CELEX: 31996R1364
Language: en
Date: 1996-07-15 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1364/96 of 15 July 1996 fixing the export refunds on beef

16. 7. 96         ΓΕΝΙ                  Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 177/ 1
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                                              (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1364/96
                                                         of 15 July 1996
                                               fixing the export refunds on beef
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         granted, on the one hand, on bovine animals intended for
                                                                    slaughter of a live weight greater than 220 kilograms and
                                                                    less than 300 kilograms, and, on the other, on adult
                                                                    bovine animals of a live weight of at least 300 kilograms;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,
                                                                    Whereas export refunds should be granted for certain
                                                                    destinations on some fresh or chilled meat listed in the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of
27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market               Annex under CN code 0201 , on some frozen meat listed
in beef and veal ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC)            in the Annex under CN code 0202, on some meat or offal
No 1357/96 (2), and in particular Article 13 thereof,               listed in the Annex under CN code 0206 and on some
                                                                    other prepared or preserved meat or offal listed in the
                                                                    Annex under CN code 1602 50 10;
Whereas Article 13 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 Regula­         Whereas, in view of the wide differences in products
tion and prices for those products within the Community             covered by CN codes 0201 20 90 700 and 0202 20 90 100
may be covered by an export refund;                                 used for refund purposes, refunds should only be granted
                                                                    on cuts in which the weight of bone does not exceed
                                                                    one-third;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 32/82 (3), as
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3169/87 (4), (EEC)
No 1964/82 (*), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No                   Whereas, in the case of meat of bovine animals, boned or
3169/87, and (EEC) No 2388/84 (6), as last amended by               boneless, salted and dried, there are traditional trade flows
Regulation (EEC) No 3661 /92 0, lay down the conditions             to Switzerland; whereas, to allow this trade to continue,
for granting special export refunds on certain cuts of beef         the refund should be set to cover the difference between
and veal and certain preserved beef and veal products;              prices on the Swiss market and export prices in the
                                                                    Member States; whereas there are possibilities for expor­
                                                                    ting such meat and also salted, smoked and dried meat to
Whereas it follows from applying those rules and criteria           certain African, Near and Middle Eastern countries;
to the foreseeable situation on the market in beef and veal         whereas a refund should accordingly be set;
that the refund should be as set out below,
                                                                    Whereas, in the case of certain other cuts and preserves of
Whereas, given the current market situation in the                  meat or offal shown in the Annex under CN codes
Community and the possibilities of disposal in certain              1602 50 31 to 1602 50 80, the Community share of inter­
third countries in particular, export refunds should be             national trade may be maintained by granting a refund
                                                                    corresponding to that at present available;
(') OJ  No L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968, p. 24.
(2) OJ  No L 175, 13. 7. 1996, p. 9.
(3) OJ  No L 4, 8. 1 . 1982, p. 11 .
0   OJ  No L 301 , 24. 10. 1987, p. 21 .                            Whereas, in the case of other beef and veal products, a
(*) OJ  No L 212, 21 . 7. 1982, p. 48.
(6) OJ  No L 221 , 18. 8. 1984, p. 28.                              refund need not be fixed since the Community's share of
f)  OJ  No L 370, 19. 12. 1992, p. 16.                              world trade is not significant;
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Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 ('),               Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia und Montenegro); whereas
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 823/96 (2), esta­           this prohibition does not apply in certain situations as
blishes the agricultural product nomenclature for the             comprehensively listed in Articles 2, 4, 5 and 7 thereof
purposes of export refunds; whereas, with a view to clarifi­      and in Council Regulation (EC) No 462/96 Q; whereas
cation, the destinations must be identified in a seperate         account should be taken of this fact when fixing the
Annex;                                                            refunds;
Whereas, in order to simplify customs export formalities          Whereas,     notwithstanding   the   subdivision    of  the
for operators, the refunds on all frozen cuts should be           combined nomenclature for prepared and preserved meat,
brought in line with those on fresh or chilled cuts other         other than uncooked, falling within CN code 1 602 50,
than those from adult male bovine animals;                        experience has shown that it is possible to delete from the
                                                                  refund nomenclature several products falling within CN
Whereas experience has shown that in certain cases it is          code 1602 50 31 and to amend the list of products falling
often difficult to determine the relevant quantities of beef,     within CN code 1 602 50 80 ;
veal and other meat contained in prepared or preserved
meat falling within CN code 1602 50; whereas exclusively          Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
beef and veal products should accordingly be set apart            in accordance with the opinion of the Management
and a new heading should be created for mixtures of               Committee for Beef and Veal,
meats or offals; whereas checks on products other than
mixtures of meat or offal should be stepped up by making          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
the granting of refunds on these products conditional on
manufacture under the arrangements provided for in                                         Article 1
Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 565/80 of 4
March 1980 on the advance payment of export refunds in            1 . The list of products on which export refunds as
respect of agricultural products (3), as amended by Regula­       referred to in Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68
tion (EEC) No 2026/83 (4);                                        are granted and the amount thereof shall be as set out in
                                                                  the Annex I.
