CELEX: 31995R2420
Language: en
Date: 1995-10-13 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2420/95 of 13 October 1995 fixing the export refunds on beef

14. 10 . 95          EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 248 /43
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2420/95
                                                     of 13 October 1995
                                             fixing the export refunds on beef
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       Annex under CN code 0201 , on some frozen meat listed
                                                                  in the Annex under CN code 0202, on some meat or offal
                                                                  listed in the Annex under CN code 0206 and on some
                                                                  other prepared or preserved meat or offal listed in the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             Annex under CN code 1602 50 10 :
Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of
27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market             Whereas, in view of the wide differences in products
in beef and veal ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC)          covered by CN codes 0201 20 90 700 and 0202 20 90 100
No 424/95 (2), and in particular Article 13 thereof,              used for refund purposes, refunds should only be granted
                                                                  on cuts in which the weight of bone does not exceed one
                                                                  third :
Whereas Article 13 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                     Whereas, in the case of meat of bovine animals, boned or
Community may be covered by an export refund ;                    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 Regulation (EEC) No 32/82 (3), as last amended            prices on the Swiss market and export prices in the
by Regulation (EEC) No 3169/87 (4), Regulation (EEC)              Member States ; whereas there are possibilities for export­
No 1964/82 (^ as amended by Regulation (EEC)                      ing such meat and also salted, smoked and dried meat to
No 3169/87, and Regulation (EEC) No 2388 /84 (6), as last         certain African, Near and Middle Eastern countries ;
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3661 /92 (7), lay down             whereas a refund should accordingly be set ;
the conditions for granting special export refunds on
certain cuts of beef and veal and certain preserved beef
and veal products ;
                                                                  Whereas, in the case of certain other cuts and preserves of
                                                                  meat or offal shown in the Annex under CN codes
Whereas it follows from applying those rules and criteria         1602 50 31 to 1602 50 80, the Community share of inter­
to the foreseeable situation on the market in beef and veal       national trade may be maintained by granting a refund
that the refund should be as set out below ;                      corresponding to that at present available ;
Whereas, given the current market situation in the
Community and the possibilities of disposal in certain
third countries in particular, export refunds should be           Whereas, in the case of other beef and veal products, a
granted, on the one hand, on bovine animals intended for          refund need not be fixed since the Community's share of
slaughter of a live weight greater than 220 kilograms and         world trade is not significant ;
less than 300 kilograms, and, on the other on adult
bovine animals of a live weight of at least 300 kilograms ;       Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (8),
                                                                  as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1 628/95 (9),
                                                                  establishes the agricultural product nomenclature for the
                                                                  purposes of export refunds ;
Whereas export refunds should be granted for certain
destinations on some fresh or chilled meat listed in the
                                                                  Whereas, in order to simplify customs export formalities
(>) OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 24.
                                                                  for operators, the refunds on all frozen cuts should be
I1) OJ No L 45, 1 . 3. 1995, p. 2.                                brought in line with those on fresh or chilled cuts other
(3) OJ No L 4, 8 . 1 . 1982, p. 11 .                              than those from adult male bovine animals ;
(j OJ No L 301 , 24. 10. 1987, p. 21 .
(s) OJ No L 212, 21 . 7. 1982, p. 48.
(6) OJ No L 221 , 18. 8. 1984, p. 28.                             (8) OJ No L 366, 24. 12. 1987, p. 1 .
n OJ No L 370 , 19. 12. 1992, p. 16.                               9 OJ No L 155, 6. 7. 1995, p. 9.
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Whereas experience has shown that in certain cases it is           other than uncooked, falling within CN code 1602 50,
often difficult to determine the relevant quantities of beef,      experience has shown that it is possible to delete from the
veal and other meat contained in prepared or preserved             refund nomenclature several products falling within CN
meat falling within CN code 1602 50 ; whereas exclusi­             code 1602 50 31 and to amend the list of products falling
vely beef and veal products should accordingly be set              within CN code 1602 50 80 ;
apart and a new heading should be created for mixtures of
meats or offals ; whereas checks on products other than            Whereas the Management Committee for Beef and Veal
mixtures of meat or offal should be stepped up by making           has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by
the granting of refunds on these products conditional on           its chairman,
manufacture under the arrangements provided for in
Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 565/ 80 of
4 March 1980 on the advance payment of export refunds
in respect of agricultural products ('), as amended by
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Regulation (EEC) No 2026/83 (2) ;
Whereas refunds on female animals should vary depend­
ing on their age in order to prevent abuses in the export                                  Article 1
of certain pure-bred breeding animals ;
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 990/93 (% as                   The list of products on which export refunds as referred
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1380/95 (4), prohibits               to in Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/ 68 are
trade between the European Community and the Federal               granted and the amount thereof shall be as set out in the
Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia und Montenegro) ; whereas           Annex.
this prohibition does not apply in certain situations as
comprehensively listed in Articles 2, 4, 5 and 7 thereof ;
whereas account should be taken of this fact when fixing                                   Article 2
the refunds ;
Whereas,     notwithstanding      the    subdivision   of  the     This Regulation shall enter into force on 14 October
combined nomenclature for prepared and preserved meat,              1995 .
