CELEX: 31992R0934
Language: en
Date: 1992-04-15 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 934/92 of 14 April 1992 fixing the export refunds on beef and veal and amending Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 establishing an agricultural product nomenclature for export refunds

15. 4. 92                               Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 101 /5
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 934/92
                                                        of 14 April 1992
                  fixing the export refunds on beef and veal and amending Regulation (EEC) No
                  3846/87 establishing an agricultural product nomenclature for export refunds
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        at least 300 kilograms and other bovine animals of a live
                                                                   weight of at least 250 kilograms ; whereas experience
                                                                   gained in recent years has shown that live pure-bred bree­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              ding animals weighing at least 250 kilograms in the case
Economic Community,                                                of females and 300 kilograms in that of males should be
                                                                   trated in the saame way as other bovine animals, subject
                                                                   to certain special administrative formalities ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of
27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market
in beef and veal ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)          Whereas export refunds should be granted for certain
No 1628/91 (2), and in particular Article 18 thereof,              destinations on some fresh or chilled meat listed in
                                                                   Annex I under CN code 0201 , on some frozen meat listed
                                                                   in Annex I under CN code 0202, on some meat or offal
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,            listed in Annex I under CN code 0206 and on some
                                                                   other prepared or preserved meat or offal listed in Annex
                                                                   I under CN code 1602 50 10 ;
Whereas Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68
provides that the difference between prices on the world
market for the products listed in Article 1 of that Regula­
tion and prices for those products within the Community            Whereas, in view of the wide differences in products
may be covered by an export refund ;                               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 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
fixing the amount of such refunds ;                                Whereas a minimum content of lean bovine meat should
                                                                   be fixed for boneless cuts wrapped individually and
                                                                   covered by CN codes 0201 30 and 0202 30 ;
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 32/82 0, as last amended
by Regulation (EEC) No 3169/87 (% Regulation (EEC) No
1964/82 Q, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3169/87,
and Regulation (EEC) No 2388/84 (8), as last amended by            Whereas refunds should also be granted on fresh or
Regulation (EEC) No 3988/87 (*), lay down the conditions           frozen boned or boneless pieces, even where each piece is
for granting special export refunds on certain cuts of beef        not individually wrapped, and on minced meat, and the
and veal and certain preserved beef and veal products ;            wording of the tariff subheadings for fresh boned or bone­
                                                                   less pieces specified ;
Whereas it follows from applying those rules and criteria
to the foreseeable situation on the market in beef and veal        Whereas, in the case of meat of bovine animals, boned or
that the refund should be as set out below ;                       boneless, salted and dried, there are traditional trade flows
                                                                   to Switzerland ; whereas, to allow this trade to continue,
                                                                   the refund should be set to cover the difference between
Whereas, given the current market situation in the                 prices on the Swiss market and export prices in the
Community and the possibilities of disposal in certain             Member States ; whereas there are possibilities for export­
third countries in particular, export refunds should be            ing such meat and also salted, smoked and dried meat to
granted on adult male bovine animals of a live weight of           certain African, Near and Middle Eastern countries ;
                                                                   whereas a refund should accordingly be set ;
(') OJ No  L  148, 28 . 6. 1968, p. 24.
0   OJ No  L  150, 15. 6. 1991 , p. 16.
(3) OJ No  L  156, 4. 7. 1968, p. 2.
(4) OJ No  L 61 , 5. 3. 1977, p. 16.                               Whereas, in the case of certain other cuts and preserves of
0   OJ No  L 4, 8. 1 . 1982, p. 11 .                               meat or offal shown in Annex I under CN code
(6) OJ No  L 301 , 24. 10. 1987, p. 21 .                           1602 50 90, the Community share of international trade
