CELEX: 31988R2978
Language: en
Date: 1988-09-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2978/88 of 28 September 1988 fixing the export refunds on beef and veal

29 . 9. 88                                Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 269 /37
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2978 /88
                                                      of 28 September 1988
                                          fixing the export refunds on beef and veal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         Whereas the current market situation in the Community
                                                                    and sales outlets, particularly in non-member countries,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               leads to the granting of export refunds on adult male
Economic Community,                                                 bovine animals of a live weight of at least 300 kilograms
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                  and other bovines of a live weight of 250 kilograms and
Portugal,                                                           over ; whereas experience gained in recent years has
                                                                    shown that it is advisable to treat live pedigree breeding
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of              animals of a weight of at least 250 kilograms for females
27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market               and 300 kilograms for males in an identical manner to
in beef and veal ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)           other bovine animals, while subjecting them to certain
No 3905/87 (2), and in particular the first sentence of             special administrative formalities ;
Article 18 (5) thereof,
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,
                                                                    Whereas it is necessary to grant refunds for the export to
Whereas Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68                    certain destinations of certain fresh or chilled meat listed
provides that the difference between prices on the world            in the Annex under heading No 0201 of the combined
market for the products listed in Article 1 of that Regula­         nomenclature of certain frozen meat listed in the Annex
tion and prices for those products within the Community             under heading No 0202, of certain meat offal listed in the
may be covered by an export refund ;                                Annex under heading No 0206 and of certain other
                                                                    prepared or preserved meat or meat offal listed in the
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 885/68 of 28 June               Annex under subheadings 1602 50 10 and 160290 61 ;
1968 (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, in view of the wide differences in products
                                                                    falling within subheadings 0201 20 90 700 and
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 32/82 (*), as last amended              0202 20 90 100 used for refunds, the refund should only
by Regulation (EEC) No 3988/87 (6), and Regulations                 be granted for cuts in which the weight of bone does not
                                                                    exceed one-third :
(EEC) No 1964/82 0, (EEC) No 74/84 (8), as amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 3988/87, and (EEC) No 2388/84 (9),
as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3988/87 lay down
the conditions for granting special export refunds for              Whereas refunds should also be granted for fresh or
certain cuts of beef/veal and certain preserved beef and            frozen boned or boneless pieces, even where each piece is
veal products ;                                                     not individually wrapped, and for minced meat, and the
                                                                    wording of the tariff subheading for fresh boned or bone­
Whereas Regulations (EEC) No 2908/85 (10), (EEC) No                 less pieces specified ;
142/86 ("), (EEC) No 1055/87 (12), as amended by Regula­
tion (EEC) No 1416/87 (,3) and (EEC) No 3815/87 (14) lay
down the conditions applying to the export of certain               Whereas, in the case of meat of bovine animals, boned or
beef and veal held by certain intervention agencies and             boneless, salted and dried, there are traditional trade flows
intended for export ;                                               to Switzerland ; whereas, to the extent necessary to allow
                                                                    this trade to continue, the refund must be fixed at an
Whereas it follows from applying these rules and criteria           amount which will cover the difference between prices on
to the foreseeable situation on the market in beef and veal
                                                                    the Swiss market and export prices in the Member States ;
that the refund should be as set out below ;
                                                                    whereas there are possibilities for exporting such meat
                                                                    and salted and dried meat to certain African, Near and
 ')  OJ No L  148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 24.                           Middle East third countries ; whereas account should be
 2)  OJ No L  370, 30 . 12. 1987, p. 7.                             taken of this situation and refund should be fixed accor­
 3)  OJ No L  156, 4. 7. 1968, p. 2.
 4) OJ  No L  61 , 5. 3 . 1977, p. 16.                              dingly ;
 ^ OJ No L 4, 8. 1 . 1982, p. 11 .
 ^ OJ No L 376, 31 . 12. 1987, p. 31 .
 ^ OJ No L 212, 21 . 7. 1982, p. 48.
 8) OJ No L 10, 13. 1 . 1984, p. 32.                                Whereas, in the case of certain other cuts , and preserves of
 ') OJ No L 221 , 18 . 8 . 1984, p. 28 .                            meat or offals shown in the Annex under subheadings
 I0) OJ No L 279, 19. 10 . 1985, p. 18.                             1602 50 90 and 1602 90 69, Community participation in
 ■') OJ No L 19, 25. 1 . 1986, p. 8 .
