Commission Regulation (EC) No 2697/98 of 14 December 1998 fixing the export refunds on beef and veal
Date: 1998-12-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: beef, customs formalities, export refund, health certificate, third country, veterinary legislation

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2697/98

of 14 December 1998

fixing the export refunds on beef and veal

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

listed in the Annex under CN code 0206 and on some
other prepared or preserved meat or offal listed in the
Annex under CN code 1602 50 10;

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of
27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market
in beef and veal (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 1633/98 (2), and in particular Article 13 thereof,

in view of the wide differences in products
Whereas,
covered by CN codes 0201 20 90 700 and 0202 20 90 100
used for refund purposes, refunds should only be granted
on cuts in which the weight of bone does not exceed one
third;

Whereas Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68
provides that the difference between prices on the world
market for the products listed in Article 1 of that Regula-
tion and prices for those products within the Community
may be covered by an export refund;

Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 32/82 (3), as last amended
by Regulation (EC) No 2326/97 (4), Regulation (EEC) No
1964/82 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2469/
97 (6), and Regulation (EEC) No 2388/84 (7), as
last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3661/92 (8), lay down
the conditions for granting special export refunds on
certain cuts of beef and veal and certain preserved beef
and veal products;

Whereas it follows from applying those rules and criteria
to the foreseeable situation on the market in beef and veal
that the refund should be as set out below;

Whereas, given the current market
situation in the
Community and the possibilities of disposal in certain
third countries in particular, export refunds should be
granted, on the one hand, on bovine animals intended for
slaughter of a live weight greater than 220 kilograms and
less than 300 kilograms, and, on the other on adult
bovine animals of a live weight of at least 300 kilograms;

Whereas export refunds should be granted for certain
destinations on some fresh or chilled meat listed in the
Annex under CN code 0201, on some frozen meat listed
in the Annex under CN code 0202, on some meat or offal

(1) OJ L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24.
(2) OJ L 210, 28. 7. 1998, p. 17.
(3) OJ L 4, 8. 1. 1982, p. 11.
(4) OJ L 323, 26. 11. 1997, p. 1.
(5) OJ L 212, 21. 7. 1982, p. 48.
(6) OJ L 341, 12. 12. 1997, p. 8.
(7) OJ L 221, 18. 8. 1984, p. 28.
(8) OJ L 370, 19. 12. 1992, p. 16.

Whereas, in the case of meat of bovine animals, boned or
boneless, salted and dried, there are traditional trade flows
to Switzerland; whereas, to allow this trade to continue,
the refund should be set to cover the difference between
prices on the Swiss market and export prices in the
Member States; whereas
for
exporting such meat and also salted, smoked and dried
meat to certain African, Near and Middle Eastern coun-
tries; whereas a refund should accordingly be set;

are possibilities

there

Whereas, in the case of certain other cuts and preserves of
meat or offal shown in the Annex under CN codes
1602 50 31 to 1602 50 80, the Community share of inter-
national trade may be maintained by granting a refund
corresponding to that at present available;

Whereas, in the case of other beef and veal products, a
refund need not be fixed since the Community’s share of
world trade is not significant;

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (9),
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2580/98 (10),
establishes the agricultural product nomenclature for the
purposes of export refunds; whereas, with a view to clarifi-
cation, the destinations must be identified in a separate
Annex;

Whereas, in order to simplify customs export formalities
for operators, the refunds on all frozen cuts should be
brought into line with those on fresh or chilled cuts other
than those from adult male bovine animals;

(9) OJ L 366, 24. 12. 1987, p. 1.
(10) OJ L 322, 1. 12. 1998, p. 31.

