CELEX: 31992R0704
Language: en
Date: 1992-03-20 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 704/92 of 20 March 1992 fixing the export refunds on beef and veal and amending Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 establishing an agricultural product nomenclature for export refunds

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31992R0704

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 704/92 of 20 March 1992 fixing the export refunds on beef and veal and amending Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 establishing an agricultural product nomenclature for export refunds  

Official Journal L 075 , 21/03/1992 P. 0018 - 0028

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 704/92  of 20 March 1992  fixing the export refunds on beef and veal and amending Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 establishing an agricultural product nomenclature for export refundsTHE COMMISSION OF THE  EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in beef and veal (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1628/91 (2), and in particular Article 18 thereof,  Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,  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 Regulation and prices for those products within the Community may be covered by an export  refund;  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 fixing the amount of such refunds;  Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 32/82 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3169/87 (6), (EEC) No 1964/82 (7), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3169/87, and (EEC) No 2388/84 (8), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3988/87 (9), lay down the  conditions for granting special export refunds for certain cuts of beef and veal and certain preserved beef and veal products;  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, given the current market situation in the Community and the possibilities of disposal in certain third countries in particular, export refunds on adult male bovine animals of a live weight of at least 300 kilograms and other bovine animals of a  live weight of at least 250 kilograms should be granted; whereas experience gained in recent years has shown that it is advisable to treat live pure-bred breeding animals weighting of at least 250 kilograms for females and 300 kilograms for males in an  identical manner as other bovine animals, while making them subject to certain special administrative formalities;  Whereas export refunds should be granted for certain destinations on some fresh or chilled meat listed in Annex I under CN code 0201, on some frozen meat listed in Annex I under CN code 0202, on some meat or offal listed in Annex I under CN code 0206  and on some other prepared or preserved meat or offal listed in Annex I under CN code 1602 50 10;  Whereas, in view of the wide differences in products covered by CN codes 0201 20 90 700 and 0202 20 90 100 used for refund purposes, refunds should only be granted on cuts in which the weight of bone does not exceed one third;  Whereas a minimum content of lean bovine meat should be fixed for boneless cuts wrapped individually and covered by CN codes 0201 30 and 0202 30;  Whereas refunds should also be granted on fresh or 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 boneless pieces specified;  Whereas, in the case of meat of bovine animals, boned or boneless, salted and dried, there are traditional trade flows 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 Member States; whereas there are possibilities for exporting such meat and also salted, smoked and dried meat to certain African, Near and Middle Eastern countries; whereas a refund should accordingly be set;  Whereas, in the case of certain other cuts and preserves of meat or offal shown in Annex I under CN code 1602 50 90, Community participation in international trade may be maintained by granting a refund corresponding to that at present available;  Whereas, in the case of other beef and veal products, a refund need not be fixed since Community participation in world trade is not significant;  Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally, refunds should be calculated on the following basis:  - in the case of currencies which are maintained in relation to each other at any given moment within a band of 2,25 %, a rate of exchange based on their central rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in the last subparagraph of Article  3 (1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1676/85 (10), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2205/90 (11),  - for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an average of the ecu rates published in the Official Journal of the European Communities, C series, over a period to be determined, multiplied by the factor referred to in the preceding indent;  Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (12), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3795/91 (13); establishes the agricultural product nomenclature for the purposes of export refunds;  Whereas, in order to simplify customs export formalities for operators, the refunds on all frozen cuts should