 12) OJ No L 103, 15. 4. 1987, p. 10.                               international trade may be ensured by granting a refund
 ■3) OJ No L 135, 23. 5. 1987, p. 18 .                              which takes account of the refund hitherto granted to
 14) OJ No L 357, 19 . 12. 1987, p. 24.                             exporters ;
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Whereas, in the case of other beef and veal products, a              tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
refund need not be fixed since Community participation               previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;
in world trade in these products is not significant ;
                                                                 Whereas, the measures provided for in this Regulation are
                                                                 in accordance with the opinion of the Management
                                                                 Committee for Beef and Veal,
Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
                                                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
    tion to each other at any given moment within a band                                  Article 1
    of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
    rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in    The list of products on which the export refund referred
    the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Council Regula­     to in Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 is granted
    tion (EEC) No 1676/85 ('), as last amended by Regula­        and the amount of that refund shall be as set out in the
    tion (EEC) No 1 636/87 (2),                                  Annex hereto .
— for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the                                      Article 2
    arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
    these currencies recorded oyer a given period in rela­       This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 October 1-988 .
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States .
                  Done at Brussels, 28 September 1988 .
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                            Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                               Vice-President
(') OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p . 1 .
0 OJ N[o L 153, 13 . 6 . 1987, p. 1 .
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                                                            ANNEX
              to the Commission Regulation of 28 September 1988 fixing the export refunds on beef and
                                                              veal
                                                                                              (ECU/100 kg)
                          Product code                    Destination (8)       Amount of refund (9)
                                                                                 — Live weight —
              0102 10 00 190                                   01                      96,00
              0102 10 00 390                                   01                      96,00
              0102 90 31 900                                   02                      68,50
            l                                                  03                      68,50
                                                               04                      55,50
            I                                                  05                      55,50
            1                                                  06                      25,50
              0102 90 33 900                                   02                      68,50
                                                               03                      68,50
                                                               04                      55,50
                                                               05                      55,50
            l                                                  06                     25,50
              0102 90 35 900                                   02                     90,00
            l                                             ■    03                     90,00
                                                               04                     73,00
                                                               05                     73,00
                                                               06                     34,50
              0102 90 37 900                                   02                     90,00
                                                               03                     90,00
                                                               04                     73,00
                                                               05                     73,00
            l                                                  06
                                                                      '
                                                                                      34,50
                                                                                 — Net weight —
              0201 10 10 100                                   02                     79,50
                                                               03                     73,50
            l                                                  04                     65,00
                                                               05                     65,00
                        '                                      06                     32,50
              0201 10 10 900                                   02                    107,50
                                                               03                    101,50
                                                               04                     88,00
            \                                                  05                     88,00
            \                                                  06                     44,00
              0201 10 90 HOC)                                  02                    112,00
                                                               03                    106,00
                                                               04                     85,00
                                                                          V
            l                                                  05                     85,00
                                                               06                     42,50
              0201 10 90 190                                   02                     79,50
                                                               03                     73,50
                                                               04                     65,00
                                                               05                     65,00
                                                               06                     32,50
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                                                                                              (ECU/100 kg)
                         Product code                    Destination (8)       Amount of refund (9)
                                                                                — Net weight -—
              0201 10 90 910 (')                              02                     152,50
                                                              03                     146,50
                                                              04                     115,00 '
                                                              05                     115,00
                                                              06                      57,50
              0201 10 90 990                                  02                     107,50
            \                                                  03                    101,50
                                                               04                     88,00
                                                               05                     88,00
                                                               06                     44,00
              0201 20 11 000                                   02                    107,50
                                                               03                    101,50
                                                               04                      88,00
                                                               05                      88,00
                                                               06                      44,00
              0201 20 19 100 (')                               02                    152,50
            \                                                  03                    146,50
                                                               04                    115,00
                                                               05                    115,00
            l                                                  06                      57,50
              0201 20 19 900                                   02                    107,50
                                                               03                    101,50
                                                               04                      88,00~
                                                               05                      88,00
                                                               06                      44,00
               0201 20 31 000                                  02                      79,50
                                                               03                      73,50
                                                               04                  .   65,00
                                                               05                      65,00
                                                               06                      32,50
               0201 20 39 100 0                                02                     112,00
                                                                03                    106,00