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Whereas experience has shown that in certain cases it is
often difficult to determine the relevant quantities of beef,
veal and other meat contained in prepared or preserved
meat falling within CN code 1602 50; whereas exclusively
beef and veal products should accordingly be set apart
and a new heading should be created for mixtures of
meats or offals; whereas checks on products other than
mixtures of meat or offal should be stepped up by making
the granting of refunds on these products conditional on
manufacture under the arrangements provided for in
Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 565/80 of 4
March 1980 on the advance payment of export refunds in
respect of agricultural products (1), as amended by Regu-
lation (EEC) No 2026/83 (2);

refunds on female

Whereas
should vary
depending on their age in order to prevent abuses in the
export of certain pure-bred breeding animals;

animals

Whereas opportunities exist for the export to certain third
countries of heifers other
than those intended for
slaughter, but to prevent any abuse control criteria should
be laid down to ensure that these animals are not more
than 36 months old;

the

subdivision of

Whereas, notwithstanding
the
combined nomenclature for prepared and preserved meat,
other than uncooked, falling within CN code 1602 50,
experience has shown that it is possible to delete from the
refund nomenclature several products falling within CN
code 1602 50 31 and to amend the list of products falling
within CN code 1602 50 80;

ments are to be replaced by references to the euro at the
rate of EUR 1 to ECU 1;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Beef and Veal,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.
The list of products on which export refunds as
referred to in Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68
are granted and the amount thereof shall be as set out in
Annex I of this Regulation.

The destinations are identified in Annex II to this

2.
Regulation.

Article 2

The grant of the refund for product code 0102 90 59 9000
of the nomenclature for export refunds and for exports to
the third countries in zone 10 listed in Annex II to this
Regulation shall be subject to presentation, when the
customs formalities for export are completed, of the orig-
inal and one copy of the veterinary certificate signed by
an official veterinarian certifying that these are heifers of
an age of not more than 36 months. The original of the
certificate shall be returned to the exporter and the copy,
certified as being in accordance with the regulations by
the customs authorities, shall be attached to the ap-
plication for payment of the refund.

Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1103/
97 of 17 June 1997 on certain provisions relating to the
the euro (3) provides that, as from 1
introduction of
January 1999, all references to the ecu in legal instru-

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 December
1998.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.

Done at Brussels, 14 December 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 62, 7. 3. 1980, p. 5.
(2) OJ L 199, 22. 7. 1983, p. 12.
(3) OJ L 162, 19. 6. 1997, p. 1.

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to the Commission Regulation of 14 December 1998 fixing export refunds on beef

ANNEX I

Product code

Destination

Refund (7)

Product code

Destination

Refund (7)

(ECU/100 kg)

(ECU/100 kg)

– Live weight –

– Net weight –

0102 10 10 9120

0102 10 10 9130

0102 10 30 9120

0102 10 30 9130

0102 10 90 9120

0102 90 41 9100

0102 90 51 9000

0102 90 59 9000

0102 90 61 9000

0102 90 69 9000

0102 90 71 9000

0102 90 79 9000

0201 10 00 9110 (1)

0201 10 00 9120

0201 10 00 9130 (1)

0201 10 00 9140

0201 20 20 9110 (1)

01

02
03
04

01

02
03
04

01

02

02
03
04

02
03
04
10

02
03
04

02
03
04

02
03
04

02
03
04

02
03
04

02
03
04

02
03
04

02
03
04

02
03
04

0201 20 20 9120

0201 20 30 9110 (1)

0201 20 30 9120

0201 20 50 9110 (1)

0201 20 50 9120

0201 20 50 9130 (1)

0201 20 50 9140

0201 20 90 9700

0201 30 00 9050

0201 30 00 9100 (2)

0201 30 00 9120 (2)

0201 30 00 9150 (6)

0201 30 00 9190 (6)

63,00

24,50
16,50
8,50

63,00

24,50
16,50
8,50

63,00

60,50

24,50
16,50
8,50

24,50
16,50
8,50
60,50 (9)

24,50
16,50
8,50

24,50
16,50
8,50

60,50
39,50
20,00

60,50
39,50
20,00

– Net weight –

94,00
65,00
31,50

36,50
26,00
13,00

129,00
86,50
43,50

51,00
35,00
18,00

129,00
86,50
43,50

02
03
04

02
03
04

02
03
04

02
03
04

02
03
04

02
03
04

02
03
04

02
03
04

05 (4)
07 (4a)

