CELEX: 31994R0187
Language: en
Date: 1994-01-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 187/94 of 28 January 1994 fixing the export refunds on beef

No L 24/ 64                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                   29 . 1 . 94
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 187/94
                                                       of 28 January 1994
                                              fixing the export refunds on beef
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        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 ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              whereas experience gained in recent years has shown that
Community,                                                         live pure-bred breeding animals weighing at least 250
                                                                   kilograms in the case of females and 300 kilograms in
                                                                   that of males should be treated in the same way as other
                                                                   bovine animals, subject to certain special administrative
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of             formalities :
27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market
in beef and veal ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 361 1 /93 (2), and in particular Article 18 thereof,
                                                                   Whereas export refunds should be granted for certain
                                                                   destinations on some fresh or chilled meat listed in the
Whereas Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68
                                                                   Annex under CN code 0201 , on some frozen meat listed
provides that the difference between prices on the world
                                                                   in the Annex under CN code 0202, on some meat or offal
market for the products listed in Article 1 of that Regula­        listed in the Annex under CN code 0206 and on some
tion and prices for those products within the
Community may be covered by an export refund ;                     other prepared or preserved meat or offal listed in the
                                                                   Annex under CN code 1602 50 10 ;
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 885/68 (3), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 427/77 (4), lays down
general rules for granting export refunds and criteria for         Whereas, in view of the wide differences in products
fixing the amount of such refunds ;                                 covered by CN codes 0201 20 90 700 and 0202 20 90 100
                                                                    used for refund purposes, refunds should only be granted
                                                                    on cuts in which the weight of bone does not exceed one
                                                                    third ;
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 32/82 (% as last amended
by Regulation (EEC) No 3169/87 (6), Regulation (EEC)
 No 1964/82Q, as amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 3169/87, and Regulation (EEC) No 2388/84 (8), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3661 /92 (9), lay down               Whereas, in the case of meat of bovine animals, boned or
the conditions for granting special export refunds on               boneless, salted and dried, there are traditional trade flows
certain cuts of beef and veal and certain preserved beef            to Switzerland ; whereas, to allow this trade to continue,
and veal products ;                                                 the refund should be set to cover the difference between
                                                                    prices on the Swiss market and export prices in the
                                                                    Member States ; whereas there are possibilities for export­
                                                                    ing such meat and also salted, smoked and dried meat to
Whereas it follows from applying those rules and criteria           certain African, Near and Middle Eastern countries ;
to the foreseeable situation on the market in beef and veal        whereas a refund should accordingly be set ;
that the refund should be as set out below :
Whereas, given the current market situation in the                 Whereas, in the case of certain other cuts and preserves of
Community and the possibilities of disposal in certain              meat or offal shown in the Annex under CN codes
third countries in particular, export refunds should be             1602 50 31 to 1602 50 80, the Community share of inter­
                                                                    national trade may be maintained by granting a refund
(') OJ No  L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24.                               corresponding to that at present available ;
(2) OJ No  L 328, 29. 12. 1993, p. 7.
(3) OJ No  L 156, 4. 7. 1968, p. 2.
(4) OJ No  L 61 , 5. 3. 1977, p. 16.
O   OJ No  L 4, 8. 1 . 1982, p. 11 .
(6) OJ No  L 301 , 24. 10. 1987, p. 21 .