0   OJ No  L 212, 21 . 7. 1982, p. 48.
0   OJ No  L 221 , 18 . 8 . 1984, p. 28.                           may be maintained by granting a refund corresponding to
0   OJ No  L 376, 31 . 12. 1987, p. 31 .                           that at present available ;
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 Whereas, in the case of other beef and veal products, a           March 1980 on the advance payment of export refunds in
 refund need not be fixed since the Community's share of           respect of agricultural products 0, as amended by Regula­
 world trade is not significant ;                                  tion (EEC) No 2026/83 (6) ;
 Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,             Whereas the analytical criteria for preparations and
 refunds should be calculated using the following basis :          preserves covered by CN code 1 602 50 90 should be
 — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­         supplemented by fixing in particular a maximum colla­
     tion to each other at any given moment within a band          gen/protein ratio in terms of the meat content of such
     of 2,25 %, a rate of exchange based on their central          products ;
     rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in     Whereas the introduction of a collagen/protein ratio for
     the last subparagraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regu­      products covered by CN code 1602 50 90 in respect of
     lation (EEC) No 1676/85 ('), as last amended by Regu­         their meat content has meant that products containing at
     lation (EEC) No 2205/90 (2),                                  least 40 % but less than 60 % meat and with a collagen/
— for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an           protein ratio of less than 0,35 could not qualify for a
     average of the ecu rates published in the Official            refund ; whereas this gap should consequently be filled ;
     Journal of the European Communities, C series, over          Whereas refunds on female animals should vary depen­
     a period to be determined, multiplied by the factor           ding on their age in order to prevent abuses in the export
     referred to in the preceding indent ;                         of certain pure-bred breeding animals ;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (3),               Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 811 /92 (4) ;               in accordance with the opinion of the Management
establishes the agricultural product nomenclature for the          Committee for Beef and Veal,
 purposes of export refunds ;
Whereas, in order to simplify customs export formalities           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
for operators, the refunds on all frozen cuts should be
brought in line with those on fresh or chilled cuts other                                    Article 1
than those from adult male bovine animals ;
Whereas experience has shown that in certain cases it is          The list of products on which export refunds as referred
often difficult to determine the relevant quantities of beef,     to in Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 are
veal and other meat contained in prepared or preserved            granted and the amount thereof shall be as set out in
                                                                  Annex I hereto.
meat covered by CN code 1 602 50 ; whereas exclusively
beef and veal products should accordingly be set apart            The description of CN code 1602 50 90 in Section 6 of
and a new heading should be created for mixtures of               the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 is hereby
meats or offals ; whereas checks on products other than           replaced by Annex II hereto.
mixtures of meat or offal should be stepped up by making
the granting of refunds on these products conditional on                                     Article 2
manufacture under the arrangements provided for in
Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 565/80 of 4              This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 April 1992.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 14 April 1992.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                              Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                        Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
O OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9.
(3) OJ No L 366, 24. 12. 1987, p. 1 .                             0 OJ No L 62, 7. 3. 1980, p. 5.
0 OJ No L 86, 1 . 4. 1992, p. 65.                                 (<) OJ No L 199, 22. 7. 1983, p. 12.
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                                             ANNEX I
                                                                                  (ECU/100 kg)
             Product code                    Destination Q             Refund (8)
          I                                                         — Live weight —
            010210 00 120                         01                      96,00
            0102 10 00 130                        02                      85,50
                                                  03                      55,50
                                                  04                      25,50
            0102 10 00 390                        01                      96,00
            0102 90 31 900                        02                      85,50
                                                  03                      55,50
                                                . 04                      25,50
            0102 90 33 900                        02                      85,50
                                                  03                      55,50
                                                  04                      25,50
            0102 90 35 900                        02                     101,50
                                                  03                      73,00
                                                  04                      34,50
            0102 90 37 900                        02                     101,50
                                                  03                      73,00
                                                  04                      34,50
                                                                    — Net weight —
            0201 10 10 100                        02                      92,00
                                                  03     ,                65,00
                                                  04                      32,50
            0201 10 10 900                        02                     126,50
                                                  03                      88,00
                                                  04                      44,00
            0201 10 90 HOC)                       02                     124,50
                                                  03                      85,00
                                                  04                      42,50
            0201 10 90 190                        02                      92,00
                                                  03                      65,00
                                                  04                      32,50
            0201 10 90 910 (')                    02                     171,50
                                                  03                     115,00
                                                  04                      57,50
            0201 10 90 990                        02                     126,50
                                                  03                      88,00
                                                  04                      44,00
            0201 20 21 000                         02                    126,50
                                                  03                      88,00
                                                  04                      44,00
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                                                                                   (ECU/100 kg)
              Product code                    Destination f)            Refund (8)
                                                                     — Net weight —
            0201 20 29 100 (')                     02                    171,50
                                                   03                    115,00
                                                   04                     57,50
            0201 20 29 900                         02                    126,50
                                                   03                     88,00
                                                   04                     44,00
            0201 20 31 000                         02                     92,00
                                                   03                     65,00
                                                   04                     32,50
            0201 20 39 100 (')                     02                    124,50
                                                   03                     85,00
                                                   04                     42,50
            0201 20 39 900                         02                     92,00
                                                   03                     65,00
                                                   04                     32,50
            0201 20 51 100                         02                    161,00
                                                   03                    110,50
                                                   04                     56,00
            0201 20 51 900                         02                     92,00­
                                                   03                     65,00
                                                   04                     32,50
            0201 20 59 110 (')                     02                    218,50
                                                   03                    146,00
                                                   04                     73,00
            0201 20 59 190                         02                    161,00
                                                   03                    110,50
                                                   04                     56,00
            0201 20 59 910 (')                     02                    124,50
                                                   03                     85,00
                                                   04                     42,50
            0201 20 59 990                         02                     92,00
