CELEX: 31997R1231
Language: en
Date: 1997-06-30 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1231/97 of 30 June 1997 fixing the export refunds on beef and veal

No L 173 /22      f EN                  Official Journal of the European Communities                                    1 . 7. 97
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1231 /97
                                                        of 30 June 1997
                                         fixing the export refunds on beef and veal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         in the Annex under CN code 0202, on some meat or offal
                                                                    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:
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,
                                                                   Whereas, in view of the wide differences in products
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of              covered by CN codes 0201 20 90 700 and 0202 20 90 100
27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market               used for refund purposes, refunds should only be granted
in beef and veal ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC)            on cuts in which the weight of bone does not exceed one
                                                                    third:
No 2222/96 (2), and in particular Article 13 thereof,
Whereas Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68                   Whereas, in the case of meat of bovine animals, boned or
provides that the difference between prices on the world           boneless, salted and dried, there are traditional trade flows
market for the products listed in Article 1 of that Regula­        to Switzerland; whereas, to allow this trade to continue,
tion and prices for those products within the Community            the refund should be set to cover the difference between
may be covered by an export refund;                                 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
                                                                   certain African, Near and Middle Eastern countries;
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 32/82 (3), as last amended             whereas a refund should accordingly be set;
by Regulation (EEC) No 3169/87 (4), Regulation (EEC) No
 1964/82 f), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3169/87,
and Regulation (EEC) No 2388/84 (6), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 3661 /92 Q, lay down the conditions
for granting special export refunds on certain cuts of beef        Whereas, in the case of certain other cuts and preserves of
                                                                   meat or offal shown in the Annex under CN codes
and veal and certain preserved beef and veal products;
                                                                    1602 50 31 to 1602 50 80, the Community share of inter­
                                                                   national trade may be maintained by granting a refund
                                                                   corresponding to that at present available;
Whereas it follows from applying those rules and criteria
to the foreseeable situation on the market in beef and veal
that the refund should be as set out below;
                                                                   Whereas, in the case of other beef and veal products, a
                                                                   refund need not be fixed since the Community's share of
                                                                   world trade is not significant;
Whereas, given the current market situation in the
Community and the possibilities of disposal in certain
third countries in particular, export refunds should be
granted, on the one hand, on bovine animals intended for           Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (8),
slaughter of a live weight greater than 220 kilograms and          as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2230/96 (9), esta­
less than 300 kilograms, and, on the other on adult                blishes the agricultural product nomenclature for the
bovine animals of a live weight of at least 300 kilograms;         purposes of export refunds; whereas, with a view to clarifi­
                                                                   cation, the destinations must be identified in a separate
                                                                   Annex;
Whereas export refunds should be granted for certain
destinations on some fresh or chilled meat listed in the
Annex under CN code 0201 , on some frozen meat listed
                                                                   Whereas, in order to simplify customs export formalities
 ') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968, p. 24.
                                                                   for operators, the refunds on all frozen cuts should be
 2) OJ No L 296, 21 . 11 . 1996, p. 50 .                           brought into line with those on fresh or chilled cuts other
 ') OJ No L 4, 8. 1 . 1982, p. 11 .                                than those from adult male bovine animals;
 j OJ No L 301 , 24. 10. 1987, p. 21 .
 4 OJ No L 212, 21 . 7. 1982, p. 48.
 <) OJ No L 221 , 18. 8 . 1984, p. 28 .                            (8) OJ No L 366, 24. 12. 1987, p. 1 .
 n OJ No L 370, 19. 12. 1992, p. 16.                               (' OJ No L 305, 27. 11 . 1996, p. 1 .
