CELEX: 31981R2787
Language: en
Date: 1981-09-25 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2787/81 of 25 September 1981 fixing the export refunds on beef and veal

No L 271 /44                             Official Journal of the European Communities                               26 . 9 . 81
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2787/81
                                                      of 25 September 1981
                                          fixing the export refunds oq beef and veal
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     Whereas, in the case of meat of bovine animals, boned
 COMMUNITIES,                                                       or boneless, salted and dried, there are traditional trade
                                                                    flows to Switzerland ; whereas, to the extent necessary
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              to allow this trade to continue, the refund must be
 Economic Community,                                                fixed at an amount which will cover the difference
                                                                    between prices on the Swiss market and export prices
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68                in the Member States ;
 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the
                                                                    Whereas, in the case of certain other cuts and
 market in beef and veal ('), as last amended by the Act
 of Accession of Greece (2), and in particular the first            preserves of meat or offals shown in the Annex under
 sentence of Article 18 (5) thereof,                                subheading 16.02 B III b) 1 bb), Community participa­
                                                                    tion in international trade may be ensured by granting
                                                                    a refund which takes account of the refund hitherto
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary
 Committee,
                                                                    granted to exporters ;
                                                                    Whereas, in the case of other beef and veal products, a
 Whereas Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68                   refund need not be fixed since Community participa­
 provides that the difference between prices on the                 tion in world trade in these products is not signifi­
 world market for the products listed in Article 1 of               cant ;
 that Regulation and prices for those products within
 the Community may be covered by an export refund ;                 Whereas the English expression for 'jarret' differs
                                                                    according to whether the cut comes from the fore­
 Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 885/68 of 28                   quarter or the hindquarter (shin or shank) ; whereas,
                                                                    since boned meat from either shin or shank is not
June 1968 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
 427/77 (4), lays down general rules for granting export            eligible for the refund, the two terms should be given
 refunds and criteria for fixing the amount of such                 in the English version in the interests of clarity ;
 refunds ;                                                          Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
                                                                    refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
 Whereas it follows from applying these rules and                   — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
 criteria to the foreseeable situation on the market in
 beef and veal that the refund should be as set out                     relation to each other at any given moment within
 below ; '                 .                                            a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on
                                                                        their effective parity,
Whereas the current market situation in the Commu­                  — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
 nity and sales outlets, particularly in non-member                     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
countries, leads to granting export refunds on adult                    these currencies recorded for a given period in
bovine animals of a live weight of at least 300 kilo­                   relation to the Community currencies referred to
grams ; whereas experience gained in recent years has                   in the previous indent ;
shown that it is advisable to treat live pedigree                   Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
breeding animals of a weight of at least 300 kilograms              are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
in an identical manner to other bovine animals, while               Committee for Beef and Veal,
subjecting them to certain special administrative
formalities ;
                                                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas it is necessary to grant refunds for the export
to certain destinations of certain fresh or chilled meat                                    Article 1
listed in the Annex under subheading ex 02.01 A II a)
and of certain frozen meat listed in the Annex under                The list of products on which the export refund
subheading ex 02.01 A II b) and of certain other                    referred to in Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No
prepared or preserved meat or meat offal listed in the              805/68 is granted and the amount of that refund shall
Annex under subheading 16.02 B III b) 1 aa) ;                       be as set out in the Annex hereto.
(') OJ   No L  148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 24.                                                 Article 2
(2) OJ   No L  291 , 19 . 11 . 1979, p. 17.
0   OJ   No L  156, 4. 7. 1968 , p. 2.                              This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 October
(«) OJ   No L  61 , 5 . 3 . 1977, p. 16 .                           1981 .
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 25 September 1981 .
