CELEX: 31993R2152
Language: en
Date: 1993-07-31 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2152/93 of 30 July 1993 fixing the export refunds on beef

No L 191 / 120                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                  31 . 7 . 93
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2152/93
                                                            of 30 July 1993
                                                 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                 whereas experience gained in recent years has shown that
Economic Community,                                                   live pure-bred breeding animals weighing at least 250
                                                                      kilograms in the case of females and 300 kilograms in
                                                                      that of males should be treated in the same way as other
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of                bovine animals, subject to certain special administrative
                                                                      formalities ;
27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market
in beef and veal ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 1 25/93 (2), and in particular Article 18 thereof,
                                                                      Whereas export refunds should be granted for certain
                                                                      destinations on some fresh or chilled meat listed in the
Whereas Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68
                                                                      Annex under CN code 0201 , on some frozen meat listed
provides that the difference between prices on the world
                                                                      in the Annex under CN code 0202, on some meat or offal
market for the products listed in Article 1 of that Regula­           listed in the Annex under CN code 0206 and on some
tion and prices for those products within the
Community may be covered by an export refund ;                        other prepared or preserved meat or offal listed in the
                                                                      Annex under CN code 1602 50 10 :
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 885/68 (3), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 427/77 (4), lays down
general rules for granting export refunds and criteria for            Whereas, in view of the wide differences in products
fixing the amount of such refunds ;                                   covered by CN codes 0201 20 90 700 and 0202 20 90 100
                                                                      used for refund purposes, refunds should only be granted
                                                                      on cuts in which the weight of bone does not exceed one
                                                                      third ;
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 32/82 (5), as last amended
by Regulation (EEC) No 3169/87 (6), Regulation (EEC)
No 1964/82 (7), as amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 3169/87, and Regulation (EEC) No 2388/84 (8), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3661 /92 (9), lay down                 Whereas, in the case of meat of bovine animals, boned or
the conditions for granting special export refunds on                 boneless, salted and dried, there are traditional trade flows
certain cuts of beef and veal and certain preserved beef              to Switzerland ; whereas, to allow this trade to continue,
                                                                      the refund should be set to cover the difference between
and veal products ;
                                                                      prices on the Swiss market and export prices in the
                                                                      Member States ; whereas there are possibilities for export­
                                                                      ing 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, given the current market situation in the                    Whereas, in the case of certain other cuts and preserves of
Community and the possibilities of disposal in certain                meat or offal shown in the Annex under CN codes
third countries in particular, export refunds should be               1602 50 31 to 1602 50 80, the Community share of inter­
                                                                      national trade may be maintained by granting a refund
(') OJ No  L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968, p. 24.                               corresponding to that at present available ;
(2) OJ No  L 18 , 27. 1 . 1993, p. 1 .
0   OJ No  L 156, 4. 7. 1968 , p. 2.
(4) OJ No  L 61 , 5. 3. 1977, p. 16.
(4 OJ No L 4, 8. 1 . 1982, p. 11 .
(6) OJ No  L 301 , 24.  10 . 1987, p . 21 .                           Whereas, in the case of other beef and veal products, a
0   OJ No  L 212,  21 . 7. 1982, p. 48 .
(8) OJ No  L 221 , 18 . 8 . 1984, p. 28 .                             refund need not be fixed since the Community's share of
O   OJ No  L 370,  19.  12. 1992, p. 16.                              world trade is not significant ;
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 Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article          Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1432/92 (7), as last
  1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 (') are used to           amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3534/92 (8), prohibits
 convert amounts expressed in third country currencies               trade between the Community and the Republics of
 and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural          Serbia and Montenegro ; whereas that prohibition does
 conversion rates of the Member States' currencies ;                 not apply to certain cases given in the limitative enumera­
 whereas detailed rules on the application and determina­            tion in Articles 2 and 3 of that Regulation ; whereas
 tion of these conversions were set by Commission Regu­              account should be taken of this when the refunds are
 lation (EEC) No 1068 /93 (2) ;                                      fixed ;
 Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (3),                 Whereas, notwithstanding the subdivision of the
 as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1457/93 (4),                 combined nomenclature for prepared and preserved meat,
 establishes the agricultural product nomenclature for the           other than uncooked, falling within CN code 1 602 50,
 purposes of export refunds ;                                        experience has shown that it is possible to delete from the
 Whereas, in order to simplify customs export formalities            refund nomenclature several products falling within CN
 for operators, the refunds on all frozen cuts should be             code 1602 50 31 and to amend the list of products falling
 brought in line with those on fresh or chilled cuts other           within CN code 1602 50 80 ;
 than those from adult male bovine animals ;
                                                                     Whereas the Management Committee for Beef and Veal
 Whereas experience has shown that in certain cases it is            has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by
 often difficult to determine the relevant quantities of beef,       its chairman ,
 veal and other meat contained in prepared or preserved
 meat falling within CN code 1 602 50 ; whereas exclusi­
 vely beef and veal products should accordingly be set               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 apart and a new heading should be created for mixtures of
 meats or offals ; whereas checks on products other than
 mixtures of meat or offal should be stepped up by making                                     Article 1
 the granting of refunds on these products conditional on
 manufacture under the arrangements provided for in                  The list of products on which export refunds as referred
 Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 565/80 of                  to in Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 are
 4 March 1980 on the advance payment of export refunds               granted and the amount thereof shall be as set out in the
 in respect of agricultural products (5), as amended by              Annex.
