Commission Regulation (EC) No 433/2007 of 20 April 2007 laying down the conditions for granting special export refunds for beef and veal (Codified version)
Date: 2007-04-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: beef, customs document, export (EU), export refund

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 433/2007

of 20 April 2007

laying down the conditions for granting special export refunds for beef and veal

(Codified version)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic
Community,

2.
This Regulation shall apply to fresh or chilled meat, put
up in the form of carcases, half-carcasses, compensated quarters,
forequarters
exported to certain third
countries.

and hindquarters,

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,

3. Where carcasses or unseparated hindquarters are presented
together with the liver and/or kidneys, the carcasse weight shall
be reduced by:

Whereas:

(a) 5 kg for the liver and kidneys together;

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 32/82 of 7 January
1982 laying down the conditions for granting special
export refunds for beef and veal (2) has been substantially
amended several times (3). In the interests of clarity and
rationality the said Regulation should be codified.

(b) 4,5 kg for the liver;

(c) 0,5 kg for the kidneys.

Article 33 of Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 laid down
general rules for granting export refunds and criteria for
fixing the amount thereof.

Article 2

(1)

(2)

(3)

On account of the market situation in the Community
and the scope for selling certain products of the beef and
veal sector which may be the object of
intervention
purchases, it is appropriate to lay down the conditions
under which special refunds may be granted for export of
such products when they are intended for certain third
countries with a view to reducing intervention purchases.

(4)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.
Eligibility for a special export refund shall be subject to
submission of proof that the products exported come from full-
grown male cattle.

2.
The proof referred to in paragraph 1 shall be provided by
means of a certificate, a specimen of which is given in Annex I,
issued at the request of the party concerned by the intervention
agency or any other authority designated for that purpose by
the Member State in which the animals were slaughtered.

This certificate shall be presented to the customs authorities at
the time of completion of the customs formalities for export
and shall be sent via administrative channels to the agency
responsible for payment of the refund after completion of the
said formalities. Those formalities shall be completed in the
Member State in which the animals were slaughtered.

1.
Products complying with the specific conditions laid down
in this Regulation shall be eligible for special export refunds.

Article 3

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

lation (EC) No 1913/2005 (OJ L 307, 25.11.2005, p. 2).

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

(EC) No 1713/2006 (OJ L 321, 21.11.2006, p. 11).

(3) See Annex II.

The Member States shall lay down the conditions for checking
the products and for issuing the certificate referred to in Article
2. These conditions may include the indication of a minimum
quantity.

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The Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure
that no substitution of products takes place between the time
they are checked and the time they leave the Community's
geographical
territory or are delivered to the destinations
referred to in Article 36 of Commission Regulation (EC) No
800/1999 (1). These measures shall
include identification of
each product by means of an indelible mark on each quarter
or by individual seal on each quarter. The slaughter and identi-
fication shall take place in the abattoir indicated by the party
concerned in the application referred to in Article 2(2).

and hindquarters

In cases where carcasses or half-carcasses are cut into fore-
than the
at
quarters
abattoir, the authority referred to in the first subparagraph of
Article 2(2) may replace the certificate referred to in Article 2,
issued in respect of carcasses or half-carcasses, by certificates in

a location other

respect of quarters, provided that all other
regarding the issue thereof have been complied with.

requirements

Article 4

Regulation (EEC) No 32/82 is repealed.

References to the repealed Regulation shall be construed as
references to this Regulation and shall be read in accordance
with the correlation table in Annex III.

Article 5

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following
the European
that of
Union.

its publication in the Official

Journal of

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

Done at Brussels, 20 April 2007.

For the Commission
The President

José Manuel BARROSO

(1) OJ L 102, 17.4.1999, p. 11.

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ANNEX I

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ANNEX II

Repealed Regulation with its successive amendments

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 32/82
(OJ L 4, 8.1.1982, p. 11)

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 752/82
(OJ L 86, 1.4.1982, p. 50)

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2304/82
(OJ L 246, 21.8.1982, p. 9)

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 631/85
(OJ L 72, 13.3.1985, p. 24)

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2688/85
(OJ L 255, 26.9.1985, p. 11)

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3169/87
(OJ L 301, 24.10.1987, p. 21)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2326/97
(OJ L 323, 26.11.1997, p. 1)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 744/2000
(OJ L 89, 1.4.2000, p. 3)

Only Article 1(1)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1713/2006
(OJ L 321, 21.11.2006, p. 11)

Only Article 1(1)

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ANNEX III

Correlation table

Regulation (EEC) No 32/82

This Regulation

Article 1(1) and (2)

Article 1(1) and (2)

Article 1(3), introductory part

Article 1(3), introductory part

Article 1(3), first indent

Article 1(3), second indent

Article 1(3), third indent

Article 2(1)

Article 1(3)(a)

Article 1(3)(b)

Article 1(3)(c)

Article 2(1)

Article 2(2), first subparagraph, first sentence

Article 2(2), first subparagraph

Article 2(2), first subparagraph, second and third sentences Article 2(2), second subparagraph

Article 3

Article 4

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Article 5

Annex

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Article 3

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Article 4

Article 5

Annex I

Annex II

Annex III