CELEX: 31976R1368
Language: en
Date: 1976-06-16
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1368/76 of 15 June 1976 amending the export refunds on beef and veal

16 . 6 . 76                             Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 155 /7
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 1368 /76
                                                        of 15 June 1976
                                      amending the export refunds on beef and veal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    whereas, to the extent necessary to allow this trade to
COMMUNITIES,                                                      continue , the refund must be fixed at an amount
                                                                  which will cover the difference between prices on the
                                                                  Swiss market and export prices in the Member States ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,
                                                                  Whereas, in the case of some other cuts and preserves
                                                                   of meat or offals, Community participation in interna­
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No                      tional trade may be ensured by granting a refund
805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization                 which takes account of the refund hitherto granted to
of the market in beef and veal ('), as last amended by             exporters ;
Regulation ( EEC) No 568 /76 (2 ), and in particular the
first sentence of Article 18(5) thereof,
                                                                   Whereas, in the case of other beef and veal products, a
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                       refund need not be fixed since Community participa­
Committee ,                                                        tion in world trade in these products is not signifi­
                                                                   cant ;
Whereas Article 18 of Regulation ( EEC) No 805/ 68
provides that the difference between prices on the                 Whereas Article 92 of the Act of Accession (4)
world market and prices within the Community for                   provides that the refund on exports from the new
the products listed in Article 1 of that Regulation may            Member States for the products specified in Article 1
be covered by an export refund ;                                   (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 shall be
                                                                   corrected by the amount of the difference between the
                                                                   customs duties on the products from which these
Whereas Council Regulation ( EEC) No 885/ 68 of 28                 products are produced ;
June 1 968 (3 ) lays down general rules for granting
export refunds and criteria for fixing the amount of
such refunds ;
                                                                   Whereas if the refund system is to operate normally,
                                                                   refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
Whereas it follows from applying these rules and
criteria to the foreseeable situation on the market in             — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
beef and veal that the refund should be fixed as indi­                   relation to each other, at any given moment,
cated below ;                                                            within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based
                                                                         on their effective parity ;
Whereas the present market situation in the Commu­                 — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the
nity and the selling possibilities, particularly in certain              arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
third countries, lead to granting export refunds for the                 of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
export of adult bovine animals with a live weight                         relation to the Community currencies referred to
equal or superior to 330 kg, for the export of certain                    in the previous subparagraph ;
fresh or chilled meats shown in the Annex under
subheading ex 02.01 A II a) 1 and for the export to
certain destinations , of certain frozen meats shown in
                                                                   Whereas the export refunds on beef and veal have
the Annex under subheading ex 02.01 A II a) 2 ;                    been fixed by Regulation ( EEC) No 1 230 /76 (5) ;
Whereas, in the case of edible meat of domestic
bovine animals, boned or boneless , salted and dried ,             Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
there are traditional trade flows to Switzerland ;                 are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
                                                                   ment Committee for Beef and Veal ,
(') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p . 24 .
(') OJ No L 67, 15 . 3 . 1976, p . 28 .                            («) OJ No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p . 14 .
(3 OJ No L 156, 4 . 7 . 1968 , p . 2 .                             ( 5 ) OJ No L 137, 26 . 5 . 1976, p . 27 .
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                               ( EEC) No 1230/76, are hereby altered as shown in the
                                                            Annex to this Regulation .
                        Article 1
                                                                                   Article 2
The refunds referred to in Article 18 of Regulation         This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 June
( EEC) No 805/68 , as fixed in the Annex to Regulation       1976 .
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 15 June 1976.
