CELEX: 31975R0494
Language: en
Date: 1975-02-27 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 494/75 of the Commission of 27 February 1975 fixing the export refunds on beef and veal for the period beginning 3 March 1975

28 . 2 . 75                            Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 53/ 39
                            REGULATION (EEC) No 494/75 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                     of 27 February 1975
                fixing the export refunds on beef and veal for the period beginning 3 March
                                                              1975
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     there are      traditional trade   flows to Switzerland ;
 COMMUNITIES,                                                      whereas, to the extent necessary to allow this trade to
                                                                   continue, the refund must be fixed at an amount
                                                                   which will cover the difference between prices on the
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             Swiss market and export prices in the Member States ;
 Economic Community ;
                                                                   Whereas, in the case of some other cuts and preserves
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                   of meat or offals, Community participation in interna­
 805/ 68 (') of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in beef and veal, as last amended               tional trade may be ensured by granting a refund
                                                                   which takes account of the refund hitherto granted to
by Regulation (EEC) No 1 855/74 (2), and in particular
                                                                   exporters ;
 the first sentence of Article 18(5) thereof ;
 Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                      Whereas, in the case of other beef and veal products, a
Committee ;                                                        refund need not be fixed since Community participa­
                                                                   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
world market and prices within the Community for                   Whereas Article 92 of the Act (4) annexed to the
the products listed in Article 1 of that Regulation may            Treaty (5) concerning the Accession of new Member
be covered by an export refund ;                                   States to the European Economic Community and the
                                                                   European Atomic Energy Community, signed at Brus­
                                                                   sels on 22 January 1972, provides that the refund on
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 885/68 (3) of                  exports from the new Member States for the products
28 June 1968 lays down general rules for granting                  specified in Article 1 (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC)
export refunds and criteria for fixing the amount of               No 805/68 shall be corrected by the amount of the
such refunds ;
                                                                   difference between the customs duties on the products
                                                                   from which these products are produced ;
Whereas it follows from applying these rules and
criteria to the foreseeable situation on the market in
beef and veal that the refund should be fixed as indi­             Whereas if the refund system is to operate normally,
cated below ;                                                      refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
                                                                   — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
Whereas the present market situation in the Commu­                       relation to each other, at any given moment,
nity and the setting possibilities, particularly in certain             within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based
third countries, leads to granting export refunds for
                                                                         on their effective parity ;
live domestic animals of the bovine species, variable
according to the weight and the destination of these               — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the
animals, for the export of certain fresh or chilled                      arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
meats shown in the Annex under subheading ex 02.01                       of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
A II a) 1 and for the export to certain destinations, of                 relation to the Community currencies referred to
certain    frozen   meats  shown      in  the Annex    under
                                                                         in the previous subparagraph ;
subheading ex 02.01 A II a) 2 ;
Whereas, in the case of edible meat of domestic                    Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
bovine animals, boned or boneless , salted and dried ,             are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
                                                                   ment Committee for Beef and Veal ,
(') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 24.
(2 ) OJ No L 195, 18 . 7. 1974, p . 14.                            (4 ) OJ No L 73, 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14.
 3) OJ No L 156, 4. 7 . 1968 , p . 2.                               5 OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 5 .
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                              805/68 is granted and the amount of that refund is
                                                           fixed as shown in the Annex .
                      A rticle 1                                                  Article 2
The list of products on which the export refund            This Regulation shall enter into force on 3 March
referred to in Article 18 of Regulation ( EEC) No           1975 .
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 27 February 1975.
