CELEX: 31996R2088
Language: en
Date: 1996-10-31 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2088/96 of 31 October 1996 fixing the export refunds on beef and amending Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 establishing an agricultural product nomenclature for export refunds

No L 282/4          PENH                    Official Journal of the European Communities                                  1 . 11 . 96
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2088 /96
                                                          of 31 October 1996
                   fixing the export refunds on beef and amending Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87
                          establishing an agricultural product nomenclature for export refunds
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                            Annex under CN code 0201 , on some frozen meat listed
                                                                       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
                                                                       covered by CN codes 0201 20 90 700 and 0202 20 90 100
                                                                       used for refund purposes, refunds should only be granted
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of                 on cuts in which the weight of bone does not exceed one
27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market                  third;
in beef and veal ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 1997/96 (2), and in particular Article 13 thereof,
                                                                        whereas, in the case of meat of bovine animals, boned or
Whereas Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/ 68                      boneless, salted and dried, there are traditional trade flows
provides that the difference between prices on the world               to Switzerland; whereas, to allow this trade to continue,
                                                                       the refund should be set to cover the difference between
market for the products listed in Article 1 of that Regula­
tion and prices for those products within the                          prices on the Swiss market and export prices in the
Community may be covered by an export refund;                          Member States; whereas there are possibilities for export­
                                                                       ing 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 (5), as amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 3169/87, and Regulation (EEC) No 2388 /84 (% as last
                                                                       Whereas, in the case of certain other cuts and preserves of
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3661 /92 (7), lay down                  meat or offal shown in the Annex under CN codes
the conditions for granting special export refunds on
                                                                       1602 50 31 to 1602 50 80, the Community share of inter­
certain cuts of beef and veal and certain preserved beef
                                                                       national trade may be maintained by granting a refund
and veal products;                                                     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
                                                                       Whereas, in the case of other beef and veal products, a
that the refund should be as set out below;                            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                Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (8),
granted, on the one hand, on bovine animals intended for               as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1222/96 (9),
slaughter of a live weight greater than 220 kilograms and              establishes the agricultural product nomenclature for the
less than 300 kilograms, and, on the other on adult                    purposes of export refunds; whereas, with a view to clarifi­
bovine animals of a live weight of at least 300 kilograms;             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
                                                                       Whereas, in order to simplify customs export formalities
                                                                       for operators, the refunds on all frozen cuts should be
 ') OJ No  L 148 ,  28 .  6. 1968 , p. 24.
 2) OJ No  L 267,   19.   10 . 1996, p. 1 .                            brought in line with those on fresh or chilled cuts other
 3) OJ No  L 4, 8 .  1.  1982, p. 11 .                                 than those from adult male bovine animals;
 4) OJ No  L 301 ,  24.   10 . 1987, p. 21 .
 *) OJ No  L 212,   21 . 7. 1982, p. 48.
 ") OJ No  L 221 ,  18 . 8 . 1984, p. 28 .                             f) OJ No L 366, 24. 12. 1987, p. 1 .
 ^ OJ No L 370, 19. 12. 1992, p. 16.                                   0 OJ No L 161 , 29. 6. 1996, p. 62.
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Whereas experience has shown that in certain cases it is            whereas Regulation (EEC) No 3846/ 87 establishes an
 often difficult to determine the relevant quantities of beef,      agricultural product nomenclature for export refunds on
 veal and other meat contained in prepared or preserved             the basis of the combined nomenclature; whereas the
 meat falling within CN code 1602 50; whereas exclusively           former be adapted in the wake of the negotiations on the
 beef and veal products should accordingly be set apart             Uruguay Round Agriculture Agreement with a view to the
 and a new heading should be created for mixtures of                export of 5 000 tonnes of beef and veal to Canada;
 meats or offals; whereas checks on products other than
 mixtures of meat or offal should be stepped up by making           Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
 the granting of refunds on these products conditional on           in accordance with the opinion of the Management
 manufacture under the arrangements provided for in                 Committee for Beef and Veal,
 Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 565/ 80 of
 4 March 1980 on the advance payment of export refunds
 in respect of agricultural products ('), as amended by
                                                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Regulation (EEC) No 2026/83 (2);
 Whereas refunds on female animals should vary depend­
 ing on their age in order to prevent abuses in the export                                   Article 1
 of certain pure-bred breeding animals;
                                                                    1 . The list of products on which export refunds as
 Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 990/93 (3), as                 referred to in Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68
 amended by Regulation (EC) No 1380/95 (4), prohibits               are granted and the amount thereof shall be as set out in
 trade between the European Community and the Federal               the Annex I.
 Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia und Montenegro); whereas
 this prohibition does not apply in certain situations as           2.     The destinations are identified in Annex II to this
 comprehensively listed in Articles 2, 4, 5 and 7 thereof           Regulation .
 and in Council Regulation (EC) No 462/96 f5); whereas
 account should be taken of this fact when fixing the               3.     The descriptions for CN codes 0201 30 00 and
 refunds;                                                           0202 30 90 and the footnotes in Sector 5 of the Annex to
                                                                    Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 are hereby replaced by
Whereas, notwithstanding the subdivision of the                     those set out in Annex III hereto .
 combined nomenclature for prepared and preserved meat,
 other than uncooked, falling within CN code 1602 50,
 experience has shown that it is possible to delete from the                                 Article 2
 refund nomenclature several products falling within CN
 code 1602 50 31 and to amend the list of products falling          This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November
within CN code 1602 50 80 ;                                         1996 .
                    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                    States .
                    Done at Brussels, 31 October 1996 .
                                                                              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.
0    OJ   No L 102, 28 . 4. 1993 , p. 14.
(<)  OJ   No L 138 , 21 . 6. 1995, p. 1 .
( 5) OJ   No L 65, 15. 3. 1996, p. 1 .
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                                                             ANNEX I
                        to the Council Regulation of 31 October 1996 fixing export refunds on beef
                                                   (ECU/100 kg)                                           (ECU/100 kg)
     Product code          Destination        Refund (7) (9)            Product code   Destination   Refund (?) (9)
                                           — Live weight —                                         — Net weight —
 0102 10 10 120                01                 82,00
                                                                   0201 20 20 120          02           114,00
 0102 10 10 130                02                 54,50
                                                                                           03            79,50
                               03                37,50
                               04                 19,00                                    04            39,50
 0102 10 30 120                01                82,00            0201 20 30 110(1 )       02           112,50
 0102 10 30 130                02                54,50                                     03            77,00
                               03                37,50                                    04             38,00
                               04                 19,00
                                                                  0201 20 30 120          02             83,00
0102 10 90 120                 01                82,00
                                                                                          03             58,50
0102 90 41 100                02                 73,00
                     l                                                                    04             29,00
0102 90 51 000                02                 54,50
                              03                 37,50            0201 20 50 110(1 )      02           196,50
                              04                 19,00                                    03           131,00
0102 90 59 000                02                 54,50                                    04             65,00
                              03                 37,50
                                                                  0201 20 50 120          02           145,00
                              04                  19,00
                                                                                          03           100,00
0102 90 61 000                02                 54,50
                                                                                          04             50,00
                              03                 37,50
                              04                 19,00            0201 20 50 130 ( i )    02           112,50
0102 90 69 000                02                 54,50                                    03             77,00
                              03                 37,50                                    04             38,00
                              04                 19,00
                                                                  0201 20 50 140          02             83,00
0102 90 71 000                02                 73,00
                                                                                          03             58,50
                              03                 48,00
                              04                 24,00                                    04             29,00
0102 90 79 000                02                 73,00            0201 20 90 700          02             83,00
                              03                 48,00                                    03             58,50
                              04                 24,00
                                                                                          04             29,00
                                                                  0201 30 00 050          05(4)        1 20,00
                                           — Net weight —
                                                                                          07 (4a)      120,00
0201 10 00 110 ( 1 )          02                112,50
                                                                  0201 30 00 100 (2)      02          274,00
                              03                 77,00
                                                                                          03           187,50
                              04                 38,00
                                                                                          04             94,00
0201 10 00 120                02                 83,00
                                                                                          06          240,50
                              03                 58,50
                              04                 29,00            0201 30 00 150 (6)      08          145,50
0201 10 00 130(1 )            02                155,00                                    09          133,50
                              03                104,00                                    03          112,50
                              04                 52,50                                    04             56,50
0201 10 00 140                02                114,00                                    06          130,50
                              03                 79,50
                              04                 39,50            0201 30 00 190 (6)      02          115,00
                                                                                          03             75,50
0201 20 20 110(1 )            02                155,00
                              03                104,00                                    04             37,50
                              04                 52,50                                    06             92,50
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                                                   (ECU/100 kg)                                       (ECU/100 kg)
      Product code         Destination        Refund (7) (9)          Product code  Destination   Refund (7) (?)