Whereas refunds on female animals should vary depen­
ding on their age in order to prevent abuses in the export        2.    The destinations are identified in Annex II to this
of certain pure-bred breeding animals;                            Regulation .
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 990/93 (*), as                                         Article 2
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1380/95 (% prohibits
trade between the European Community and the Federal              This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 July 1996.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States .
                   Done at Brussels, 15 July 1996.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                               Franz FISCHLER
                                                                       Member of the Commission
(') OJ No  L  366, 24. 12. 1987, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No  L  111 , 4. 5. 1996, p. 9.
(3) OJ No  L  62, 7. 3. 1980, p. 5.
(4) OJ No  L  199, 22. 7. 1983, p. 12.
V) OJ No L 102, 28. 4. 1993, p. 14.
(6) OJ No L 138, 21 . 6. 1995, p. 1 .                             0 OJ No L 65, 15. 3. 1996, p. 1 .
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                                                          ANNEX I
                       to the Council Regulation of 15 July 1996 fixing export refunds on beef
                                                (ECU/100 kg)                                            (ECU/100 kg)
      Product code      Destination        Refund Ç) f)              Product code    Destination   Refund f) (')
                                        — Live weight —                                          — Net weight —
 0102 10 10 120             01                 82,00
                                                                0201 20 20 120           02          114,00
 0102 10 10 130             02                 54,50
                                                                                         03            79,50
                            03                 37,50
                                                                                         04            39,50
                            04                 19,00
 0102 10 30 120             01                 82,00           0201 20 30 1 10 0 )       02          112,50
 0102 10 30 130             02                 54,50                                     03           77,00
                            03                 37,50                                    04            38,00
                            04                 19,00
                                                               0201 20 30 120           02            83,00
 0102 10 90 120             01                 82,00                                    03            58,50
 0102 90 41 100             02                 73,00                                    04            29,00
 0102 90 51 000             02                 54,50
                           03                  37,50
                                                               0201 20 50 1 10 (')      02           196,50
                           04                                                           03           131,00
                                               19,00
0102 90 59 000             02                  54,50
                                                                                        04            65,00
                           03                 37,50            0201 20 50 120           02          145,00
                           04                  19,00                                    03          100,00
0102 90 61 000             02                 54,50                                     04            50,00
                           03                 37,50
                           04                  19,00           0201 20 50 130 (')       02          112,50
                                                                                        03            77,00
0102 90 69 000             02                 54,50
                           03                                                           04            38,00
                                              37,50
                           04                  19,00           0201 20 50 140           02            83,00
0102 90 71 000             02                 73,00                                     03            58,50
                           03                 48,00                                     04            29,00
                           04                 24,00
                                                               0201 20 90 700           02            83,00
0102 90 79 000             02                 73,00
                                                                                        03            58,50
                           03                 48,00
                                                                                        04            29,00
                           04                 24,00
                                                               0201 30 00 050 (4)       05          100,50
                                        — Net weight —
                                                               0201 30 00 1 00 0        02          274,00
                                                                                        03          187,50
0201 10 00 1 10 (')        02                112,50
                                                                                        04            94,00
                           03                 77,00
                           04                 38,00                                     06          240,50
0201 10 00 120             02                 83,00            0201 30 00 1 50 (6)      08          145,50
                           03                 58,50                                     09          133,50
                           04                 29,00                                     03          112,50
0201 10 00 130 (')         02                155,00                                     04            56,50
                           03                104,00                                     06          130,50
                           04                 52,50
                                                                                        07            81,00
0201 10 00 140             02                114,00
                           03                 79,50           0201 30 00 1 90 (6)       02          115,00
                           04                 39,50                                     03            75,50
                                                                                        04           37,50
0201 20 20 1 10 (')       02                 155,00
                          03                 104,00                                    06            92,50
                          04                  52,50                                    07            81,00
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                                                  (ECU/100 kg)                                        (ECU/100 kg)
    Product code          Destination         Refund O f)             Product code Destination   Refund f) (')
                                          — Net weight —                                       — Net weight —
