CELEX: 31991R0103
Language: en
Date: 1991-01-17 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 103/91 of 15 January 1991 fixing the export refunds on beef and veal and amending Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 establishing an agricultural product nomenclature for export refunds

No L 12/ 12                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                  17 . 1 . 91
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 103/91
                                                      of 15 January 1991
                   fixing the export refunds on beef and veal and amending Regulation (EEC) No
                  3846/87 establishing an agricultural product nomenclature for export refunds
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       Whereas given the current market situation in the
                                                                  Community and the possibilities of disposal in certain
                                                                  third countries, in particular export refunds on adult male
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             bovine animals of a live weight of at least 300 kilograms
Economic Community,                                               and other bovines of a live weight of at least 250 kilo­
                                                                  grams should be granted ; whereas experience gained in
                                                                  recent years has shown that it is advisable to treat live
                                                                  pure-bred breeding animals of a weight of at least 250
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                kilograms for females and 300 kilograms for males in an
Portugal,                                                         identical manner to other bovine animals, while subjec­
                                                                  ting them to certain special administrative formalities ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of
27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market
in beef and veal ('), a6 last amended by Regulation (EEC)         Whereas export refunds should be granted for certain
No 3577/90 (2), and in particular Article 18 thereof,             destinations on certain fresh or chilled meat listed in
                                                                  Annex I under CN code 0201 , on certain frozen meat
                                                                  listed in Annex I under CN code 0202, on certain meat
                                                                  or offal listed in Annex I under CN code 0206 and on
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,           certain other prepared or preserved meat or offal listed in
                                                                  Annex I under CN code 1602 50 10 :
Whereas Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68
provides that the difference between prices on the world
market for the products listed in Article 1 of that Regula­       Whereas, in view of the wide differences in products
tion and prices for those products within the Community           covered by the CN codes 0201 20 90 700 and
may be covered by an export refund ;                              0202 20 90 100 used for refund purposes, the refund
                                                                  should only be granted on cuts in which the weight of
                                                                  bone does not exceed one third ;
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 885/68 (3), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 427/77 (4), lays down
general rules for granting export refunds and criteria for        Whereas refunds should also be granted on fresh or
fixing the amount of such refunds ;                               frozen boned or boneless pieces, even where each piece is
                                                                  not individually wrapped, and on minced meat, and the
                                                                  wording of the tariff subheadings for fresh boned or bone­
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 32/82 (*), as last amended            less pieces specified ;
by Regulation (EEC) No 3169/87 (*), Regulation (EEC) No
1964/82 Q, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3169/87,
and Regulation (EEC) No 2388/84 (8), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 3988/87 (9), lay down the conditions          Whereas, in the case of meat of bovine animals, boned or
for granting special export refunds for certain cuts of beef      boneless, salted and dried, there are traditional trade flows
and veal and certain preserved beef and veal products ;           to Switzerland ; whereas to allow this trade to continue,
                                                                  the refund should be set to cover the difference between
                                                                   prices on the Swiss market and export prices in the
Whereas it follows from applying those rules and criteria         Member States ; whereas there are possibilities for export­
to the foreseeable situation on the market in beef and veal        ing such meat and also salted, smoked and dried meat to
that the refund should be as set out below ;                      certain African, Near and Middle Eastern countries ;
                                                                  whereas a refund should accordingly be set ;
(') OJ No  L  148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24.
(2) OJ No  L 353, 17. 12. 1990, p. 23.
(3) OJ No  L  156, 4. 7. 1968, p. 2.
(") OJ No  L  61 , 5. 3. 1977, p. 16.                              Whereas, in the case of certain other cuts and preserves of
Is) OJ No L 4, 8. 1 . 1982, p. 11 .                                meat or offal shown in Annex I under CN code
(6) OJ No L 301 , 24. 10. 1987, p. 21 .                            1 602 50 90, Community participation in international
