CELEX: 31974R0138
Language: en
Date: 1974-01-19 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 138/74 of the Commission of 18 January 1974 fixing the export refunds on beef and veal for the period beginning 21 January 1974

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                                  REGULATION (EEC) No 138/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                      of 18 January 1974
                fixing the export refunds on beef and veal for the period beginning 21 January 1974
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   Whereas, in the case of the preserved meats set out
  COMMUNITIES,                                                     in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EEC ) No
                                                                    1082/68 (4) of 26 July 1968 fixing coefficients ex­
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                pressing the meat content of preserved meats manu­
  pean Economic Community ;                                        factured from frozen meat, as amended by Regula­
                                                                   tion (EEC) No 207/70 (5), which contain 40 % or
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805 /                more of meat, Community participation in interna­
 68 (*) of 27 June 1968 on the common organization                 tional trade may be ensured by granting a refund
 of the market in beef and veal, as last amended by                which takes account of the refund hitherto granted
  Regulation (EEC) No 187/73 (2), and in particular the            to exporters ;
  second sentence of Article 18 (5 ) thereof ;                     Whereas, in the case of other beef and veal prod­
                                                                   ucts, a refund need not be fixed since Community
 Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                     participation in world trade in these products is not
 Committee ;                                                      significant ;
 Whereas Article 18 of Regulation ( EEC) No 805/68                 Whereas Article 92 of the Act (#) annexed to the
 provides that the difference between prices on the                Treaty (7 ) concerning the Accession of new Member
 world market and prices within the Community for                  States to the European Economic Community and
the products listed in Article 1 of that Regulation                the European Atomic Energy Community, signed
 may be covered by an export refund ;                              at Brussels on 22 January 1972, provides that the
                                                                   refund on exports from the new Member States for
 Whereas Council Regulation (EEC ) No 885 /68 (3) of               the products specified in Article 1 ( b ) and (c) of
28 June 1968 lays down general rules for granting                  Regulation (EEC ) No 805/68 shall be corrected by
                                                                   the amount of the difference between the customs
export refunds and criteria for fixing the amount of
 such refunds ;                                                    duties on the products from which these products
                                                                   are produced ;
Whereas it follows from applying these rules and cri­             Whereas if the refund system is to operate nor­
teria to the foreseeable situation on the market in               mally, refunds should be calculated on the fol­
beef and veal that the refund should be fixed as indi­            lowing basis :
cated below ;                                                     — in the case of currencies which are maintained
                                                                       in relation to each other, at any given moment,
Whereas the present market situation in the Com­                       within a band of 2-25 °/o, a rate of exchange
munity and the setting possibilities, particularly in                  based on their effective parity ;
 certain third countries, leads to granting an export
                                                                  — for other currencies an exchange rate based on
refund for adult animals of a weight of more than
                                                                       the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of
300 kilogrammes, for the export of certain fresh or
                                                                       each of these currencies recorded for a given
chilled meats shown in the Annex under heading
                                                                       period, in relation to the Community currencies
 No ex 02.01 A II a) 1 bb ) and cc) and for the
                                                                       referred to in the previous subparagraph ;
export to certain destinations, of certain frozen
 meats shown in the Annex under heading No ex                     Whereas the measures provided for in this Regu­
 02.01 A II a ) 2 aa ), bb ), cc) and dd ) 22 ;                   lation are in accordance with the Opinion of the
                                                                   Management Committee for Beef and Veal ,
Whereas, in the case of edible meat of domestic bo­
vine animals, boned or boneless, salted and dried,
there are traditional trade flows to Switzerland ;                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
whereas, to the extent necessary to allow this trade
to continue, the refund must be fixed at an amount                                            Article 1
which will cover the difference between prices on
the Swiss market and export prices in the Member                  The list of products on which the export refund
States ;                                                          referred to in Article 18 of Regulation (EEC ) No
                                                                  (4) OJ  No   L 181 , 27. 7. 1968, p. 9.
