CELEX: 31981R0200
Language: en
Date: 1981-01-28 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 200/81 of 26 January 1981 fixing the export refunds on pigmeat

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                                COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 200/81
                                                  of 26 January 1981
                                        fixing the export refunds on pigmeat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                lations (EEC) No 3183/80 (4), (EEC) No 858/78 (*) and
COMMUNITIES,                                                  (EEC) No 2910/80 (6) ;
                                                              Whereas, in the case of products falling within sub­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European         headings 02.06 B I b) 3 bb) and 6 bb), the refund
Economic Community,                                           should be limited to an amount which takes account
                                                              of the qualitative characteristics of each of the
                                                              products falling within these subheadings and of the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                  foreseeable trend of production costs on the world
2759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­              market ;
zation of the market in pigmeat ('), as last amended by
the Act of Accession of Greece (2), and in particular the     Whereas, if existing export outlets for products falling
first sentence of Article 15 (5) thereof,                     within subheadings 02.06 B I b) 3 aa), 4 aa), 5 aa) and 6
                                                              aa) are to be available in the future, the refund should
                                                              be comparable to that granted for dried or smoked
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                  products ;
2768/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down general rules
for granting export refunds on pigmeat and criteria for       Whereas, in the case of certain typical Italian products
fixing the amount of such refunds (3), and in particular      falling within subheading 02.06 B I b) 3 bb) and 7 bb)
Article 5 (4) thereof,                                        and if the Community is to continue to take part in
                                                              international trade, the refund must take account of
                                                              the conditions of access to the world market ;
Whereas Article 15 of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75
provides that the difference between prices on the            Whereas, in the case of products falling within sub­
world market for the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) of    headings 02.06 B I b) ex 7, the refund should be
that Regulation and prices for these products within          granted solely in respect of products of a quality
the Community may be covered by an export refund ;            comparable with that of products falling within
                                                              subheadings 02.06 B I b), 3 , 4 and 5 ;
Whereas it follows from applying these rules and              Whereas, because of the conditions of competition in
criteria to the present situation on the market in            certain third countries, which are traditionally major
pigmeat that the refund should be fixed as set out            importers of products falling within subheadings ex
below ;                                                        16.01 A, ex 16.01 B I and II, ex 16.02 A II, ex 16.02 B
                                                               III a), 2 aa), 1 1 , 22, 33, bb) and cc), the refund for these
                                                              products should be fixed so as to take this situation
Whereas facilities exist at present for the export of live    into account ; whereas, however, the refunds should be
pigs falling within subheading 01.03 A II b), and for          differentiated for cooked and uncooked products
certain products falling within subheading 02.01 A            within subheadings 16.02 B III a) 2 aa) 11 , 22 and 33 ;
 III ; whereas a refund should be fixed for these
 products taking particular account of the conditions of      Whereas, as from 1 February 1981 , composite food
 competition for Community exporters on world                  products (prepared products), the meat content of
 markets ;                                                     which is mainly made up of sausage, fall within
                                                               heading No 16.01 ; whereas steps should be taken to
                                                               ensure that the refund is granted only for the net
 Whereas the European Council has agreed to enable             weight of sausage ;
 Poland to purchase certain quantities of pigmeat in
 the Community ; whereas, in order to achieve this aim,        Whereas since economically significant quantities of
 it seems appropriate to fix a special refund for that         other pigmeat products are not being exported at
 destination and to acquire advance-fixing for control         present, there is no need to fix a refund for these
 purposes ;                                                    products ;
                                                               Whereas the Management Committee for Pigmeat has
 Whereas, it is necessary to waive the provisions on the       not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by
 issue of advance-fixing certificates laid down in Regu­       its chairman,
(') OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .                         O OJ No L 338, 13. 12. 1980, p. 1 .
(J) OJ No L 291 , 19. 11 . 1979, p. 17.                        O OJ No L 116, 28 . 4. 1978, p. 18 .
O OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 39.                           (6) OJ No L 302, 12. 11 . 1980, p. 13.
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                 (g) space 1 8 of the advance-fixing certificate shall bear
                                                                  one of the following expressions :
                         Article 1
                                                                  — 'Special refund Poland — Regulation (EEC) No
The list of products on which the export refund                        3283/80 or (EEC) No 200/81 ',
referred to in Article 15 of Regulation (EEC) No                  — Særrestitution Polen — forordning (EØF) nr.
