Commission Regulation (EC) No 2882/2000 of 27 December 2000 amending Regulation (EC) No 2331/97 on special conditions for granting export refunds on certain pigmeat products
Date: 2000-12-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: export refund, meat product, pigmeat

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2882/2000

of 27 December 2000

amending Regulation (EC) No 2331/97 on special conditions for granting export refunds on certain
pigmeat products

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 of 29
October 1975 on the common organisation of the market in
pigmeat (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1365/
2000 (2), and in particular Article 13(12) and Article 22
thereof,

higher quality criteria must be set for products covered
by CN code 1601 00 91 not containing poultrymeat in
order to use the available resources more efficiently.

(4)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Pigmeat,

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

(1)

(2)

(3)

as
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2331/97 (3),
amended by Regulation (EC) No 739/98 (4), lays down
quality criteria to be met for the granting of export
refunds on certain pigmeat products.

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87, of 17
December 1987 establishing an agricultural product
nomenclature for export refunds (5), as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 2425/2000 (6),
lists the pigmeat
products on which export refunds may be granted.

The product codes listed in Annex I to Regulation (EC)
No 2331/97 must be brought into line with recent
amendments to Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 and

Article 1

The entries relating to CN code 1601 00 91 in Annex I to
Regulation (EC) No 2331/97 are hereby replaced by those set
out in the Annex hereto.

Article 2

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

It shall apply from 1 January 2001.

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

Done at Brussels, 27 December 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 282, 1.11.1975, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 156, 29.6.2000, p. 5.
(3) OJ L 323, 26.11.1997, p. 19.
(4) OJ L 102, 2.4.1998, p. 22.
(5) OJ L 366, 24.12.1987, p. 1.
(6) OJ L 279, 1.11.2000, p. 14.

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CN code

Description

Product code

Conditions

ANNEX

1601 00

Sausages and similar products, of
food
meat, meat offal or blood;
preparations
these
products:

based

on

– Other:

1601 00 91

– – Sausages, dry or for spreading,

uncooked

– – Not containing poultry meat or

1601 00 91 9120

offal

– – Other

1601 00 91 9190

(a) protein

by weight:
minimum 16 % of net weight

content

(b) no addition of extraneous water

(c) proteins

other

than animal

proteins are prohibited

(a) protein

by weight:
minimum 12 % of net weight

content

(b) no addition of extraneous water

(c) proteins

other

than animal

proteins are prohibited