0 OJ No L 212, 21 . 7. 1982, p. 48.
0) OJ No L 221 , 18. 8. 1984, p. 28.                               trade may be maintained by granting a refund corres­
0 OJ No L 376, 31 . 12. 1987, p. 31 .                              ponding to that at present available ;
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Whereas, in the case of other beef and veal products, a                mixtures of meat or offal should be reinforced by making
refund need not be fixed since Community participation                 the granting of refunds on these products conditional on
in world trade is not significant ;                                    manufacturer under the arrangements provided for in
                                                                       Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 565/80 of 4
Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,                  March 1980 on the advance payment of export refunds in
refunds should be calculated on the following basis :                  respect of agricultural products Q, as amended by Regula­
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­              tion (EEC) No 2026/83 (8) ;
    tion to each other at any given moment within a band
    of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central              Whereas with a view to the arrangements introduced by
    rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in          Commission Regulation (EEC) No 998/90 of 20 April
    the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Council Regula­            1990 fixing the export refunds on beef and veal and
    tion (EEC) No 1676/85 ('), as last amended by Regula­              amending Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 establishing an
    tion (EEC) No 2205/90 (2),                                         agricultural product nomenclature for export refunds f),
                                                                       the structurer of CN codes 1602 50 10 and 1602 50 90 of
— for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an               the nomenclature for refunds should be clarified ;
    average of the ecu rates published in the Official
    Journal of the European Communities, C series, over                Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
    a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­               in accordance with the opinion of the Management
    cient referred to in the preceding indent ;                        Committee for Beef and Veal,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (3),
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3399/90 (4) ;                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
establishes the agricultural product nomenclature for the
purposes of export refunds ;                                                                     Article 1
Whereas, in order to simplify customs export formalities               The list of products on which the export refund referred
for operators, the refunds on all frozen cuts should be                to in Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 is granted
brought in line with those on fresh or chilled cuts other              and the amount of that refund shall be as set out in
than those from adult male bovine animals, except in the               Annex I hereto.
case of certain frozen beef held by the intervention agen­
cies that is to be exported under Commission Regulations               The description of CN code 1 602 50 and the footnotes
(EEC) No 243/90 (*) and (EEC) No 676/90 (6) ;                          thereto given in Section 6 of the Annex to Regulation
                                                                       (EEC) No 3846/87 establishing an agricultural product
Whereas experience has shown that in certain cases it is               nomenclature for export refunds are hereby replaced by
often difficult to determine the relevant quantities of                those set out in Annex II hereto .
bovine and other meat contained in prepared or preserved
meat covered by CN code 1 602 50 ; whereas products of                                           Article 2
the bovine species alone should accordingly be set apart
and a new heading should be created for mixtures of                    This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 January
meats or offals ; whereas control over products other than               1991 .
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                   Done at Brussels, 15 January 1991 .
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                  Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                              Member of the Commission
(') OJ  No  L  164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
(2) OJ  No  L  201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9 .
f)  OJ  No  L  366, 24. 12. 1987, p. 1 .
(4) OJ  No  L  331 , 29 . 11 . 1990 , p. 1 .                            0 OJ No L 62, 7. 3. 1980, p. 5.
O   OJ  No  L  27, 31 . 1 . 1990, p. 8 .                                (Y) OJ No L 199, 22. 7. 1983, p. 12.
(6) OJ  No  L  75, 21 . 3. 1990, p. 8 .                                 0 OJ No L 101 , 21 . 4. 1990 , p. 10 .