0   OJ No  L 212, 21 . 7. 1982, p. 48 .                            Whereas, in the case of other beef and veal products, a
(8) OJ No  L 221 , 18. 8 . 1984, p. 28.                             refund need not be fixed since the Community's share of
0   OJ No  L 370, 19. 12. 1992, p. 16.                             world trade is not significant ;
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Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article          Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 990/93 Q prohi­
1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 ('), as                    bits trade between the European Community and the
amended by Regulation (EC) No 3528/93 (2), are used to              Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia und Montenegro) ;
convert amounts expressed in third country currencies               whereas this prohibition does not apply in certain situa­
and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural          tions as comprehensively listed in Articles 2, 4, 5 and 7
conversion rates of the Member States' currencies ;                 thereof ; whereas account should be taken of this fact
whereas detailed rules on the application and determina­            when fixing the refunds ;
tion of these conversions were set by Commission Regu­
lation (EEC) No 1068 /93 (3) ;                                      Whereas, notwithstanding the subdivision of the
                                                                    combined nomenclature for prepared and preserved meat,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (3),                 other than uncooked, falling within CN code 1602 50,
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3567/93 (5),                  experience has shown that it is possible to delete from the
establishes the agricultural product nomenclature for the           refund nomenclature several products falling within CN
purposes of export refunds ;                                        code 1602 50 31 and to amend the list of products falling
Whereas, in order to simplify customs export formalities            within CN code 1602 50 80 ;
for operators, the refunds on all frozen cuts should be
brought in line with those on fresh or chilled cuts other           Whereas the Management Committee for Beef and Veal
than those from adult male bovine animals ;                         has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by
                                                                    its chairman,
Whereas experience has shown that in certain cases it is
 often difficult to determine the relevant quantities of beef,
veal and other meat contained in prepared or preserved
 meat falling within CN code 1602 50 ; whereas exclusi­              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
vely beef and veal products should accordingly be set
 apart and a new heading should be created for mixtures of
 meats or offals ; whereas checks on products other than                                      Article 1
 mixtures of meat or offal should be stepped up by making
 the granting of refunds on these products conditional on           The list of products on which export refunds as referred
 manufacture under the arrangements provided for in                  to in Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 are
 Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 565/80 of                 granted and the amount thereof shall be as set out in the
                                                                    Annex.
 4 March 1980 on the advance payment of export refunds
 in respect of agricultural products (6), as amended by
 Regulation (EEC) No 2026/83 Q ;
                                                                                              Article 2
Whereas refunds on female animals should vary depend­
 ing on their age in order to prevent abuses in the export           This Regulation shall enter into force on 29 January
 of certain pure-bred breeding animals ;                             1994.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                   Done at Brussels, 28 January 1994.
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                Rene STEICHEN
                                                                           Member of the Commission
(') OJ   No L  387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .
(2) OJ   No L  320, 22. 12. 1993, p. 32.
(3) OJ   No L  108, 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106.
(4) OJ   No L  366, 24. 12. 1987, p. 1 .
0   OJ   No L  327, 28. 12. 1993, p. 1 .
(6) OJ   No L  62, 7. 3. 1980, p. 5.