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States .
                  Done at Brussels, 13 October 1995.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                               Franz FISCHLER
                                                                          Member of the Commission
 (') OJ No  L  62, 7. 3. 1980, p. 5.
 (2) OJ No  L  199, 22. 7. 1983, p. 12.
 (3) OJ No  L  102, 28. 4. 1993, p. 14.
 («) OJ No  L  138, 21 . 6. 1995, p. 1 .
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                                                               ANNEX
                      to the Council Regulation of 13 October 1995 fixing export refunds on beef
                                                    (ECU/100 kg)                                              (ECU/100 kg)
    Product code        Destination (7)        Refund (8) (">)          Product code   Destination (7)  Refund (8) (">)
                                            — Live weight —                                            — Net weight —
0102 10 10 120               01                    88,00
                                                                   0201 20 20 120           02            114,00
0102 10 10 130               02                    64,50
                                                                                            03               79,50
                             03                    45,50
                                                                                            04               39,50
                             04                    22,50
0102 10 30 120               01                    88,00           0201 20 30 1 10 (')      02            112,50
0102 10 30 130               02                    64,50                                    03               77,00
                             03                    45,50                                    04               38,00
                             04                    22,50
                                                                   0201 20 30 120           02               83,00
0102 10 90 120               01                    88,00                                    03               58,50
0102 90 41 100               02                    79,00                                    04               29,00
0102 90 51 000               02                    58,50
                             03                    40,50
                                                                   0201 20 50 1 10 (')      02            196,50
                                                                                            03            131,00
                             04                    20,50
0102 90 59 000               02                    58,50
                                                                                            04               65,00
                             03                    40,50           0201 20 50 120           02            145,00
                             04                    20,50                                    03            100,00
0102 90 61 000               02                    58,50                                    04               50,00
                             03                    40,50
                             04                    20,50           0201 20 50 130 (')       02            112,50
                                                                                            03               77,00
0102 90 69 000               02                    58,50
                             03                    40,50
                                                                                            04               38,00
                             04                    20,50           0201 20 50 140           02               83,00
0102 90 71 000               02                    79,00                                    03               58,50
                             03                    52,50                                    04               29,00
                             04                    26,50
                                                                   0201 20 90 700           02               83,00
0102 90 79 000               02                    79,00
                                                                                            03               58,50
                             03                    52,50
                             04                    26,50
                                                                                            04               29,00
                    l                                              0201 30 00 050 (4)       05            100,50
                                            — Net weight —
                                                                   0201 30 00 100 (2)       02            281,00
                                                                                            03             187,50
0201 10 00 110 0             02                  112,50
                                                                                            04               94,00
                             03                    77,00
                                                                                            06            240,50
                             04                    38,00
0201 10 00 120               02                    83,00           0201 30 00 150 (6)       09             149,00
                             03                    58,50                                     10            125,50
                             04                    29,00                                    03             1 1 2,50
0201 10 00 130 (')           02                  1 55,00                                    04               56,50
                             03                   104,00                                    06             130,50
                             04                    52,50
                                                                                            07               81,00
0201 10 00 140               02                  114,00
                                                                   0201 30 00 190 (6)       02             115,00
                             03                    79,50
                             04                    39,50                                    03               75,50
                             02                  155,00
                                                                                            04               37,50
0201 20 20 1 10 (')
                             03                  104,00                                     06               92,50
                             04                    52,50                                    07               81,00
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                                                    (ECU/100 kg)                    I                      (ECU/100 kg
    Product code        Destination (7)        Refund OC")             Product code   Destination f)  Refund (8) ('")
                                            — Net weight —                                           — Net weight —
0202 10 00 100               02                    83,00          1602 50 10 120           02           132,50 Q
                             03                    58,50                                   03           106,00 o
                             04                    29,00                                   04           106,00 (9)
0202 10 00 900               02                  114,00           1602 50 10 140           02           1 1 7,00 f)
                             03                    79,50                                   03             94,00 (9)
                             04                    39,50                                   04             94,00 Q
0202 20 10 000               02                  114,00            1602 50 10 160          02             94,00 Q
                             03                    79,50                                   03             75,50 0
                             04                    39,50                                   04             75,50 0
0202 20 30 000               02                    83,00           1602 50 10 170          02             62,50 (')
                             03                    58,50                                   03             50,00 f)