                                                                04                     85,00
                                                                05                     85,00
                                                                06                     42,50
               0201 20 39 900                                   02                     79,50
                                                                03                     73,50
                                                                04                      65,00
                                                                05                      65,00
                                                                06                      32,50
               0201 20 51 100                                   02                    135,50
                                                                03                    129,00
                                                                04                    110,50
                                                                05                    110,50
                                                                06                      56,00
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                                                                                            (ECU/100 kg)
                        Product code                    Destination (8)       Amount of refund (9)
                                                                               — Net weight —
              0201 20 51 900                                 02                       79,50
            l                                                03                       73,50
                                                             04                       65,00
            \                                                05                       65,00
                                                             06                       32,50
              0201 20 59 llO (')                             02                     192,50
                                                             03                     186,50
            l                                                04                     146,00
                                                             05                     146,00
                                                             06                       73,00
              0201 20 59 190                                 02                     135,50
                                                             03                     129,00
                                                             04                     110,50
                                                             05                     110,50
                                                             06                       56,00
              0201 20 59 910 (')                             02                   , 112,00
            l                                                03                     106,00
                                                             04                       85,00
                                                             05                       85,00
                                                             06                       42,50
              0201 20 59 990                                 02                       79,50
                                                             03                       73,50
            l                                                04                       65,00
                                                             05                       65,00
                                                             06                       32,50
              0201 20 90 100 (2)                             02                     1 52,50
                                                             03                     146,50
                                                             04                     115,00
                                                             05                     115,00
                                                             06                       57,50
              0201 20 90 300 (2)                             02                     112,00
                  '
                                                             03                     106,00
                                                             04                       85,00
                                                             05                       85,00
            l                                                06                       42,50
              0201 20 90 500 (2)                             02                     192,50
                                                             03                     186,50
                                                             04                     146,00
                                                             05                     146,00
                                                             06                       73,00
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                                                                                               (ECU/100 kg)
                          Product code                    Destination (8)       Amount of refund (9)
                                                                                 — Net weight —
               0201 20 90 700                                  02                      79,50
                                                               03                      73,50
                                                               04                      65,00
                                                               05                      65,00
                                                                06                     32,50
               0201 30 00 050 0                                 07                   112,00
               0201 30 00 100 (3)                               02                   275,00
             l                                                  03                   266,50
                                                                04                   208,50
                                                                05                   208,50
             \                                                  06                   104,50
                                                                08                   266,50
               0201 30 00 130                                   02                    153,50
                                                                03                    144,50
                                                                04                    125,00
                                                                05                    125,00
                                                                06                     62,50
                                                                08                    144,50
                                                                09                     90,00
                0201 30 00 190 0                                02                    109,50
             l                                                  03                    102,50
                                                                04                      84,00
                                                                 05                     84,00
                                                                 06                     42,00
                                                                 08                   102,50
                                                                 09                     90,00
                0202 10 00 100                                   02                     72,50
                                                                 03                     66,50
                                                                 04                     66,50
                                                                 05                     66,50
                                                                 06                     32,00
                0202 10 00 900                                   02                     95,50
                                                                 03                     89,50
                                                                 04                     89,50
                                                                 05                     89,50
                                                                 06                     43,00
                0202 20 10 000                                   02                     95,50
                                                                 03                      89,50
                                                                 04                      89,50
                                                                 05                      89,50
                                                                 06                     43,00
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                                                                                             (ECU/100 kg)
                        Product code                    Destination (')       Amount of refund (')
                                                                               — Net weight —
             0202 20 30 000                                  02                        72,50
                                                             03                        66,50
                                                             04                        66,50
                                                             05                       66,50
                                                             06                       32,00
             0202 20 50 100                                  02                      118,50
                                                             03                      112,50
                                                             04                      112,50
                                                             05                     112,50