                                                   03                     65,00
                                                   04                     32,50
            0201 20 90 700                         02                     92,00
                                                   03                     65,00
                                                   04                     32,50
            0201 30 00 050 (4)                     05                    112,00
            0201 30 00 100 (2)                     02                   312,00
                                                   03                   208,50
                                                   04                    104,50
                                                   06                   266,50
            0201 30 00 150 (6)                     02                    165,00
                                                   03                    125,00
                                                   04                     62,50
                                                   06                    144,50
                                                   07                     90,00
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                                                                                 (ECU/100 kg)
            Product code                    Destination f)            Refund (')
                <                                                  — Net weight —
          0201 30 00 190 0s)                     02                    128,00
                                                 03                     84,00
                                                 04                     42,00
                                                 06                    102,50
                                                 07                     90,00
          020210 00 100                          02                     92,00
                                                 03                     65,00
                                                 04                     32,50
          0202 10 00 900                         02                    126,50
                                                 03                     88,00
                                                 04                     44,00
          0202 20 10 000                         02                    126,50
                                                 03                     88,00
                                                 04                     44,00
          0202 20 30 000                         02                     92,00
                                                 03                     65,00
                                                 04                     32,50
          0202 20 50 100                         02                    161,00
                                                 03                    110,50
                                                 04                     56,00
          0202 20 50 900                         02                     92,00
                                                 03                     65,00
                                                 04                     32,50
          0202 20 90 100                         02                     92,00
                                                 03                     65,00
                                                 04                     32,50
          0202 30 90 100 (4)                     05                    112,00
          0202 30 90 400 («)                     02                    165,00
                                                 03                    125,00
                                                 04                     62,50
                                                 06                    144,50
                                                 07                     90,00
          0202 30 90 500                         02                    128,00
                                                 03                     84,00
                                                 04                     42,00
                                                 06                    102,50
                                                 07                     90,00
          0202 30 90 900                         07                     90,00
          0206 10 95 000                         02                    128,00
                                                 03                     84,00
                                                 04                     42,00
                                                 06                    102,50
          0206 29 91 000                         02                    128,00
                                                 03                     84,00
                                                 04                     42,00
                                                 06                    102,50
          0210 20 90 100                         08                    102,50
                                                 09                     60,50
          0210 20 90 300                         02                    128,00
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                                                                                                                        (ECU/100 kg)
                            Product code                          Destination f)                            Refund (8)
                                                                                                       — Net weight —
                          0210 20 90 500 (3)                            02                                    128,00
                          1602 50 10 120                             • 02                                     1 34,50 (9)
                                                                        03                                    108,00 O
                                                                        04                                    108,00 0
                          1602 50 10 140                                02                                    119,50 (9)
                                                                        03                                      96,00 0
                                                                       04                                       96,00 O
                          1602 50 10 160                                02                                      96,00 O
                                                                       03                                       77,00 0
                                                                       04                                       77,00 0
                          1602 50 10 170                               02                                       63,50 O
                                                                       03                                       51,00 0
                                                                       04                                       51,00 O
                          1602 50 10 190                               02                                       63,50
                                                                       03                                       51,00
                                                                       04                                       51,00
                          1602 50 10 240                               02                                      36,00
                                                                       03                                      36,00
                                                                       04                                      36,00
                          1602 50 10 260                               02                                      26,00
                                                                       03                                      26,00
                                                                       04                                      26,00
                          1602 50 10 280                               02                                       16,00
                                                                       03                                       16,00
                                                                       04                                       16,00
                          1602 50 90 125                               01                                    116,00 (5)
                          1602 50 90 135                               01                                      73,00 O
                          1602 50 90 195                               01                                      36,00
                          1602 50 90 325                               01                                    103,00 0
                          1602 50 90 335                               01                                      65,00 O
                          1602 50 90 395                               01                                      36,00
                          1602 50 90 425                               01                                      77,00 O
                          1602 50 90 435                               01                                      48,50 O
                          1602 50 90 495                               01                                      36,00
                          1602 50 90 505                               01                                      36,00
                          1602 50 90 525                               01                                      77,00 O
                          1602 50 90 535                               01                                      48,50 O
                         1602 50 90 595                                01                                      36,00
                          1602 50 90 615                               01                                      36,00
                          1602 50 90 625                               01                                      16,00
                         1602 50 90 705                                01                                      36,00
                         1602 50 90 805                                01                                      26,00
                         1602 50 90 905                                01                                      16,00
              (') Entry under this subheading is subject to the submission of the certificate appearing in the Annex to Commis­
                  sion 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.