2759/75 is granted, and the amount of that refund,                     3283/80 eller (EØF) nr. 200/81 ',
shall be as set out in the Annex hereto .                         — 'Sondererstattung Polen — Verordnung (EWG)
                                                                       Nr. 3283/80 oder (EWG) Nr. 200/81 ',
                         Article 2                                — Restitution spéciale Pologne — règlement
 1 . Notwithstanding Regulations (EEC) No 3183/80,                     (CEE) n0 3283/80 ou (CEE) n° 200/81 ',
(EEC) No 858/78 and (EEC) No 2910/80, the refund                 — Ειδική έπιστροφή Πολωνία — κανονισμός
fixed in the Annex for products for export to Poland                 ( ΕΟΚ) άριΟ. 3283/80 ή ( ΕΟΚ) άριΟ. 200/81 ',
shall be granted subject to the following conditions :            — Restituzione speciale Polonia — regolamento
                                                                       (CEE) n . 3283/80 o (CEE) n. 200/81 ',
(a) advance fixing of the refund shall be obligatory ;
                                                                  — Bijzondere restitutie Polen — Verordening
(b) the application for the advance-fixing certificate                 (EEG) nr. 3283/80 of (EEG) nr. 200/81 '.
     must be accompanied by a certified copy of a
     contract for sale of pigmeat made by the applicant       2. Member States shall each working day before 5
     with the competent Polish authorities after the          p.m. by telex inform the Commission on the applica­
     entering into force of the present Regulation ;          tions lodged for certificates for advance-fixing of the
(c) advance-fixing certificates shall be issued on the        refunds referred to in paragraph 1 , indicating the
     fifth working day after the application was lodged,      quantities of each application .
     provided no special measures are taken during that
                                                              The Commission shall take a decision to stop issue of
     period ;
                                                              advance-fixing certificates when the total quantity for
(d) the security for advance-fixing certificates shall be     which applications have been made reaches 35 000
     32 ECU per 100 kilograms ;                               tonnes .
(e) space 13 of the application and of the advance­
     fixing certificate shall bear one of the following       In the case where the quantity applied for exceeds
                                                              35 000 tonnes the Commission shall take the neces­
     expressions :
                                                              sary steps to ensure that the quantity provided for is
     — 'Poland',                                              not exceeded .
     — 'Polen',
     — 'Pologne',                                                                     Article 3
    — ' Πολωνία',
     — 'Polonia' ;                                            This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February
(f) The certificate requires export to Poland.                1981 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 26 January 1981 .
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                           Poul DALSAGER
                                                                   Member of the Commission
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                                                               ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 26 January 1981 fixing the export refunds on pigmeat
                                                                                               (ECU/100 kg)
                  CCT
                heading                                       Description                       Refund
                  No
                                                                                               net weight
            01.03           Live swine :
                            A. Domestic species :
                                II. Other :
                                      b) Other                                                   10-00
            02.01           Meat and edible offals of the animals falling within
                            heading No 01.01, 01.02, 01.03 , or 01.04, fresh, chilled
                            or frozen :
                            A. Meat :
                                III . Of swine :
                                       a ) Of domestic swine :
                                           1 . Carcases or half carcases, with or without
                                               heads, feet or flare fat :
                                               ( aa) Carcases or half carcases without heads,
                                                     fore feet and flare fat :
                                                     — For exports to Poland                     65-00
                                                     — Other destinations                        25-00
                                               (bb) Other                                        25-00
                                           2. Hams and cuts of hams, unboned (bone-in)           25-00
                                           3. Shoulders (fores) and cuts of shoulders,
                                               unboned (bone-in)                                 25-00
                                           4. Loins and cuts of loins, unboned (bone-in)         25-00
                                           5. Bellies (streaky) and cuts of bellies :
                                                (aa) Boned or boneless, derinded and
                                                     defatted, with a maximum layer of
                                                     7 mm fat, frozen ( a )                      22-00
                                                (bb) Other                                       22-00
                                           6. Other :
                                               ex aa) Boned or boneless and frozen :
                                                        ( 11 ) Hams, shoulders and loins and
                                                                cuts thereof, derinded and
                                                               defatted, with a maximum layer
                                                               of 3 mm fat ( a)                  40-00
                                                        ( 22 ) Other hams, shoulders and loins
                                                                and cuts thereof ( a )           25-00
                                               ex bb) Other :
                                                        ( 11 ) Hams, shoulders and loins and
                                                                cuts thereof (a)                 25-00
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                                                                                            (ECVUOO TE )
                CCT
               heading                                  Description                          Refund
                 No
                                                                                            net weight
           02.06       Meat and edible meat offal (except poultry liver), salted,
                       in brine, dried or smoked :
                       B. Meat and edible meat offals of domestic swine :
                           I. Meat :
                                b) Dried or smoked :
