Commission Regulation (EC) No 1604/2004 of 14 September 2004 fixing the export refunds on beef and veal
Date: 2004-09-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Romania, beef, export refund, health certificate, live animal

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1604/2004

of 14 September 2004

fixing the export refunds on beef and veal

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(5)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

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), and in particular Article 33(12) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

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.

No

(EEC)

Commission Regulations (EEC) No 32/82 (2),
(EEC) No
1964/82 (3),
No
2973/79 (5) and (EC) No 2051/96 (6)
lay down the
conditions
refunds on
certain cuts of beef and veal and certain preserved beef
and veal products, and for certain destinations.

for granting special

2388/84 (4),

export

(EEC)

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.

(4) With regard to live animals, for reasons of simplification
export refunds should no longer be granted for categories
with insignificant trade with third countries. Moreover, in
the light of the general concern of animal welfare, export
refunds for live animals for slaughter should be limited as
much as possible. Consequently, export refunds for such
animals should only be granted for third countries which
for cultural and/or religious reasons traditionally import
substantial numbers of animals for domestic slaughter.
As to live animals for reproduction, in order to prevent
any abuse, export refunds for pure-bred breeding animals
should be limited to heifers and cows of no more than
30 months of age.

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1782/2003 (OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 4, 8.1.1982, p. 11. Regulation as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 744/2000 (OJ L 89, 11.4.2000, p. 3).

(3) OJ L 212, 21.7.1982, p. 48. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 2772/2000 (OJ L 321, 19.12.2000, p. 35).

(4) OJ L 221, 18.8.1984, p. 28. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EEC) No 3661/92 (OJ L 370, 19.12.1992, p. 16).

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

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

In the case of meat of bovine animals, boned or boneless,
salted and dried, there are traditional trade flows to Swit-
zerland. 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 presence 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 (7) establishes
the agricultural product nomenclature for the purposes
of export refunds. The refunds are set on the basis of the
product codes as defined in that nomenclature.

to simplify customs export
the refunds on all

for
In order
operators,
frozen cuts should be
brought into line with those on fresh or chilled cuts
other than those from adult male bovine animals.

formalities

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 agricultural
products (8).

(5) OJ L 336, 29.12.1979, p. 44. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

(7) OJ L 366, 24.12.1987, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EEC) No 3434/87 (OJ L 327, 18.11.1987, p. 7).

lation (EC) No 118/2003 (OJ L 20, 24.1.2003, p. 3).

(6) OJ L 274, 26.10.1996, p. 18. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

(8) OJ L 62, 7.3.1980, p. 5. Regulation as last amended by Commission

lation (EC) No 2333/96 (OJ L 317, 6.12.1996, p. 13).

Regulation (EC) No 444/2003 (OJ L 67, 12.3.2003, p. 3).

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(12)

(13)

(14)

Refunds should be granted only on products that are
allowed to move freely in the Community. Therefore,
to be eligible for a refund, products should be required
to bear the health mark laid down in Council Directives
64/433/EEC (1), 94/65/EC (2) and 77/99/EEC (3), respec-
tively.

Pursuant to 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.

adoption of

additional
The negotiations on the
concessions, held within the framework of the Europe
Agreements between the European Community and the
associated 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. To
this end,
to abolish export
refunds on products intended for export to Romania.
This country should therefore be excluded from the list
of destinations giving rise to the grant of a refund, while
ensuring that the abolition of refunds for this country
may not lead to the creation of a differentiated refund for
exports to other countries.

it was decided,

inter alia,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The list of products on which export refunds as referred
1.
to in Article 33 of Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 are granted
and the amount thereof and the destinations shall be as set out
in the Annex to this Regulation.

the relevant health marking

The products must meet

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

Article 2

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 product code 0201 30 00 9100 shall
be reduced by EUR 14,00/100 kg.

Article 3

The fact of not setting an export refund for Romania shall not
be deemed to constitue a differentiation of the refund.

(15)

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

Article 4

This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 September 2004.

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

Done at Brussels, 14 September 2004.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ 121, 29.7.1964, p. 2012/64. Directive as last amended by

Directive 95/23/EC (OJ L 243, 11.10.1995, p. 7).

(2) OJ L 368, 31.12.1994, p. 10. Directive as amended by Regulation

(EC) No 806/2003 (OJ L 122, 16.5.2003, p. 1).

(3) OJ L 26, 31.1.1977, p. 85. Directive as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 807/2003 (OJ L 122, 16.5.2003, p. 36).

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to the Commission Regulation of 14 September 2004 fixing export refunds on beef

ANNEX

Product code

Destination

Unit of measurement

Refunds (7)

0102 10 10 9140

0102 10 30 9140

0102 90 71 9000

0201 10 00 9110 (1)

0201 10 00 9120

0201 10 00 9130 (1)

0201 10 00 9140

0201 20 20 9110 (1)

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

B00

B00

B11

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

B02

B03

039

B02

B03

039

B02

B03

039

B02

B03

039

400 (3)

404 (4)

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

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

53,00

53,00

41,00

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

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

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Product code

Destination

Unit of measurement

Refunds (7)

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

0202 20 50 9100

0202 20 50 9900

0202 20 90 9100

0202 30 90 9100

0202 30 90 9200 (6)

B02

B03

039

809, 822

B08, B09

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

809, 822

EUR/100 kg net weight

220

B08

B09

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

809, 822

EUR/100 kg net weight

220

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

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 weigh

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

809, 822

EUR/100 kg net weight

46,00

13,00

15,00

37,00

172,00

102,00

60,00

152,50

205,00

94,50

88,00

56,50

33,00

83,50

123,00

33,50

10,00

11,50

46,00

14,00

16,00

46,00

14,00

16,00

33,50

10,00

11,50

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

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Product code

Destination

Unit of measurement

Refunds (7)

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

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

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 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 Regulation (EEC) No 2973/79.
(4) Carried out in accordance with amended Regulation (EC) No 2051/96.
(5) The refund is granted subject to compliance with the conditions laid down in amended Regulation (EEC) No 2388/84.
(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 765/2002 (OJ L 117, 4.5.2002, p. 6). 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.

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 Commission Regulation (EC) No 2081/2003 (OJ L 313, 28.11.2003, p. 11).
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 Romania.

B02: B08, B09 and destination 220.
B03: Ceuta, Melilla, Iceland, Norway, Faroe Islands, Andorra, Gibraltar, Vatican City, Bulgaria, Albania, Croatia, Bosnia and Herze-
govina, Serbia and Montenegro, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the communes of Livigno and Campione d'Italia,
Helgoland, Greenland, 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: Turkey, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Russia, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan,
Kyrgyzstan, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, 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, Equatorial 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.

B11: Lebanon and Egypt.