CELEX: 31997R0379
Language: en
Date: 1997-02-28 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 379/97 of 28 February 1997 fixing the export refunds on beef and veal

1 . 3 . 97            | EN I                Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 60 /35
                                            COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 379/97
                                                           of 28 February 1997
                                              fixing the export refunds on beef and veal
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                            in the Annex under CN code 0202, on some meat or offal
                                                                         listed in the Annex under CN code 0206 and on some
                                                                         other prepared or preserved meat or offal listed in the
                                                                        Annex under CN code 1602 50 10 :
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
  Community,
                                                                         whereas, in view of the wide differences in products
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of                covered by CN codes 0201 20 90 700 and 0202 20 90 100
 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market                  used for refund purposes, refunds should only be granted
 in beef and veal ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC)               on cuts in which the weight of bone does not exceed one
  No 2222/96 (2), and in particular Article 13 thereof,                 third;
 Whereas Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68                        Whereas, in the case of meat of bovine animals, boned or
 provides that the difference between prices on the world               boneless, salted and dried, there are traditional trade flows
 market for the products listed in Article 1 of that Regula­            to Switzerland; whereas, to allow this trade to continue,
 tion and prices for those products within the Community                the refund should be set to cover the difference between
 may be covered by an export refund;                                    prices on the Swiss market and export prices in the
                                                                        Member States; whereas there are possibilities for expor­
                                                                        ting such meat and also salted, smoked and dried meat to
 Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 32/82 f), as last amended                  certain African, Near and Middle Eastern countries;
 by Regulation (EEC) No 3169/87 (4), Regulation (EEC) No                whereas a refund should accordingly be set;
  1964/82 (*), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3169/87,
 and Regulation (EEC) No 2388/84 (6), as amended by
 Regulation (EEC) No 3169/87 Q, lay down the conditions
 for granting special export refunds on certain cuts of beef            Whereas, in the case of certain other cuts and preserves of
 and veal and certain preserved beef and veal products;                 meat or offal shown in the Annex under CN codes
                                                                        1602 50 31 to 1602 50 80, the Community share of inter­
                                                                        national trade may be maintained by granting a refund
                                                                        corresponding to that at present available;
Whereas it follows from applying those rules and criteria
 to the foreseeable situation on the market in beef and veal
 that the refund should be as set out below;
                                                                        Whereas, in the case of other beef and veal products, a
                                                                        refund need not be fixed since the Community's share of
                                                                        world trade is not significant;
Whereas, given the current market situation in the
Community and the possibilities of disposal in certain
third countries in particular, export refunds should be
granted, on the one hand, on bovine animals intended for
slaughter of a live weight greater than 220 kilograms and              Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (8),
less than 300 kilograms, and, on the other on adult                     as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2230/96 (9), esta­
bovine animals of a live weight of at least 300 kilograms;             blishes the agricultural product nomenclature for the
                                                                        purposes of export refunds; whereas, with a view to clarifi­
                                                                       cation, the destinations must be identified in a separate
                                                                       Annex;
Whereas export refunds should be granted for certain
destinations on some fresh or chilled meat listed in the
Annex under CN code 0201 , on some frozen meat listed
                                                                       Whereas, in order to simplify customs export formalities
(')  OJ   No L  148 , 28. 6. 1968, p. 24.                              for operators, the refunds on all frozen cuts should be
(2)  OJ   No L  296,  21 . 11 . 1996, p. 50 .                          brought into line with those on fresh or chilled cuts other
f)   OJ   No L 4, 8 .  1 . 1982, p. 11 .                               than those from adult male bovine animals;
(4)  OJ   No L  301 , 24. 10 . 1987, p. 21 .
(s)  OJ   No L  212,  21 . 7. 1982, p. 48 .
(j OJ No L 221 , 18. 8. 1984, p. 28.                                   (8) OJ No L 366, 24. 12. 1987, p. 1 .