              O   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.
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          ^ The destinations are as follows :
             01 Third countries.
             02 North African, Near and Middle East third countries, West, Central East and South African third countries,
                 except Cyprus, Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia.
             03 European third countries, the Canary Islands, Ceuta, Melilla, Cyprus, Greenland, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Burma,
                 Thailand, Vietnam, 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 Switzer­
                 land.
             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, Swazi­
                 land, Zimbabwe and Namibia.
             09 Switzerland.
          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.
          NB : The countries are as defined in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3518/91 .
                 The descriptions corresponding to the product codes and the footnotes are set out in Commis­
                 sion Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 as amended.
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                                                 ANNEX II
   CN code                                    Description of goods                                         Product code
  1602 50 90 Other :
             — Not containing meat other than that of animals of the bovine species :
             — — With a collagen/protein ratio of no more than 0,35 (8) and containing by weight the
                  following percentages of bovine meats (excluding offal and fat) :
             — — — 90 % or more :
             — — — — Products complying with the conditions jaid down in Commission Regulation
                         (EEC) No 2388/84 0                                                              1602 50 90 125
             — — — — Manufactured under thje arrangements provided for in Article 4 of Regulation
                         (EEC) No 565/80 f)                                                              1602 50 90 135
             — — — — Other                                                                               1602 50 90 195
             — — — 80 % or more, but less than 90 % :
             — — — — Products complying with the conditions laid down in Regulation (EEC) No
                         2388/84 n                                                                       1602 50 90 325
             _ _ _ _ Manufactured under the arrangement provided for in Article 4 of Regulation
                         (EEC) No 565/80 0                                                               1602 50 90 335
             — — — — Other                                                                               1602 50 90 395
             — — — 60 % or more, but less than 80 % :
                      — Products complying with the conditions laid dwon in Regulation (EEC) No
                         2388/84 0                                                                       1602 50 90 425
             — — — — Manufactured under the arrangement provided for in Article 4 of Regulation
                         (EEC) No 565/80 Q                                                               1602 50 90 435
                         Other                                                                           1602 50 90 495
             — — — 40 % or more, but less than 60 %                                                      1602 50 90 505
             — — with a collagen/protein ratio of more than 0,35 but no more than 0,45 (8) and contai­
                  ning by weight to the following percentages of bovine meat (excluding offal and fat) :
             — — — 60 % or more :
             — — — — Products complying with the conditions laid down in Regulation (EEC)
                         No 2388/84 0                                                                    1602 50 90 525
             — — — — Manufactured under the arrangement provided for in Article 4 of Regulation
                         (EEC) No 565/80 Q                                                               1602 50 90 535
                         Other                                                                           1602 50 90 595
             — — — 40 % or more, but less than 60 %                                                      1602 50 90 615
             — — — 20 % or more but less than 40 %                                                       1602 50 90 625
             — — — less than 20 %                                                                        1602 50 90 626
             — — Other                                                                                   1602 SO 90 636
             — Other
             — — with a collagen/protein ratio of no more than 0,45 (8) :
             — — — Containing by weight 80 % or more of meat or more offal, of any kind, including
                     fats of any kind or origin                                                          1602 50 90 705
             — — — Containing by weight 40 % or more but less than 80 % of meat or meal offal, of
                     any kind, including fats of any kind or origin                                      1602 50 90 805
             — — — Containing by weight less than 40 % of meat or meat offal, of any kind, including
                     fats of any kind or origin                                                          1602 50 90 905
             — — Other                                                                                   1602 50 90 906
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(') Entry within this subheading is subject to the submission of the certificate appearing in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 32/82 (OJ No
    L 4, 8. 1 . 1982, p. 11 ).
(2) Entry within this subheading is subject to compliance with the conditions laid down in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1964/82 (OJ No L 212, 21 . 7.
    1982, p. 48).
(3) The refund on beef in brine is granted on the net weight of the meat after deduction of the weight of the brine.
(") OJ No L 336, 29. 12. 1979, p. 44.
0   OJ No L 221 , 18. 8. 1984, p. 28.
(*) 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 No L 210, 1 . 8. 1986, p. 39).
0 OJ No L 62, 7. 3. 1980, p. 5.
(8) Determination of collagen content :
    The collagen content shall be taken to mean the hydroxyproline content multiplied by the factor 8. The hydroxyproline content must be determined
    according to ISO method 3496-1978 .
 NB .- Article 7 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 885/68 (OJ No L 156, 4. 7. 1968, p. 2) provides that no export refunds are to be granted on products
       imported from third countries and re-exported to third countries.