CELEX: 31974R2646
Language: en
Date: 1974-10-19 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2646/74 of the Commission of 18 October 1974 fixing the export refunds on pigmeat for the period beginning 1 November 1974

No L 283/22                               Official Journal of the European Communities                             19 . 10 . 74
                              REGULATION (EEC) No 2646/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                        of 18 October 1974
               fixing the export refunds on pigmeat for the period beginning 1 November 1974
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       taining participation by the Community in interna­
COMMUNITIES,                                                         tional commerce requires arefund of an amount to be
                                                                     established on taking into account conditions of
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                access to the world market ;
Economic Community ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 121 /                         Whereas, for products falling within subheading No
67/ EEC (') of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­                  02.06 B I b) ex 7, the refund should be granted solely
tion of the market in pigmeat, as last amended by                    in respect of products of a quality comparable with
Regulation (EEC) No 1652/73 (2), and in particular the               that of products falling within subheading No 02.06 B
first sentence of Article 1 5 (5) thereof ;                          I b) 3 and 5 ; whereas the refund on the former
                                                                     should, therefore, be the same as the refund on the
Whereas Article 15 of Regulation No 121 /67/ EEC                     latter ;
provides that the difference between prices on the
world market and prices within the Community for                     Whereas, for products falling within subheading No
the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) of that Regulation            15.01 A II, provision should be made for an amount
may be covered by an export refund ;                                which will cover the difference between the most
                                                                     favourable import prices in traditional importing third
Whereas Council Regulation No 177/67/ EEC of 27                      countries and export prices in exporting Member
June 1967 (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No                     States ;
2686/72 (4), lays down general rules for granting
export refunds and criteria for fixing the amount of                Whereas, because of conditions of competition in
such refunds ;
                                                                     certain third countries, which are traditionally major
Whereas it follows from applying these rules and                     importers of products falling within subheading Nos
criteria to the present situation on the market in                   02.05 A I and II, ex 16.01 A, ex 16.01 B I and II, ex
pigmeat that the refund should be fixed as indicated                 16.02 A II, ex 16.02 B III a) 1 aa), bb) and cc), 2 and 3,
below ;                                                              set out in the Annex to this Regulation , the refund for
                                                                     these products should be fixed taking this situation
Whereas, facilities exist at present for the export of               into account ;
live pigs, certain products falling within heading No
02.01 A III and salted bellies to European third coun­              Whereas, since economically significant quantities of
tries on the Mediterranean , to Portugal , to Switzerland,           other pigmeat products are not being exported at
to Austria, to Finland, to Norway, to Sweden and to                  present, there is no need to fix a refund for these
non-European third countries ; whereas a refund                      products ;
should be fixed for these products, taking into account
in particular conditions of competition of these                    Whereas the Management Committee for Pigmeat has
markets ;                                                            not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by
                                                                     its Chairman ,
Whereas, for products falling within subheading No
02.06 B I b) 3 bb) and 6 bb), the refund should be
limited to an amount which takes account of the
qualitative characteristics of each of the products                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
falling within this heading and of the foreseeable
trend of production costs on the world market ;
Whereas, if existing export outlets for products falling                                     Article 1
within subheading No 02.06 B I b) 3 aa), 5 aa), 6 aa)
and 7 aa) are to be available in the future, the refund             The list of products on which the export refund
should be comparable with that fixed for dried or                    referred to in Article 15 of Regulation No 121 /
smoked products ;                                                    67/ EEC is granted, and the amount of that refund , are
                                                                     hereby fixed as shown in the Annex .
Whereas, for certain typical Italian products, falling
within CCT heading No 02.06 B I b) 3 bb), main­
                                                                                             Article 2
(')  OJ No 117, 19 . 6 .  1967, p . 2283/67.
(2 ) OJ No L 166, 23 .   6 . 1973, p. 1 .
(3)  OJ No 130 , 28 . 6.  1967, p. 2614/67.                         This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November
(4)  OJ No L 289, 27 .   12. 1972, p. 13 .                           1974 .