0   OJ   No L  199, 22. 7. 1983, p. 12.                               s) OJ No L 102, 28. 4. 1993, p. 14.
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                                                        ANNEX
                                             (ECU/100 kg)                                          (ECU/100 kg)
     Product code  Destination Q        Refund f) (,0)           Product code  Destination Q  Refund (8)(10)
                                     -— Live weight —                                        — Net weight —
0102 10 10 120          01                  87,00
                                                            0201 20 20 120          02          108,50
0102 10 10 130          02                  63,50
                                                                                    03            75,00
                        03                  44,50
                                                                                    04            37,50
                        04                  22,50
0102 10 30 120          01                  87,00           0201 20 30 110 (')      02          107,50
0102 10 30 130          02                  63,50                                   03            73,00
                        03                  44,50                                   04            36,50
                        04                  22,50
                                                            0201 20 30 120          02            79,00
010210 90 120           01                  87,00                                   03            55,00
01029041 100            02                  87,00                                   04            27,50
010290 51 000           02                  63,50
                                                            0201 20 50 110 (')      02          187,00
                        03                  44,50
                                                                                    03          124,50
                        04                  22,50
                                                                                    04            62,00
0102 90 59 000          02                  63,50
                        03                  44,50           0201 20 50 120          02           138,00
                        04                  22,50                                   03            95,00
010290 61 000           02                  63,50                                   04            47,50
                        03                  44,50
                                                            0201 20 50 130 (')      02           107,50
                        04                  22,50
                                                                                    03            73,00
0102 90 69 000          02                  63,50
                                                                                    04            36,50
                        03                  44,50
                        04                  22,50           0201 20 50 140          02            79,00
01029071 000            02                  87,00                                   03            55,00
                        03                  58,50                                   04            27,50
                        04                  29,00
                                                            0201 20 90 700          02            79,00
0102 90 79 000          02                  87,00
                                                                                    03            55,00
                        03                  58,50
                        04                 29,00                                    04            27,50
                                                            0201 30 00 050 (4)      05            96,00
                                     — Net weight —
                                                            0201 30 00 100 (2)      02          267,50
                                                                                    03          178,50
0201 10 00 110 (')      02                107,50
                        03                 73,00                                    04            89,50
                        04                 36,50                                    06          228,50
0201 10 00 120          02                 79,00            0201 30 00 150 0        10          141,50
                        03                 55,00                                    11          119,50
                        04                 27,50                                    03          107,50
0201 10 00 130 (')      02                147,50                                    04            53,50
                        03                 99,00
                                                                                    06          124,00
                        04                 49,50
                                                                                    07            77,00
0201 10 00 140          02                108,50
                        03                 75,00            0201 30 00 190 0        02          109,50
                        04                 37,50                                    03            72,00
0201 20 20 110 (')      02                147,50                                    04            36,00
                        03                 99,00                                    06            88,00
                        04                 49,50                                    07            77,00
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                                              (ECU/100 kg)                                             (ECU/100 kg)
                                              !
     Product code   Destination f)        Refund (8)(">)          Product code  Destination f)    Refund (8) (10)
I                                      — Net weight —                                            — Net weight —
020210 00 100            02                   79,00          1602 50 10 120          02             121,50 (9)
                         03                   55,00                                  03               97,50 0
                         04                   27,50                                   04              97,50 (9)
020210 00 900            02                  108,50          1602 50 10 140           02             107,50 (9)
                         03                   75,00                                   03              86,50 0
                          04                  37,50                                   04              86,50 0
0202 20 10 000            02                 108,50           1602 50 10 160          02              86,50 (9)
                          03                  75,00                                   03              69,50 0
                          04                  37,50                                   04       -      69,50 (9)
0202 20 30 000            02                  79,00           1602 50 10 170          02               57,50 0
                          03                  55,00                                   03              46,00 0
                          04                  27,50                                   04              46,00 (')
0202 20 50 100            02                 138,00           1602 50 10 190          02               57,50
                          03                  95,00                                   03               46,00
                          04                  47,50                                   04               46,00
0202 20 50 900            02                  79,00           1602 50 10 240          02               20,00