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                     Poul DALSAGER
                                                               Member of the Commission      ,
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                                                               ANNEX
              to the Commission Regulation of 25 September 1981 fixing the export refunds on beef and
                                                                  veal
                                                                                                                 (ECU/100 kg)
   CCT heading No                                          Description                                    Refund
                                                                                                     — Live weight —
ex 01.02 A             Live domestic animals of the bovine species :
                        I. Pure-bred breeding animals :
                             (a) Adult bovine animals with a live weight equal to or greater than
                                  300 kg                                                                  75-000
                       II . Other than pure-bred breeding animals :
                             (a) Adult bovine animals with a live weight equal to or greater than
                                  300 kg :
                                  — For export to North African , Near and Middle East third
                                     countries (')                                                        75-000
                                  — For export to West, Central , East and South African third
                                     countries ('), except Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar and Swazi­
                                     land                                                                 75-000
                                  — For export to European third countries (') (2), except Austria,
                                     Sweden and Switzerland                                               60000
                                  — For export to Austria, Sweden and Switzerland                         30-000
                                                                                                     — Net weight —
ex 02.01 A II          Meat of bovine animals :
                       a) Fresh or chilled :
                            1 . Carcases, half-carcases or 'compensated' quarters :
                                (aa) The front part of a carcase or of a half-carcase comprising all
                                     the bones and the scrag, neck and shoulder but with more
                                     than 10 ribs :
                                     — For export to North African , Near and Middle East third
                                        countries (')                                                   111-000
                                     — For export to West, Central, East and South African third
                                        countries ('), except Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar and
                                        Swaziland                                                       104-000
                                     — For export to European third countries (') (2), except
                                        Austria, Sweden and Switzerland                                   80-500
                                     — For export to Austria, Sweden and Switzerland                      40-000
               »
                                (bb) Other :
                                     — For export to North African , Near and Middle East third
                                        countries (')                                                   150-000
                                     — For export to West, Central, East and South African third
                                        countries ('), except Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar and
                                        Swaziland                                                       143-000
                                     — For export to European third countries (') (2), except
                                        Austria, Sweden and Switzerland                                 109-000
                                     — For export to Austria, Sweden and Switzerland                      54-500
                            2. Separated or unseparated forequarters :
                                     — For export to North African , Near and Middle East third
                                        countries (')                                                   1 1 1 -000
                                     — For export to West, Central , East and South African third
                                        countries ('), except Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar and
                                        Swaziland                                                       104-000
                                     — For export to European third countries (') (2), except
                                        Austria, Sweden and Switzerland                                   80-500
                                     — For export to Austria, Sweden and Switzerland                      40-000
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                                                                                                    (ECU/100 kg)
   CCT heading No                                Description ■                                Refund
                                                                                       »
                                                                                          — Net weight —
ex 02.01 A II     3. Separated or unseparated hindquarters :
(cont'd)
                     (aa) With a maximum of nine ribs or pairs of ribs :
                          — For export to North African, Near and Middle East third
                               countries (')                   '                             1 89-000
                          — For export to West, Central, East and South African third
                               countries ('), except Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar and
                               Swaziland                                                     182-000
                          — For export to European third countries (') (2), except
                               Austria, Sweden and Switzerland                               137-500
                          — For export to Austria, Sweden and Switzerland                      69-000
                     (bb) With more than nine ribs or pairs of ribs :
                          — For export to North African, Near and Middle East third
                               countries (')                                                 111-000
                          — For export to West, Central, East and South African third
                               countries ('), except Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar and
                             / Swaziland                                                     104-000
                          — For export to European third countries (') (2), except
                               Austria, Sweden and Switzerland                                 80-500
                          — For export to Austria, Sweden and Switzerland                      40-000
                  4. Other :
                         aa) Unboned (bone-in) :
                             — For export to North African, Near and Middle East
                                  third countries (')                                        111-000
                             — For export to , West, Central, East and South African
                                  third countries ('), except Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar
                                  and Swaziland                                              104-000
                             — For export to European third countries (') (2), except
                                 Austria, Sweden and Switzerland                              80-500
                             — For export to Austria, Sweden and Switzerland                  40-000
                     ex bb) Boned or boneless, excluding the thin flank, the shin and
                             the skank, each piece individually wrapped :
                             — For export to North African , Near and Middle East
                                 third countries (')                                         188-500
                             — For export to French Polynesia, West, Central, East
                                 and South African third countries ('), except Botswana,
                                 Kenya, Madagascar and Swaziland                             180-000
                             — For export to European third countries (') (2), except
                                 Austria, Sweden and Switzerland                             131-000
                             — For export to Austria, Sweden and Switzerland                  65-500
                             — For export to the United States of America carried out
                                 in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2973/79 (3),
                                 and for export to Canada                                   107-000
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                                                                                                       (ECU/100 kfO
   CCT heading No                                    Description                                  Refund
                                                                                              — Net weight —
ex 02.01 A II     b) Frozen :
(cont'd)
                     1 . Carcases, half-carcases or 'compensated' quarters :
                         (aa) The front part of a carcase or of a half-carcase comprising all
                               the bones and the scrag, neck and shoulder but with more
                               than 10 ribs :
                               — For export to North African, Near and Middle East third
                                   countries (')                                                  89000
                               — For export to West, Central, East and South African third
                                   countries ('), except Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar and
                                   Swaziland                                                      82000
                               — For export to European third countries (') (2), except
                                   Austria, Sweden and Switzerland                                80-000
                               — For" export to Austria, Sweden and Switzerland                   40-000
                         (bb) Other :
                               — For export to North African, Near and Middle East third
                                   countries (')                                                 108-500
                               — For export to West, Central, East and South African third