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                                                ANNEX I
                                                                                    (ECU/100 kg)
                Product code                    Destination f)        Amount of refund (8)
                                       \                               — Live weight —
              0102 10 00 190                         01                      96,00
              0102 10 00 390                         01                      96,00
              01029031 900                           02                      85,50
                                                     03                      55,50
                                                     04                      25,50
              0102 90 33 900                         02                      85,50
                                                     03                      55,50
                                                     04                      25,50
              0102 90 35 900                         02                     101,50
            l                                        03                      73,00
            I                                        04                      34,50
              0102 90 37 900                         02                     101,50
                                                     03                      73,00
                                                      04                     34,50
                                       I                                — Net weight —
              0201 10 10 100                          02                     92,00
                                                      03                     65,00
                                                      04                     32,50
              0201 10 10 900                          02                    126,50
                                                      03                     88,00
                                                      04                     44,00
              0201 10 90 llO (')                      02                    124,50
                                                      03                      85,00
            I                                         04                     42,50
              0201 10 90 190                          02                     92,00
                                                      03                      65,00
                                                      04                      32,50
              0201 10 90 910 (■)                      02                    171,50
                                                      03                    115,00
                                                      04                      57,50
               0201 10 90 990                         02                    126,50
                                                      03                      88,00
                                                      04                      44,00
               0201 20 21 000                         02                    126,50
                                                      03                      88,00
                                                      04                      44,00
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                                                                                       (ECU/100 kg)
                   Product code                    Destination 0         Amount of refund (s)
                                                                          — Net weight —
                 0201 20 29 100 (')                     02                    171,50
                                                        03                    115,00
                                                        04                     57,50
                 0201 20 29 900    '                    02                    126,50
           l                                            03                     88,00
                                                        04                     44,00
                 0201 20 31 000                         02                     92,00
                                                        03                     65,00
           l                                            04                     32,50
                 0201 20 39 100 (')                     02                    124,50
                                                        03                     85,00
           \                                            04                     42,50
                 0201 20 39 900                         02                     92,00
                                                        03                     65,00
                                                        04                     32,50
                 0201 20 51 100                         02                    161,00
           l                                            03                    110,50
           \                                            04                     56,00
                 0201 20 51 900                         02                     92,00
                                                        03                     65,00
           l                                            04                     32,50
                 0201 20 59 110 0                       02                    218,50
           I                                            03                    146,00
           \                                            04                     73,00
                 0201 20 59 190                         02                    161,00
                                                        03                    110,50
                                                        04                     56,00
                 0201 20 59 910 (')                     02                    124,50
           \                                            03                     85,00
                                                        04                     42,50
                 0201 20 59 990                         02                     92,00
                                                        03                     65,00
                                                        04                     32,50
                 0201 20 90 700                         02                     92,00
           I                                            03                     65,00
                                                        04                     32,50
                 0201 30 00 050 (4)                     05                    112,00
                 0201 30 00 100 (2)                     02                    312,00
           I                                            03                    208,50
                                                        04                    104,50
                                                     . 06                     266,50
                 0201 30 00 150                         02                    180,00
                                                        03                    125,00
           \                                            04 .                   62,50
             >
                                                        06                    144,50
               . V
                                                        07                     90,00
                 0201 30 00 190 O                       02                    128,00
                                                         03                     84,00
                                                        04                     42,00
                                                         06                   102,50
                                                         07                    90,00
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                                                                                      (ECU/100 kg)
                  Product code                    Destination Q         Amount of refund (8)
                                         1                               — Net weight —
                0202 10 00 100                          02                    92,00
                                                        03                    65,00
            \                                           04                    32,50
                0202 10 00 900                          02                   126,50
            l                                           03                    88,00
            l                                           04                    44,00
                0202 20 10 000                          02                   126,50 (10)
                                                        03                    88,00
                                                        04                    44,00
              • 0202 20 30 000                        • 02                    92,00 (10)
                                                        03                    65,00
                                                        04                    32,50
                0202 20 50 100                          02                   161,00 (10)
            I                                           03                   110,50
            l                                           04                    56,00
                0202 20 50 900                          02                    92,00