                                   2. Bacon sides, spencers, s/4 sides or middles :
                                       cc) */4 sides or middles                               2800
                                   3 . Hams and cuts of hams, unboned (bone-in) :
                                       aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked                  3200
                                       bb) Other :
                                           ( 11 ) ' Prosciutto di Parma', 'Prosciutto di
                                                    San Daniele' (b )                         70-00
                                           ( 22 ) Other                                       47-00
                                   4. Shoulders (fores) and cuts of shoulders,
                                       unboned (bone-in) :
                                       aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked                  28-00
                                   5 . Loins and cuts of loins, unboned (bone-in) :
                                       aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked                  32-00
                                   6. Bellies (streaky) and cuts of bellies :
                                       aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked                  22-00
                                       bb) Other                                              22-00
                                   7. Other :
                                       ex aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked :
                                                 ( 11) Hams, shoulders and loins, pieces
                                                        thereof                               32-00
                                       ex bb) Other :
                                                 ( 11 ) 'Prosciutto di Parma', 'Prosciutto
                                                        di San Daniele', pieces thereof (b)   70-00
                                                 (22) Hams, shoulders and loins, pieces
                                                         thereof                              47-00
           ex 16.01     Sausages and the like, of meat, meat offal, or animal
                        blood, suitable for human consumption :
                        A. Liver sausages (f)                                                  30-00
                        B. Other (c) :
                             I. Sausages, dry or for spreading, uncooked (d ) ( f)             66-00
                            II . Other (f)                                                     43-00
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                                                                                                     (ECUI100 kg)
                   CCT
                  heading                                        Description                          Refund
                    No
                                                                                                    net weight
             CX 16 . 02            Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal, suitable
                                   for human consumption :
                                   A. Liver :
                                       II . Other                                                      24-00
                                   B. Other :
                                       III. Other :
                                            a) Containing meat or offals of domestic swine :
                                               2. Other, containing by weight :
                                                  aa) 80 % or more of meat or offal, of any
                                                       kind, including fats of any kind or
                                                       origin :
                                                       11 . Hams, fillets and loins, pieces there­
                                                              of :
                                                             ( aaa ) Uncooked ;      mixtures    of
                                                                     cooked and uncooked meat (e)     25-00
                                                             (bbb) Other :
                                                                     — For export to the United
                                                                         States of America            58-00
                                                                     — Other destinations             70-00
                                                      22. Shoulders and pieces thereof :
                                                            (aaa) Uncooked ;        mixtures     of
                                                                     cooked and uncooked meat (e)     25-00
                                                            (bbb) Other :
                                                                     — For export to the United
                                                                        States of America             47-00
                                                                         Other destinations           57-00
                                                      33 . Other :
                                                            (aaa) Uncooked ;        mixtures    of
                                                                     cooked    meat  of offal  and
                                                                     uncooked meat or offal (e)       25-00
                                                            (bbb) Other                               36-00
                                                 bb) 40 % or more but less than 80 % of
                                                      meat or offal, of any kind, including
                                                      fats of any kind or origin                      21-00
                                                 cc) Less than 40 % of meat or offal, of
                                                     any kind, including fats of any kind or
                                                      origin                                          11-00
            (a) The cuts are classified in this subheading only if they can be identified as originating
                from the primary cuts mentioned.
            (b) Only those products for which the name is certified by the competent authorities of the
                producing Member State can benefit from this refund.
            (c) The refund on sausages presented in containers with a preservative liquid is granted on
                net weight after deduction of weight of this liquid.
            (d) The weight of a coating of paraffin corresponding to normal use in the trade is
                considered as part of the net weight of the sausage.
            (e) The term 'uncooked' shall apply to products which have not been subjected to any heat­
                treatment or which have been subjected to a heat-treatment insufficient to ensure the
                coagulation of meat proteins in the whole of the product and which therefore show traces
                of a pinkish liquid on the cut surface when the product is cut along a line passing through
                its thickest part.
            (f) The refund on composite food preparations containing sausages is granted only on the net
                weight of the sausages contained in these prepared meals.