CELEX: 31990R0088
Language: en
Date: 1990-01-13
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 88/90 of 12 January 1990 fixing the export refunds on beef and veal and amending Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 establishing an agricultural product nomenclature for export refunds

13 . 1 . 90                               Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 11 /23
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 88/90
                                                         of 12 January 1990
                    fixing the export refunds on beef and veal and amending Regulation (EEC) No
                    3846/87 establishing an agricultural product nomenclature for export refunds
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           1 199/89 (IJ), lay down the conditions applying to the
                                                                     export of certain beef and veal held by certain
                                                                     intervention agencies and intended for export ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,
                                                                     Whereas it follows from applying these rules and criteria
                                                                      to the foreseeable situation on the market in beef and veal
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                   that the refund should be as set out below ;
Portugal,
                                                                     Whereas the current market situation in the Community
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of               and sales oudets, particularly in certain third countries,
27 June 1 968 on the common organization of the market               leads to the granting of export refunds on adult male
in beef and veal .('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)           bovine animals of a live weight of at least 300 kilograms
No 571 /89 (2), and in particular Article 18 thereof,                and other bovines of a live weight of 250 kilograms and
                                                                     over ; whereas experience gained in recent years has
                                                                     shown that it is advisable to treat live pedigree breeding
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,              animals of a weight of at least 250 kilograms for females
                                                                     and 300 kilograms for males in an identical manner to
                                                                     other bovine animals, while subjecting them to certain
Whereas Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68                     special administrative formalities ;
provides that the difference between prices on the world
market for the products listed in Article 1 of that
                                                                     Whereas it is necessary to grant refunds for the export to
Regulation and prices for those products within the                  certain destinations of certain fresh or chilled meat listed
Community may be covered by an export refund ;                       in Annex I under CN code 0201 , of certain frozen meat
                                                                     listed in Annex I under CN code 0202, of certain meat
                                                                     offal listed in Annex I under CN code 0206 and of
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 885/68 (3), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 427/77 (4), lays down                 certain other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal
                                                                     listed in Annex I under CN codes 1602 50 10 and
general rules for granting export refunds and criteria for
fixing the amounts of such refunds ;                                  1602 90 61 ;
                                                                     Whereas, in view of the wide differences in products
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 32/82 0, as last amended                 covered by CN codes 0201 20 90 700 and 0202 20 90 100
by Regulation (EEC) No 3169/87 (6), and Regulation                   used for refunds, the refund should only be granted for
(EEC) No 1964/82 (J), as amended by Regulations (EEC)                cuts in which the weight of bone does not exceed one
No 3169/87 and (EEC) No 2388/84 (8), as last amended by              third ;
Regulation (EEC) No 3988/87 (9), lay down the conditions
for granting special export refunds for certain cuts of
beef/veal and certain preserved beef and veal products ;             Whereas refunds should also be granted for fresh or
                                                                     frozen boned or boneless pieces, even where each piece is
                                                                     not individually wrapped, and for minced meat, and the
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2908/85 (l0), (EEC)              No      wording of the tariff subheading for fresh boned or
142/86 ("), (EEC) No 1055/87 (12), as amended                 by     boneless pieces specified ;
Regulation (EEC) No 1416/87 (13Y and (EEC)                   No
3815/87 (14), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)            No      Whereas, in the case of meat of bovine animals, boned or
                                                                     boneless, salted and dried, there are traditional trade flows
 ') OJ    No L 148, 28 . 6. 1968, p. 24.                             to Switzerland ; whereas, to the extent necessary to allow
 *) OJ    No L 61 , 4. 3. 1989, p. 43 .                              this trade to continue, the refund must be fixed at an
 3) OJ    No L 156, 4. 7. 1968, p. 2.
 4) OJ    No L 61 , 5. 3. 1977, p. 16.                               amount which will cover the difference between prices on
 *) OJ    No L 4, 8. 1 . 1982, p. 11 .                               the Swiss market and export prices in the Member States ;
 6) OJ    No L 301 , 24. 10. 1987, p. 21 .                           whereas there are possibilities for exporting such meat
 Ó OJ No L 212, 21 . 7. 1982, p. 48.                                 and salted and dried meat to certain African, Near and
 8) OJ No L 221 , 18 . 8 . 1984, p. 28 .                             Middle East third countries ; whereas account should be
 ') OJ No L 376, 31 . 12. 1987, p. 31 .
 ,0) OJ No L 279, 19. 10. 1985, p. 18.                               taken of this situation and a refund should be fixed
 ") OJ No L 19, 25. 1 . 1986, p. 8.                                  accordingly ;
 u) OJ No L 103, 15. 4. 1987, p. 10.
 ,3) OJ No L 135, 23. 5. 1987, p. 18 .
 ,4) OJ No L 357, 19. 12. 1987, p. 24.                               (IS) OJ No L 123, 4. 5. 1989, p. 16.
