CELEX: 31979R0972
Language: en
Date: 1979-05-18 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 972/79 of 17 May 1979 fixing the export refunds on poultrymeat

No L 122/ 14                        Official Journal of the European Communities                             18 . 5. 79
                                 COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 972/79
                                                    of 17 May 1979
                                       fixing the export refunds on poultrymeat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
COMMUNITIES,                                                       relation to each other at any given moment within
                                                                   a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              their effective parity ;
Economic Community,
                                                              — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
2777/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organ­                    of these currencies recorded for a given period in
ization of the market in poultrymeat ( 1), as amended              relation to the Community currencies referred to
by Regulation (EEC) No 369/76 (2), and in particular               in the previous indent ;
the first sentence of the fifth subparagraph of Article
                                                               Whereas, since economically important quantities of
9 (2) thereof,
                                                               other poultrymeat products are not being exported,
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                   there is no need to fix a refund for these at present ;
Committee,
                                                               Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 652/79 of 29
Whereas Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75               March 1 979 (4) laid down the coefficient for
provides that the difference between prices on the             expressing amounts, fixed in units of account, in
world market for the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) of     ECU ;
that Regulation and prices for those products within           Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
the Community may be covered by an export refund ;             are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2779/75 of 29              ment Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,
October 1975 (3), lays down general rules for granting
export refunds and criteria for fixing the amount of           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
such refunds ;
                                                                                        Article 1
Whereas it follows from applying these rules and
criteria to the present situation on the market in poul­       1 . The list of products on which the export refund
trymeat that the refund should be as set out below ;           referred to in Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                               2777/75 is granted, and the amount of that refund,
Whereas, for the other products listed in the Annex to         shall be as set out in the Annex hereto .
this Regulation, the refund should be limited to an
amount which would permit Community participa­                 2. No refund is fixed for any of the products
tion in world trade and would also take account of the         referred to in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No
nature of these exports and their importance at the            2777/75 not included in the Annex .
present time ;
                                                                                        Article 2
Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
refunds should be calculated on the following basis :          This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 June 1979.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
               Done at Brussels, 17 May 1979 .
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                           Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                              Vice-President
(•) OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 77.
(2) OJ No L 45, 21 . 2. 1976, p. 3.
P) Ol No L 282, 1.11 . 1975, p. 90 .                           (4) OJ No L 84, 4. 4. 1979, p. 1 .
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                                                                 ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 17 May 1979 fixing the export refunds on poultrymeat
                    CCT
               heading No                                        Description                                    Refund
                                                                                                              ECU/100 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 export to European third countries (including the
                                    Canary Islands) ('), to Jordan, to third countries of Africa
                                    and to other third countries on the Mediterranean or on
                                    the Persian Gulf, to third countries of the Arabian Pen­
                                    insula ( 2) and Cuba :
                                    A. Whole poultry :
                                        I. Fowls :
                                            a) Plucked and gutted, with heads and feet, known
                                                as ' 83 % chickens'                                              27.00
                                            b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet but
                                                with hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '70 %
                                                chickens'                                                        27.00
                                            c) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet and
                                                without hearts, livers and gizzards, known as
                                                '65 % chickens'                                                  27.00
                                    B. Poultry cuts (excluding offals) :
                                        II. Unboned (bone-in) :
                                             a) Halves or quarters :
                                                 1 . Of fowls                                                    20.00
                                             b) Whole wings, with or without tips                                15-00
                                             d) Breasts and cuts of breasts :
                                                 3 . Of other poultry (other than geese or tur­
                                                     keys)                                                       28-00
                                             e) Legs and cuts of legs :
                                                 3. Of other poultry (other than geese or tur­
                                                     keys)                                                       26-00
            (') As European third countries are to be understood in the sense of this Regulation also the destinations
                mentioned in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 192/75.
            (■) As 'countries of the Arabian Peninsula' are to be understood in the sense of this Regulation the following
                countries situated in the Peninsula and the territories connected : Saudi Arabia , Bahrain , Qatar, Kuwait,
                Sultanate of Oman , Union of Arab Emirates ( Abu Dhabi , Dubai , Sharjah , Ajman , Umm al Qawain ,
                Fujairah , Ras al Khaimah), Republic of Yemen ( Yemen North) and Democratic Popular Republic of Yemen
                ( Yemen South).