CELEX: 31974R2645
Language: en
Date: 1974-10-18 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2645/74 of the Commission of 18 October 1974 fixing the export refund on beef and veal for the period beginning 1 November 1974

No L 283 / 18                          Official Journal of the European Communities                            19 . 10 . 74
                            REGULATION ( EEC) No 2645/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                     of 18 October 1974
              fixing the export refunds on beef and veal for the period beginning 1 November
                                                             1974
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    which will cover the difference between prices on the
COMMUNITIES,                                                      Swiss market and export prices in the Member States ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             Whereas, in the case of the preserved meats set out in
Economic Community ;                                              Annex I to Commission Regulation ( EEC) No
                                                                  1082/68 (4) of 26 July 1968 fixing coefficients
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      expressing the meat content of preserved meats manu­
805/68 (*) of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­                factured from frozen meat, as amended by Regulation
tion of the market in beef and veal , as last amended             (EEC) No 207/70 (5), which contain 40 % or more of
by Regulation (EEC) No 1855/74 (2), and in particular             meat, Community participation in international trade
the first sentence of Article 18(5) thereof ;                     may be ensured by granting a refund 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
Whereas Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/ 68                 cant ;
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 (b) annexed to the
be covered by an export refund ;                                  Treaty (7) concerning the Accession of new Member
                                                                  States to the European Economic Community and the
                                                                  European Atomic Energy Community, signed at Brus­
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 885/68 (3) of                 sels on 22 January 1972, provides that the refund on
28 June 1968 lays down general rules for granting                 exports from the new Member States for the products
export refunds and criteria for fixing the amount of              specified in Article 1 (b) and (c) of Regulation ( EEC)
such refunds ;
                                                                  No 805/ 68 shall be corrected by the amount of the
                                                                  difference between the customs duties on the products
Whereas it follows from applying these rules and                  from which these products are produced ;
criteria to the foreseeable situation on the market in
beef and veal that the refund should be fixed as indi­
cated below ;                                                     Whereas if the refund system is to operate normally,
                                                                  refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
Whereas the present market situation in the Commu­                — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
nity and the setting possibilities, particularly in certain             relation to each other, at any given moment,
third countries, leads to granting an export refund for                within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based
live domestic animals of the bovine species for the                    on their effective parity ;
export of certain fresh or chilled meats shown in the
Annex under heading No ex 02.01 A II a) 1 and for                 — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the
the export to certain destinations, of certain frozen                   arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
meats shown in the Annex under heading No ex                           of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
02.01 A II a) 2 ;                                                       relation to the Community currencies referred to
                                                                        in the previous subparagraph ;
Whereas , in the case of edible meat of domestic
bovine animals, boned or boneless, salted and dried ,             Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
 there are traditional trade flows to Switzerland ;                are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
whereas, to the extent necessary to allow this trade to            ment Committee for Beef and Veal ,
continue , the refund must be fixed at an amount
                                                                  (4 ) OJ  No   L 181 , 27 . 7 . 1968 , p. 9 .
(<) OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 24.                          (5 ) OJ   No  L 28 , S. 2 . 1970 , p. 10 .
(2 ) OJ No L 195 , 18 . 7 . 1974, p. 14 .                         (<>) OJ   No  L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p. 14.
(3 OJ No L 156 , 4 . 7 . 1968 , p. 2 .                            ( 7) OJ   No  L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p. 5 .
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                               805/68 is granted and the amount of that refund is
                                                            fixed as shown in the Annex .
                      Article 1                                                     Article 2
The list of products on which the export refund             This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November
referred to in Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No            1974 .
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 18 October 1974 .