                                                        03                    65,00
                                                        04                    32,50
                0202 20 90 100                          02                    92,00
            l                                           03                    65,00
                                                        04                    32,50
                0202 30 90 100 (4)                      05                   112,00
                0202 30 90 400                          02                   180,00 (10)
                                                        03                   125,00 (,0)
                                                        04                    62,50 (10)
                                                    i   06                   144,50 (10)
                                                        07                    90,00 (,0)
                0202 30 90 500 («)                      02                   128,00
                                                        03                    84,00
                                                        04                    42,00
                                                        06                   102,50
                                                        07                    90,00
                0202 30 90 900                          07                    90,00
                0206 10 95 000                          02                   128,00
            l                                           03                    84,00
                                                        04                    42,00
                                                        06                   102,50
                0206 29 91 000                          02                   128,00
                                                        03                    84,00
                                                        04                    42,00
                                                        06                   102,50
                0210 20 90 100                          08                   102,50
                                                        09                     60,50
                0210 20 90 300                          02                   128,00
                0210 20 90 500 (3)                      02                   128,00
                1602 50 10 120                          02                   134,50 O
                                                        03                   108,00 O
                                                        04                   108,00 O
                 1602 50 10 140                         02                   11 9,50 O
                                                        03                     96,00 O
                                                        04                     96,00 O
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                                                                                                                     (ECU/100 kg)
                           Product code                          Destination f)                     Amount of refund (s)
                                                      ll                                             — Net weight —
                         1602 50 10 160                               02                                     96,00 0
           l                                                          03                                     77,00 0
                                                                      04                                     77,00 0
                         1602 50 10 170                               02                                     63,50 (>)
           I                                                          03                                     51,00 0
                                                                      04                                     51,00 (9)
                         1602 50 10 190                               02                                     63,50
           l                                                          03                                     51,00
           \                                                          04                                     51,00
                         1602 50 10 240                               02                                     36,00
           l                                                          03                                     36,00
           l                                                          04                                     36,00
                         1602 50 10 260                               02                                     26,00
           I
                                                                      03                                     26,00
           i
           \                                                          04                                     26,00
                         1602 50 10 280                               02                                     16,00
                                                                      03                                     16,00
           I                                                          04                                     16,00
                         1602 50 90 120                               01                                   1 1 6,00 O
                         1602 50 90 130                               01                                     73,00 0
                         1602 50 90 190                               01                                     36,00
                         1602 50 90 320                               01                                   103,00 O
                         1602 50 90 330                               01                                     65,00 O
                         1602 50 90 390                               01                                     36,00
                         1602 50 90 520                               01                                     77,00 0
                         1602 50 90 530                               01                                     48,50 (9)
                         1602 50 90 590                               01                                     36,00
                         1602 50 90 610                               01                                     36,00
                         1602 50 90 620                               01                                     16,00
                         1602 50 90 700                               01                                     36,00
                         1602 50 90 800                               01                                     26,00
                         1602 50 90 900                               01                                     16,00
             (') Entry under this subheading is subject to the submission of the certificate appearing in the Annex to Commis­
                 sion Regulation (EEC) No 32/82.
             (2) Entry under this subheading is subject to compliance with the condition laid down in 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) OJ No L 336, 29. 12. 1979, p. 44.
             0 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, 1 . 8. 1986, p. 39).
             f) The destinations are as follows :
                 01 Third countries .
                 02 North African, Near and Middle East third countries, West, Central East and South African third countries,
                     except Lebanon, Cyprus, Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland and Zimbabwe.
                 03 European third countries, the Canary Islands, Ceuta, Melilla, Lebanon, Cyprus, Greenland, Pakistan, Sri
                     Lanka, Burma, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines, China, North Korea and Hong Kong and the
                     destinations referred to in Article 34 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87 (OJ No L 351 , 14. 12.
                     1987, p. 1 ), except Austria, Sweden and Switzerland.
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                 04 Austria, Sweden and Switzerland.
                 05 The United States of America, carried out in accordance with Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2973/79
                     (OJ No L 336, 29. 12. 1979, p. 44).
                 06 French Polynesia and New Caledonia.
                 07 Canada.
                 08 North, West, Central, East 'and South African third countries, except Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swazi­
                     land and Zimbabwe.
                 09 Switzerland .
             (8) 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.
             (*) The refund is granted only on products manufactured under the arrangement provided for in Article 4 of
                 Council Regulation (EEC) No 565/80.
            (I0) Excluding frozen meat exported under Regulations (EEC) No 243/90, (EEC) No 676/90, (EEC) No 1680/90 and
                  (EEC) No 1682/90. However, in the case of exports under Regulations (EEC) No 1680/90 and (EEC) No
                  1682/90, the export refunds set out in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 1309/90 should be applied.
            NB : The countries are as defined in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 420/90 (OJ No L 44, 20 . 2.