0 OJ No L 370 , 19. 12. 1992, p. 16.                                   0 OJ No L 305, 27. 11 . 1996, p. 1 .
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   Whereas experience has shown that in certain cases it is           refund nomenclature several products falling within CN
   often difficult to determine the relevant quantities of beef,      code 1602 50 31 and to amend the list of products falling
   veal and other meat contained in prepared or preserved             within CN code 1602 50 80;
   meat falling within CN code 1 602 50; whereas exclusively
   beef and veal products should accordingly be set apart             Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
   and a new heading should be created for mixtures of                in accordance with the opinion of the Management
                                                                      Committee for Beef and Veal,
   meats or offals; whereas checks on products other than
   mixtures of meat or offal should be stepped up by making
   the granting of refunds on these products conditional on           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
   manufacture under the arrangements provided for in
   Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 565/80 of 4                                        Article 1
   March 1980 on the advance payment of export refunds in
   respect of agricultural products ('), as amended by Regula­        1 . The list of products on which export refunds as
   tion (EEC) No 2026/83 (2);                                         referred to in Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68
                                                                      are granted and the amount thereof shall be as set out in
  Whereas refunds on female animals should vary depen­                Annex I.
  ding on their age in order to prevent abuses in the export
  of certain pure-bred breeding animals;                              2.    The destinations are identified in Annex II to this
                                                                      Regulation .
  Whereas, notwithstanding the subdivision of the
  combined nomenclature for prepared and preserved meat,                                       Article 2
  other than uncooked, falling within CN code 1602 50,
  experience has shown that it is possible to delete from the         This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 March 1997.
                    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                    States .
                    Done at Brussels, 28 February 1997.
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                  Franz FISCHLER
                                                                           Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 62, 7. 3 . 1980, p. 5.
M OJ No L 199, 22. 7. 1983, p. 12.
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                                                           ANNEX I
                       to the Council Regulation of 28 February 1997 fixing export refunds on beef
                                                  (ECU/100 kg)                                           (ECU/100 kg)
       Product code        Destination         Refund (7)             Product code     Destination   Refund (7)
                                           — Live weight —                                         — Net weight —
0102 10 10 9120                01                74,00
                                                                 0201 20 20 9120           02         102,50
0102 10 10 9130                02                49,00
                                                                                           03           71,50
                               03                34,00
                                                                                           04           35,50
                               04                17,00
0102 10 30 9120                01                74,00           0201 20 30 9110(1 )       02         101,00
0102 10 30 9130                02                49,00                                     03          69,50
                               03                34,00                                     04          34,00
                               04                17,00
                                                                 0201 20 30 9120           02          74,50
0102 10 90 9120                01                74,00
                                                                                           03          52,50
0102 90 41 9100                02                65,50
                                                                                           04          26,00
0102 90 51 9000                02                49,00
                               03                34,00           0201 20 50 9110(1 )       02         177,00
                              04                 17,00                                    03          118,00
0102 90 59 9000                02                49,00                                    04           58,50
                              03                 34,00
                                                                 0201 20 50 9120          02          130,50
                              04                 17,00
                                                                                          03           90,00
0102 90 61 9000               02                 49,00
                                                                                          04           45,00
                              03                 34,00
                              04                 17,00           0201 20 50 9130(1 )      02          101,00
0102 90 69 9000               02                 49,00                                    03           69,50
                              03                 34,00                                    04           34,00
                              04                 17,00
                                                                 0201 20 50 9140          02           74,50
0102 90 71 9000               02                 65,50
                                                                                          03           52,50
                              03                 43,00
                              04                 21,50                                    04           26,00
0102 90 79 9000               02                 65,50           0201 20 90 9700          02           74,50
                              03                 43,00                                    03           52,50
                              04                 21,50
                                                                                          04           26,00
                                           — Net weight —
                                                                 0201 30 00 9050          05(4)       108,00
                                                                                          07 (4a)     108,00
0201 10 00 9110(1 )           02                101,00
                                                                 0201 30 00 9100(2)       02          246,50
                              03                 69,50
                                                                                          03          169,00
                              04                 34,00
                                                                                          04           84,50
0201 10 00 9120               02                 74,50
                                                                                          06          216,50
                              03                 52,50
                              04                 26,00           0201 30 00 9150(6)       08          131,00
0201 10 00 9130(1 )           02                139,50                                    09          120,00
                              03                 93,50                                    03          101,00
                              04                 47,00                                    04           51,00
0201 10 00 9140               02                102,50                                    06          117,50
                              03                 71,50
                              04                 35,50           0201 30 00 9190(6)       02          103,50
                                                                                          03           68,00
0201 20 20 9110(1 )           02                139,50
                              03                 93,50                                    04           34,00
                              04                 47,00                                    06           83,00
