Commission Regulation (EC) No 934/2002 of 31 May 2002 fixing the export refunds on beef and veal
Date: 2002-05-31
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: beef, export, export refund

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 934/2002

of 31 May 2002

fixing the export refunds on beef and veal

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

prepared or preserved meat or offal listed in the Annex
under CN code 1602 50 10.

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 of 17
May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef
and veal (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC)
No 2345/2001 (2), and in particular Article 33(12) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Article 33 of Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 provides
that the difference between prices on the world market
for the products listed in Article 1 of that Regulation
and prices for those products within the Community
may be covered by an export refund.

Regulation (EEC) No 32/82 (3), as last amended by Regu-
lation (EC) No 744/2000 (4), Regulation (EEC) No 1964/
82 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2772/
2000 (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.

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.

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.

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 listed in the
Annex under CN code 0206 and on some other

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 315, 1.12.2001, p. 29.
(3) OJ L 4, 8.1.1982, p. 11.
(4) OJ L 89, 11.4.2000, p. 3.
(5) OJ L 212, 21.7.1982, p. 48.
(6) OJ L 321, 19.12.2000, p. 35.
(7) OJ L 221, 18.8.1984, p. 28.
(8) OJ L 370, 19.12.1992, p. 16.

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)

In view of the wide differences in products covered by
CN codes 0201 20 90 9700 and 0202 20 90 9100 used
for refund purposes, refunds should only be granted on
cuts in which the weight of bone does not exceed one
third.

In the case of meat of bovine animals, boned or bone-
less, salted and dried, there are traditional trade flows to
Switzerland. 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.

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 international
trade may be maintained by granting a refund corre-
sponding to that at present available.

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.

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (9), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 749/2002 (10), estab-
lishes the agricultural product nomenclature for the
purposes of export refunds.

In order to simplify customs export formalities for oper-
ators, 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.

Checks on products covered by CN code 1602 50
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 Regu-
lation (EEC) No 565/80 of 4 March 1980 on the
advance payment of export refunds in respect of agricul-
tural products (11), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
2026/83 (12).

(9) OJ L 366, 26.12.1987, p. 1.
(10) OJ L 115, 1.5.2002, p. 20.
(11) OJ L 62, 7.3.1980, p. 5.
(12) OJ L 199, 22.7.1983, p. 12.

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(13)

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

(14) Opportunities exist for the export to certain third coun-
tries 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.

(15) Under Article 6(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1964/82, the
special refund is to be reduced if the quantity of boned
meat to be exported amounts to less than 95 %, but not
less than 85 %, of the total weight of cuts produced by
boning.

(16)

The negotiations on the adoption of additional conces-
sions, held within the framework of the Europe Agree-
ments between the European Community and the asso-
ciated Central and Eastern European Countries, aim in
particular to liberalise trade in products covered by the
common organisation of the market in beef and veal.
The abolition of refunds may not, however, lead to the
creation of a differentiated refund for exports to other
countries. Provision should therefore be made for a new
‘B00’, and the fact that no
destination country code,
refund has been fixed for these countries should not be
considered to mean that there is a differential refund.

(17)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

and the amount thereof and the destinations shall be as set out
in the Annex to this Regulation.

The products must meet the relevant health marking

2.
requirements of:
— Chapter XI of Annex I to Council Directive 64/433/EEC (1),
— Chapter VI of Annex I to Council Directive 94/65/EC (2),
— Chapter VI of Annex B to Council Directive 77/99/EEC (3).

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 country 075 listed in the Annex to this Regulation shall
be subject to presentation, when the customs formalities for
export are completed, of the original 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 regula-
tions by the customs authorities, shall be attached to the
application for payment of the refund.

Article 3

In the case referred to in the third subparagraph of Article 6(2)
of Regulation (EEC) No 1964/82 the rate of the refund on
products falling within CN code 0201 30 00 9100 shall be
reduced by EUR 14,00/100 kg.

Article 4

The fact that no refund has been fixed for exports to Estonia,
Lithuania and Latvia shall not be considered to mean that there
is a differentiated refund.

1.
The list of products on which export refunds as referred
to in Article 33 of Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 are granted

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 June 2002.

Article 5

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

Done at Brussels, 31 May 2002.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 121, 29.7.1964, p. 2012/64.
(2) OJ L 368, 31.12.1994, p. 10.
(3) OJ L 26, 31.1.1977, p. 85.

