CELEX: 31978R0598
Language: en
Date: 1978-03-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 598/78 of 28 March 1978 fixing the export refunds on beef and veal for the period beginning 1 April 1978

29 . 3 . 78                               Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 82/ 17
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 598/78
                                                          of 28 March 1978
                 fixing the export refunds on beef and veal for the period beginning 1 April 1978
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       of some other preparations and preserves of meat or
 COMMUNITIES,                                                         offals shown in the Annex under subheading 16.02 B
                                                                      III b) 1 aa) ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community,
                                                                      Whereas, in the case of meat of bovine animals,
                                                                      boned or boneless, salted and dried, there are tradi­
                                                                      tional trade flows to Switzerland ; whereas, to the
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization                    extent necessary to allow this trade to continue, the
                                                                      refund must be fixed at an amount which will cover
 of the market in beef and veal ( 1 ), as last amended by
 Regulation (EEC) No 425/77 (2), and in particular the                the difference between prices on the Swiss market and
 first sentence of Article 18(5) thereof,                             export prices in the Member States ;
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary
 Committee,                                                           Whereas, in the case of some other cuts and preserves
                                                                     of    meat   or   offals shown   in  the  Annex   under
                                                                     subheading 16.02 B III b) 1 bb), Community participa­
                                                                     tion in international trade may be ensured by granting
 Whereas Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68                    a refund which takes account of the refund hitherto
 provides that the difference between prices on the                  granted to exporters ;
 world market and prices within the Community for
 the products listed in Article 1 of that Regulation may
 be covered by an export refund ;
                                                                      Whereas, in the case of other beef and veal products, a
                                                                     refund need not be fixed since Community participa­
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 885/68 of 28                     tion in world trade in these products is not signifi­
 June 1 968 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                 cant ;
 No 427/77 (4), lays down general rules for granting
 export refunds and criteria for fixing the amount of
 such 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
 criteria to the foreseeable situation on the market in
 beef and veal that the refund should be fixed as indi­
 cated below ;                                                       — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
                                                                          relation to each other at any given moment within
                                                                          a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on
                                                                          their effective parity ;
Whereas the present market situation in the Commu­
 nity and the selling possibilities, particularly in certain
third countries, lead to granting export refunds for the             — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
export of adult bovine animals with a live weight                         arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
equal or superior to 300 kilograms, for the export of                     of these currencies recorded for a given period in
certain fresh or chilled meats shown in the Annex                         relation to the Community currencies referred to
under subheading ex 02.01 A II a) and for the export,                     in the previous subparagraph ;
to certain destinations , of certain frozen meats shown
in the Annex under subheading ex 02.01 A II b) and
(') OJ   No  L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 24.
(2) OJ   No  L 61 , 5. 3 . 1977, p . 1 .                             Whereas the Management Committee for Beef and
(J) OJ   No  L 156, 4. 7. 1968 , p. 2.                               Veal has not delivered an opinion within the time
 4) OJ   No  L 61 , 5 . 3 . 1977, p . 16 .                           limit set by its chairman ,
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                              80 5/68 is granted and the amount of that refund is
                                                           fixed as shown in the Annex .
                      Article 1                                                    Article 2
The list of products on which the export refund            This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April
referred to in Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No           1978 .
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
             Done at Brussels, 28 March 1978 .