                    1990, p. 15). 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
              CN code                            Description of goods                          Product code
           1602       Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood :
           1602 50    — Of bovine animals :
           1602 50 10 — — Uncooked ; mixtures of cooked meat or offal and uncooked
                           meat or offal :
                      — — — Uncooked ; not containing meat other than that of animals of
                              the bovine species :
                      — — — — Containing by weight the following percentages of bovine
                                 meats (excluding offal and fats) :
                      — — — — — Manufactured under the arrangement provided for in
                                     Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 565/80 (") :
                                     — 90 % or more                                          1602 50 10 120
                                     — 80 % or more, but less than 90 %                      1602 50 10 140
                                     — 60 % or more, but less than 80 %                      1602 50 10 160
                                     — 40 % or more, but less than 60 %                      1602 50 10 170
                                     — less than 40 %                                        1602 50 10 180
                      — — — — — Other :
                                     — 40 % or more                                          1602 50 10 190
                                     — less than 40 %                                        1602 50 10 200
                              Other :
                      — — — — Containing by weight 80 % or more of meat or meat offal,
                                 of any kind, including fats of any kind or origin           1602 50 10 240
                      — — — — Containing by weight 40 % or more but less than 80 % of
                                 meat or meat offal, of any kind, including fats of any kind
                                 or origin                                                   1602 50 10 260
                      — — — — Containing by weight less than 40 % of meat or meat
                                 offal, of any kind, including fats of any kind or origin    1602 50 10 280
           1602 50 90 — — Other :
                      — — — Not containing meat other than that of animals of the bovine
                              species :
                      — — — _ Containing by weight the following percentages of bovine
                                 meats (excluding offal and fat) :
                      — — — — — 90 % or more :
                      — — — — — — Products complying with the conditions laid down
                                        in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2388/84 (*)        1602 50 90 120
                      — — — — — — Manufactured under the arrangement provided for
                                        in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 565/80 (")       1602 50 90 130
                      — — — — — — Other                                                      1602 50 90 190
                      — — — — — 80 % or more, but less than 90 % :
                      — — — — — — Products complying with the conditions laid down
                                        in Regulation (EEC) No 2388/84 (*)                   1602 50 90 320
                      — — — — — — Manufactured under the arrangement provided for
                                        in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 565/80 (!1)      1602 50 90 330
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                 CN code                                    Description of goods                                       Product code
            1602 50 90          — — — — — — Other                                                                    1602 50 90 390
            (cont'd)            — — — — — 60 % or more, but less than 80 % :
                                — — — — — — Products complying with the conditions laid down
                                                    in Regulation (EEC) No 2388/84 (*)                               1602 50 90 520
                                — — — — — — Manufactured under the arrangement provided for
                                                    in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 565/80 (")                   1602 50 90 530
                                — — — — — — Other                                                                    1602 50 90 590
                                _____ 40 % or more, but less than 60 %                                               1602 50 90 610
                                — — — — — 20 % or more, but less than 40 %                                           1602 50 90 620
          l                     — — — — — Less than 20 %                                                             1602 50 90 630
          l                     — — — Other :
          l                     — — — — Containing by weight 80 % or more of meat or meat offal,
                                            of any kind, including fats of any kind or origin                        1602 50 90 700
                                — — — — Containing by weight 40 % or more but less than 80 % of
                                            meat or meat offal, of any kind, including fats of any kind
                                            of origin                                                                1602 50 90 800
                                — — — — Containing by weight less than 40 % of meat or meat
                                            offal, of any kind, including fats of any kind or origin :               1602 50 90 900
            (') Entry under this subheading is subject to submission of the certificate appearing in the Annex to Commission Regula­
                 tion (EEC) No 32/82 (OJ No L 4, 8 . 1 . 1982, p. 11 ).
            (2) Entry under this subheading is subject to compliance with the conditions laid down in Commission Regulation. (EEC)
                 No 1964/82 (OJ No L 212, 21 . 7. 1982, p. 48).
            (3) The refund on beef in brine is granted on the net weight of the meat after deduction of the weight of the brine.
             (") OJ No L 336, 29. 12. 1979, p. 44.
            o OJ No L 221 , 18. 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, 1 . 8. 1986, p. 39).
            O OJ No L 27, 31 . 1 . 1990, p. 8.
            (») OJ No L 75, 21 . 3. 1990, p. 8.
            (») OJ No L 157, 22. 6. 1990, p. 26.
           H OJ No L 157, 22. 6. 1990, p. 18 .
           (") OJ No L 62, 7. 3. 1980, p. 5.
            NB : Article 7 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 885/68 (OJ No L 156, 4. 7. 1968, p. 2) provides that no export refunds shall
                    be granted on products imported from third countries and re-exported to third countries.