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whereas, in the case of certain other cuts and preserves of         granted on thin flanks, shin or shank individually
meat or offals shown in Annex I under CN codes                      wrapped and covered by CN code 0201 30 00 ; whereas
1 602 50 90 and 1 602 90 69, Community participation in              Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 should therefore be
international trade may be ensured by granting a refund             amended ;
which takes account of the refund hitherto granted to
exporters ;                                                         Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
Whereas, in the case of other beef and veal products, a              in accordance with the opinion of the Management
                                                                     Committee for Beef and Veal,
refund need not be fixed since Community participation
in world trade in these products is not significant ;
Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in
     relation to each other at any given moment within a                                      Article 1
     band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their
     central rate, multiplied by the corrective factor
     provided for in the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of       The list of products on which the export refund referred
     Council Regulation (EEC) No 1 676/85 ('), as last               to in Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 is granted
                                                                    and the amount of that refund shall be as set out in
     amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 636/87 (2),                   Annex I hereto.
— for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
     these currencies recorded over a given period in               The description of CN code 0201 30 00 of the agricultural
     relation to the Community currencies referred to in             product nomenclature for export refunds, as shown in
     the previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;            sector 6 of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87, is
                                                                     hereby replaced by that in Annex II hereto.
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (3),
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3807/89 (4),
establishes the agricultural product nomenclature for the                                     Article 2
purposes of export refunds ;
Whereas experience has shown that, for the sake of                  This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 January
simplifying control measures, a refund should also be                1990 .
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                   Done at Brussels, 12 January 1990.
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                          Member of the Commission
(') OJ  No   L 164, 24.  6. 1985, p. 1 .
(2) OJ  No   L 153, 13 . 6. 1987, p. 1 .
(') OJ  No   L 366, 24.  12. 1987, p. 1 .
(4) OJ  No   L 370, 19 . 12. 1989, p. 27.
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                                                ANNEX I
                                                                                    (ECU/100 kg)
                Product code                    Destination Q         Amount of refund (')
                                                                       — Live weight —
              0102 10 00 190                         01                      96,00
              0102 10 00 390                         01                      96,00
              0102 90 31 900                         02                      68,50
            I                                        03                      55,50
                                                     04                      25,50
              0102 90 33 900                         02                      68,50
                                                     03                      55,50
                                                     04                      25,50
              0102 90 35 900                         02                      86,50
            I                                        03                      73,00
                                                     04                      34,50
              0102 90 37 900                         02                      86,50
                                                     03                      73,00
                                                     04                      34,50
                                                                       — Net weight —
              0201 10 10 100                         02                      73,50
                                                     03                      65,00
                                                     04                      32,50
              0201 10 10 900                         02                     101,50
                                                     03                      88,00
                                                     04                      44,00
              0201 10 90 1 10 (')                    02                     106,00
                                                     03                      85,00
                                                     04                      42,50
              0201 10 90 190                         02                      73,50
            l                                        03                      65,00
                                                     04                      32,50
              0201 10 90 910 (')                     02                     146,50
                                                     03                     115,00
            l                                        04                      57,50
              0201 10 90 990                         02                     101,50
            !                                        03                      88,00
            I
                                                     04                      44,00
              0201 20 21 000                         02                     101,50
                                                     03                      88,00
                                                     04                      44,00
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                                                                                    (ECU/100 kv)
                Product code                    Destination Q         Amount of refund (')
                                       l                               — Net weight —
              0201 20 29 100 (')                     02                    146,50
            l                                        03                    115,00
                                                     04                     57,50
              0201 20 29 900                         02                    101,50
                                                     03                     88,00
            l                                        04                     44,00
              0201 20 31 000                         02                     73,50
                                                     03                     65,00
                                                     04                     32,50
              0201 20 39 100 (')                     02                    106,00
            l                                        03                     85,00
                                                     04                     42,50
              0201 20 39 900                         02                     73,50
                                                     03                     65,00
                                                     04                     32,50
              0201 20 51 100                         02                    129,00
                                                     03                    110,50
                                                     04                     56,00
              0201 20 51 900                         02                     73,50           \
                                                     03                     65,00
                                                     04                     32,50
              0201 20 59 110 0                       02                    186,50
                                                     03                    146,00
                                                     04                     73,00
              0201 20 59 190                         02                    129,00
                                                     03                    110,50
                                                     04                     56,00
              0201 20 59 910 (')                     02                    106,00
            \                                        03                     85,00
                                                     04                     42,50
              0201 20 59 990                         02                     73,50
                                                     03                     65,00
            l                                        04                     32,50
              0201 20 90 700                         02                     73,50
                                                     03                     65,00
                                                      04                    32,50
              0201 30 00 050 O                        05                   112,00
              0201 30 00 100 (2)                      02                   266,50
                                                      03                   208,50
            l                                         04                   104,50
                                                      06                   266,50
              0201 30 00 130                          02                   144,50
                                                      03                   125,00
            l                                         04                    62,50
                                                      06                   144,50
