CELEX: 31991R2067
Language: en
Date: 1991-07-16 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2067/91 of 15 July 1991 fixing the export refunds on beef and veal

16 . 7 . 91                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 191 /5
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2067/91
                                                             of 15 July 1991
                                             fixing the export refunds on beef and veal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                            and other bovines of a live weight of at least 250 kilo­
                                                                       grams should be granted ; whereas experience gained in
                                                                       recent years has shown that it is advisable to treat live
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                  pure-bred breeding animals of a weight of at least 250
Economic Community,                                                    kilograms for females and 300 kilograms for males in an
                                                                       identical manner to other bovine animals, while subjec­
                                                                       ting them 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 certain fresh or chilled meat listed in
                                                                       Annex I under CN code 0201 , on certain frozen meat
                                                                       listed in Annex I under CN code 0202, on certain meat
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,                or offal listed in Annex I under CN code 0206 and on
                                                                       certain 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 the CN codes 0201 20 90 700 and
                                                                       0202 20 90 100 used for refund purposes, the refund
                                                                       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 Q, as last amended
by Regulation (EEC) No 3169/87 (6), 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 (9), lay down the conditions               frozen boned or boneless pieces, even where each piece is
for granting special export refunds for 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 on adult male            ing such meat and also salted, smoked and dried meat to
bovine animals of a live weight of at least 300 kilograms              certain African, Near and Middle Eastern countries ;
                                                                       whereas a refund should accordingly be set ;
(') OJ    No L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968, p. 24.
(2) OJ    No L 150, 15. 6. 1991 , p. 16 .
(') 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
(') 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 .                            1 602 50 90, Community participation in international
O   OJ    No L 212, 21 . 7. 1982, p. 48 .
M OJ No L 221 , 18. 8. 1984, p. 28.                                    trade may be maintained by granting a refund corres­
0 OJ No L 376, 31 . 12. 1987, p . 31 .                                 ponding to that at present available ;
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Whereas, in the case of other beef and veal products, a              Whereas experience has shown that in certain cases it is
refund need not be fixed since Community participation               often difficult to determine the relevant quantities of
in world trade is not significant ;                                  bovine and other meat contained in prepared or preserved
                                                                     meat covered by CN code 1 602 50 ; whereas products of
Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,                the bovine species alone should accordingly be set apart
refunds should be calculated on the following basis :                and a new heading should be created for mixtures of
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­            meats or offals ; whereas control over products other than
    tion to each other at any given moment within a band             mixtures of meat or offal should be reinforced by making
    of . 2,25 %, a rate of exchange based on their central           the granting of refunds on these products conditional on
    rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in        manufacturer under the arrangements provided for in
    the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regula­          Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 565/80 of 4
    tion (EEC) No 1676/85 ('), as last amended by Regula­            March 1980 on the advance payment of export refunds in
    tion (EEC) No 2205/90 (2),                                       respect of agricultural products f), as amended by Regula­
                                                                     tion (EEC) No 2026/83 (8);
— for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an
    average of the ecu rates published in the Official               Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
    Journal of the European Communities, C series, over              in accordance with the opinion of the Management
    a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­             Committee for Beef and Veal,
    cient referred to in the preceding indent ;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (3),                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1436/91 (4);
establishes the agricultural product nomenclature for the                                      Article 1
purposes of export refunds ;
                                                                     The list of products on which the export refund referred
Whereas, in order to simplify customs export formalities             to in Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 is granted
for operators, the refunds on all frozen cuts should be              and the amount of that refund shall be as set out in
brought in line with those on fresh or chilled cuts other            Annex hereto.
than those from adult male bovine animals, except in the
case of certain frozen beef held by the intervention agen­                                     Article 2
cies that is to be exported under Commission Regulations
(EEC) No 243/90 0 and (EEC) No 676/90 (6) ;                          This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 July 1991 .
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                   Done at Brussels, 15 July 1991 .
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                           Member of the Commission
(') OJ   No  L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
(2) OJ   No  L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9 .
P)  OJ   No  L 366, 24. 12. 1987, p. 1 .
(4) OJ   No  L 137, 31 . 5. 1991 , p. 21 .
0   OJ   No  L 27, 31 . 1 . 1990, p. 8 .                              0 OJ No L 62, 7. 3. 1980, p . 5.
(j OJ No L 75, 21 . 3. 1990, p. 8.                                    (j OJ No L 199, 22. 7. 1983, p. 12.
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                                             ANNEX
                                                                                  (ECU/100 kg)
            Product code                    Destination f7)       Amount of . refund (8)
                                                                   — Live weight —
          010210 00 190                          01                      96,00
          010210 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 1 10 (')                    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 0         Amount of 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 HOC )                      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
            0201 30 00 190 (6)                     02                    128,00
                                                   03                     84,00
                                                   04                     42,00
                                                   06                    102,50
                                                   07                     90,00
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                                                                               (ECU/100 kg)
           Product code                    Destination f)        Amount of refund (8)
                                                                  — Net weight —
          0202 10 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 (,0)
                                                03                      88,00
                                                04                      44,00
          0202 20 30 000                        02                      92,00 (10)
                                                03                      65,00
                                                04                      32,50
          0202 20 50 100                        02                    161,00 (10)
                                                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 (6)                    02                    165,00 (10)
                                                03                    1 25,00 (10)
                                                04                      62,50 (,0)
                                                06                    144,50 (10)
                                                07                      90,00 (10)
          0202 30 90 500 0                      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
          0210 20 90 500 (3)                    02                    128,00
          1602 50 10 120                        02                    134,50 (')
                                                03                    108,00 0
                                                04                    108,00 0
          1602 50 10 140                        02                    119,500
                                                03                      96,00 O
                                                04                      96,00 O
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                                                                                                                      (ECU/100 kg)
                              Product code                         Destination Q                      Amount of refund (8)
              I                                                                                         — Net weight —
                            1602 50 10 160                              02                                     96,00 O
                                                                        03                                     77,00 (')
                                                                        04                                     77,00 (9)
                            1602 50 10 170                              02                                     63,50 (')
                                                                        03                                     51,00 0
                                                                        04                                     51,00 0
                            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 90 120                              01                                    116,00 0
                            1602 50 90 130                              01                                     73,00 (9)
                            1602 50 90 190                              01    .                                36,00
                            1602 50 90 320                              01                                    103,00 0
                            1602 50 90 330                              01                                     65,00 (')
                            1602 50 90 390                              01                                     36,00
                            1602 50 90 520                              01                                     77,00 0
                            1602 5090 530                               01                                     48,50 (')
                            1602 50 90 590                              01                                     36,00
                            1602 50 90 610                              01                                     36,00
                            1602 50 90 620                              01                                     16,00
                            1602 50 90 700                              01                                     36,00
                            1602 50 90 800                              01                                     26,00
                            1602 50 90 900                              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.
                (4) OJ No L 336, 29. 12. 1979, p. 44.
                0 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 (OJ No L 210, 1 . 8 . 1986, p. 39).
                0 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 (OJ No L 351 , 14. 12. 1987, p. 1 ),
                        except Austria, Sweden and Switzerland.
                    04 Austria, Sweden and Switzerland.
                    05 The United States of America, carried out in accordance with Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2973/79
                        (Oj No L 336, 29. 12. 1979, p. 44).
                    06 French Polynesia and New Caledonia.
                    07 Canada.
                    08 North, West, Central, East and South African third countries, except Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swazi­
                        land, Zimbabwe and Namibia.
                    09 Switzerland .
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            (*) 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.
            C) The refund is granted only on products manufactured under the arrangement provided for in Article 4 of
                Council Regulation (EEC) No 565/80.
           (10) Excluding frozen meat exported under Regulations (EEC). No 243/90, (EEC) No 676/90, (EEC) No 1680/90 and
                 (EEC) No 1682/90. However, in the case of exports under Regulations (EEC) No 1680/90 and (EEC) No
                  1682/90, the export refunds set out in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 1309/90 should be applied.
           NB : The countries are as defined in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 91 /91 (OJ No L 11 , 16. 1 .
                    1991 , p. 5). The descriptions corresponding to the product codes and the footnotes are set out
                    in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 as amended.