                                                                                                                  v
                                   countries ('), except Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar and
                                   Swaziland                                                     101-500
                               — For export to European third countries (') (2), except
                                   Austria, Sweden and Switzerland                               101-500
                               — For export to Austria, Sweden and Switzerland                    50-500
                     2. Separated or unseparated forequarters :
                         — For export to North African , Near and Middle East third coun­
                             tries (')                                                            89-000
                         — For export to West, Central, East and South African third
                             countries ('), except Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar and Swazi­
                             land                                                                 82-000
                         — For export to European third countries (') (2), except Austria,
                             Sweden and Switzerland                                               80-000
                         — For export to Austria, Sweden and Switzerland                          40-000
                     3. Separated or unseparated hindquarters :
                         (aa) With a maximum of nine ribs or pairs of ribs :
                               — For export to North African, Near and Middle East third
                                   countries (')                                                 128-000
                               — For export to West, Central, East and South African third
                                   countries ('), except Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar and
                                   Swaziland                                                     121-000
                               — For export to European third countries (') (2), except
                                   Austria, Sweden and Switzerland                               121-000
                              — For export to Austria, Sweden and Switzerland                     61-000
                         (bb) With more than nine ribs or pairs of ribs :
                              — For export to North African, Near and Middle East third
                                   countries (')                                                  89-000
                              — For export to West, Central, East and South African third
                                   countries ('), except Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar and
                                   Swaziland                                                      82-000
                              — For export to European third countries (') (2), except
                                   Austria, Sweden and Switzerland                                80-000
                              — For export to Austria, Sweden and Switzerland                     40-000
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                                                                                                         (ECU/100 kg)
   CCT heading No                                     Description                                   Refund
                                                                                                — Net weight —
ex 02.01 A II          4. Other :
(cont'd)
                               aa) Unboned (bone-in) :
                                    — For export to North African, Near and Middle East
                                        third countries (')                                         89000
                                    — For export to West, Central, East and South African
                                        third countries ('), except Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar
                                        and Swaziland                                               82000
                                    — For export to European third countries (') (2), except
                                        Austria, Sweden and Switzerland                             80000
                                    — For export to Austria, Sweden and Switzerland                 40000
                          ex bb) Boned or boneless, excluding the thin flank, the shin and
                                    the skank, each piece individually wrapped :
                                    — For export to the United States of America carried out
                                        in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2973/79 (3),
                                        and for export to Canada                                   107-000
                                    — For export to North African, Near and Middle East
                                        third countries (')                                        130-000
                                    — For export to French Polynesia, West, Central, East
                                        and South African third countries ('), except Botswana,
                                        Kenya, Madagascar and Swaziland                            122-000
                                    — For export to European third countries (') (2), except
                                        Austria, Sweden and Switzerland                            100-000
                                    — For export to Austria, Sweden and Switzerland                 50-000
                                    Other boned or boneless :
                                    — For export to the United States of America carried out
                                        in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2973/79 (3),
                                        and for export to Canada                                   107-000
ex 02.06 C I a) 2   Meat of bovine animals, boned or boneless, salted and dried :
                    — For export to Switzerland                                                     64-679
ex 16.02 B III b) 1 Other preparations and preserves containing bovine meat or offals,
                    except those finely homogenized (4) :
                    ex aa) Uncooked, containing by weight the following percentages of
                            bovine meats (excluding offal and fat) :
                            ( 11 ) 80 % or more of meat :
                                   — For export to North African, Near and Middle East
                                      third countries (')                                           98-880
                                   — For export to West, Central , East and South African
                                      third countries ('), except Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar
                                      and Swaziland                                                 91-880
                                   — For export to European third countries (') (2), except
                                      Austria, Sweden and Switzerland                               91-880
                                   — For export to Austria, Sweden and Switzerland                  91-880
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                                                                                                                   (ECU/100 kg)
    CCT heading No                                           Description                                      Refund
                                                                                                         — Net weight —
 ex 16.02 B III b) 1                (22) 60 % or more, but less than 80 % of meat :
 (cont'd)
                                          — For export to North African, Near and Middle East
                                             third countries (')                                              55-007
                                          — For export to West, Central, East and South African
                                             third countries ('), except Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar
                                             and Swaziland                                                    55-007
                                          — For export to European third countries (') (2), except
                                             Austria, Sweden and Switzerland                                  55-007
                                          — For export to Austria, Sweden and Switzerland                     55-007
                                                                                                            1
                                   (33) 40 % or more, but less than 60 % of meat :
                                          — For export to North African, Near and Middle East
                                             third countries (')                                              37-478
                                          — For export to West, Central, East and South African
                                             third countries ('), except Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar
                                             and Swaziland                                                    37-478
                                          — For export to European third countries (l) (2), except
                                             Austria, Sweden and Switzerland                                  37-478
                                          — For export to Austria, Sweden and Switzerland                     37-478
                           ex bb) Other, containing by weight the following percentages of bovine
                                   meats (excluding offal and fat) :
                                   ( 11 ) 80 % or more of meat :
                                          — For export to third countries                                     60-000
                                   (22) 60 % or more, but less than 80 % of meat :
                                          — For export to third countries                                     35-000
                                   (33) 40 % or more, but less than 60 % of meat :
                                          — For export to third countries                                     25-000
                                   (44) 20 % or more, but less than 40 % of meat :
                                          — For export to third countries                                      9-067
(') Within the meaning of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3488/80 (OJ No L 365, 31 . 12. 1980, p. 4).
(2) Within the meaning of this Regulation those destinations mentioned in Article 5 of; Regulation (EEC) No 2730/79 (OJ No L
    317, 12. 12. 1979 , p. 1 ) to be understood as European third countries.
0 OJ No L 336, 29 . 12. 1979, p . 44.
(4) The products which contain a small quantity of visible pieces of meat are also excluded.
NB : 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.