0202 10 00 100                02                  83,00          1602 50 10 120        02          1 32,50 f)
                              03                  58,50                                03          1 06,00 f)
                              04                  29,00                                04          1 06,00 (8)
0202 10 00 900                02                114,00           1602 50 10 140        02          1 1 7,00 (8)
                              03                  79,50                                03            94,00 (8)
                              04                  39,50                                04            94,00 (8)
0202 20 10 000                02                1 14,00          1602 50 10 160        02            94,00 (8)
                              03                  79,50                                03            75,50 (8)
                              04                  39,50                                04            75,50 (8)
0202 20 30 000                02                  83,00          1602 50 10 170        02            62,50 (8)
                              03                  58,50                                03            50,00 (8)
                              04                  29,00                                04            50,00 (8)
0202 20 50 100                02                145,00           1602 50 10 190        02            62,50
                              03                100,00                                 03            50,00
                              04                  50,00                                04            50,00
0202 20 50 900                02                  83,00          1602 50 10 240        02
                              03                  58,50                                03
                              04                  29,00                                04
0202 20 90 100                02                  83,00          1602 50 10 260        02
                              03                  58,50                                03
                              04                  29,00                                04
0202 30 90 100 (4)            05                100,50           1602 50 10 280        02
0202 30 90 400 (6)            08                145,50                                 03
                              09                133,50                                 04
                              03                 112,50          1602 50 31 125        01           129,50 (*)
                               04                 56,50
                                                                 1602 50 31 135        01            75,50 (8)
                               06                130,50
                                                                 1602 50 31 195        01            37,00
                               07                 81,00
                               02                                1602 50 31 325        01           116,00 o
0202 30 90 500 (s)                               115,00
                               03                 75,50          1602 50 31 335        01             67,50 (8)
                               04                 37,50          1602 50 31 395         01            37,00
                               06                 92,50
                                                                 1602 50 39 125         01          129,50 0
                               07                 81,00
                                                                 1602 50 39 135         01            75,50 (8)
0202 30 90 900                 07                 81,00
                                                                 1602 50 39 195         01            37,00
0206 10 95 000                 02                115,00
                                                                 1602 50 39 325         01          116,00 (5)
                               03                 75,50
                               04                 37,50          1602 50 39 335         01            67,50 (8)
                               06                 92,50           1602 50 39 395        01            37,00
0206 29 91 000                 02                115,00          1602 50 39 425         01            85,50 0
                               03                 75,50
                                                                 1602 50 39 435         01            50,00 (8)
                               04                 37,50
                               06
                                                                  1602 50 39 495        01            37,00
                                                  92,50
                                                                  1602 50 39 505        01            37,00
0210 20 90 100                 02                 96,00
                               04                 57,00           1602 50 39 525        01            85,50 (5)
0210 20 90 300                 02                119,00           1602 50 39 535        01            50,00 (8)
0210 20 90 500 (3)             02                119,00           1602 50 39 595        01            37,00
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                                                              (ECU/100 kg)                                                                   (ECU/100 kg)
       Product code             Destination              Refund O (»)                      Product code           Destination            Refund Ç) (')
                                                     — Net weight —                                                                  — Net weight —
                                                                                     1602 50 80 495                   01                    37,00
 1602 50 39 615                      01                      37,00
                                                                                     1602 50 80 505                   01                    37,00
 1602 50 39 625                      01                      16,50
 1602 50 39 705                      01                      19,00                   1602 50 80 515                   01                    16,50
 1602 50 39 805                      01                                              1602 50 80 535                   01                    50,00 (8)
 1602 50 39 905                      01                                              1602 50 80 595                   01                    37,00
 1602 50 80 135                      01                      75,50 f)                1602 50 80 615                   01                    37,00
 1602 50 80 195                      01                      37,00                   1602 50 80 625                   01                    16,50
 1602 50 80 335                      01                      67,50 (8)               1602 50 80 705                   01                    19,00
 1602 50 80 395                      01                      37,00                   1602 50 80 805                   01
 1602 50 80 435                      01                      50,00 (8)               1602 50 80 905                   01
(>) Entry under this subheading is subject to the submission of the certificate appearing in the Annex to amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No 32/82.
