CELEX: 31978R3015
Language: en
Date: 1978-12-22 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3015/78 of 20 December 1978 fixing the export refunds on pigmeat for the period beginning 25 December 1978

22 . 12. 78                            Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 359/7
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3015/78
                                                     of 20 December 1978
              fixing the export refunds on pigmeat for the period beginning 25 December
                                                               1978
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      Whereas, for certain typical Italian , products falling
COMMUNITIES,                                                        within subheading 02.06 B I b) 3 bb) and 7 bb) main­
                                                                    taining participation by the Community in interna­
                                                                    tional commerce requires a refund of an amount to be
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               established on taking into account conditions of
Economic Community,                                                 access to the world market ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                    Whereas, for products falling within subheadings
2759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­
                                                                    02.06 B I b) ex 7, the refund should be granted solely
tion of the market in pigmeat (!), as last amended by               in respect of products of a quality comparable with
Regulation (EEC) No 1423/78 (2), and in particular the              that of products falling within subheadings 02.06 B I
first sentence of Article 1 5 (5) thereof,
                                                                    b) 3, 4 and 5 ;
Whereas Article 15 of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75
provides that the difference between prices on the
                                                                    Whereas, because of conditions of competition in
                                                                    certain third countries, which are traditionally major
world market and prices within the Community for
                                                                    importers of products falling within subheadings ex
the products listed in Article 1 (1 ) of that Regulation             16.01 A, ex 16.01 B I and II, ex 16.02 A II, ex 16.02 B
may be covered by an export refund ;
                                                                    III a) 2 aa), 11 , 22, 33, bb) and cc), set out in the
                                                                    Annex to this Regulation, the refund for these
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2768/75 of 29                   products should be fixed taking this situation into
October 1975 (3) lays down general rules for granting               account ;
export refunds and criteria for fixing the amount of
such refunds ;
                                                                    Whereas, since economically significant quantities of
                                                                    other pigmeat products are not being exported at
Whereas it follows from applying these rules and                    present, there is no need to fix a refund for these
criteria to the present situation on the market in                  products ;
pigmeat that the refund should be fixed as indicated
below ;
                                                                    Whereas the Management Committee for Pigmeat has
                                                                    not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by
Whereas facilities exist at present for the export of live          its chairman ,
pigs falling within subheading 01.03 A II b), and for
certain products falling within subheading 02.01 A
III ; whereas, a refund should be fixed for these
products taking into account conditions of competi­
tion of Community exporters to the world market ;                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas, for products falling within subheadings
02.06 B I b) 3 bb) and 6 bb), the refund should be
limited to an amount which takes account of the                                             Article 1
qualitative characteristics of each of the products
falling within this heading and of the foreseeable
trend of production costs on the world market ;                     The list of products on which the export refund
                                                                    referred to in Article 15 of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                     2759/75 is granted, and the amount of that refund, are
Whereas, if existing export outlets      for products falling        hereby fixed as shown in the Annex.
within subheadings 02.06 B I b) 3        aa), 4 aa), 5 aa) and
6 aa) are to be available in the          future, the refund
should be comparable with that           fixed for dried or
smoked products ;                                                                           Article 2
(!) OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 171 , 28 . 6. 1978 , p. 19 .                            This Regulation shall enter into force on 25
(3) OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 39 .                              December 1978 .
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States .
           Done at Brussels, 20 December 1978 .
