CELEX: 31974R0131
Language: en
Date: 1974-01-18 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 131/74 of the Commission of 17 January 1974 fixing the export refunds on poultrymeat for the period beginn ing 1 February 1974

No L 15 /30                              Official Journal of the European Communities                            18 . 1 . 74
                                   REGULATION (EEC) No 131 /74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                        of 17 January 1974
                      fixing the export refunds on poultrymeat for the period beginning 1 February 1974
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      third countries, irrespective, of whether these are
 COMMUNITIES ,                                                        European third countries, non-European third coun­
                                                                     tries on the Mediterranean or more distant coun­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                    tries ;
pean Economic Community ;
                                                                     Whereas, for the other products listed in the Annex
Having regard to Council Regulation No 123 /67/                      to this Regulation, the refund should be limited to
EEC (*) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­                      an amount which, while permitting of Community
tion of the market in poultrymeat, as last amended                   participation in international trade, takes account of
by the Act ( 2) annexed to the Treaty (3 ) on the Acces­             the nature of these exports and their importance at
 sion of new Member States to the European Econo­                    the present time ;
mic Community and the European Atomic Energy                         Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972,                    refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
 and in particular the first sentence of the fifth subpa­            — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
 ragraph of Article 9 ( 2) thereof ;                                      relation to each other, at any given moment,
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                              within a band of 2-25 %>, at rate of exchange
 Committee ;                                                              based on their effective parity ;
Whereas Article 9 of Regulation No 123 /67/EEC pro­                  — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on
 vides that the difference between prices on the world                    the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of
 market for the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) of that                each of these currencies recorded for a given
Regulation and prices for those products in the Com­                      period, in relation to the Community currencies
 munity may be covered by an export refund ;                              referred to in the previous subparagraph ;
"Whereas Council Regulation No 176/67/EEC (4) of                     Whereas, since economically important quantities of
 27 June 1967, as amended by Regulation No 2689/                     other poultrymeat products are not being exported,
 72 ( 5 ), lays down general rules for granting export                there is no need to fix a refund for these at pre­
 refunds and criteria for fixing the amount of such                  sent ;
 refunds ;                                                           Whereas the Management Committee for Poultry and
 Whereas it follows from applying these rules and cri­               Eggs, has not delivered an Opinion within the time
 teria to the present situation on the market in                     limit set by its Chairman ;
 poultrymeat that the refund should be fixed as
 indicated below ;                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Whereas, for products falling within subheading                                               Article 1
 01.05 A of the Common Customs Tariff, an amount                      1.      The list of products for which the export re­
 should be chosen that will cover the difference bet­                fund referred to in Article 9 of Regulation No 123/
 ween the most favourable import prices in traditional               67/EEC is granted , and the amount of that refund,
 importing third countries and export prices in expor­                are hereby fixed as shown in the Annex.
 ting member states ;
                                                                      2.      No refund is fixed for any of the products
 Whereas, for products falling within subheading                     listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation No 123/67/EEC
 01.05 A of - the Common Customs Tariff, provision                    not included in the Annex.
 should be made, account being taken of conditions
 of competition determined inter alia by transport                                             Article 2
 costs, for different amounts which would allow ex­                  This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February
 porting Member States to continue to trade with                      1974 .
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States .
                 Done at Brussels, 17 January 1974.
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                    The President
                                                                               Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
 H   OJ    No  117, 19. 6. 1967, p. 2301 /67.
 n   OJ    No  L 73 , 27. 3. 1972, p. 14.
 (3) OJ    No  L 73, 27. 3 . 1972, p. 5 .
 (4) OJ    No  130, 28. 6. 1967, p. 2612/67.
 (s) OJ    No  L 289, 27. 12. 1972, p. 41 .
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                                                   ANNEX
                  CCT
              heading No                          Description of goods                    Refund
                                                                                      u. a. /100 units
            01.05        Live poultry, that is to say, fowls, ducks, geese, turkeys
                         and guinea fowls
                         A. Of a weight not exceeding 185 g, known as ' chicks' :
                             a) for exports to :
                                  — third European countries, excluding the USSR             0-42
                                  — third non-European countries on the Mediterra­
                                     nean                                                    0-42
                                 — territories and possessions of third non-European
                                     countries on the Mediterranean                          0-42
                             b) for exports to third countries not listed at a)              1-37
                                                                                       u. a. / 100 kg
            02.02        Dead poultry (that is to say, fowls, ducks, geese, turkeys
                         and guinea fowls) and edible offals thereof (except liver),
                         fresh , chilled or frozen :
                         A. Whole poultry :
                               I. Fowls :
                                   a) Plucked and gutted, with heads and feet,
                                      known as ' 83 °/o chickens'                            2-55
                                   b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet but
                                      with hearts, livers and gizzards, known as
                                      '70 °/o chickens'                                      3-03
                                   c) Plucked and drawn , without heads and feet
                                      and without hearts, livers and gizzards, known
                                      as '65 % chickens'                                     3-26
                              II . Ducks :
                                   a) Plucked, bled, gutted but not drawn, with
                                      heads and feet, known as ' 85 % ducks '                3-69
                                   b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet,
                                      with hearts, livers and gizzards , known as
                                      '70 °/o ducks'                                         4-47
                                   c) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet
                                       and without hearts, livers and gizzards, known
                                      as ' 63 °/o ducks '                                    4-98
                             IV . Turkeys                                                    3-77
                              V. Guinea Fowls                                                5-11
                         B. Poultry cuts (excluding offals) :
                              I. Boned or boneless                                           7-88
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                 CCT
             heading No                                        Description of goods                                       Refund
                                                                                                                   !   u. a. / 100 kg
              02.02                       II . Unboned ( bone in) :
               (cont'd )
                                               a) Halves or quarters :
                                                   1 . Of fowls                                                             3-26
                                                   2 . Of ducks                                                             4-98
                                                   4. Of turkeys                                                            3-77
                                                   5 . Of guinea fowls                                                      5-11
                                               b) Whole wings, with or without tips                                         2-63
                                               d ) Breasts and cuts of breasts :
                                                   3 . Of other (i.e. other than geese and turkeys)
                                                       poultry                                                              5-00
                                               e) Legs and cuts of legs :
                                                   2. Of turkeys
                                                       aa ) Drumsticks and cuts of drumsticks                                3-02
                                                       bb ) Other                                                            5-47
                                                   3 . Of other ( i.e. other than geese and turkeys)
                                                       poultry                                                               4-39
           02.03                       Poultry liver, fresh, chilled, frozen, salted or in brine :
                                       B. Other ( i.e. other than foie gras (goose or duck))                                 4-65
           16.02                       Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal :
                                       B. Other :
                                           I. Poultry meat or offal :
                                               a) Containing 57 % or more by weight of poultry
                              j                     meat (a)                                                               10-10
                              j                b) Containing 25 % or more but less than 57 %                         I
                                                    by weight of poultry meat ( a)                                            6-06
      (a) For the purpose of determining poultry meat content, the weight of the bones is disregarded ; the weight of the skin is
          taken into account only to the extent that it represents the national ratio between the weight of the skin and the weight
          of the meat .