                                                                     For the Commission
                                                                       P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                   Member of the Commission
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                                                                  ANNEX
     CCT heading No                               Description of goods                 Refund in u.a./100 kg
                                                                                           Live weight
    01.02 All             Live domestic animals of the bovine species, other than
                          pure-bred breeding animals :
                          — with a live weight of less than 330 kg, for export to
                               Portugal, Jordan, to third countries on the Mediter­
                               ranean excepting Yugoslavia, to third countries on the
                               Persian Gulf and ta third countries of the Arabian
                               Peninsula                                                     40.00 (1)
                          — others                                                           36.50 (»)
                                                                                            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 (')
      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 (»)
               cc)       Other cuts of beef and veal :
                   11 .  Unboned (bone-in)                                                  56.00 (»)
              ex 22 .     Boned or boneless, excluding the cheeks, the offals, the
                         thin flanks and the shin, packaged separately                      82.00 («)                '
ex 02.01 A II a) 2       Edible meat of domestic bovine animals, frozen :
               aa)       Carcases, half-carcases and 'compensated' quarters :
                         — for export to European third countries, to Jordan,
                              to third countries on the Mediterranean or on the
                             Persian Gulf, to third countries of the Arabian
                             Peninsula and Africa and for supplies for victualling
                             sea-going vessels or aircraft serving on international
                             routes, including intra-Community routes, or supplies
                             to armed forces stationed in the territory of a Mem­
                             ber State but not coming under its flag provided the
                             said supplies are such as must be treated as exports
                             from the Community                                            70.00 (')
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   CCT heading No                            Description of goods                   Refund in u .a ./lOO kg
                                                                                        Net weight
 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, to Jordan,
                           to third countries on the Mediterranean or on the
                           Persian Gulf, to third countries of the Arabian
                           Peninsula and Africa and for supplies for victualling
                           sea-going vessels or aircraft serving on international
                           routes, including intra-Community routes, or supplies
                           to armed forces stationed in the territory of a Mem­
                           ber State but not coming under its flag provided the
                           said supplies are such as must be treated as exports
                           from the Community                                            56-00 (*)
          ex cc)       Hindquarters, excluding the forequarter with more than
                       ten whole or cut ribs
                       — for export to European third countries, to Jordan,
                           to third countries on the Mediterranean or on the
                           Persian Gulf, to third countries of the Arabian
                           Peninsula and Africa and for supplies for victualling
                           sea-going vessels or aircraft serving on international
                           routes, including intra-Community routes, or supplies
                           to armed forces stationed in the territory of a Mem­
                           ber State but not coming under its flag provided the
                           said supplies are such as must be treated as exports
                           from the Community                                            84-00 (*)
             dd )      Others :
                  11 . Unboned (bone-in) :
                       — for export to European third countries, to Jordan, to
                           third countries on the Mediterranean or on the Per­
                           sian Gulf, to third countries of the Arabian Peninsula
                           and Africa and for supplies for victualling
                           sea-going vessels or aircraft serving on international
                           routes, including intra-®bmmunity routes, or supplies
                           to armed forces stationed in the territory of a Mem­
                           ber State but not coming under its flag provided the
                           said supplies are such as must be treated as exports
                           from the Community                                            56-00 (*)
             ex 22 .   Boned or boneless :
                       — excluding the cheeks and the offals, for export to the
                            United States of America                                     37-00 (*)
                       — excluding the cheeks, the offals, the thin flanks and
                            the shin, packaged separately, for export to European
                            third countries, to Jordan, to third countries on the
                            Mediterranean or on the Persian Gulf, to third coun­
                            tries of the Arabian Peninsula and Africa and for
                            supplies for victualling sea-going vessels or aircraft
                            serving on international routes, including intra-Com­
                            munity routes, or supplies to armed forces stationed
                            in the territory of a Member State but not coming
                            under its flag provided the said supplies are such as
                            must be treated as exports from the Community                82-00 {*)
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 ( V)
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     CCT heading No                                                                                   Refund in u.a. / 100 kg
                                                      Description of goods                                 ( Net weight)
                                                                                                       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 (2) containing by weight
                          the following percentages of bovine meat :
                          1 . 80 % or more of meat, excluding offal and fat                   31.34    29-18                35.00
                          2. 60 % or more but less than 80 % of meat, excluding
                              offal and fat                                                   18.80    17.51                21.00
                          3. 40% or more but less than 60 % of meat, excluding
                              offal and fat                                                   12.54    11.67                14.00
                          4. 20 % or more but less than 40 % of meat, excluding
                              offal and fat                                                    6.27     5.84                  7-00
(') For Ireland and the United Kingdom the refund fixed above must be reduced by the compensatory amount pursuant to Article 12 (1) ot
    Regulation (EEC) No 181/73 ( OJ No L 25 , 30. 1 . 1973 , p . 9).
(•) 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.