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                   Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                      Vice-President
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                                                                     ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 20 December 1978 fixing the export refunds on pigmeat for
                                             the period beginning 25 December 1978
                                                                                                          (u.a./100 kg )
                  CCT
                 heading                                             Description                           Refund
                   No
                                                                                                        net weight
            01.03              Live swine :
                               A. Domestic species :
                                   II . Other :
                                         b) Other                                                           20.00
            02.01              Meat and edible offals of the animals falling within
                               heading No 01.01, 01.02, 01.03 , or 01.04, fresh, chilled              |
                              or frozen :
                              A. Meat :
                                   III . Of swine :
                                          a) Of domestic swine :
                                              1 . Carcases or half carcases, with or without
                                                  heads, feet or flare fat                                  30.00
                                              2 . Hams and cuts of hams, unboned (bone-
                                                  in)                                                       23.00
                                              3 . Shoulders (fores) and cuts of shoulders,
                                                  unboned ( bone-in)                                        23-00
                                             4. Loins and cuts of loins, unboned (bone-
                                                  in )                                                      23.00
                                              5 . Bellies (streaky ) arid cuts of bellies :
                                                  ( aa) Boned or boneless and totally or par­
                                                           tially defatted , with a maximum layer
                                                           of 3 mm fat, frozen ( a)                         24.00
                                                   ( bb ) Other                                             16.00
                                              6. Other :
                                                  ex aa) Boned or boneless and frozen :
                                                              ( 11 ) Hams , shoulders and loins and
                                                                     and cuts thereof ( a )                 40-00
                                                              (22) Other hams, shoulders arid loins
                                                                     and cuts thereof ( a )               ' 23-00
                                                  ex bb ) Other :
                                                              ( 11 ) Hams, shoulders and loins and
                                                                     cuts thereof ( a)                   . 23-00
            02.06             Meat and edible meat offal (except poultry liver), salted,
                              in brine, dried or smoked :
                             B. Meat and edible meat offals of domestic swine :
                                  I. Meat :
                                        b) Dried or smoked :
                                            2. Bacon sides, spencers, 3U sides or middles :
                                                 cc) *V4 sides or middles                                   19.00
                                           3 . Hams and cuts of hams, unboned (bone-in) :
                                                 aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked                     24.00
                                                 bb ) Other :
                                                       ( 11 ) 'Prosciutto di Parma ', ' Prosciutto di
                                                               San Daniele' ( b )                         56.00
                                                       (22 ) Other                                        34-00
                                           4. Shoulders (fores) and cuts of shoulders,
                                                 unboned ( bone-in ) :
                                                aa ) Slightly dried or slightly smoked                     19.00
                                           5 . Loins and cuts of loins , unboned (bone-in) :
                                                aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked                     24.00
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                                                                                                                 ( u.a. /100 kg )
                    CCT
                  heading                                               Description                               Refund
                     No
                                                                                                               net weight
                  02.06                          6. Bellies (streaky) and cuts of bellies :
                  (cont'd.)
                                                     aa ) Slightly dried or slightly smoked                       16.00
                                                    bb) Other                                                     16.00
                                                7. Other :
                                                    ex aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked :
                                                               ( 11 ) Hams, shoulders and loins, pieces
                                                                       thereof                                    24.00
                                                    ex bb) Other :
                                                               ( 11 ) 'Prosciutto di Parma', 'Prosciutto
                                                                       di San Daniele', pieces thereof (b)        56.00
                                                               (22) Hams, shoulders and loins, pieces
                                                                       thereof                                   "34.00
             ex 16.01               Sausages and the like, of meat, meat offal, or animal
                                    blood, suitable for human consumption :
                                    A. Liver sausages                                                             25-00
                                    B. Other ( c) :
                                          I. Sausages, dry or for spreading, uncooked (d)                        52-00
                                         II. Other                                                               33.00
             ex 16.02               Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal, suitable
                                    for human consumption :
                                    A. Liver :
                                        II. Other                                                                20-00
                                    B. Other :
                                        III. Other :
                                             a) Containing meat or offals of domestic swine :
                                                 2. Other, containing by weight :
                                                     aa) 80 % or more of meat or offal, of any
                                                           kind, including fats of any kind or
                                                           origin :
                                                           11 . Hams, fillets and loins, pieces there­
                                                                  of :
                                                                  — For export to the United States
                                                                       of America                               30.00
                                                                  — Other destinations                          56.00
                                                          22. Shoulders and pieces thereof :
                                                                  — For export to the United States
                                                                       of America                              (25-00
                                                                  — Other destinations                          45.00
                                                          33 .   Other                                          28-00
                                                    bb ) 40 % or more but less than 80 % of
                            i
                                                          meat or offal, of any kind, including
                                                          fats of any kind or origin                            15-00
                                                    cc) Less than 40 % of meat or offal, of
                                                         any kind, including fats of any kind or
                                                          origin                                                 8.00
           (a) The cuts are classified in this subheading only if they can be identified as originating from the primary
               cuts mentioned .
           (b) Only those products for which the name is certified by the competent authorities of the producing Member
               State can benefit from this refund .
           (c) The refund on sausages presented in containers with a preservative liquid is granted on net weight after
               deduction of weight of this liquid .
           (d) The weight of a coating of paraffin corresponding to normal use in the trade is considered as part of the
               net weight of the sausage .