be brought in line with those on fresh or chilled cuts other than those from adult male bovine animals;  Whereas experience has shown that in certain cases it is often difficult to determine the relevant quantities of bovine and other meat contained in prepared or preserved meat covered by CN code 1602 50; whereas products of the bovine species alone  should accordingly be set apart and a new heading should be created for mixtures of meats or offals; whereas checks of products other than mixtures of meat or offal should be stepped up by making the granting of refunds on these products conditional on  manufacture under the arrangements provided for in Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 565/80 of 4 March 1980 on the advance payment of export refunds in respect of agricultural products (14), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2026/83 (15);  Whereas the analytical criteria for preparations and preserves covered by CN code 1602 50 90 should be supplemented by fixing in particular a maximum collagen / protein ratio in terms of the meat content of such products;  Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal,  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:  Article 1  The list of products on which export refunds as referred to in Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 are granted and the amount thereof shall be as set out in Annex hereto.  Section 6 of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 is hereby replaced by Annex II hereto.  Article 2  This Regulation shall enter into force on 30 March 1992. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.  Done at Brussels, 20 March 1992.For the Commission  Ray MAC SHARRY  Member of the Commission   (1) OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24.(2) OJ No L 150, 15. 6. 1991, p. 16.(3) OJ No L 156, 4. 7. 1968, p. 2.(4) OJ No L 61, 5. 3. 1977, p. 16.(5) OJ No L 4, 8. 1. 1982, p. 11.(6) OJ No L 301, 24. 10. 1987, p. 21.(7) OJ No L 212, 21. 7.  1982, p. 48.(8) OJ No L 221, 18. 8. 1984, p. 28.(9) OJ No L 376, 31. 12. 1987, p. 31.(10) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1.(11) OJ No L 201, 31. 7. 1990, p. 9.(12) OJ No L 366, 24. 12. 1987, p. 1.(13) OJ No L 358, 30. 12. 1991, p. 1.(14) OJ No L  62, 7. 3. 1980, p. 5. (15) OJ No L 199, 22. 7. 1983, p. 12.    ANNEX I (ECU/100 kg)       Product code  Destination (7)  Refund (8)           - Live weight -   0102 10 00 190  01  96,00  0102 10 00 390  01  96,00  0102 90 31 900  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   03  73,00   04  34,50  0102 90 37 900  02  101,50   03  73,00   04  34,50     - 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 90 110 (1)  02  124,50   03   85,00   04  42,50  0201 10 90 190  02  92,00   03  65,00   04  32,50  0201 10 90 910 (1)  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    - Net weight -    0201 20 29 100 (1)  02  171,50   03  115,00   04  57,50  0201 20 29 900  02  126,50   03  88,00   04  44,00  0201 20 31 000  02  92,00   03  65,00   04  32,50  0201 20 39 100 (1)  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   03  110,50   04  56,00  0201 20 51 900  02  92,00   03  65,00   04  32,50  0201 20 59 110 (1)  02  218,50   03  146,00   04  73,00  0201 20 59 190  02  161,00   03  110,50   04  56,00  0201 20 59 910 (1)   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   03  65,00   04  32,50  0201 30 00 050 (4)  05  112,00  0201 30 00 100 (2)  02  312,00   03  208,50   04  104,50   06  266,50  0201 30 00  150 (6)  02  165,00   03  125,00   04  62,50   06  144,50   07  90,00    - Net weight -   0201 30 00 190 (6)  02  128,00   03  84,00   04  42,00   06  102,50   07  90,00  0202 10 00 100  02  92,00   03  65,00   04  32,50  0202 10 00 900  02  126,50   03   88,00   04  44,00  0202 20 10 000  02  126,50   03  88,00   04  44,00  0202 20 30 000  02  92,00   03  65,00   04  32,50  0202 20 50 100  02  161,00   03  110,50   04  56,00  0202 20 50 900  02  92,00   03  65,00   04  32,50  0202 20 90 100  02  92,00    03  65,00   04  32,50  0202 30 90 100 (4)  05  112,00  0202 30 90 400 (6)  02  165,00   03  125,00   04  62,50   06  144,50   07  90,00  0202 30 90 500 (6)  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   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    - Net weight -   0210 20 90 500 (3)  02  128,00  1602 50  10 120  02  134,50 (9)   03  108,00 (9)   04  108,00 (9)  1602 50 10 140  02  119,50 (9)   03  96,00 (9)   04  96,00 (9)  1602 50 10 160  02  96,00 (9)   03  77,00 (9)   04  77,00 (9)  1602 50 10 170  02  63,50 (9)   03  51,00 (9)   04  51,00 (9)  1602  50 10 190  02  63,50   03  51,00   04  51,00  1602 50 10 240  02  36,00   03  36,00   04  36,00  1602 50 10 260  02  26,00   03  26,00   04  26,00  1602 50 10 280  02  16,00   03  16,00   04  16,00  1602 50 90 125  01  116,00 (5)  1602 50 90 135  01   73,00 (9)  1602 50 90 195  01  36,00  1602 50 90 325  01  103,00 (5)  1602 50 90 335  01  65,00 (9)  1602 50 90 395  01  36,00  1602 50 90 425  01  77,00 (5)  1602 50 90 435  01  48,50 (9)  1602 50 90 495  01  36,00  1602 50 90 525  01  77,00 (5)  1602  50 90 535  01  48,50 (9)  1602 50 90 595  01  36,00  1602 50 90 615  01  36,00  1602 50 90 625  01  16,00  1602 50 90 705  01  36,00  1602 50 90 805  01  26,00  1602 50 90 905  01  16,00     (1) Entry under this subheading is subject to the  submission of the certificate appearing in the Annex to Commission 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.  (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, 1. 8. 1986, p. 39).  (7) 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 Cyprus, Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia.  03 European third countries, the Canary Islands, Ceuta, Melilla, 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.  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 Southern African third countries, except Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia.  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.  (9) The refund is granted only on products manufactured under the arrangement provided for in Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 565/80.   NB: The countries are as defined in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3518/91 (OJ No L 334, 5. 12. 1991, p. 10). The descriptions corresponding to the product codes and the footnotes are set out in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 as amended.     ANNEX II '6. Beef and veal       CN code  Description of goods  Product code         0102  Live bovine animals:   0102 10 00    Pure-bred breeding animals:      Females:      With a live weight less than 250 kg  0102 10 00 110     Other  0102 10 00 190     Males:      With a  live weight less than 300 kg  0102 10 00 310     Other  0102 10 00 390  0102 90    Other:        Domestic species:          Of a weight exceeding 220 kg:   0102 90 31          Heifers (female bovines that have never calved):      With a live weight less  than 250 kg  0102 90 31 100     Other  0102 90 31 900  0102 90 33          Cows:      With a live weight less than 250 kg  0102 90 33 100     Other  0102 90 33 900  0102 90 35          Bulls:      With a live weight less than 300 kg  0102 90 35 100      Other  0102 90 35 900  0102 90 37          Steers: (bullocks):      With a live weight less than 300 kg  0102 90 37 100     Other  0102 90 37 900  0201  Meat of bovine animals, fresh and chilled:   0201 10    Carcases and half-carcases:   0201 10 10       Of a weight not exceeding 136 kg for carcases or of a weight not exceeding 68 kg for half-carcases:      The front part of a carcase or of a half-carcase comprising all the bones and the scrag, neck and shoulder but with more than 10 ribs  0201 10 10  100     Other  0201 10 10 900  0201 10 90      Of a weight exceeding 136 kg for carcases or of a weight exceeding 68 kg for half-carcases:      The front part of a carcase or of a half-carcase comprising all the bones and the scrag, neck and shoulder  but with more than 10 ribs:      From male adult bovine animals (1)  0201 10 90 110     Other  0201 10 90 190     Other:      From male adult bovine animals (1)  0201 10 90 910     Other  0201 10 90 990  0201 20    Other cuts with bone in:         'Compensated' quarters:   0201 20 21        Of a weight not exceeding 68 kg  0201 20 21 000  0201 20 29        Of a weight exceeding 68 kg:      From male adult bovine animals (1)  0201 20 29 100     Other  0201 20 29 900       Unseparated or separated  forequarters:   0201 20 31        Of a weight not exceeding 60 kg for unseparated forequarters or of a weight not exceeding 30 kg for separated forequarters  201 20 31 000  0201 20 39        Of a weight exceeding 60 kg for unseparated forequarters or of  a weight exceeding 30 kg for separated forequarters:      From male adult bovine animals (1)  0201 20 39 100     Other  0201 20 39 900       Unseparated or separated hindquarters:   0201 20 51        Of a weight not exceeding 75 kg for unseparated  hindquarters or of a weight not exceeding 40 kg for separated hindquarters:      With a maximum of nine ribs or pairs of ribs  0201 20 51 100     With more than nin ribs or pairs of ribs  0201 20 51 900  0201 20 59        Of a weight exceeding 75 kg for  unseparated hindquarters or of a weight exceeding 40 kg for separated hindquarters:      With a maximum of nine ribs or pairs of ribs:      From male adult bovine animals (1)  0201 20 59 110     Other  0201 20 59 190     With more than nine ribs or  pairs of ribs:      From male adult bovine animals (1)  0201 20 59 910     Other  0201 20 59 990  0201 20 90      Other:      the weight of bone does not exceed one third of the weight of the cut  0201 20 90 700     Other, with bone in  0201 20 90 900   0201 30 00    Boneless:      Boneless cuts exported to the USA under the conditions laid down in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2973/79 (4)  0201 30 00 050     From the hindquarters of male adult bovine animals with a maximum of nine ribs or nine pairs  of ribs (2), each piece individually wrapped  0201 30 00 100     Other boned cuts, each piece individually wrapped with a lean bovine meat content (excluding fat) of 50 % or more (6)  0201 30 00 150     Other, including minced meat, with a lean meat  content (excluding fat) of 78 % or more (6)  0201 30 00 190     Other  0201 30 00 900  0202  Meat of bovine animals, frozen:   0202 10 00    Carcases and half-carcases:      The front part of a carcase or of a half-carcase comprising