02
03
04
06

08
09
03
04
06

08
09
03
04
06

02
03
04
06

51,00
35,00
18,00

94,00
65,00
31,50

36,50
26,00
13,00

163,00
109,00
54,00

65,00
44,50
22,00

94,00
65,00
31,50

36,50
26,00
13,00

36,50
26,00
13,00

53,00
53,00

227,50
156,00
78,50
201,00

125,50
116,50
86,00
43,00
110,00

33,00
30,00
26,00
13,50
29,50

51,00
33,50
16,00
41,00

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(ECU/100 kg)

Product code

Destination

Refund (7)

Product code

Destination

Refund (7)

– Net weight –

– Net weight –

0202 10 00 9100

0202 10 00 9900

0202 20 10 9000

0202 20 30 9000

0202 20 50 9100

0202 20 50 9900

0202 20 90 9100

0202 30 90 9100

0202 30 90 9400 (6)

0202 30 90 9500 (6)

0206 10 95 9000

0206 29 91 9000

0210 20 90 9100

0210 20 90 9300

0210 20 90 9500 (3)

02
03
04

02
03
04

02
03
04

02
03
04

02
03
04

02
03
04

02
03
04

05 (4)
07 (4a)

08
09
03
04
06

02
03
04
06

02
03
04
06

02
03
04
06

02
04

02

02

36,50
26,00
13,00

51,00
35,00
18,00

51,00
35,00
18,00

36,50
26,00
13,00

65,00
44,50
22,00

36,50
26,00
13,00

36,50
26,00
13,00

53,00
53,00

33,00
30,00
26,00
13,50
29,50

51,00
33,50
16,00
41,00

51,00
33,50
16,00
41,00

51,00
33,50
16,00
41,00

42,50
25,50

53,00

53,00

1602 50 10 9120

1602 50 10 9140

1602 50 10 9160

1602 50 10 9170

1602 50 10 9190

1602 50 10 9240

1602 50 10 9260

1602 50 10 9280

1602 50 31 9125

1602 50 31 9135

1602 50 31 9195

1602 50 31 9325

1602 50 31 9335

1602 50 31 9395

1602 50 39 9125

1602 50 39 9135

1602 50 39 9195

1602 50 39 9325

1602 50 39 9335

1602 50 39 9395

1602 50 39 9425

1602 50 39 9435

1602 50 39 9495

1602 50 39 9505

1602 50 39 9525

1602 50 39 9535

1602 50 39 9595

02
03
04

02
03
04

02
03
04

02
03
04

02
03
04

02
03
04

02
03
04

02
03
04

01

01

01

01

01

01

01

01

01

01

01

01

01

01

01

01

01

01

01

59,00 (8)
47,00 (8)
47,00 (8)

52,50 (8)
41,50 (8)
41,50 (8)

41,50 (8)
33,50 (8)
33,50 (8)

28,00 (8)
22,00 (8)
22,00 (8)

28,00
22,00
22,00

—
—
—

—
—
—

—
—
—

100,00 (5)

38,00 (8)

18,50

89,00 (5)

33,50 (8)

18,50

100,00 (5)

38,00 (8)

18,50

89,00 (5)

33,50 (8)

18,50

38,00 (5)

22,00 (8)

16,00

16,00

38,00 (5)

22,00 (8)

16,00

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(ECU/100 kg)

Product code

Destination

Refund (7)

Product code

Destination

Refund (7)

– Net weight –

– Net weight –

1602 50 39 9615

1602 50 39 9625

1602 50 39 9705

1602 50 39 9805

1602 50 39 9905

1602 50 80 9135

1602 50 80 9195

1602 50 80 9335

1602 50 80 9395

1602 50 80 9435

01

01

01

01

01

01

01

01

01

01

16,00

7,50

—

—

—

33,50 (8)

16,00

30,00 (8)

16,00

22,00 (8)

1602 50 80 9495

1602 50 80 9505

1602 50 80 9515

1602 50 80 9535

1602 50 80 9595

1602 50 80 9615

1602 50 80 9625

1602 50 80 9705

1602 50 80 9805

1602 50 80 9905

01

01

01

01

01

01

01

01

01

01

16,00

16,00

7,50

22,00 (8)