 Regulation (EEC) No 2026/83 (6) ;
 Whereas refunds on female animals should vary depend­                                        Article 2
 ing on their age in order to prevent abuses in the export
 of certain pure-bred breeding animals ;                             This Regulation shall enter into force on 31 July 1993 .
                    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                    States .
                    Done at Brussels, 30 July 1993 .
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                Rene STEICHEN
                                                                          Member of the Commission
(') OJ   No  L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .
(2) OJ   No  L 108 , 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106.
0   OJ   No  L 366, 24. 12. 1987, p. 1 .
(4) OJ   No  L 142, 12. 6. 1993, p. 55.
O   OJ   No  L 62, 7. 3 . 1980, p. 5.                               0 OJ No L 151 , 3. 6. 1992, p. 4.
(") OJ   No  L 199, 22. 7. 1983, p. 12.                             (*) OJ No L 358, 8. 12. 1992, p. 16.
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                                                          ANNEX
                                               (ECU/100 kg)                                            (ECU/100 kg)
    Product code   Destination f7)        Refund (") (,n)          Product code   Destination f)  Refund (*) ("')
                                       — Live weight —                                           — Net weight —
0102 10 10 120          01                   96,00            0201 20 20 120            02          120,00
0102 10 10 130          02                    74,50                                     Q3            830Q
                        03                    52,00
                                                                                        04            41,50
                        04                    26,00
0102 10 30 120          01                    96,00           0201 20 30 1 10 (>)       02          118,00
0102 10 30 130          02                    74,50                                     03            81 '00
                        03                    52,00                                     04            40>50
                        04                   26>00            0201 20 30 120            02            87,50
0102 10 90 120          01                   96,00                                      03            62,00
0102 90 41 100          02                  101,50                                      04            31,00
010290 51 000           02                   74,50            0201 20 50 1 10 (')       02          207,50
                        03                    52,00
                                                                                        03          138,00
                        04                    26,00
                                                                                        04            69,00
0102 90 59 000          02                    74,50
                        03                    52,00           0201 20 50 120            02           153,00
                        04                    26,00                                     03          105,00
01029061 000            02                    74,50                                     04            52,50
                        03                    52'0°           0201 20 50 130 (')        02          118,50
                        04                    26,00
                                                                                        03            81,00
0102 90 69 000          02                    74,50                                     ^
                                                                                        04            40,50
                        03                    52,00
                        04                    26,00           0201 20 50 140            02            87,50
01029071 000            02                  101,50                                      03            62,00
                        03                    68,00                                     04            31,00
                        04                    34,00           0201 20 90 700            02            87,50
0102 90 79 000          02                  101,50                                      Q3
                        03                    68,00
                                                                                        04            31,00
                        04                    34,00
                                                              0201 30 00 050 (4)        05           106,50
                                        — Net weight —        0201 30 00 100 (2)        02          296,50
                                                                                        03           198,00
0201 10 00 110 (')      02                  118,50
                                              „ '                                     - 04            99,00
                        03                    81,00
                        04                    40,50                                     06          253,00
0201 10 00 120          02                    87,50           0201 30 00 150 (6)        10           157,00
                        03                    62,00                                     11           133,00
                        04                    31,00                                     03           119,00
0201 10 00 130 (')      02                  163,00                                      04            59,50
                        03                  109'00                                      06           137,50
                        04                    54,50                                     07            85,50
0201 10 00 140          02                  120,00
                        Q3                    g300            0201 30 00 190 (6)        02           121,50
                        04                   41,50                                      03            80>00
0201 20 20 110 0        02                  163,00                                      04            40'00
                        03                  109,00                                      06            97>50
                        04                    54,50                                     07            85,50
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                                                (ECU/100 kg)                                           (ECU/100 kg)
     Product code  Destination (7)        Refund (8) (10)           Product code Destination (r)  Refund (s) (10)
                                        — Net weight —       I                                   — Net weight —
0202 10 00 100          02                     87,50            1602 50 10 120         02           134,50 0
                         03                    62,00                                   03           1 08,00 (9)
                        04                     31,00                                   04           108,00 0
0202 1000900            02                   120,00             160250 10 140          02           119,50 (9)
                        03                     83,00                                   03             96,00 (9)
                        04                    41,50                                    04             96,00 (9)
0202 20 10 000          02                   120,00            1602 50 10 160         02              96,00 f)
                        03                    83,00                                   03              77,00 (9)
                        04                    41,50                                   04              77,00 (9)
0202 20 30 000          02                    87,50            1602 50 10 170         02              63,50 (9)
                        03                    62>00                                   03              51,00 (9)
