CELEX: 31977R2789
Language: en
Date: 1977-12-16 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2789/77 of 15 December 1977 fixing the export refunds on beef and veal for the period beginning 1 January 1978

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                                    COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 2789/77
                                                    of 15 December 1977
              fixing the export refunds on beef and veal for the period beginning 1 January
                                                             1978
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    of some other preparations and preserves of meat or
COMMUNITIES,                                                      offals shown in the Annex under subheading 16.02 B
                                                                  III b) 1 aa) ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,
                                                                  Whereas, in the case of meat of bovine animals,
                                                                  boned or boneless, salted and dried, there are tradi­
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      tional trade flows to Switzerland ; whereas, to the
805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization                 extent necessary to allow this trade to continue, the
                                                                  refund must be fixed at an amount which will cover
of the market in beef and veal ( J ), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 425/77 (2), and in particular the             the difference between prices on the Swiss market and
first sentence of Article 18(5) thereof,                          export prices in the Member States ;
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary
Committee ,                                                       Whereas, in the case of some other cuts and preserves
                                                                  of   meat   or  offals  shown   in  the  Annex   under
                                                                  subheading 16.02 B III b) 1 bb), Community participa­
                                                                  tion in international trade may be ensured by granting
Whereas Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68                  a refund which takes account of the refund hitherto
provides that the difference between prices on the                granted to exporters ;
world market and prices within the Community for
the products listed in Article 1 of that Regulation may
be covered by an export refund ;
                                                                  Whereas, in the case of other beef and veal products, a
                                                                  refund need not be fixed since Community participa­
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 885/68 of 28                  tion in world trade in these products is not signifi­
June 1968 (3), as last amended by Regulation ( EEC)               cant ;
No 427/77 (4), lays down general rules for granting
export refunds and criteria for fixing the amount of
such refunds ;
                                                                  Whereas if the refund system is to operate normally,
Whereas it follows from applying these rules and                  refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
criteria to the foreseeable situation on the market in
beef and veal that the refund should be fixed as indi­
cated below ;                                                     — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
                                                                      relation to each other, at any given moment,
                                                                      within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based
Whereas the present market situation in the Commu­                    on their effective parity ;
nity and the selling possibilities, particularly in certain
third countries, lead to granting export refunds for the          — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the
export of adult bovine animals with a live weight                     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
equal or superior to 300 kilograms, for the export of                 of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
certain fresh or chilled meats shown in the Annex                     relation to the Community currencies referred to
under subheading ex 02.01 A II a) and for the export,                 in the previous subparagraph ;
to certain destinations , of certain frozen meats shown
in the Annex under subheading ex 02.01 A II b) and
(') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 24 .
(2) OJ No L 61 , 5 . 3 . 1977 , p. 1 .                            Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
(3 ) OJ No L 156, 4 . 7 . 1968 , p. 2.                            are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
(4) OJ No L 61 , 5. 3 . 1977, p. 16.                              ment Committee for Beef and Veal ,
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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.
                      Article 1                                                   Article 2
The list of products on which the export refund            This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
referred to in Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No           1978 .
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 15 December 1977.
                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                     Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                        Vice-President
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                                                                        ANNEX
                  to the Commission Regulation of 15 December 1977 fixing the export refunds on beef and veal
                                                      for the period beginning 1 January 1978
                                                                                                                      I'u.a. / lOO kg)
    CCT heading No                                          Description of goods                           Refund
                                                                                                       — Live weight —
 ex 01.02 A II            Live domestic animals of the bovine species, other than pure-bred
                          breeding animals :
                          (a ) Adult bovine animals with a live weight equal or greater than
                                300 kg                                                                      41-50
                                                                                                       — Net weight —
 ex 02.01 A II            Meat of bovine animals :
                          a ) Fresh or chilled :
                               1 . Carcasses, half-carcasses or 'compensated' quarters :
                                   ( aa) The front part of a carcase or of a half-carcase com­
                                          prising all the bones and the scrag, neck and shoulder
                                          but with more than 10 ribs                                        58-50
                                   (bb) Other                                                               73-00
                              2 . Separated or unseparated forequarters                                     58-50
                              3 . Separated or unseparated hindquarters                                     87-50
                              4 . Other :
                                        aa ) Unboned ( bone-in )                                            58-50
                                   ex bb) Boned or boneless, excluding the thin flanks and the
                                             shin :
                                             ( 11 ) Each piece individually wrapped                         85-50
                          b ) Frozen :
                               1 . Carcases, half-carcases or ' compensated' quarters :
                                   ( aa) The front part of a carcase or of a half-carcase com­
                                          prising all the bones and the scrag, neck and shoulder
                                          but with more than 10 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                                         58-50
                                    ( bb) Other :
                                          — 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                                         73-00
                               2 . Separated or unseparated forequarters :
                                    — 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        58-50
                               3 . Separated or unseparated hindquarters :
                                   — 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        87-50
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                                                                                                                                           (u.a.HOO kg)
     CCT heading No                                             Description of goods                                         Refund
                                                                                                                         — Net weight —
ex 02.01 A II                     4 . Other :
(cont'd)
                                           aa ) Unboned ( bone-in ) :
                                                — 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                                           58-50
                                      ex bb) Boned or boneless, excluding the thin flanks and the
                                                shin :
                                                ( 11 ) Each piece individually wrapped :
                                                        — For export to the United States of America                           6-50
                                                        — For export to European third countries ('), to
                                                           Jordan, to third countries on the Mediter­
                                                           ranean or on the Persian Gulf, to third
                                                           countries of the Arabian Peninsula and Africa                     85-50
                                                ( 22 ) Other :
                                                        — For export to the United States of America                           6-50
ex 02.06 C I a ) 2             Meat of bovine animals, boned or boneless, salted and dried :
                              — For export to Switzerland                                                                    41-00
ex 16.02 B III b ) 1           Other preparations and preserves containing bovine meat or offals,
                               except those finely homogenized (2.) :
                               ex aa) Uncooked, containing by weight the following percentages
                                         of bovine meats (excluding offal and fat) :
                                        ( 11 ) 80 °/o or more of meat :
                                               — 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                                            58-50
                                        ( 22 ) 60 % or more, but less than 80 °/o of meat :
                                                — 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                                            35-00
                                        (33 ) 40 % or more, but less than 60 % of meat :
                                               — 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                                            23-50
                               cv bb) Other, containing by weight the following percentages of
                                        bovine meats (excluding offal and fat) :
                                        ( 11 ) 80 % or more of meat                                                          35-00
                                        ( 22 ) 60 °/o or more, but less than 80 °/o of meat                                  21-00
                                        (33 ) 40 °/o of more, but less than 60 % of meat                                      14-00
                                        (44 ) 20 % or more, but less than 40 % of meat                                         7-00
(') Within the meaning of this Regulation those destinations mentioned in Article 3 of Regulation ( EEC ) No 192/75 ( OJ No L 25 , 31 . 1 . 1975 , p. 1 )
    are also to be understood as European third countries .
(2) The products which contain a Ismail quantity of visible pieces of meat are also excluded .
NB : Whereas Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 885/68 provides that no export refunds shall be granted on products importe»!
        from third countries and re-exported to third countries .