                                                                     For the Commission
                                                                      Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                         Vice-President
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                                                                          ANNEX
                  to the Commission Regulation of 28 March 1978 fixing the export refunds on beef and veal
                                                         for the period beginning 1 April 1978
                                                                                                                    (u.a. / 100 kg)
    CCT heading No                                                Description                            Refund
                       I                                                                             — Live weight —
ex 01.02 A II            Live domestic animals of the bovine species, other than pure-bred
                         breeding animals :
                         ( a ) Adult bovine animals with a live weight equal to or greater
                                 than 300 kg                                                              41.50
\                                                                                                    — Net weight —
ex 02.01 A II            Meat of bovine animals :
                         a ) Fresh or chilled :
                               1 . Carcasses, half-carcasses or ' compensated' quarters :
I                                   ( aa) The front part of a carcase or of a half-carcase com­
                                           prising all the bones and the scrag, neck and shoulder
                                           but with more than 10 ribs                                    58.50
                                    ( bb ) Other                                                         73.00
                              2 . Separated or unseparated forequarters                                  58.50
                              3 . Separated or unseparated hindquarters                                  87-50
                              4 . Other :
                                         aa ) Unboned ( bone-in )                                        58-50
                                   ex bb) Boned or boneless, excluding the thin flanks and the
                                              shin :                                                 I
                                              ( 11 ) Each piece individually wrapped                     85.50
                         b ) Frozen :                                                                l
                              1 . Carcases, half-carcases or 'compensated' quarters :                l
                                   ( aa) The front part of a carcase or of a half-carcase com­
                                           prising all the bones and the scrag, neck and shoulder
                                           but with more than 10 ribs :                              I
                                           — For export to European third countries (1), to Jordan ,
                                                to third countries on the Mediterranean or on the
                                                Persian Gulf, to third countries of the Arabian
                                                Peninsula and Africa                                     58-50
                                   ( bb ) Other :
                                           — For export to European third countries ('), to Jordan ,
                                                to third countries on the Mediterranean or on the
                                                Persian Gulf, to third countries of the Arabian
                                                Peninsula and Africa                                     73.00
                              2 . Separated or unseparated forequarters :
                                   — For export to European third countries ('), to Jordan, to
                                        third countries on the Mediterranean or on the Persian
                                        Gulf, to third countries of the Arabian Peninsula and Africa    58.50
                             3 . Separated or unseparated hindquarters :
                                  — For export to European third countries ('), to Jordan, to
                                        third countries on the Mediterranean or on the Persian
                                        Gulf, to third countries of the Arabian Peninsula and Africa    87.50
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                                                                                                                                        (u.a. / 100 kg)
     CCT heading No                                                Description                                            Refund
\I                                                                                                                    — Net weight —
ex 02.01 A II                     4 . Other :
(cont'd)
                                           aa) Unboned (bone-in ) :
                                               — For export to European third countries (*), to
                                                      Jordan, to third countries on the Mediterranean
                                                      or on the Persian Gulf, to third countries of the
                                                      Arabian Peninsula and Africa                                        58.50
                                      ex bb) Boned or boneless, excluding the thin flanks and the
                                                shin :
                                                ( 11 ) Each piece individually wrapped :
                                                        — For export to the United States of America                      11.50
                                                        — For export to European third countries H , to
                                                           Jordan, to third countries on the Mediter­
                                                           ranean or on the Persian Gulf, to third
                                                           countries of the Arabian Peninsula and Africa                  85.50
                                                ( 22 ) Other :
I                                                       — For export to the United States of America                      11-50
ex 02.06 C I a) 2              Meat of bovine animals, boned or boneless, salted and dried :
l                              — For export to Switzerland                                                                41.00
ex 16.02 B III b ) 1           Other preparations and preserves containing bovine meat or offals,
                               except those finely homogenized (2) :
                               ex aa) Uncooked, containing by weight the following percentages
                                         of bovine meats (excluding offal and fat) :
                                        ( 11 ) 80 °/o or more of meat :
                                               — For export to European third countries ('), to
                                                     Jordan, to third countries on the Mediterranean or
                                                     on the Persian Gulf, to third countries of the
                                                     Arabian Peninsula and Africa                                         58.50
l                                       ( 22 ) 60 % or more, but less than 80 °/o of meat :
                                               — For export to European third countries (•), to
                                                     Jordan , to third countries on the Mediterranean or
                                                     on the Persian Gulf, to third countries of the
                                                     Arabian Peninsula and Africa                                         35.00
                                        (33 ) 40 % or more, but less than 60 °/o of meat :
                                               — For export to European third countries (*), to
                                                     Jordan, to third countries on the Mediterranean or
                                                     on the Persian Gulf, to third countries of the
                                                     Arabian Peninsula and Africa                                         23-50
                               ex bb) Other, containing by weight the following percentages of
                                        bovine meats (excluding offal and fat) :
l                                       ( 11 ) 80 %> or more of meat                                                      35.00
                                        (22 ) 60 % or more, but less than 80 %> of meat                                   21.00
                                        (33 ) 40 % of more, but less than 60 °/o of meat                                   14.00
                                        (44) 20 % or more, but less than 40 °/o of meat                                     7.00
t1) Within the meaning of this Regulation those destinations mentioned in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 192/75 (OJ No L !25, 31 . 1 . 1975 p. 1 )
    are also to be understood as European third countries .                                                                   '                 '
(2) The products which contain a Ismail 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.