Commission Regulation (EC) No 1452/1999 of 1 July 1999 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1964/82 laying down the conditions for granting special export refunds on certain cuts of boned meat of bovine animals
Date: 1999-07-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: beef, boned meat, export refund

2. 7. 1999

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Official Journal of the European Communities

L 167/17

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1452/1999

of 1 July 1999

amending Regulation (EEC) No 1964/82 laying down the conditions for granting
special export refunds on certain cuts of boned meat of bovine animals

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

‘Article 6

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of
27 June 1968 on the common organisation of the market
in beef and veal (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 1633/98 (2), and in particular Article 13(12) thereof,

(1) Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1964/
82 (3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2469/
97 (4), lays down the conditions for granting special
export refunds on certain cuts of boned meat from
hindquarters of adult male cattle;

(2) Whereas the grant of the special refund is subject
to the requirement that all the quantity of meat
obtained by boning the quarters be exported except
in cases of force majeure and without prejudice to
the requirements of Article 6(2) of that Regulation;

(3) Whereas the circumstances in which the require-
ment to export all the meat obtained is not fully
met without
to the refund
losing entitlement
should be extended; whereas, however, that pos-
sibility should be limited and made subject
to
restrictions to prevent misuse;

(4) Whereas the measures provided for in this Regula-
tion are in accordance with the opinion of the
Management Committee for Beef and Veal,

1.
The grant of the special refund shall be condi-
tional, except in circumstances of force majeure, on
exportation of the total quantity of cuts produced by
boning covered by the supervision referred to in
Article 2(3) and indicated in the certificate(s) referred
to in Article 4(1).

operator may, however,

sell within the
The
Community fillet, with or without chain muscle,
bones, large tendons, cartilages, pieces of fat and other
scraps left over from boning. Should the operator wish
to market the fillet within the Community, he shall
indicate this in the declaration referred to in Article
2(1). In addition, the words “without fillet” shall be
entered in box 4 of the certificate(s) referred to in
Article 4(1).

2.
If the quantity exported is less than the weight
given in box 6 of the certificate referred to in Article
4(1) without the difference exceeding 10 % of that
weight,
refund shall be reduced. The
percentage reduction shall be five times the percen-
tage difference in weight established.

the special

3. Where the difference in weight exceeds 10 %,
the special refund shall be the same as the refund on
products falling within CN code 0201 30 00 9150
applicable on the date given in box 21 of the export
licence on the basis of which the formalities under
Article 3(1) or Article 26(1) of Regulation (EEC) No
3665/87 were completed.

4.
The penalty laid down in Article 11(1)(a) of
Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87 shall not apply in the
cases referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3.'

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 2

Article 1

Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 1964/82 is replaced by
the following:

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
following its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Communities.

(1) OJ L 148, 28.6.1968, p. 24.
(2) OJ L 210, 28.7.1998, p. 17.
(3) OJ L 212, 21.7.1982, p. 48.
(4) OJ L 341, 12.12.1997, p. 8.

It shall apply to operations for which a final decision on
payment or release of the security has not been taken on
the date of entry into force of this Regulation.

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

Done at Brussels, 1 July 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission