CELEX: 31981R0153
Language: en
Date: 1981-01-21 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 153/81 of 20 January 1981 fixing the export refunds on poultrymeat

21 . 1 . 81                         Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 18 / 13
                                 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 153/81
                                                   of 20 January 1981
                                       fixing the export refunds on poultrymeat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                 Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
COMMUNITIES,                                                   refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European          — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
Economic Community,                                                relation to each other at any given moment within
                                                                   a band of 2-25 %, a rate of exchange based on
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       their effective parity ;
2777/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organ­
ization of the market in poultrymeat ('), as last              — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
amended by the Act of Accession of Greece (2), and in              arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
particular the first sentence of the fifth subparagraph            of these currencies recorded for a given period in
of Article 9(2) thereof,                                           relation to the Community currencies referred to
                                                                   in the previous indent ;
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary
Committee,                                                     Whereas the Management Committee for Poultrymeat
                                                               and Eggs has not delivered an opinion within the
Whereas Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75               time limit set by its chairman,
provides that the difference between prices on the
world market for the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) of
that Regulation and prices for those products within           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
the Community may be covered by an export refund ;
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2779/75 of 29                                       Article 1
October 1975 (3), lays down general rules for granting
export refunds and criteria for fixing the amount of           The list of products on which the export refund
such refunds ;                                                 referred to in Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No
Whereas it follows from applying these rules and               2777/75 is granted, and the amount of that refund,
                                                               shall be as set out in the Annex hereto .
criteria to the present situation on the market in poul­
trymeat that the refund should be fixed at an amount
which would permit Community participation in                                           Article 2
world trade and would also take account of the nature
of these exports and their importance at the present           This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February
time :                                                         1981 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
               Done at Brussels, 20 January 1981 .
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                             The President
                                                                            Gaston THORN
(>) OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 77.
(2) OJ No L 291 , 19. 11 . 1979, p. 17.
P) OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 90.
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                                                         ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 20 January 1981 fixing the export refunds on poultry­
                                                           meat
                  CCT
                heading                                 Description                             Refund
                   No
                                                                                             ECU/ 100 units
            01.05         Live poultry, that is to say, fowls, ducks, geese, turkeys and
                          guinea fowls :
                          For all exports except to the United States of America :
                          A. Of a weight not exceeding 185 g, known as 'chicks' :
                               I. Turkeys and geese                                               3-50
                              II . Other                                                          1-70
                                                                                              ECU/ 1 00 kg
            02.02         Dead poultry (that is to say fowls, ducks, geese, turkeys and
                          guinea fowls) and edible offals thereof (except liver), fresh,
                          chilled or frozen :
                          For all exports except to the United States of America :
                          A. Whole poultry :
                                I. Fowls :
                                    a) Plucked and gutted, with heads and feet, known as
                                       '83 % chickens'                                           1500
                                    b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet but with
                                       hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '70 % chickens'     1500
                                    c) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet and
                                       without hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '65 %
                                       chickens'                                                 15-00
                               II . Ducks :
                                    a) Plucked, bled, not drawn or gutted with heads and
                                       feet, known as 85 % ducks                                 2200
                                    b) Plucked and drawn without heads and feet, with
                                       hearts, livers and gizzards known as 70 % ducks           2200
                                    c) Plucked and drawn without heads and feet, without
                                       hearts, livers and gizzards, known as 63 % ducks          2200
                              IV. Turkeys                                                        1500
                          B. Poultry cuts (excluding offals) :
                               II. Unboned (bone-in) :
                                    a) Halves or quarters :
                                        1 . Of fowls                                             1900
                                        2. Of ducks                                              2600
                                        4. Of turkeys                                            1600
                                    b) Whole wings, with or without tips                         1300
                                    d) Breasts and cuts of breasts :
                                        2. Of turkeys                                            24-00
                                        3. Of other poultry                                      26-00
                                    e) Legs and cuts of legs :
                                        2. Of turkeys
                                            aa) Drumsticks and cuts of drumsticks                12-00
                                            bb) Other                                            21-00
                                        3. Of other poultry                                      24-00