russia,Tajikistan,Turkmenistan ,Uzbekistan,Ukraine,Lithuania,Estoniaand
Latvia.
04AlldestinationsexcepttheUnitedStatesofAmenca,Bulgaria,Poland,Hungary,Romania,Slovakia,theCzechRepublic,Switzerlandandthoseof02
and03above,
06AlldestinationsexcepttheUnitedStatesofAmerica,Bulgaria,Poland,Hungary,Romania,Slovakia,theCzechRepublic,Switzerlandandthoseof03
above.
NB:TheproductcodesandthefootnotesaredefinedinamendedCommissionRegulation(EEC)No3846/87.