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 Whereas experience has shown that in certain cases it is          refund nomenclature several products falling within CN
 often difficult to determine the relevant quantities of beef,     code 1602 50 31 and to amend the list of products falling
 veal and other meat contained in prepared or preserved            within CN code 1602 50 80;
 meat falling within CN code 1602 50; whereas exclusively
 beef and veal products should accordingly be set apart            Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
 and a new heading should be created for mixtures of               in accordance with the opinion of the Management
 meats or offals; whereas checks on products other than            Committee for Beef and Veal,
 mixtures of meat or offal should be stepped up by making
 the granting of refunds on these products conditional on          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 manufacture under the arrangements provided for in
 Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 565/80 of 4                                       Article 1
 March 1980 on the advance payment of export refunds in
 respect of agricultural products ('), as amended by Regula­       1 . The list of products on which export refunds as
 tion (EEC) No 2026/83 (2);                                        referred to in Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68
                                                                   are granted and the amount thereof shall be as set out in
 Whereas refunds on female animals should vary depen­              Annex I of this Regulation .
 ding on their age in order to prevent abuses in the export
 of certain pure-bred breeding animals;                            2.    The destinations are identified in Annex II to this
                                                                   Regulation .
 Whereas, notwithstanding the subdivision of the
 combined nomenclature for prepared and preserved meat,                                     Article 2
 other than uncooked, falling within CN code 1602 50,
 experience has shown that it is possible to delete from the       This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1997.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States .
                   Done at Brussels, 30 June 1997.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                                Franz FISCHLER
                                                                        Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 62, 7. 3. 1980, p. 5.
 2 OJ No L 199, 22. 7. 1983, p. 12.
 ---pagebreak---   No L 173/24       EN              Official Journal of the European Communities                           1 . 7. 97
                                                         ANNEX I
                       to the Council Regulation of 30 June 1997 fixing export refunds on beef
                                                (ECU/100 kg)                                           (ECU/100 kg)
      Product code      Destination         Refund (7)              Product code     Destination   Refund (7)
                                        — Live weight —                                          — Net weight —
 0102 10 10 9120            01                 65,00
                                                               0201 20 20 9120           02           81,00
 0102 10 10 9130            02                 38,50
                            03                 27,00                                     03           56,00
                            04                 13,50                                     04           28,00
 0102 10 30 9120            01                 65,00          0201 20 30 9110(1 )        02           89,00
 0102 10 30 9130            02                 38,50                                     03           61,50
                            03                 27,00                                    04            30,00
                            04                 13,50
                                                              0201 20 30 9120           02            58,50
 0102 10 90 9120            01                 65,00
                                                                                        03            41,00
 01029041 9100              02                 57,50
                                                                                        04            20,50
 0102 90 51 9000            02                 38,50
                            03                 27,00          0201 20 50 9110(1 )       02          155,50
                            04                 13,50                                    03          103,50
 0102 90 59 9000            02                 38,50                                    04            51,50
                            03                 27,00
                                                              0201 20 50 9120           02          102,50
                            04                 13,50
                                                                                        03           71,00
0102 90 61 9000            02                  38,50
                           03                  27,00                                    04           35,50
                           04                  13,50          0201 20 50 9130(1 )       02           89,00
0102 90 69 9000            02                 38,50                                     03           61,50
                           03                 27,00
                                                                                        04           30,00
                           04                  13,50
                                                              0201 20 50 9140           02           58,50
0102 90 71 9000            02                 57,50
                           03                 38,00                                     03           41,00
                           04                  19,00                                    04           20,50
0102 90 79 9000            02                 57,50           0201 20 90 9700           02           58,50
                           03                 38,00                                     03           41,00
                           04                  19,00
                                                                                        04           20,50
                                       — Net weight —        0201 30 00 9050           05 (4)        85,00
                                                                                       07 (4a)       85,00
0201 10 00 9110(1 )        02                 89,00          0201 30 00 9100(2)         02          216,50
                           03                 61,50
                                                                                        03          148,50
                           04                 30,00
                                                                                        04           74,00
0201 10 00 9120            02                 58,50
                                                                                        06          190,50
                           03                 41,00
                           04                 20,50          0201 30 00 9150(6)        08           103,00
0201 10 00 9130(1 )        02                122,50                                    09            94,50
                           03                 82,00                                    03            79,50
                           04                 41,50
                                                                                       04            40,00
0201 10 00 9140            02                 81,00                                    06            92,00
                           03                 56,00
                           04                 28,00          0201 30 00 9190(6)        02            81,00
                                                                                       03            53,50
0201 20 20 9110(1 )        02               122,50
                           03                 82,00                                    04            27,00