                                                      07                    90,00
              0201 30 00 1 90 (6)                     02                   102,50
                                                      03                    84,00
                                                      04                    42,00
                                                      06                   102,50
                                                      07                    90,00
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                                                                                  (ECU/100 kg)
              Product code                    Destination f)        Amount of refund (")
           I                                                         — Net weight —
             0202 10 00 100                        02                     73,50
                                                   03                     65,00
                                                   04                     32,50
             0202 10 00 900                        02                    101,50
                                                   03                     88,00
           I                                       04                     44,00
             0202 20 10 000                        02                    101,50
                                                   03                     88,00
                                                   04                     44,00
             0202 20 30 000                        02                     73,50
                                                   03                     65,00
                                                   04                     32,50
             0202 20 50 100                        02                    129,00
                                                   03                    110,50
                                                   04                     56,00
             0202 20 50 900                        02                     73,50
           l                                       03                     65,00
           l                                       04                     32,50
             0202 20 90 100                        02                     73,50
                                                   03                     65,00
           l                                       04                     32,50
             0202 30 90 100 (4)                    05                    112,00
             0202 30 90 300                        02                    171,50
           l                                       03                    163,00
           I                                       04                     77,50
                                                   06                    163,00
             0202 30 90 500 (6)                    02                    102,50
                                                   03                     84,00
                                                   04                     42,00
                                                   06                    102,50
                                                   07                     90,00
             0202 30 90 900                        07                     90,00
             0206 10 95 000                        02                    102,50
           l                                       03                     84,00
                                                   04                     42,00
                                                   06                    102,50
             0206 29 91 000                        02                    102,50
           l                                       03                     84,00
                                                   04                     42,00
                                                   06                    102,50
             0210 20 90 100                        08                    102,50
                                                   09                     60,50
             0210 20 90 300                        02                    102,50
             0210 20 90 500 (3)                    02                    102,50
             1602 50 10 110                        02                    108,00
                                                   03                    108,00
                                                   04                    108,00
             1602 50 10 130                         02                    96,00
                                                    03                    96,00
                                                    04                    96,00
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                                                                                                                    (ECU/100 kg)
                          Product code                          Destination f)                     Amount of refund (')
                                                                                                     — Net weight —
                         1602 50 10 150                              02 "                                    77,00
                                                                     03                                      77,00
                                                                     04                                      77,00
                         1602 50 10 170                              02                                      51,00
                                                                     03                                      51,00
                                                                     04                                      51,00
                         1602 50 90 110                              01                                    1 16,00 (5)
                         1602 50 90 190                              01                                      73,00
                         1602 50 90 310                              01                                    103,00 0
                         1602 50 90 390                              01                                      65,00
                         1602 50 90 510                              01                                      77,00 (5)
                         1602 50 90 590                              01                                      48,50
                         1602 50 90 700                              01                                      32,50
                         1602 50 90 800                              01                                      16,00
                         1602 90 61 110                              02                                      51,00
                                                                     03                                      51,00
                                                                     04                                      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.
            (2) Entry under this subheading is subject to compliance with the condition laid down in Commission Regulation
                (EEC) No 1964/82.
            (') 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.
            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, 1 . 8. 1986, p. 39).
            0 The destinations are as follows :
                01 Third countries.
                02 North African, Near and Middle East third countries, West, Central East and South African third countries,
                    except Lebanon, Cyprus, Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland and Zimbabwe.
                03 European third countries, the Canary Islands, Ceuta, Melilla, Lebanon, Cyprus, Greenland, Pakistan, Sri
                    Lanka, Burma, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines, China, North Korea and Hong Kong and the
                    destinations referred to in Article 34 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87 (OJ No L 351 , 14. 12.
                    1987, p. 1 ), except Austria, Sweden and Switzerland.
                04 Austria, Sweden and Switzerland.
                05 The United States of America, carried out in accordance with Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2973/79 (OJ
                    No L 336, 29. 12. 1979, p. 44).
                06 French Polynesia and New Caledonia.
                07 Canada.
                08 North, West, Central, East and South African third countriesr except Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland
                    and Zimbabwe .
                09 Switzerland.
            (") Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 885/68 provides that no export refundsshall be granted on products imported
                from third countries and re-exported to third countries.
             NB : The countries are those in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3639/86 (OJ No L 336, 29. 11 .
                    1986, p. 46).
                    The product codes and the footnotes are defined in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87
                    as amended .
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                                                       ANNEX II
      CN code                                          Description                                     of goods
 '0201 30 00  — Boneless :
                — Boneless cuts exported to the USA under the conditions laid down in Commission
                  Regulation (EEC) No 2973/79 (*)                                                   0201 30 00 050
                — From the hindquarters of male adult bovine animals with a maximum of nine ribs or
                  nine pairs of ribs (2), each piece individually wrapped                           0201 30 00 100
                — Other boned cuts each piece individually wrapped                                  0201 30 00 150
l               — Other, including minced meat, with a lean meat content (excluding fat) of 78 % or
                  more (6)                                                                          0201 30 00 190
                — Other                                                                             0201 30 00 900'.