                                                                     For the Commission
                                                                         The President
                                                                    Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
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                                                               ANNEX
    CCT heading No                              Description of goods                 Refund in u. a./100 kg
                                                                                          Live weight
   01.02 A II            Live domestic animals of the bovine species, other than
                        pure-bred breeding animals                                         36-50 0 )
                                                                                          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                                        70-00 (*)
      22 . and ex 33 .  Unseparated or separated forequarters, with a respective
                        minimum of four pairs of ribs or four ribs and a
                        respective maximum of thirteen pairs of ribs or thirteen
                        ribs, with or wiithout the thin flank, the ribs can be whole
                        or cut                                                             56-00 (»)
               cx 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                                                  84-00 H
               bb)       Of adult animals :
                   11 .  Carcases, half-carcases or '.compensated' quarters                70-00 i 1 )
     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                                                             56-00 (*)
              ex 33 .   Hindquarters, excluding the forequarter with more than
                        ten whole or cut ribs                                              84-00 i 1 )
               cc)      Other cuts of beef and veal :
                   11 . Unboned (bone-in)                                                  56-00 i1 )
              ex 22 .    Boned or boneless, excluding the cheeks, the offals, the
                        thin flanks and the shin, packaged separately                      82-00 ( x )
cx 02.01 A II a) 2      Edible meat of domestic bovine animals, frozen :
               aa)       Carcases, half-carcases and 'compensated' quarters :
                        — 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 and for supplies for victualling
                            sea-going vessels or aircraft serving on international
                            routes, including intra-Community routes, or supplies
                            to armed forces stationed in the territory of a Mem­
                            ber State but not coming under its flag provided the
                            said supplies are such as must be treated as exports
                            from the Community                                             70-00 (»)
 bb) and 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 and for supplies for victualling
                            sea-going vessels or aircraft serving on international
                            routes, including intra-Community routes, or supplies
                            to armed forces stationed in the territory of a Mem­
                            ber State but not coming under its flag provided the
                            said supplies are such as must be treated as exports
                            from the Community                                             56-00 i1 )
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     CCT heading No                                     Description of goods                          Refund in  u. a. /100 kg
                                                                                                          Net weight
              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 and for supplies for victualling
                               sea-going vessels or aircraft serving on international
                               routes, including intra-Community routes, or supplies
                               to armed forces stationed in the territory of a Mem­
                               ber State but not coming under its flag provided the
                               said supplies are such as must be treated as exports
                               from the Community                                                           84-00 i 1 )
                 dd)      Others :
                     11 . Unboned (bone-in ) :
                          — for export to European third countries, to Jordan, to
                               third countries on the Mediterranean or on the Per­
                               sian Gulf, to third countries of the Arabian Peninsula
                               and Africa and for supplies for victualling
                               sea-going vessels or aircraft serving on international
                               routes, including intra-Community routes, or supplies
                               to armed forces stationed in the territory of a Mem­
                               ber State but not coming under its flag provided the
                               said supplies are such as must be treated as exports
                               from the Community                                                           56-00 ( 1 )
                 ex 22 .  Boned or boneless :
                          — excluding the cheeks and the offals, for export to the
                               United States of America                                                     50-00 0 )
                          — excluding the cheeks, the offals, the thin flanks and
                                the shin, packaged separately, for export to European
                               third countries, to Jordan, to third countries on the
                               Mediterranean or on the Persian Gulf, to third coun­
                               tries of the Arabian Peninsula and Africa and for
                               supplies for victualling sea-going vessels or aircraft
                                serving on international routes, including intra-Com­
                                munity routes, or supplies to armed forces stationed
                                in the territory of a Member State but not coming
                               under its flag provided the said supplies are such as
                                must be treated as exports from the Community                               82-00 n
ex 02.06 C I a ) 2        Edible meat of domestic bovine animals, boned or
                          boneless, salted and dried :
                          — for export to Switzerland                                                       36-50 i 1 )
                                                                                                       United
                                                                                           Ireland                  Other Member State«
                                                                                                      Kingdom
ex 16.02 B III b ) 1      Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal, other,
                          containing bovine meat or offal but excluding those
                          containing meat or offals of domestic swine :
                          — preserves, other than homogenized, containing the
                               following percentages of bovine meat :
                               1 . 80 % or more of meat, excluding offal and fat            28-96      25-10                 35-00
                               2 . 60 % or more but less than 80 % of meat, exclu­
                                   ding offal and fat                                       17-38      15-06                 21-00
                               3 . 40 °/o or more but less than 60 °/o of meat,
                                   excluding offal and fat                                  11-58      10-04                 14-00
(') 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).
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.