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to the Commission Regulation of 31 May 2002 fixing export refunds on beef

ANNEX

Product code

Destination

Unit of measurement

Refunds (7)

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)

B00

B02
B03
039

B00

B02
B03
039

B00

B02

B02
B03
039

B02
B03
039
075 (9)

B02
B03
039

B02
B03
039

B02
B03
039

B02
B03
039

B02
B03
039

B02
B03
039

B02
B03
039

B02
B03
039

B02
B03
039

EUR/100 kg live weight

EUR/100 kg live weight
EUR/100 kg live weight
EUR/100 kg live weight

EUR/100 kg live weight

EUR/100 kg live weight
EUR/100 kg live weight
EUR/100 kg live weight

EUR/100 kg live weight

EUR/100 kg live weight

EUR/100 kg live weight
EUR/100 kg live weight
EUR/100 kg live weight

EUR/100 kg live weight
EUR/100 kg live weight
EUR/100 kg live weight
EUR/100 kg live weight

EUR/100 kg live weight
EUR/100 kg live weight
EUR/100 kg live weight

EUR/100 kg live weight
EUR/100 kg live weight
EUR/100 kg live weight

EUR/100 kg live weight
EUR/100 kg live weight
EUR/100 kg live weight

EUR/100 kg live weight
EUR/100 kg live weight
EUR/100 kg live weight

EUR/100 kg net weight
EUR/100 kg net weight
EUR/100 kg net weight

EUR/100 kg net weight
EUR/100 kg net weight
EUR/100 kg net weight

EUR/100 kg net weight
EUR/100 kg net weight
EUR/100 kg net weight

EUR/100 kg net weight
EUR/100 kg net weight
EUR/100 kg net weight

EUR/100 kg net weight
EUR/100 kg net weight
EUR/100 kg net weight

53,00

15,50
9,50
5,00

53,00

15,50
9,50
5,00

53,00

41,00

15,50
9,50
5,00

15,50
9,50
5,00
53,00

15,50
9,50
5,00

15,50
9,50
5,00

41,00
23,00
14,00

41,00
23,00
14,00

71,50
43,00
23,50

33,50
10,00
11,50

97,00
56,50
33,50

46,00
14,00
16,00

97,00
56,50
33,50

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Product code

Destination

Unit of measurement

Refunds (7)

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 9060 (6)

0201 30 00 9100 (2) (6)

0201 30 00 9120 (2) (6)

0202 10 00 9100

0202 10 00 9900

0202 20 10 9000

0202 20 30 9000

B02
B03
039

B02
B03
039

B02
B03
039

B02
B03
039

B02
B03
039

B02
B03
039

B02
B03
039

B02
B03
039

400 (3)
404 (4)

B02
B03
039
809, 822

B02
B03
039
809, 822

B08
B09
B03
039
809, 822

B02
B03
039

B02
B03
039

B02
B03
039

B02
B03
039

EUR/100 kg net weight
EUR/100 kg net weight
EUR/100 kg net weight

EUR/100 kg net weight
EUR/100 kg net weight
EUR/100 kg net weight

EUR/100 kg net weight
EUR/100 kg net weight
EUR/100 kg net weight

EUR/100 kg net weight
EUR/100 kg net weight
EUR/100 kg net weight

EUR/100 kg net weight
EUR/100 kg net weight
EUR/100 kg net weight

EUR/100 kg net weight
EUR/100 kg net weight
EUR/100 kg net weight

EUR/100 kg net weight
EUR/100 kg net weight
EUR/100 kg net weight

EUR/100 kg net weight
EUR/100 kg net weight
EUR/100 kg net weight

EUR/100 kg net weight
EUR/100 kg net weight

EUR/100 kg net weight
EUR/100 kg net weight
EUR/100 kg net weight
EUR/100 kg net weight

EUR/100 kg net weight
EUR/100 kg net weight
EUR/100 kg net weight
EUR/100 kg net weight

EUR/100 kg net weight
EUR/100 kg net weight
EUR/100 kg net weight
EUR/100 kg net weight
EUR/100 kg net weight

EUR/100 kg net weight
EUR/100 kg net weight
EUR/100 kg net weight

EUR/100 kg net weight
EUR/100 kg net weight
EUR/100 kg net weight

EUR/100 kg net weight
EUR/100 kg net weight
EUR/100 kg net weight

EUR/100 kg net weight
EUR/100 kg net weight
EUR/100 kg net weight

46,00
14,00
16,00

71,50
43,00
23,50

33,50
10,00
11,50

123,00
71,50
41,00

58,50
17,50
19,50

71,50
43,00
23,50

33,50
10,00
11,50

33,50
10,00
11,50

23,50
23,50

46,00
13,00
15,00
37,00

172,00
102,00
60,00
152,50

94,50
88,00
56,50
33,00
83,50

33,50
10,00
11,50

46,00
14,00
16,00

46,00
14,00
16,00

33,50
10,00
11,50

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Product code

Destination

Unit of measurement

Refunds (7)