                                           — Net weight —                                       — Net weight —
0202 10 00 100                 02                  83,00          1602 50 10 120        02          132,50 (8)
                               03                  58,50                                03          106,00 (8)
                               04                  29,00                                04          106,00 (8)
0202 10 00 900                 02               1 14,00           1602 50 10 140        02          117,00 (8)
                               03                  79,50        \                       03           94,00 (8)
                                                                                        04           94,00 (8)
                               04                  39,50
                                                                  1602 50 10 160        02           94,00 (8)
0202 20 10 000                 02               114,00
                                                                                        03           75,50 (8)
                               03                  79,50
                               04                  39,50
                                                                                        04           75,50 (8)
                                                                  1602 50 10 170        02           62,50 (8)
0202 20 30 000                 02                  83,00
                                                                                        03           50,00 (8)
                               03                  58,50
                                                                                        04           50,00 (8)
                               04                  29,00
                                                                  1602 50 10 190        02           62,50
0202 20 50 100                 02                145,00
                                                                                        03           50,00
                               03                100,00
                                                                                        04            50,00
                               04                  50,00
                                                                  1602 50 10 240        02
0202 20 50 900                 02                  83,00                                03
                               03                  58,50                                04
                               04                  29,00
                                                                  1602 50 10 260        02             —
0202 20 90 100                 02                  83,00                                03             —
                               03                  58,50                                04             —
                               04                  29,00
                                                                  1602 50 10 280        02             —
0202 30 90 100                 05(4)             1 20,00                                03             —
                               07 (4a)           120,00                                 04             —
0202 30 90 400 (6)             08                145,50           1602 50 31 125        01          129,50 (5)
                               09                1 33,50          1602 50 31 135        01           75,50 (8)
                               03                112,50
                                                                  1602 50 31 195        01            37,00
                               04                  56,50
                                                                  1602 50 31 325        01          116,00 (5)
                               06                130,50
                      \                                           1602 50 31 335        01            67,50 (8)
0202 30 90 500 (6)             02                115,00
                                                                  1602 50 31 395        01            37,00
                               03                  75,50
                               04                  37,50          1602 50 39 125        01          129,50 (5)
                               06                  92,50          1602 50 39 135        01            75,50 (8)
0206 10 95 000                  02               115,00           1602 50 39 195        01            37,00
                                03                 75,50          1602 50 39 325        01          116 ,00 (s)
                               04                  37,50
                                                                  1602 50 39 335        01            67,50 (8)
                                06                 92,50
                                                                  1602 50 39 395        01            37,00
0206 29 91 000                  02               115,00                            II
                      \                                           1602 50 39 425        01            85,50 (5)
                                03                 75,50
                                04                 37,50
                                                                  1602 50 39 435        01            50,00 (8)
                                06                 92,50          1602 50 39 495        01            37,00
0210 20 90 100                  02                 96,00          1602 50 39 505         01           37,00
                                04                 57,00          1602 50 39 525         01           85,50 (S)
0210 20 90 300                  02               119,00           1602 50 39 535         01           50,00 (8)
 0210 20 90 500 (3)             02                119,00          1602 50 39 595         01           37,00
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                                                              (ECU/100 kg)                                                                    (ECU/100 kg)
        Product code             Destination             Refund (7) (9)                     Product code           Destination           Refund (7) (9)
                                                      — Net weight —                                                                  — Net weight —
                                                                                      1602 50 80 495                   01                    37,00
 1602 50 39 615                      01                      37,00
                                                                                      1602 50 80 505                   01                    37,00
 1602 50 39 625                      01                       16,50
                                     01                                               1602 50 80 515                   01                    16,50
 1602 50 39 705                                              15,00
 1602 50 39 805                      01                       —
                                                                                      1602 50 80 535                   01                    50,00 (8)
 1602 50 39 905                      01                       —
                                                                                      1602 50 80 595                   01                    37,00
 1602 50 80 135                      01                      75,50 (8)                1602 50 80 615                   01                    37,00
 1602 50 80 195                      01                      37,00                    1602 50 80 625                  01                     16,50
 1602 50 80 335                      01                      67,50 (8)                1602 50 80 705                  01                     15,00
 1602 50 80 395                      01                      37,00                    1602 50 80 805                  01                      —
 1602 50 80 435                      01                      50,00 (8)                1602 50 80 905                  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).