                                                             06                       53,50
             0202 20 50 900                                  02                       72,50
                                                             03                       66,50
                                                             04                       66,50
                                                             05                       66,50
                                                             06                       32,00
             0202 20 90 100                                  02                       72,50
                                                             03                       66,50
                                                             04                       66,50
                                                            05                        66,50
                                                            06                        32,00
            0202 30 90 100 0                                07                      112,00
            0202 30 90 300                                  02                      171,50
                                                            03                      163,00
                                                            04                      163,OX)
                                                            05                     163,00
                                                            06                       77,50
                                                            08                     163,00
            0202 30 90 500 f)                               02                     109,50
                                                            03                     102,50
                                                            04                       84,00
                                                            05                       84,00
                                                            06                       42,00
                                                            08                     102,50
                                                            09                       90,00
            0202 30 90 900                                  09                       90,00
            0206 10 95 000                                 02                    . 109,50
                                                           03                      102,50
                                                           04                        84,00
                                                           05                        84,00
                                                           06                       42,00
                                                           08                      102,50
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No L 269 /44
                                                                                                  (ECU/100 kg)
                          Product code                    Destination (8)       Amount of refund (')
                                                                                  — Net weight
               0206 29 91 000                                  02                       109,50
                                                               03                       102,50
                                                                04                       84,00
                                                                05                       84,00
                                                                06                       42,00
                                                                08                      102,50
               0210 20 90 100                                   10                      102,50
                                                                11                        60,50
               0210 20 90 300                                   02                      102,50
                                                                03                  1 102,50
               0210 20 90 500 (4)                               02                      102,50
                                                                03                      102,50
                1602 50 10 110                                  02                      115,50
                                                                03                      108,00
                                                                04                      108,00
                                                                05                       108,00
                                                                 06                      108,00
                1602 50 10 130                                   02                      102,50
             l                                                   03                       96,00
                                                                 04                        96,00
                                                                 05                        96,00
                                                                 06                        96,00
                1602 50 10 150                                   02                        77,00
                                                                 03                        77,00
                                                                 04                        77,00
                                                                 05                        77,00
                                                                 06                        77,00
                1602 50 10 170                                   02                        51,00
                                                                 03                         51,00
                                                                 04                         51,00
                                                                  05                        51,00
                                                                  06                        51,00
                 1602 50 90 110                                   01                      11 6,00 (6)
                 1602 50 90 190                                   01                        73,00
                 1602 50 90 310                                   01                      1 03,00 (*)
                 1602 50 90 390                                   01                  •     65,00
                 1602 50 90 510 ,                                 01                        77,00
                 1602 50 90 590                                   01.                       48,50
                 1602 50 90 700                                   01                        32,50
                 1602 50 90 800                                   01    .                    16,00
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                                                                                                                       (ECU/100 kg)
                              Product code                          Destination (8)                    Amount of refund (')
                                                        I                                               — Net weight —
             1602 90 61 110                                               02                                  5.1,00
           l                                                              03                                  51,00
           l                                                              04                                  51,00
                                                                          05                                  51,00
                                                                          06                                  51,00 ,
              1602 90 69 100                                              01                                  32,50
              1602 90 69 500                                              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 (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 74/84 (OJ No L 10, 13. 1 . 1984, p. 32).
             (3) 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).
             (4) The refund on beef in brine is granted on the net weight of the meat, after deduction of the weight of the brine.
             O OJ No L 336, 29. 12. 1979, p. 44.
             («) OJ No L 221 , 19. 8. 1984, p. 28 .
             Q 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).
             (') The destinations are as follows :
                 01 Third countries.
                 02 North African, Near and Middle East third countries, except Lebanon.
                 03 West, Central, East and South African third countries, except Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland and
                        Zimbabwe.
                 04 Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Burma, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines, China, North Korea and Hong
                        Kong.
                 05 European third countries, the Canary Islands, Ceuta, Melilla, Lebanon and Greenland, and the destinations
                        referred to in Article 34 of Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87 (OJ No L 351 , 14. 12. 1987, p. 1 ), except Austria,
                        Sweden and Switzerland.
                 06 Austria, Sweden and Switzerland .
                 07 The United States of America, carried out in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2973/79 (OI No L 336,
                        29. 12. 1979, p. 44).
                 08 French Polynesia and New Caledonia.
                 09 Canada.
                  1 0 , North, West, Central, East and South African third countries, except Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland
                        and Zimbabwe .
                 1 1 Switzerland.
             (') 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.
              A/jB:The countries are those in Regulation (EEC) No 3639/86 (OJ No L 336, 29. 11 . 1986, p. 46).
                      The product codes and the footnotes are defined in Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 as amended.