16,00

16,00

7,50

—

—

—

(1) Entry under this subheading is subject to the submission of the certificate appearing in the Annex to amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No 32/82.
(2) Entry under this subheading is subject to compliance with the condition laid down in amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1964/82.
(3) The refund on beef in brine is granted on the net weight of the meat, after deduction of the weight of the brine.
(4) Carried out in accordance with amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2973/79 (OJ L 336, 29. 12. 1979, p. 44).
(4a) Carried out in accordance with amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2051/96 (OJ L 274, 26. 10. 1996, p. 18).
(5) OJ L 221, 19. 8. 1984, p. 28.
(6) The lean bovine meat content excluding fat is determined in accordance with the procedure described in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EEC) No

2429/86 (OJ L 210 of 1. 8. 1986, p. 39).

(7) Article 13 (10) of amended Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 provides that no export refunds shall be granted on products imported from third countries and

re-exported to third countries.

(8) The refund is granted only on products manufactured under the arrangement provided for in Article 4 of amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No

565/80.

(9) The grant of the refund is subject to compliance with the conditions referred to in Article 2 of this Regulation.

NB: The descriptions corresponding to the product codes and the footnotes are set out in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 as

amended.

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ANNEX II

Zone 01: all third countries

Zone 02: zones 08 and 09

Zone 03

Zone 07

Zone 09

022 Ceuta and Melilla
024 Iceland
028 Norway
041 Faeroes
043 Andorra
044 Gibraltar
045 Vatican City
053 Estonia
054 Latvia
055 Lithuania
060 Poland
061 Czech Republic
063 Slovakia
064 Hungary
066 Romania
068 Bulgaria
070 Albania
091 Slovenia
092 Croatia
093 Bosnia-Herzegovina
094 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
096 Former Yugoslav Republic

Macedonia

of

109 The communes of Livigno and
the island of

Campione d’Italia;
Helgoland
406 Greenland
600 Cyprus
950 Stores and provisions

(Destinations referred to in Article
34 of Commission Regulation (EEC)
No 3665/87, as amended)

Zone 04

039 Switzerland

Zone 05

400 United States of America

Zone 06

809 New Caledonia
822 French Polynesia

404 Canada

Zone 08

046 Malta
052 Turkey
072 Ukraine
073 Belarus
074 Moldova
075 Russia
076 Georgia
077 Armenia
078 Azerbaijan
079 Kazakhstan
080 Turkmenistan
081 Uzbekistan
082 Tajikistan
083 Kirghistan
204 Morocco
208 Algeria
212 Tunisia
216 Libya
220 Egypt
604 Lebanon
608 Syria
612 Iraq
616 Iran
624 Israel
625 West Bank and the Gaza Strip
628 Jordan
632 Saudi Arabia
636 Kuwait
640 Bahrain
644 Qatar
647 United Arab Emirates
649 Oman
653 Yemen
662 Pakistan
669 Sri Lanka
676 Myanmar (Burma)
680 Thailand
690 Vietnam
700 Indonesia
708 Philippines
720 China
724 North Korea
740 Hong Kong

Sierra Leone

Sao Tom(cid:130) and Principe

224
Sudan
228 Mauritania
232 Mali
236 Burkina Faso
240 Niger
244 Chad
247 Cape Verde
248
Senegal
252 Gambia
257 Guinea-Bissau
260 Guinea
264
268 Liberia
272 C(cid:147)te d’Ivoire
276 Ghana
280 Togo
284 Benin
288 Nigeria
302 Cameroon
306 Central African Republic
310 Equatorial Guinea
311
314 Gabon
318 Congo (Republic)
322 Congo (Democratic Republic)
324 Rwanda
328 Burundi
329
330 Angola
334 Ethiopia
336 Eritrea
338 Djibouti
342
Somalia
350 Uganda
352 Tanzania
355
357 British Indian Ocean Territory
366 Mozambique
373 Mauritius
375 Comoros
377 Mayotte
378 Zambia
386 Malawi
388
395 Lesotho

St Helena and dependencies

Seychelles and dependencies

South Africa

Zone 10

075 Russia

NB: The countries are those defined by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2317/97 (OJ L 321, 22.11.1997, p. 19).