0202 20 50 9100

0202 20 50 9900

0202 20 90 9100

0202 30 90 9100

0202 30 90 9200 (6)

0206 10 95 9000

0206 29 91 9000

0210 20 90 9100

1602 50 10 9170 (8)

1602 50 31 9125 (5)

1602 50 31 9325 (5)

1602 50 39 9125 (5)

1602 50 39 9325 (5)

1602 50 39 9425 (5)

1602 50 39 9525 (5)

1602 50 80 9535 (8)

B02
B03
039

B02
B03
039

B02
B03
039

400 (3)
404 (4)

B02
B03
039
809, 822

B02
B03
039
809, 822

B02
B03
039
809, 822

039

B02
B03
039

B00

B00

B00

B00

B00

B00

B00

EUR/100 kg net weight
EUR/100 kg net weight
EUR/100 kg net weight

EUR/100 kg net weight
EUR/100 kg net weight
EUR/100 kg net weight

EUR/100 kg net weight
EUR/100 kg net weight
EUR/100 kg net weight

EUR/100 kg net weight
EUR/100 kg net weight

EUR/100 kg net weight
EUR/100 kg net weight
EUR/100 kg net weight
EUR/100 kg net weight

EUR/100 kg net weight
EUR/100 kg net weight
EUR/100 kg net weight
EUR/100 kg net weight

EUR/100 kg net weight
EUR/100 kg net weight
EUR/100 kg net weight
EUR/100 kg net weight

EUR/100 kg net weight

EUR/100 kg net weight
EUR/100 kg net weight
EUR/100 kg net weight

EUR/100 kg net weight

EUR/100 kg net weight

EUR/100 kg net weight

EUR/100 kg net weight

EUR/100 kg net weight

EUR/100 kg net weight

EUR/100 kg net weight

58,50
17,50
19,50

33,50
10,00
11,50

33,50
10,00
11,50

23,50
23,50

46,00
13,00
15,00
37,00

46,00
13,00
15,00
37,00

46,00
13,00
15,00
37,00

23,00

22,50
15,00
17,50

88,50

79,00

88,50

79,00

30,00

30,00

17,50

(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) The refund is granted subject to compliance with the conditions laid down in amended Regulation (EEC) No 1964/82.

(3) Carried out in accordance with amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2973/79 (OJ L 336, 29.12.1979, p. 44).

(4) Carried out in accordance with amended Commission Regulation (EC) No 2051/96 (OJ L 274, 26.10.1996, p. 18).

(5) OJ L 221, 18.8.1984, 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, 1.8.1986, p. 39).

The term ‘average content’ refers to the sample quantity as defined in Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2457/97 (OJ L 340, 11.12.1997,
p. 29). The sample is to be taken from that part of the consignment presenting the highest risk.

(7) Article 33(10) of amended Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 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 Council 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 product codes and the ‘A’ series destination codes are set out in Commision Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (OJ L

366, 24.12.1987, p. 1) as amended.

The numeric destination codes are set out in Regulation (EC) No 2020/2001 (OJ L 273, 16.10.2001, p. 6).

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The other destinations are defined as follows:
B00: all destinations (third countries, other territories, victualling and destinations treated as exports from the

Community) with the exception of Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia.

B02: B08 and B09
B03: Ceuta, Melilla, Iceland, Norway, Faroe Islands, Andorra, Gibraltar, Vatican City, Poland, Czech Republic,
Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia, Former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the communes of Livigno and Campione d'Italia, Helgoland, Greenland,
Cyprus, stores and provisions (destinations referred to in Articles 36 and 45, and if appropriate in Article 44,
of Commission Regulation (EC) No 800/1999, as amended (OJ L 102, 17.4.1999, p. 11))

B08: Malta, Turkey, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Russia, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan,
Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Israel,
West Bank/Gaza Strip, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Yemen,
Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Myanmar (Burma), Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Philippines, China, North Korea, Hong
Kong

B09: Sudan, Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Chad, Cape Verde, Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea,
Sierra Leone, Liberia, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equa-
torial Guinea, São Tomé and Príncipe, Gabon, Congo, Congo (Democratic Republic), Rwanda, Burundi, Saint
Helena and dependencies, Angola, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, Uganda, Tanzania, Seychelles and
dependencies, British Indian Ocean Territory, Mozambique, Mauritius, Comoros, Mayotte, Zambia, Malawi,
South Africa, Lesotho.