                           04                 41,50                                    06            65,50
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                                               (ECU/100 kg)                                       (ECU/100 kg)
      Product code     Destination         Refund (7)             Product code  Destination   Refund (7)
                                       — Net weight —                                       — Net weight —
0202 10 00 9100            02                 58,50          1602 50 10 9120        02          93,50(8)
                           03                 41,00                                 03          75,00 (8)
                           04                 20,50                                 04          75,00 (8)
0202 10 00 9900            02                 81,00          1602 50 10 9140        02          83,00(8)
                           03                 56,00                                 03          66,50 (8)
                           04                 28,00                                 04          66,50 (8)
0202 20 10 9000            02                 81,00          1602 50 10 9160        02          66,50(8)
                           03                 56,00                                 03          53,50 (8)
                           04                 28,00
                                                                                    04          53,50 (8)
                                                             1602 50 10 9170        02          44,00(8)
0202 20 30 9000            02                 58,50
                                                                                    03          35,50 (8)
                           03                 41,00
                                                                                    04          35,50 (8)
                           04                 20,50
                                                             1602 50 10 9190        02           44,00
0202 20 50 9100            02               102,50
                                                                                    03           35,50
                           03                 71,00
                                                                                    04           35,50
                           04                 35,50
                                                             1602 50 10 9240        02            —
0202 20 50 9900            02                 58,50                                 03            —
                           03                 41,00                                 04            —
                           04                 20,50
                                                             1602 50 10 9260        02            —
0202 20 90 9100            02                 58,50                                 03            —
                           03                 41,00                                 04            —
                           04                 20,50          1602 50 10 9280        02            —
0202 30 90 9100           05(4)               85,00                                 03            —
                          07 (4a)             85,00                                 04            —
0202 30 90 9400 (6)        08               1 03,00          1602 50 31 9125        01         102,50(5)
                           09                 94,50          1602 50 31 9135        01          60,00(8)
                           03                 79,50
                                                             1602 50 31 9195       01           29,50
                           04                 40,00
                                                             1602 50 31 9325        01          91,50(5)
                           06                 92,00
                                                             1602 50 31 9335       01           53,50(8)
0202 30 90 9500(6)         02                 81,00
                                                             1602 50 31 9395       01            29,50
                           03                 53,50
                           04                 27,00          1602 50 39 9125       01          102,50(5)
                           06                 65,50          1602 50 39 9135       01           60,00(8)
0206 10 95 9000            02                 81,00          1602 50 39 9195       01           29,50
                           03                 53,50          1602 50 39 9325       01           91,50(5)
                           04                 27,00
                                                             1602 50 39 9335       01           53,50(8)
                           06                 65,50
                                                             1602 50 39 9395       01            29,50
0206 29 91 9000            02                 81,00
                                                             1602 50 39 9425       01           60,50(5)
                          03                  53,50
                           04                 27,00
                                                             1602 50 39 9435       01           35,50(8)
                           06                 65,50          1602 50 39 9495        01           26,50
0210 20 90 9100            02                 68,00          1602 50 39 9505        01           26,50
                          04                  40,50          1602 50 39 9525        01          60,50(5)
0210 20 90 9300            02                 84,00          1602 50 39 9535        01          35,50(8)
0210 20 90 9500(3)         02                 84,00          1602 50 39 9595        01           26,50
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                                                              (ECU/100 kg)                                                                   (ECU/100 kg)
        Product code             Destination               Refund (7)                       Product code           Destination            Refund (7)
                                                      — Net weight —                                                                  — Net weight —
                                                                                      1602 50 80 9495                  01                   26,50
 1602 50 39 9615                     01                      26,50
 1602 50 39 962 5                    01                                               1602 50 80 9505                  01                   26,50
                                                             12,00
 1602 50 39 9705                     01                       —
                                                                                      1602 50 80 9515                  01                   12,00
 1602 50 39 9805                     01                       —
                                                                                      1602 50 80 9535                  01                   35,50 (8)
 1602 50 39 9905                     01                       —
                                                                                      1602 50 80 9595                  01                   26,50
 1602 50 80 9135                     01                      53,50 (8)                1602 50 80 9615                 01                    26,50
 1602 50 80 9195                     01                      26,50                    1602 50 80 9625                 01                    12,00
 1602 50 80 9335                     01                      48,00 (8)                1602 50 80 9705                 01                     —
 1602 50 80 9395                     01                      26,50                    1602 50 80 9805                 01                     —
 1602 50 80 9435                     01                      35,50 (8)                1602 50 80 9905                 01                     —
(1)  Entry under this subheading is subject to the submission of the certificate appearing in the Annex to amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No 32/82.