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                                                 (ECU/100 kg)                                           (ECU/100 kg)
       Product code     Destination          Refund (7)                  Product code Destination    Refund (7)
                                        — Net weight —                                            — Net weight —
   0202 10 00 9100          02                  74,50               1602 50 10 9120       02          119,00 (8)
                            03                  52,50                                     03           95,50 (8)
                            04                  26,00                                     04           95,50 (8)
  0202 10 00 9900           02                102,50                1602 50 10 9140       02          105,50 (8)
                            03                  71,50                                     03           84,50 (8)
                            04                  35,50                                     04           84,50 (8)
                                                                   1602 50 10 9160        02           84,50 (8)
  0202 20 10 9000           02                102,50
                                                                                          03           68,00 (8)
                            03                  71,50
                            04                 35,50
                                                                                          04           68,00 (8)
                                                                   1602 50 10 9170        02           56,00 (8)
  0202 20 30 9000          02                  74,50
                                                                                         03            45,00 (8)
                           03                  52,50
                                                                                         04            45,00 (8)
                           04                  26,00
                                                                   1602 50 10 9190       02            56,00
  0202 20 50 9100          02                 130,50
                                                                                         03            45,00
                           03                  90,00
                                                                                         04            45,00
                           04                  45,00
                                                                   1602 50 10 9240       02
  0202 20 50 9900          02                  74,50
                                                                                         03             —
                           03                  52,50                                     04             _
                           04                  26,00
                                                                   1602 50 10 9260       02             —
 0202 20 90 9100           02                  74,50                                     03
                           03                  52,50                                     04
                           04                  26,00
                                                                  1602 50 10 9280        02            —
 0202 30 90 9100          05(4)              108,00                                      03
                          07 (4a)            108,00           I                          04            —
 0202 30 90 9400 (6)      08                 131,00               1602 50 31 9125       01          116,50 (5)
                          09                 120,00               1602 50 31 9135       01            68,00 (8)
                          03                 101,00
                                                                  1602 50 31 9195       01            33,50
                          04                  51,00
                                                                  1602 50 31 9325       01          104,50 (5)
                          06                117,50
                                                                  1602 50 31 9335       01            61,00 (8)
 0202 30 90 9500 (6)      02                103,50
                          03                                      1602 50 31 9395       01            33,50
                                              68,00
                          04                  34,00               1602 50 39 9125       01          116,50 (5)
                          06                  83,00               1602 50 39 9135       01            68,00 (8)
0206 10 95 9000           02                103,50               1602 50 39 9195        01            33,50
                          03                  68,00              1602 50 39 9325       01           104,50 (5)
                          04                  34,00
                                                                 1602 50 39 9335       01            61,00 (8)
                         06                   83,00           li
                                                                 1602 50 39 9395       01            33,50
0206 29 91 9 000         02                 103,50            li
                                                                 1602 50 39 9425       01            77,00 (5)
                         03                  68,00
                         04                  34,00               1602 50 39 9435       01            45,00 (8)
                         06                  83,00               1602 50 39 9495       01            33,50
0210 20 90 9100          02                  86,50               1602 50 39 9505       01            33,50
                         04                  51,50               1602 50 39 9525       01            77,00 (5)
0210 20 90 9300          02                107,00                1602 50 39 9535       01            45,00 (8)
0210 20 90 9500 (3)      02                107,00                1602 50 39 9595       01            33,50
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                                                               (ECU/100 kg)                                                                   (ECU/100 kg)
         Product code             Destination               Refund (7)                       Product code           Destination            Refund (7)
                                                       — Net weight —                                                                  — Net weight —
                                                                                       1602 50 80 9495                  01                   33,50
 1602 50 39 9615                      01                      33,50
                                                                                       1602 50 80 9505                  01                   33,50
 1602 50 39 9625                      01                      15,00
 1602 50 39 9705                      01                       —
                                                                                       1602 50 80 9515                  01                   15,00
 1602 50 39 980 5                     01                       —
                                                                                       1602 50 80 9535                 01                    45,00 (8)
 1602 50 39 9905                      01                       —
                                                                                       1602 50 80 9595                 01                    33,50
 1602 50 80 9135                      01                      68,00 (8)                1602 50 80 9615                 01                    33,50
 1602 50 80 9195                      01                      33,50                    1602 50 80 9625                 01                    15,00
 1602 50 80 9335                      01                      61,00 (8)                1602 50 80 9705                 01                     —
 1602 50 80 9395                      01                      33,50                    1602 50 80 9805                 01                     —
 1602 50 80 9435                      01                      45,00 (8)                1602 50 80 9905                 01                     —
(1 )  Entry under this subheading is subject to the submission of the certificate appearing in the Annex to amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No 32/82.
(2)   Entry under this subheading is subject to compliance with the condition laid down in amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1964/82.
(3)   The refund on beef in brine is granted on the net weight of the meat, after deduction of the weight of the brine .