(:) Entry under this subheading is subject to compliance with the condition laid down in amended 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) Carried out in accordance with amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2973/79 (OJ No L 336, 29. 12. 1979, p. 44).
(0  OJ No L 221 , 19. 8 . 1984, p. 28 .
(() 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 of 1 . 8 . 1986, p. 39).
f) Article 13 (10) of amended Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 provides that no export refunds shall be granted on products imported from third countries and
    re-exported to third countries.
(8) The refund is granted only on products manufactured under the arrangement provided for in Article 4 of amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No
    565/ 80 .
(') Refunds on exports to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) may be granted only where the conditions laid down in amended
    Regulation (EEC) No 990/93 and Regulation (EC) No 462/96 are observed.
NB: The descriptions corresponding to the product codes and the footnotes are set out in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 as
       amended.
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                                                             ANNEX II
Zone 01 : all third countries
Zone 02: zones 08 and 09
                  Zone 03                                     Zone 05              373    Mauritius
                                                                                   375    Comoros
 022   Ceuta and Mehlla                        400  United States of America      377 Mayotte
                                                                                   i —rr» r-w  i ■
                                                                                  378     Zambia
 024   Iceland
                                                                                  386     Malawi
 028   Norway
                                                              Zone 06             388     South Africa
 041   Faroe Islands
                                                                                  395     Lesotho
 043  Andorra
                                               809  New Caledonia                 604     Lebanon
 044  Gibraltar
                                               822 French Polynesia               608 Syria
 045 Vatican City
                                                                                  612 Iraq
 053   Estonia
                                                                                  616     Iran
 054   Latvia                                                 Zone 07             624     Israel
 055   Lithuania
                                                                                  625 Gaza and Jericho
 060  Poland                                   404  Canada                        628 Jordan
 061  Czech Republic                                                              632     Saudi Arabia
 063  Slovakia                                                                    636     Kuwait
 064   Hungary                                                Zone 08             640     Bahrain
 066  Romania                                                                     644     Qatar
 068   Bulgaria                                046  Malta                         647     United Arab Emirates
 070  Albania                                  052 Turkey                         649     Oman
 091  Slovenia                                 072  Ukraine                       653     Yemen
                                               073  Belarus                       720     China
 092  Croatia
                                               074  Moldova
 093 Bosnia-Herzegovina
                                               075  Russia
 094 Serbia and Montenegro
                                               076 Georgia
 096 Former Yugoslav Republic           of     077  Armenia
                                                                                                    Zone 09
      Macedonia
                                               078  Azerbaijan
 109 The communes of Livigno and                                                  228     Mauritania
                                               079  Kazakhstan
      Campione d'ltalia; the island of                                            232     Mali
                                               080  Turkmenistan
      Helgoland                                                                   236     Burkina Faso
 406  Greenland                                081  Uzbekistan
                                               082 Tajikistan                     240     Niger
 600  Cyprus                                                                      244     Chad
 662  Pakistan                                 083 Kirghistan
                                               204  Morocco                       247 Cape Verde
 669  Sri Lanka
                                               208  Algeria                       248 Senegal
 676 Myanmar (Burma)                           212  Tunisia                       252     Gambia
 680  Thailand                                                                    257     Guinea-Bissau
                                               216  Libya
 690  Vietnam                                                                     260     Guinea
                                               220  Egypt
 700  Indonesia                                224  Sudan                         264     Sierra Leone
 708  Philippines                              324  Rwanda                        268     Liberia
 724  North Korea                              328  Burundi                       272     Côte d'Ivoire
 740  Hong Kong                                329 St Helena and dependencies     276     Ghana
 950  Stores and provisions                    330 Angola                         280 Togo
      (Destinations referred to in Article     334 Ethiopia                       284     Benin
      34 of Commission Regulation              336  Eritrea                       288     Nigeria
      (EEC) No 3665/87, as amended)                                               302     Cameroon
                                               338  Djibouti
                                               342  Somalia                       306 Central African Republic
                                               350  Uganda                        310 Equatorial Guinea
                  Zone 04
                                               352  Tanzania                      311     Sao Tome and Principe
                                               355 Seychelles and dependencies    314     Gabon
                                               357 British Indian Ocean Territory 318     Congo
 039  Switzerland                              366 Mozambique                     322     Zaire
 NB: The countries are those defined by Commission Regulation (EC) No 68/96 (OJ No L 14, 19. 1 . 1996, p. 6).