 («) OJ No L 148, 28 . 6. 1968, p. 24.                            (•) OJ  No   L 28, 5 . 2. 1970, p. 10.
 (•) OJ No L 25, 30. 1 . 1973, p. 23.                             (•) OJ   No  L 73 , 27. 3. 1972, p. 14.
(•) OJ No L 156, 4. 7. 1968 , p. 2.                               C)  OJ  No   L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972 , p. 5 .
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805/68 is granted and the amount of that refund is                                          Article 2
hereby fixed as shown in the Annex.                                   This Regulation shatl enter into force on 21 January
                                                                      1974.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
                Done at Brussels, 18 January 1974.
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                 The President
                                                                            Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
                                                                ANNEX
                                                                                                Refund in u.a. / lOO kg
     CCT heading No                              Description of goods
                                                                                                     Net weight
                                                                                                     Live weight
ex 01.02 A II           Live animals of the bovine species, other than pure-bred
                        breeding animals :
               b)       Adult animals of a weight of more than 300 kg                                 18-00 (»)
                                                                                                      Net weight
ex 02.01 A II a ) 1     Edible meat of domestic bovine animals, fresh or chilled :
               bb)      Of adult animals :
                   11 . Carcases, half-carcases or 'compensated' quarters                             35-00 (*)
                   22 . Forequarters, with a minimum of four and a maximum
                        of thirteen whole or cut ribs, with or without the thin
                        flanks                                                                        29-00 (»)
                   33 . Hindquarters, excluding the forequarter with more than
                        ten whole or cut ribs                                                         42-00 (»)
               cc)      Other cuts of beef and veal :
                   11 . Unboned ( bone-in )                                                           35-00 (*)
                   22 . Boned or boneless, coming from the hindquarters' cuts,
                        without the thin flanks and the shin, packaged separa­
                        tely                                                                          50-00 (')
ex 02.01 A Ilia ) 2     Edible meat of domestic bovine animals, frozen :
               aa)      Carcases, half-carcases and 'compensated ' quarters :
                        — for export to Portugal and to third countries on the
                             Mediterranean and for the provision of sea-going
                             vessels or aircraft or armed forces stationed on the
                             territory of a Member State other than that of their
                            flag                                                                      35-00 (')
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                                                                                                      Refund in u. a. / 100 kg
     CCT heading No                                 Description of goods                                    Net weight
                 bb )     Forequarters , with a minimum of four and a maximum
                          of thirteen whole or cut ribs, with or without the thin
                          flanks :
                          — for export to Portugal and third countries on the
                              Mediterranean, and for the provision of sea-going
                              vessels or aircraft or armed forces stationed in the
                              territory of a Member State other than that of their
                            ' flag                                                                          29-00 (')
                 cc)      Hindquarters, excluding the forequarter with more than
                          ten whole or cut ribs                                                             42-00 H
                 dd )      Others :
                     22 . Boned or boneless, excluding the chaps and the offals :
                          — for export to the United States of America                                      54-00 (»)
ex 02.06 C I a ) 2        Edible meat of domestic bovine animals, boned or
                          boneless, salted and dried :
                          — for export to Switzerland                                                       14-00 (»)
                                                                                                       United
                                                                                           Ireland    Kingdom       Other Member States
ex 16.02 B III b ) 1       Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal, other,
                           containing bovine meat or offal but excluding those
                          ■containing meat or offals of domestic swine :
                          — preserves, other than homogenized, containing the
                              following percentages of bovine meat :
                               1 . 80% ore more of 'meat, excluding offal and fat             0          0                   12-50
                              2 . 60 % or more but less than 80 M/o of meat, exclu­
                                   ding offal and fat                                         0          0                    7-50
                              3 . 40 % or more but less than 60 % of meat,
                                   excluding offal and fat                                    0          0                    5-00
(') For Ireland and the United Kingdom the refund fixed above must be rcduced by the compensatory amount pursuant to Article 12 (1) of
    Regulation (EEC) No 181/73 (OJ L 25, 30. 1 . 1973, p. 9).
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 .