CELEX: 31976R2457
Language: en
Date: 1976-10-09 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2457/76 of 8 October 1976 amending the export refunds on beef and veal

No L 279 / 12                             Official Journal of the European Communities                             9 . 10 . 76
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC No 2457/76
                                                        of 8 October 1976
                                       amending the export refunds on beef and veal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      Whereas, in the case of edible meat of domestic
COMMUNITIES,                                                        bovine animals , boned or boneless , salted and dried ,
                                                                     there are traditional trade flows to Switzerland ;
                                                                    whereas, to the extent necessary to allow this trade to
                                                                    continue , the refund must be fixed at an amount
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                    which will cover the difference between prices on the
Economic Community,
                                                                     Swiss market and export prices in the Member States ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization                    Whereas, in the case of some other cuts and preserves
of the market in beef and veal ('), as last amended by               of meat or offals, Community participation in interna­
Regulation ( EEC) No 568 /76 (2), and in particular the              tional trade may be ensured by granting a refund
second sentence of Article 18(5) thereof,                           which takes account of the refund hitherto granted to
                                                                     exporters ;
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary
Committee ,                                                         Whereas, in the case of other beef and veal products, a
                                                                     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
the products listed in Article 1 of that Regulation may              Whereas Article 92 of the Act of Accession (5 )
be covered by an export refund ;                                     provides that the refund on exports from the new
                                                                     Member States for the products specified in Article 1
                                                                     (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 shall be
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 885/68 of 28                     corrected by the amount of the difference between the
June 1 968 (3), as amended by Regulation ( EEC) No                   customs duties on the products from which these
 1 504/76 (4), lays down general rules for granting                  products are produced ;
export refunds and criteria for fixing the amount of
such refunds ;
                                                                     Whereas if the refund system is to operate normally,
                                                                     refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
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               — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
cated below ;                                                             relation to each other, at ' any given moment,
                                                                         within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based
                                                                          on their effective parity ;
Whereas the present market situation in the Commu­
nity and the selling possibilities, particularly in certain          — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the
third countries, lead to granting export refunds for the                  arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
export of adult bovine animals with a live weight                         of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
equal or superior to 300 kg, for the export of certain                    relation to the Community currencies referred to
fresh or chilled meats shown in the Annex under                           in the previous subparagraph ;
subheading ex 02.01 A II a) 1 and for the export to
certain destinations , of certain frozen meats shown in
the Annex under subheading ex 02.01 A II a) 2 ;
                                                                     Whereas the export refunds on beef and veal have
(')  OJ No  L  148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 24.                           been fixed by Regulation ( EEC) No 2345/76 (b) ;
(2 ) OJ No  L  67, 15 . 3 . 1976, p. 28 .
(3 ) OJ No  L  156, 4. 7 . 1968 , p. 2.                              (5) OJ No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p . 14.
(4)  OJ No  L  168 , 28 . 6. 1976, p. 7.                             (6) OJ No L 265, 29 . 9 . 1976 , p . 12 .
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                               (EEC) No 2345/76, are hereby altered as shown in the
                                                            Annex to this Regulation .
                        Article 1                                                 Article 2
The refunds referred to in Article 18 of Regulation         This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 1 October
( EEC) No 805/68 , as fixed in the Annex to Regulation       1976 .
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 8 October 1976.
                                                                     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. /lOO kg
                                                                                         Live weight
   01.02 A II            Live domestic animals of the bovine species, other than
                         pure-bred breeding animals :
                         — adult bovine animals with a live weight equal or
                             superior to 300 kg                                           46-00 H '
                                                                                          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                                       80-00 H
       22. and ex 33 .   Unseparated or separated forequarters, with a respective
                         minimum of four pairs of ribs or four ribs and a
                         respective maximum vof thirteen pairs of ribs or thirteen
                         ribs, with or without the thin flank, the ribs can be whole
                         or cut
                                                                                          64-00 n
                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
                                                                                          96-00 (*)
              bb)        Of adult animals :
                    11 . Carcases, half-carcases or 'compensated' quarters                80-00 H
      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
                                                                                          64-00 (»)
                ex 33 .  Hindquarters, excluding the forequarter with more than
                         ten whole or cut ribs
                                                                                          96-00 (»)
               cc)       Other cuts of beef and veal :
                    11 . Unboned (bone-in)                                                64-00 n
                ex 22 .  Boned or boneless, excluding the thin flanks and the
                         shin :
                         — each piece individually wrapped
                                                                                          94-00 (M
ex 02.01 A II a ) 2      Edible meat of domestic bovine animals, frozen :
               aa)       Carcases, half-carcases or 'compensated' quarters :
                         — for export to European third countries (2), to Jordan,
                             to third countries on the Mediterranean or on the
                             Persian Gulf, to third countries of the Arabian
                             Peninsula and Africa                                         80-00 (M
       tsftjand 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                                         64-00 (M
           -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                                         96-00 (»
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                                                                                                           Refund in u.a . /100 kg
     CCT heading No                                 Description of goods
                                                                                                                (Net weight)
                  dd)       Others :
                       11 . 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                                                            64-00 f 1)
                   ex 22 .  Boned or boneless excluding the thin flanks and the
                            shin :
                            — for export to the United States of America                                        52-00 H
                    '
                            — each piece individually wrapped for export to Euro­
                                 pean third countries (2), to Jordan, to third countries
                                 on the Mediterranean or on the Persian Gulf, to third
                                 countries of the Arabian Peninsula and Africa                                   94-00 i 1 )
ex 02.06 C I a) 2           Edible meat of domestic bovine animals, boned or
                            boneless, salted and dried :
                            — for export to Switzerland                                                          42-00 i 1 )
                                                                                                            United
                                                                                                 Ireland   Kingdom       Other Member States
ex 16.02 B III b ) 1        Other preparations and preserves of meat or offals ex­
                            cept those finely homogenized (s) containing by weight
                            the following percentages of bovine meat :
                            1 . 80 °/o or more of meat, excluding offal and fat                  33-27      32-30                35-00
                            2. 60 % or more but less than 80 °/o of meat, excluding
                                offal and fat                                                    19-96      19-38                21-00
                            3. 40% or more but less than 60% of meat, excluding
                                offal and fat                                                    13-31      12-92                14-00
                            4. 20 % or more but less than 40 % of meat, excluding
                                offal and fat                                                      6-65      6-46                 7-00
(') For Ireland and the United Kingdom the refund fixed above must be reduced by the compensatory amount pursuant to Article 12 (1) of
    Regulation (EEC) No 181/73 (OJ No L 25, 30. 1 . 1973 , p. 9).
{•) 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 .
(*) 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.