                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                        P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                    Member of the Commission
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                                                                  ANNEX
    CCT heading No                               Description or goods                    Refund in u.a. / lOO kg
                                                                                             Live weight
    01.02 A II              Live domestic animals of the bovine species, other than
                            pure-bred breeding animals :
                            — adult bovine animals with a live weight equal or
                                superior to 330 kg                                            40-00 (M
                                                                                              Net weight
ex 02.01 A II a ) 1         Edible meat of domestic bovine animals, fresh or chilled
                 aa)        Of veal :
                       11 . Carcases and half-carcases                                        70-00 n
         22 . and ex 33 .   Unseparated or separated forequarters, with a respective
                            minimum of four pairs of ribs or four ribs and a
                            respective maximum of thirteen pairs of ribs or thirteen
                            ribs, with or without the thin flank , the ribs can be whole
                            or cut                                                            56-00 (')
                  ex 33 .   Unseparated or separated hindquarters, excluding unsepa­
                            rated or separated forequarters with respectively more
                            than eight pairs of whole or cut ribs or more than eight
                            whole or cut ribs                                                 84-00 (»)
                 bb)        Of adult animals :
                       11 . Carcases, half-carcases or 'compensated' quarters                 70-00 (»)
        22 . and ex 33 .    Forequarters, with a minimum of four and a maximum
                            of thirteen whole or cut ribs , with or without the thin
                            flanks                                                            56-00 («)
                  ex 33 .   Hindquarters, excluding the forequarter with more than
                            ten whole or cut ribs                                             84-00 H
                  cc )      Other cuts of beef and veal :
                       11 . Unboned ( bone-in )                                               56-00 (»)
                  ex 22 .   Boned or boneless, excluding the thin flanks and the
                            shin :
                            — each piece individually wrapped
                                                                                              82 00 ( l )
ex 02.01 A II a ) 2         Edible meat of domestic bovine animals, frozen :
                 aa )       Carcases, half-carcases or 'compensated' quarters :
                            — for export to European third countries ( 2 ), to Jordan ,
                                to third countries on the Mediterranean or on the
                                Persian Gulf, to third countries of the Arabian
                                Peninsula and Africa                                          70-00 (')
         bb ) and ex cc )   Forequarters, with a minimum of four and a maximum
                            of thirteen whole or cut ribs, with or without the thin
                            flanks :
                            — for export to European third countries (2), to Jordan ,
                                to third countries on the Mediterranean or on the
                                Persian Gulf, to third countries of the Arabian
                                Peninsula and Africa                                          56-00 \!
              cx cc)        Hindquarters , excluding the forequarter with more than
                            ten whole or cut ribs :
                            — for export to European third countries (2), to Jordan,
                                to third countries on the Mediterranean or on the
                                Persian Gulf, to third countries of the Arabian
                                Peninsula and Africa                                          84-00 (*)
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                                                                                                            Refund in u.a. /lOO kg
        CCT heading No                                    Description of goods
                                                                                                                 (Net weight)
                      dd )       Others :
                           11 .  Unboned (bone-in) :
                                 — for export to European third countries (2), to Jordan,
                                      to third countries on the Mediterranean or on the
                                      Persian Gulf, to third countries of the Arabian
                                      Peninsula and Africa                                                       56-00 ( l )
                       ex 22     Boned or boneless excluding the thin flanks and the
                                 shin :
                                 — for export to the United States of America                                    48-00 (*)
                                 — each piece individually wrapped for export to Euro­
                                      pean third countries (2), to Jordan, to third countries
                                      on the Mediterranean or on the Persian Gulf, to third
                                      countries of the Arabian Peninsula and Africa                             82-00 (M
ex 02.06 C I a) 2                Edible meat of domestic bovine animals , boned or
                                 boneless, salted and dried :
                                 — for export to Switzerland                                                    36-50 (*)
                                                                                                            United
                                                                                                 Ireland                Other Member States
                                                                                                           Kingdom
ex 16.02 B III b ) 1             Other preparations and preserves of meat or offals ex­
                                 cept those finely homogenized (3) containing by weight
                                 the following percentages of bovine meat :
                                 1 . 80 % or more of meat, excluding offal and fat               33-27      32-30               35-00
                                2. 60 °/o or more but less than 80 °/o of meat, excluding
                                     offal and fat                                               19-96      19-38               21-00
                                3 . 40 % or more but less than 60 %> of meat, excluding
                                     offal and fat                                               13-31      12-92               14-00
                                4. 20 °/o or more but less than 40 °/o of meat, excluding
                                     offal and fat                                                6-65       6-46                7-00
( l ) For Ireland and the United Kingdom the refund fixed above must be reduced by the compensatory amount pursuant to Article 12 ( 1 ) of
      Regulation (EEC) No 181 /73 ( OJ No L 25 , 30 . 1 . 1973 , p . 9).
(') Within the meaning of this Regulation those destinations mentioned in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 192/75 ( OJ No L 25 , 31 . 1 . 1975 ,
      p. 1 ) are also to be understood as European third countries .
(') The products which contain a small quantity of visible pieces of meat are also excluded .
N.B. : Whereas 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.