                             04                    29,00                                   04             50,00 (9)
0202 20 50 100               02                  145,00            1602 50 10 190          02             62,50
                             03                   100,00                                   03             50,00
                              04                   50,00                                   04             50,00
0202 20 50 900               02                    83,00           1602 50 10 240          02             19,50
                              03                   58,50                                   03             19,50
                             04                    29,00                                   04             19,50
0202 20 90 100                02                   83,00           1602 50 10 260          02             14,50
                              03                   58,50                                    03            14,50
                              04                   29,00                                   04             14,50
0202 30 90 100 (4)            05                  100,50           1602 50 10 280           02              8,00
0202 30 90 400 (*)            09                  149,00                                    03              8,00
                              10                  125,50                                    04              8,00
                              03                  112,50           1602 50 31 125           01           119,50 (s)
                              04                   56,50
                                                                   1602 50 31 135           01            75,50 Q
                              06                  130,50
                              07                   81,00           1602 50 31 195           01            37,00
0202 30 90 500 (6)            02                  115,00           1602 50 31 325           01           107,00 (J)
                              03                   75,50           1602 50 31 335           01            67,50 f)
                              04                   37,50           1602 50 31 395           01            37,00
                              06                   92,50
                                                                   1602 50 39 125           01           119,50 (5)
                              07                   81,00
                                                                   1602 50 39 135           01            75,50 (9)
0202 30 90 900                07                   81,00
                                                                   1602 50 39 195           01            37,00
0206 10 95 000                02                  115,00
                              03                   75,50
                                                                   1602 50 39 325           01           107,00 (5)
                              04                   37,50           1602 50 39 335           01            67,50 Q
                              06                   92,50           1602 50 39 395           01            37,00
0206 29 91 000                02                  115,00           1602 50 39 425           01            80,00 (5)
                              03                   75,50
                                                                   1602 50 39 435           01            50,00 (9)
                              04                   37,50
                                                                   1602 50 39 495           01            37,00
                              06                   92,50
                                                                   1602 50 39 505           01             37,00
0210 20 90 100                08                   96,00
                              04                   57,00           1602 50 39 525           01             80,00 (5)
0210 20 90 300                02                  119,00           1602 50 39 535           01            50,00 f)
0210 20 90 500 f)             02                  119,00           1602 50 39 595           01             37,00
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                                                               (.ECU/100 kg)                                                                     (ECU/100 kg)
        Product code             Destination (7)          Refund (8) ("')                   Product code            Destination (7)         Refund (8) (,0)
                                                       — Net weight —                                                                    — Net weight —
                                                                                      1602 50 80 495                      01                    37,00
 1602 50 39 615                       01                      37,00
                                                                                      1602 50 80 505                      01                    37,00
 1602 50 39 625                       01                      16,50
                                                                                      1602 50 80 515                      01                    16,50
 1602 50 39 705                       01                      19,50
 1602 50 39 805                       01                      14,50                   1602 50 80 535                      01                   50,00 (*)
 1602 50 39 905                       01                        8,00                  1602 50 80 595                      01                   37,00
 1602 50 80 135                       01                      75,50 0                 1602 50 80 615                      01                   37,00
 1602 50 80 195                       01                      37,00                   1602 50 80 625                      01                    16,50
 1602 50 80 335                       01                      67,50 Q                 1602 50 80 705                      01                    19,50
 1602 50 80 395                       01                      37,00                   1602 50 80 805                      01                    14,50
 1602 50 80 435                       01                      50,00 Π                 1602 50 80 905                      01                      8,00
 (') Entry under this subheading is subject to the submission of the certificate appearing in the Annex to amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No 32/82.
 (2) Entry under this subheading is subject to compliance with the condition laid down in amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1964/82.
 (') 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.
 (s) OJ No L 221 , 19 . 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 of 1 . 8 . 1986, p. 39).
 (7) The destinations are as follows :
     01 Third countries .
     02 North African, Near and Middle East third countries, west, central, eastern and southern African third countries, Gaza and Jericho, Malta, Turkey,
         Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Russia, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kirghistan, except Cyprus,
         Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia .
     03 Iceland, Norway, the island of Heligoland, Faeroe Islands, Andorra, Gibraltar, Vatican City, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland Czech Republic, Slovak
         Republic, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro, Territory of the Former of Macedonia,
         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.
     04 Switzerland .
     05 The United States of America, carried out in accordance with amended 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 North African third countries, Near and Middle East, central, eastern and southern African third countries, Gaza and Jericho, Malta, Turkey, Ukraine,
         Belarus, Moldova, Russia, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kirghistan, except Cyprus, Botswana,
         Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia.
     10 West African third countries .
 (8) Article 7 of amended 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.
 (9) The refund is granted only on products manufactured under the arrangement provided for in Article 4 of amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No
     565/ 80 .
(10) Refunds on exports to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) may be granted only where the conditions laid down in amended
     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 .