Commission Regulation (EC) No 488/2002 of 18 March 2002 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 establishing an agricultural product nomenclature for export refunds
Date: 2002-03-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agricultural product nomenclature, export refund, meat product

19.3.2002

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Official Journal of the European Communities

L 76/11

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 488/2002

of 18 March 2002

amending Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 establishing an agricultural product nomenclature for
export refunds

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) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 of 17
December 1987 establishing an agricultural product
nomenclature for export refunds (3), as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 2556/2001 (4), establishes a nomen-
clature of agricultural products for export refunds based
on the Combined Nomenclature.

the current export nomenclature for
Application of
products
falling within CN codes 1602 41 10 and
1602 42 10 weighing less than one kilogram may result
in operators being treated unequally when refunds are
paid. Those CN codes should therefore be subdivided on
the basis of the weight of the products concerned and a
new subheading should be introduced for CN code
1602 49 19, so that the headings can be grouped in the

same category in Annex I to Commission Regulation
(EC) No 1370/95 of 16 June 1995 laying down detailed
rules for implementing the system of export licences in
the pigmeat sector (5), as last amended by Regulation
(EC) No 2898/2000 (6), and equal treatment ensured for
all operators when the refund is paid.

(3)

The Management Committee for Pigmeat has not deliv-
ered an opinion within the time limit set by its Chair,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

In Sector 6 of Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87, the
section concerning CN code 1602 is replaced by the text
contained in the Annex hereto.

Article 2

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

It shall apply to export licences applied for from 8 April 2002.

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

Done at Brussels, 18 March 2002.

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 366, 24.12.1987, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 348, 31.12.2001, p. 1.

(5) OJ L 133, 17.6.1995, p. 9.
(6) OJ L 336, 30.12.2000, p. 32.

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ANNEX

CN code

Description of goods

Product code

‘ex 1602

Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood:

– Of swine:

ex 1602 41

– – Hams and cuts thereof:

ex 1602 41 10

– – – Of domestic swine (7):

– – – – Cooked, containing by weight 80 % or more of meat and fat (8) (9):

– – – – – In immediate packings with a net weight of 1 kg or more

1602 41 10 9110

– – – – – In immediate packings with a net weight of less than 1 kg

1602 41 10 9130

ex 1602 42

– – Shoulders and cuts thereof:

ex 1602 42 10

– – – Of domestic swine (7):

– – – – Cooked, containing by weight 80 % or more of meat and fat (8) (9):

– – – – – In immediate packings with a net weight of 1 kg or more

1602 42 10 9110

– – – – – In immediate packings with a net weight of less than 1 kg

1602 42 10 9130

ex 1602 49

– – Other,

including mixtures:

– – – Of domestic swine:

– – – – Containing by weight 80 % or more of meat or meat offal, of any

kind,

including fats of any kind or origin:

ex 1602 49 19

– – – – – Other (7) (10):

– – – – – – Cooked, containing by weight 80 % or more of meat and

fat (8) (9):

– – – – – – – Not containing the meat or offal of poultry:

– – – – – – – – Containing a product composed of clearly recognisable pieces
of muscular meat which, due to their size are not identifiable
as having been obtained from hams, shoulders,
loins or
collars, together with small particles of visible fat and small
quantities of jelly deposits

1602 49 19 9130’