(2)  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).
(4") Carried out in accordance with amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2051 /96 (OJ No L 274, 26. 10 . 1996, p. 18).
(J)  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 (OJ No L 210 of 1 . 8 . 1986, p. 39).
C) 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.
(s) The refund is granted only on products manufactured under the arrangement provided for in Article 4 of amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No
     565/80 .
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                            Zone 09
   022    Ceuta and Melilla                       400  United States of America       224 Sudan
   024    Iceland                                                                     228 Mauritania
   028    Norway                                                                     232  Mali
                                                                 Zone 06
   041    Faroe Islands                                                              236  Burkina Faso
   043   Andorra                                  809  New Caledonia                 240  Niger
   044    Gibraltar                               822  French Polynesia              244  Chad
  045 Vatican City                                                                   247 Cape Verde
  053     Estonia                                                                    248 Senegal
                                                                 Zone 07
  054     Latvia                                                                     252  Gambia
  055     Lithuania                                                                  257  Guinea-Bissau
                                                  404  Canada
  060    Poland                                                                      260  Guinea
  061    Czech Republic                                                              264  Sierra Leone
  063    Slovakia                                                Zone 08             268  Liberia
  064     Hungary                                                                    272  Cote d'lvoire
                                                  046  Malta
  066    Romania                                                                     276  Ghana
                                                  052  Turkey
  068     Bulgaria                                072  Ukraine                       280 Togo
  070    Albania                                  073  Belarus                       284  Benin
  091    Slovenia                                 074  Moldova                       288  Nigeria
  092    Croatia                                  075  Russia                        302  Cameroon
  093 Bosnia-Herzegovina                          076 Georgia                        306 Central African Republic
  094 Serbia and Montenegro                       077  Armenia
                                                                                     310 Equatorial Guinea
  096 Former Yugoslav Republic             of     078  Azerbaijan                    311 Sao Tome and Principe
         Macedonia                                079  Kazakhstan
                                                                                     314  Gabon
                                                  080  Turkmenistan
   109 The communes of Livigno and                                                   318  Congo
         Campione d'ltalia; the island of         081  Uzbekistan
                                                                                     322  Zaire
         Helgoland                                082 Tajikistan
                                                                                     324  Rwanda
  406    Greenland                                083 Kirghistan
                                                  204  Morocco                       328  Burundi
  600    Cyprus
  662    Pakistan                                 208  Algeria                       329 St Helena and dependencies
                                                  212  Tunisia                       330 Angola
  669    Sri Lanka
                                                  216  Libya                         334 Ethiopia
  676 Myanmar (Burma)
                                                  220  Egypt                         336  Eritrea
  680    Thailand                                 604  Lebanon
  690    Vietnam                                                                     338  Djibouti
                                                  608  Syria
  700    Indonesia                                                                   342  Somalia
                                                  612  Iraq
  708    Philippines                              616  Iran                          350  Uganda
  724    North Korea                              624  Israel                        352  Tanzania
  950 Stores and provisions                       625 Gaza and Jericho               355 Seychelles and dependencies
         (Destinations referred to in Article     628 Jordan                         357 British Indian Ocean Territory
         34 of Commission Regulation              632  Saudi Arabia                  366 Mozambique
         (EEC) No 3665/87, as amended)            636  Kuwait                        373  Mauritius
                                                  640  Bahrain
                                                                                     375  Comoros
                                                  644  Qatar
                                                  647  United Arab Emirates
                                                                                     377 Mayotte
                                                                                     378  Zambia
                                                  649  Oman
                    Zone 04
                                                  653  Yemen                         386  Malawi
                                                  720  China                         388  South Africa
  039    Switzerland                              740  Hong Kong SAR                 395  Lesotho
  NB: The countries are those defined by Commission Regulation (EC) No 68/96 (OJ No L 14, 19. 1 . 1996, p. 6).