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             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                                                                                Refund in
              heading                                   Description of goods                      u. a. /100 kg
                No
                                                                                                 .net weight
             01.03    Live swine :
                      A. Domestic species :
                          II . Other :
                                b ) Other ( a )                                                         7-00
             02.01    Meat and edible offals of the animals falling within
                      heading Nos 01.01 , 01.02, 01.03 or 01.04, fresh, chilled
                      or frozen :
                      A. Meat :
                          III. Of swine :
                                 a) Of domestic swine :
                                     1 . Carcases or half carcases, with or without
                                          heads, feet or flare fat ( a)                               12-00
                                     2 . Hams and cuts of hams, unboned (bone­
                                          in) ( a)                                                    16-00
                                      3 . Shoulders (fores) and cuts of shoulders,
                                          unboned ( bone-in ) ( a)                                    12-00
                                     4 . Loins and cuts of loins, unboned ( bone­
                                          in) ( a )                                                   16-00
                                     5 . Bellies (streaky) and cuts of bellies (a)                   10-00
             02.05    Pig fat free of lean meat and poultry fat (not rendered
                      or solvent-extracted) fresh, chilled, frozen, salted, in
                      brine, dried or smoked :
                      A. Back-fat :
                           I. Fresh, chilled, frozen , salted or in brine                               2-00
                          II. Dried or smoked                                                          4-00
             02.06    Meat and edible meat offal (except poultry liver), salted,
                      in brine, dried or smoked :
                      B. Meat and edible meat offals of domestic swine :
                          I. Meat :
                               a) Salted or in brine :
                                   6. Bellies (streaky) and cuts of bellies (a) :                    10-00
                               b) Dried or smoked :
                                   2. Bacon sides, spencers, 3At sides or middles :
                                         or middles :
                                         cc) 3/4 sides or middles                                      6-00
                                   3 . Hams and cuts of hams, unboned (bone-in ) :
                                         aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked                         8-00
                                             bb ) Other :
                                                    ( 11 ) ' Prosciutto di Parma ', ' prosciutto
                                                            di San Daniele' ( b )                    18-00
                                                     ( 22 ) Other                                    11-00
                                   4 . Shoulders ( fores ) and cuts of shoulders,
                                         unboned ( bone in ) :
                                         aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked                         5-00
                                    5 . Loins and cuts of loins, unboned (bone-in) :
                                        aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked                          8-00
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                  CCT
                                                                                                                    Refund in
                heading                                        Description of goods                                u. a. / 100 kg
                   No
                                                                                                                   net weight
                02.06                          6. Bellies (streaky) and cuts of bellies :
                (cont'd)
                                                    aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked                               4-00
                                                   bb) Other                                                            5-00
                                               ex 7. Other :
                                                     Hams, loins and shoulders (boned or bone­
                                                     less) ; pieces thereof :
                                                      aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked                              8-00
                                                      bb) Other                                                       11-00
                15.01               Lard, other pig fat and poultry fat, rendered or solvent
                                    extracted :
                                    A. Lard and other pig fat :
                                        II. Other                                                                        1-20
           ex 16.01                 Sausages and the like, of meat, meat offal, or animal
                                    blood, suitable for human consumption :
                                    A. Liver sausages                                                                  12-00
                                    B. Other (c) :
                                         I. Sausages, dry or for spreading, uncooked                                  24-00
                                        II . Other                                                                     16-00
           ex 16.02                 Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal, suitable
                                    for human consumption :
                                    A. Liver
                                        II. Other                                                                      10-00
                                    B. Other :
                                        III. Other :
                                             a) Containing meat or offals of domestic swine
                                                 and containing by weight :
                                                 1 . 80% or more of meat or offal, of any
                                                      kind, including fats of any kind or origin :
                                                      aa) Hams, fillets and loins ; pieces thereof                    24-00
                                                      bb) Shoulder and pieces thereof                                 20-00
                                                      cc) Other                                                        12-00
                                                2 . 40 %> or more but less than 80 °/o of meat
                                                      or offal, of any kind, including fats of any
                                                      kind or origin                                                   10-00
                                                3. Less than 40 %> of meat or offal, of any
                                                      kind, including fats of any kind or origin                         5-00
           (a) For exports to European third countries on the Mediterranean , to Portugal , to Switzerland, to Austria , to
               Finland, to Andorra , to Norway , to Sweden and to non-European third countries as well as 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 Member State but not coming under its flag provided the said
               supplies are such as must be treated as exports from the Community .
           (b) Only those products for which the name is certified by the competent authorities of the producing Member
               State can benefit from this refund .
           (c) The refund on sausages presented in containers with a preservative liquid is granted on net weight after
               deduction of the weight of this liquid .