                        04                    31 >00                                  04              51,00 (9)
0202 20 50 100          02                   153,00            1602 50 10 190         02              63,50
                        03                  105,00                                    03              51 00
                        04                    52,50                                   04              51 00
0202 20 50 900          02                    87,50            1602 50 10 240         02              36,00
                        03                    62'0°                                   03              36,00
                        04                    31 >00                                  04              36,00
3202 20 90 100          02                    87,50            1602 50 10 260         02              26,00
                        03                    62,00                                   03              26,00
                        04                    31 '00                                  04              26,00
3202 30 90 100 «        05                  106,50             1602 50 10 280         02              16,00
3202 30 90 400 (6)      10                  1 57,00                                   03              1 6,00
                        11                  133,00                                    04              16,00
                        03                  119,00             16025031 125           01            116,00 O
                        04                    59,50
                                                               16025031 135           01             73,00 (9)
                        06                  137,50                                                           w
                        07                    85)50            1602 50 31 195         01             36,00
)202 30 90 500 (6)      02                  121,50             1602 50 31 325         01            103,00 0
                        03                    80,00            1602 50 31 335         01             65,00 (9)
                        04                    40'00            1602 50 31 395         01             36,00
                        06                    97,50
                        Q7                    855Q             1602 50 39 125         01            116,000
<2023090900             07                    8*50             16025039 135           01             73,00 (')
1206 1095000            02                  121,50             16025039 195           0,             36,00
                        03                    80,00            1602 50 39 325         01            103,00 0
                        04                    40,00            1602 50 39 335         01             65,00 (9)
                       06                     97,50            1602 50 39 395         01             36,00
>206 29 91 000         02                   121,50             1602 50 39 425         01             77,00 0
                       03                     80,00
                                                               1602 50 39 435         01             48,50 0
                       04                    40,00                                                           v'
                       06                    97 50             1602 50 39 495         01             36,00
»210 20 90 100         08                    97,50             1602 50 39 505         01             36,00
                       09                    57,50             1602 50 39 525         01             77,00 0
1210 20 90 300         02                   121,50             1602 50 39 535        01              48,50 0
»210 20 90 500 O       02                   121,50             1602 50 39 595        01              36,00
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                                                             (ECU/100 kg)                                                                      (ECU/100 kg)
        Product code            Destination Q           Refund (") ( 10)                Product code              Destination f)          Refund (") ('")
                                                      — Net weight —                                                                    — Net weight —
 1602 50 39 615                      01                     36,00                  1602 50 80 495                      01                     36,00
 1602 50 39 625                      01                     16,00                  1602 50 80 505                       01                    36,00
 1602 50 39 705                      01                     36,00                  1602 50 80 515                      01                     16,00
 1602 50 39 805                      01                     26,00                  1602 50 80 535                      01                    48,50 (9)
 1602 50 39 905                      01                     16,00                  1602 50 80 595                       01                    36,00
 1602 50 80 135                      01                     73,00 (9)              1602 50 80 615                      01                     36,00
 1602 50 80 195                      01                     36,00                  1602 50 80 625                      01                     16,00
 1602 50 80 335                      01                     65,00 (9)              1602 50 80 705                      01                     36,00
 1602 50 80 395                      01                     36,00                  1602 50 80 805                      01                     26,00
 1602 50 80 435                      01                     48,50 (9)              1602 50 80 905                      01                     16,00
 (') Entry under this subheading is subject to the submission of the certificate appearing in the Annex to Commission 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.
 (3) The refund on beef in brine is granted on the net weight of the meat, after deduction of the weight of the brine.
 (") OJ No L 336, 29. 12. 1979, p. 44.
 O OJ No L 221 , 19. 8 . 1984, p. 28.
 (6) 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.
 (P) The destinations are as follows :
     01 Third countries .
     02 North African, Near and Middle East third countries, West, Central East and Southern African third countries, except Cyprus, Botswana, Kenya,
          Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia.
     03 European third countries, Ceuta, Melilla, Cyprus, Greenland, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Burma, Thailand, Viet Nam, Indonesia, the Philippines, China,
          North Korea and Hong Kong and the destinations referred to in Article 34 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87, 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.
     06 French Polynesia and New Caledonia.
     07 Canada .
     08 North, West, Central, East and Southern African third countries, except Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia.
     09 Switzerland,
     10 North African third countries, Near and Middle East, Central, East and Southern African third countries, except Cyprus, Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar,
          Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia,
     11 West African third countries.
 (*) 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.
 (') The refund is granted only on products manufactured under the arrangement provided for in Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 565/80 .
(I0) Refunds on exports to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) may be granted only where the conditions laid down in Regulation
     (EEC) No 990/93 are observed.
NB : The countries are as defined in Commission amended Regulation (EEC) No 3518/91 .
        The descriptions corresponding to the product codes and the footnotes are set out in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 as
         amended .