all the bones and  the scrag, neck and shoulder but with more than 10 ribs  0202 10 00 100     Other  0202 10 00 900  0202 20    Other cuts, with bone in:   0202 20 10      'Compensated' quarters,  0202 20 10 000  0202 20 30      Unseparated or separated forequarters,   0202 20 30 000  0202 20 50      Unseparated or separated hindquarters:      With a maximum of nine ribs or pairs of ribs,  0202 20 50 100     With more than nine ribs or pairs of ribs  0202 20 50 900  0202 20 90      Other:      The weight of bone not  exceeding one third of the weight of the cut  0202 20 90 100     Other  0202 20 90 900  0202 30    Boneless:   0202 30 90      Other:      Boned cuts exported to the United States of America under the conditions laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 2973/79  (4)  0202 30 90 100     Boned cuts, each piece individually wrapped with a lean bovine meat content (excluding fat) of 50 % or more (6)  0202 30 90 400     Other, including minced meat, with a lean meat content (excluding fat) of 78 % or more (6)  0202  30 90 500     Other  0202 30 90 900  0206  Edible offal or bovine animals, swine, goats, horses, asses, mules or hinnies, fresh, chilled or frozen:   0206 10    Of bovine animals, fresh and chilled:        Other:   0206 10 95        Thick skirt and thin  skirt  0206 10 95 000     Of bovine animals, frozen:   0206 29      Other:          Other:   0206 29 91          Thick skirt and thin skirt  0206 29 91 000  0210  Meat and edible meat offal, salted, in birne, dried or smoked; edible flours and meals of  meat or meat offal:   0210 20    Meat of bovine animals:   0210 20 90      Boneless:      Salted and dried  0210 20 90 100     Salted, dried and smoked  0210 20 90 300     In brine (3)  0210 20 90 500     Other  0210 20 90 900  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 fat)              Manufactured under the arrangement provided for in Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 565/80 (7):      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  1602 50 10          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:            With a collagen / protein ratio of no more than 0,35 (8) and 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 (5)  1602 50 90 125               Manufactured under thje arrangements provided for in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 565/80 (7)  1602 50 90 135                Other  1602 50 90 195  1602 50 90 (cont'd)             80 % or more, but less than 90 %:                Products complying with the conditions laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 2388/84 (5)  1602 50 90 325               Manufactured under the arrangement provided for in Article 4 of Regulation  (EEC) No 565/80 (7)  1602 50 90 335               Other  1602 50 90 395             60 % or more, but less than 80 %:                Products complying with the conditions laid dwon in Regulation (EEC) No 2388/84 (5)  1602 50 90 425                Manufactured under the arrangement provided for in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 565/80 (7)  1602 50 90 435               Other  1602 50 90 495           with a collagen / protein ratio of more than 0,35 but no more than 0,45 (8) and containing by  weight to the following percentages of bovine meat (excluding offal and fat):              60 % or more:                Products complying with the conditions laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 2388/84 (5)  1602 50 90 525               Manufactured under  the arrangement provided for in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 565/80 (7)  1602 50 90 535               Other  1602 50 90 595             40 % or more, but less than 60 %  1602 50 90 615             20 % or more but less than 40 %  1602 50 90 625              less than 20 %  1602 50 90 626           Other  1602 50 90 636           with a collagen / protein ratio of no more than 0,45 (8):              Containing by weight 80 % or more of meat or more offal, of any kind, including fats of any kind or  origin  1602 50 90 705             Containing by weight 40 % or more but less than 80 % of meat or meal offal, of any kind, including fats of any kind or origin  1602 50 90 805             Containing by weight less than 40 % of meat or meat offal, of  any kind, including fats of any kind or origin  1602 50 90 905           Other  1602 50 90 906     (1) Entry within this subheading is subject to the submission of the certificate appearing in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 32/82 (OJ  No L 4, 8. 1. 1982, p. 11).  (2) Entry within 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.  (4) OJ No L 336, 29. 12. 1979, p. 44.  (5) 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).  (7) OJ No L 62, 7. 3. 1980, p. 5.  (8) Determination of collagen content:  The collagen content shall be taken to mean the hydroxyproline content multiplied by the factor 8. The hydroxyproline content must be determined according to ISO method 3496-1978.   NB: Article 7 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 885/68 (OJ No L 156, 4. 7. 1968, p. 2) provides that no export refunds are to be granted on products imported from third countries and re-exported to third countries.'