CELEX: 31976R0947
Language: en
Date: 1976-04-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 947/76 of 26 April 1976 fixing the export refunds on beef and veal for the period beginning 1 May 1976

No L 109/ 20                              Official Journal of the European Communities                              27 . 4 . 76
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 947 / 76
                                                         of 26 April 1976
                fixing the export refunds on beef and veal for the period beginning 1 May 1976
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       there    are  traditional  trade    flows to Switzerland ;
COMMUNITIES,                                                        whereas, to the extent necessary to allow this trade to
                                                                     continue , the refund must be fixed at an amount
                                                                    which will cover the difference between prices on the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                Swiss market and export prices in the Member States ;
Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No                        Whereas, in the case of some other cuts and preserves
805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization                    of meat or offals, Community participation in interna­
of the market in beef and veal ('), as last amended by               tional trade may be ensured by granting a refund
Regulation (EEC) No 568/76 (-'), and in particular the               which takes account of the refund hitherto granted to
first sentence of Article 18(5) thereof,                             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
                                                                     cant ;
Whereas Article 18 of Regulation ( EEC) No 805/ 68
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
be covered by an export refund ;                                     Whereas Article 92 ot the Act of Accession (4 )
                                                                      provides that the refund on exports from the new
                                                                     Member States for the products specified in Article 1
                                                                     (b) and (c) of Regulation ( EEC) No 805/68 shall be
Whereas Council Regulation ( EEC) No 885/ 68 of 28
                                                                     corrected by the amount of the difference between the
June 1 968 (3 ) lays down general rules for granting                  customs duties on the products from which these
export refunds and criteria for fixing the amount of                  products are produced ;
such refunds ;
Whereas it follows from applying these rules and                      Whereas if the refund system is to operate normally,
criteria to the foreseeable situation on the market in
beef and veal that the refund should be fixed as indi­
                                                                      refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
cated below ;
                                                                      — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
                                                                          relation to each other, at any given moment,
Whereas the present market situation in the Commu­                        within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based
nity and the setting possibilities, particularly in certain               on their effective parity ;
third countries, leads to granting export refunds for
adult bovine animals with a live weight equal or
superior to .VW kg, for the export of certain fresh or                — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the
chilled meats shown in the Annex under subheading                         arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
ex 02.01 A II a ) 1 and for the export to certain destina­                of these currencies recorded for a given period , in
 tions, of certain frozen meats shown in the Annex                         relation to the Community currencies referred to
 under subheading ex 02.01 A II a ) 2 ;                                    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 tor in this Regulation
                                                                      are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
                                                                      ment Committee for Beef and Veal ,
(!) O ) No L. 148 , 28 . 6 . 1 968 , p . 24 .
(-) O'l No L 67, 1 v        1976, p . 28 .
  ') O | No 1. 156, 4. 7. 1968 , p . 2 .                              (<) O | No L 7.1 , 27.   1972, p . 14 .
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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
referred to in Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No           This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 1976.
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 26 April 1976.
                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                      P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                Member of the Commission
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                                                               ANNEX
   CCT heading No                             Description of goods                  Refund in u .a ./lOO kg
                                                                                        Live weight
   01.02 A II           Live domestic animals of the bovine species, other than
                        pure-bred breeding animals :
                        — adult bovine animals with a live weight equal or
                            superior to 330 kg                                           40-00 (*)
                                                                                         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 without the thin flank, the ribs can be whole
                        or cut                                                           56-00 (l)
               ex 33 .  Unseparated or separated hindquarters, excluding unsepa­
                        ratea or separated forequarters with respectively more
                        than eight pairs of whole or cut ribs or more than eight
                        whole or cut ribs                                                84-00 (*)
              bb)       Of adult animals :
                   11 . Carcases, half-carcases or 'compensated' quarters                70-00 (*)
      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 (l)
              cc)       Other cuts of beef and veal :
                   11 . Unboned (bone-in)                                                56-00 (*)
               ex 22 .  Boned or boneless, excluding the thin flanks and the
                        shin :
                        — each piece individually wrapped
                                                                                         82 00 (*)
ex 02.01 A II a) 2      Edible meat of domestic bovine animals, frozen :
              aa)       Carcases, half-carcases or '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                                         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 (l), to Jordan,
                            to third countries on the Mediterranean or on the
                            Persian Gulf, to third countries of the Arabian
                            Peninsula and Africa                                         56-00 (*)
           ex cc)       Hindquarters, excluding the forequarter with more than
                        ten whole or cut ribs :
                        — for export to European third countries (l), to Jordan,
                            to third countries on the Mediterranean or on the
                            Persian Gulf, to third countries of the Arabian
                            Peninsula and Africa                                         84-00 (*)
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                                                                                                           Refund in u. a. /100 kg
     CCT heading No                                   Description of goods
                                                                                                                (Net weight)
                                                \
                  dd )        Others :
                        11 .  Unboned (bone-in) :
                              — 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                                                         56-00 i1 )
                   ex 22 .   Boned or boneless excluding the thin flanks and the
                              shin :
                             — for export to the United States of America                                       73-50 i1)
                              — each piece individually wrapped for export to Euro­
                                   pean third countries (2), to Jordan, to third countries
                                   on the Mediterranean or on the Persian Gulf, to third
                                   countries of the Arabian Peninsula and Africa                                82-00 (*)
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 (J)
                                                                                                            United
                                                                                                 Ireland   Kingdom      Other Member State*
ex 16.02 B III b) 1           Other preparations and preserves of meat or offals ex­
                              cept those finely homogenized (#) containing by weight
                             the following percentages of bovine meat :
                              1 . 80 % or more of meat, excluding offal and fat                  33-27      32-30                35-00
                             2. 60 % or more but less than 80 % of meat, excluding
                                  offal and fat                                                  19-96      19-38                21-00
                             3. 40% or more but less than 60% of meat, excluding
                                  offal and fat                                                  13-31      12-92                14-00
                             4. 20% or more but less than 40% of meat, excluding
                                  offal and fat                                                    6-65      6-46                 7-00
(') 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).
(') Within the meaning of this Regulation those destinations mentioned in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 192/75 (OJ No L 25, 31 . 1 . 1975 ,
    p. 1) are also to be understood as European third countries .
(•) The products which contain a small quantity of visible pieces of meat are also excluded.
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.