(4)   Carried out in accordance with amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2973/79 (OJ No L 336, 29 . 12. 1979, p. 44).
(■♦») Carried out in accordance with amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2051 /96 (OJ No L 274, 26. 10. 1996, p. 18).
(5)   OJ No L 221 , 19 . 8 . 1984, p. 28 .
(6)   The lean bovine meat content excluding fat is determined in accordance with the procedure described in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EEC)
      No 2429/86 (OJ No L 210 of 1 . 8 . 1986, p. 39).
(7) Article 13 ( 10) of amended Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 provides that no export refunds shall be granted on products imported from third countries and
      re-exported to third countries.
(8) The refund is granted only on products manufactured under the arrangement provided for in Article 4 of amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No
      565/80 .
 NB: The descriptions corresponding to the product codes and the footnotes are set out in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 as
        amended .
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                                                              ANNEX II
Zone 01 : all third countries
Zone 02: zones 08 and 09
                  Zone 03                                       Zone 05                           Zone 09
  022  Ceuta and Melilla                        400   United States of America     224  Sudan
  024  Iceland                                                                     228  Mauritania
  028  Norway                                                                      232  Mali
                                                               Zone 06
  041  Faroe Islands                                                               236  Burkina Faso
  043  Andorra                                                                     240  Niger
                                                809   New Caledonia
  044  Gibraltar                                                                   244  Chad
                                                822   French Polynesia
  045  Vatican City                                                                247 Cape Verde
  053  Estonia                                                                     248 Senegal
  054  Latvia                                                  Zone 07             252  Gambia
  055  Lithuania                                                                   257  Guinea-Bissau
  060  Poland                                   404   Canada
                                                                                   260  Guinea
  061  Czech Republic                                                              264  Sierra Leone
  063  Slovakia                                                                    268  Liberia
                                                               Zone 08
 064   Hungary                                                                     272  Cote d'Ivoire
 066   Romania                                                                     276  Ghana
                                                046  Malta
 068   Bulgaria                                 052 Turkey                         280 Togo
 070   Albania                                  072  Ukraine                       284  Benin
 091   Slovenia                                 073  Belarus                       288  Nigeria
 092   Croatia                                  074  Moldova                       302  Cameroon
 093   Bosnia-Herzegovina                       075  Russia
                                                                                   306 Central African Republic
 094   Serbia and Montenegro                    076  Georgia
                                                077  Armenia
                                                                                   310 Equatorial Guinea
 096   Former Yugoslav Republic          of
       Macedonia                                078  Azerbaijan                    311 Sao Tome and Principe
                                                                                  314  Gabon
 109   The communes of Livigno and             079   Kazakhstan
       Campione d'Italia; the island of        080   Turkmenistan                 318  Congo
       Helgoland                               081   Uzbekistan                   322  Zaire
 406   Greenland                               082 Tajikistan                     324  Rwanda
 600   Cyprus                                  083 Kirghistan                     328  Burundi
 662   Pakistan                                204   Morocco
                                                                                  329  St Helena and dependencies
 669  Sri Lanka                                208   Algeria                      330  Angola
                                               212   Tunisia
 676  Myanmar (Burma)                                                             334  Ethiopia
 680  Thailand                                 216   Libya
                                                                                  336  Eritrea
 690  Vietnam                                  220   Egypt
                                               604   Lebanon                      338  Djibouti
 700  Indonesia                                                                   342  Somalia
                                               608   Syria
 708  Philippines                                                                 350  Uganda
                                               612   Iraq
 724  North Korea                                                                 352  Tanzania
                                               616  Iran
 740  Hong Kong                                624  Israel                        355 Seychelles and dependencies
 950  Stores and provisions                    625  Gaza and Jericho              357 British Indian Ocean Territory
      (Destinations referred to in Article     628  Jordan
      34   of   Commission     Regulation                                         366 Mozambique
                                               632  Saudi Arabia                  373  Mauritius
      (EEC) No 3665/87, as amended)
                                               636  Kuwait
                                                                                  375  Comoros
                                               640  Bahrain
                                                                                  377  Mayotte
                                               644  Qatar
                                                                                  378  Zambia
                                               647  United Arab Emirates
                 Zone 04                                                          386  Malawi
                                               649  Oman
                                               653  Yemen                         388  South Africa
039   Switzerland                              720  China                         395  Lesotho
 NB: The countries are those defined by Commission Regulation (EC) No 68/96 (OJ No L 14, 19. 1 . 1996, p. 6).