                          03                  55,00                                   03               20,00
                          04                  27,50                                   04               20,00
0202 20 90 100            02                  79,00           1602 50 10 260          02               16,00
                          03                  55,00                                   03               16,00
                          04                  27,50                                   04               16,00
0202 30 90 100 (4)        05                  96,50           1602 50 10 280          02               10,00
 0202 30 90 400 (6)       10                 141,50                                   03               10,00
                          11                 119,50                                   04               10,00
                          03                 107,50
                                                              1602 50 31 125          01             1 1 0,00 0
                          04                  53,50
                          06                 124,00           1602 50 31 135          01               69,50 0
                          07                  77,00           1602 50 31 195          01               34,00
0202 30 90 500 (6)        02                 109,50           1602 50 31 325          01               98,00 0
                          03                  72,00           1602 50 31 335          01               62,00 f)
                          04                  36,00
                                                              1602 50 31 395          01               34,00
                          06                  88,00
                          07                  77,00           1602 50 39 125          01             1 10,00 0
0202 30 90 900            07                  77,00           1602 50 39 135          01               69,50 (9)
0206 10 95 000            02                 109,50           1602 50 39 195          01               34,00
                          03                  72,00           1602 50 39 325          01               98,00 0
                         04                   36,00           1602 50 39 335          01               62,00 0
                         06                   88,00
                                                              1602 50 39 395          01               34,00
0206 29 91 000           02                  109,50
                                                              1602 50 39 425          01               73,00 0
                         03                   72,00
                         04                   36,00
                                                              1602 50 39 435          01              46,00 0
                         06                   88,00           1602 50 39 495          01               34,00
0210 20 90 100           08                   88,00           1602 50 39 505          01              34,00
                         09                   52,00           1602 50 39 525          01              73,00 0
0210 20 90 300           02                  109,50           1602 50 39 535          01              46,00 0
0210 20 90 500 O         02                  109.50           1602 50 39 595          01               34 nn
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                                                            (ECU/100 kg)                                                                       (ECU/100 kg)
       Product code            Destination Q           Refund (8)(10)                   Product code              Destination f)          Refund (8)(10)
                                                    — Net weight —                                                                     — Net weight —
1602 50 39 615                      01                     34,00                   1602 50 80 495                      01                     34,00
1602 50 39 625                      01                     15,00                   1602 50 80 505                      01                     34,00
1602 50 39 705                      01                     20,00                   1602 50 80 515                      01                     15,00
1602 50 39 805                      01                      16,00                  1602 50 80 535                      01                     46,00 (9)
1602 50 39 905                      01                      10,00                  1602 50 80 595                      01                     34,00
1602 50 80 135                      01                     69,50 f)                1602 50 80 615                      01                     34,00
1602 50 80 195                      01                     34,00                   1602 50 80 625                      01                     15,00
1602 50 80 335                      01                     62,00 (')               1602 50 80 705                      01                     20,00
1602 50 80 395                      01                     34,00                   1602 50 80 805                      01                     16,00
1602 50 80 435                      01                     46,00 f)                1602 50 80 905                      01                     10,00
 (') Entry under this subheading is subject to the submission of the certificate appearing in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 32/82.
 (2) Entry under this subheading is subject to compliance with the condition laid down in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1964/82.
 (3) The refund on beef in brine is granted on the net weight of the meat, after deduction of the weight of the brine.
 (4) OJ No L 336, 29 . 12. 1979, p. 44.
 O   OJ No L 221 , 19. 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.
 I7) The destinations are as follows :
     01 Third countries .
     02 North African, Near and Middle East third countries, West, Central East and Southern African third countries, except Cyprus, Botswana, Kenya,
         Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia.
     03 European third countries, Ceuta, Melilla, Cyprus, Greenland, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Burma, Thailand, Viet Nam, Indonesia, the Philippines, China,
         North Korea and Hong Kong and the destinations referred to in Article 34 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87, except Austria, Sweden and
         Switzerland.
     04 Austria, Sweden and Switzerland.
     05 The United States of America, carried out in accordance with Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2973/79.
     06 French Polynesia and New Caledonia.
     07 Canada.
     08 North, West, Central, East and Southern African third countries, except Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia.
     09 Switzerland,
     10 North African third countries, Near and Middle East, Central, East and Southern African third countries, except Cyprus, Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar,
         Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia,
     11 West African third countries.
 (8) Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 885/68 provides that no export refunds shall be granted on products imported from third countries and re-exported to
     third countries.
 (') The refund is granted only on products manufactured under the arrangement provided for in Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 565/80.
f°) Refunds on exports to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) may be granted only where the conditions laid down in Regulation
     (EEC) No 990/93 are observed.
NB : The countries are as defined in Commission Regulation (EC) No 3478/93 (OJ No L 317 of 18 . 12. 1993, p. 32).
        The descriptions corresponding to the product codes and the footnotes are set out in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 as
        amended.