(4a) Carried out in accordance with amended Commission Regulation ( EEC) No 2051 /96 (OJ No L 274, 26. 10 . 1996, p. 18).
( i) OJ No L 221 , 19 . 8 . 1984, p. 28 .
(fr) 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).
(7) 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.
(x) The refund is granted only on products manufactured under the arrangement provided for in Article 4 of amended Commission Regulation ( EEC) No
     565/ 80 .
(?) Refunds on exports to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) may be granted only where the conditions laid down in amended
     Regulation ( EEC) No 990/93 and Regulation (EC) No 462/96 are observed.
 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             373  Mauritius
                                                                                    375  Comoros
   022   Ceuta and Melilla                       400  United States of America       377 Mayotte
                                                                                    378  Zambia
   024   Iceland
                                                                                     386 Malawi
   028   Norway
                                                                Zone 06             388  South Africa
   041   Faroe Islands
                                                                                     395 Lesotho
   043   Andorra
                                                 809  New Caledonia                 604  Lebanon
   044   Gibraltar
                                                 822  French Polynesia               608 Syria
   045   Vatican City                                                               612  Iraq
   053   Estonia
                                                                                     616 Iran
   054   Latvia                                                 Zone 07             624  Israel
   055   Lithuania                                                                   625 Gaza and Jericho
   060   Poland                                  404  Canada                        628  Jordan
   061   Czech Republic                                                              632 Saudi Arabia
   063   Slovakia                                                                   636  Kuwait
   064   Hungary                                                Zone 08              640 Bahrain
   066   Romania                                                                    644  Qatar
   068   Bulgaria                                046  Malta                          647 United Arab Emirates
   070   Albania                                 052 Turkey                         649  Oman
   091   Slovenia                                072  Ukraine                        653 Yemen
                                                 073  Belarus                       720  China
   092   Croatia
                                                 074  Moldova
   093   Bosnia-Herzegovina
                                                 075  Russia
   094   Serbia and Montenegro
                                                 076  Georgia
   096   Former Yugoslav Republic          of    077  Armenia
                                                                                                   Zone 09
         Macedonia
                                                 078  Azerbaijan
   109   The communes of Livigno and                                                 228 Mauritania
                                                 079  Kazakhstan
         Campione d'ltalia; the island of                                            232 Mali
                                                 080  Turkmenistan
         Helgoland                                                                   236 Burkina Faso
   406   Greenland                               081  Uzbekistan
                                                 082 Tajikistan
                                                                                     240 Niger
   600   Cyprus                                                                      244 Chad
   662   Pakistan                                083 Kirghistan
                                                 204  Morocco
                                                                                     247 Cape Verde
   669   Sri Lanka
                                                 208  Algeria
                                                                                     248 Senegal
   676 Myanmar (Burma)                           212  Tunisia                        252 Gambia
   680   Thailand                                                                    257 Guinea-Bissau
                                                 216  Libya
   690   Vietnam                                                                     260 Guinea
                                                 220  Egypt
   700   Indonesia                               224  Sudan                          264 Sierra Leone
   708   Philippines                             324  Rwanda                         268 Liberia
   724   North Korea                             328  Burundi                        272 Côte d' Ivoire
   740   Hong Kong                                                                   276 Ghana
                                                 329 St Helena and dependencies
   950   Stores and provisions                   330 Angola                          280 Togo
         (Destinations referred to in Article    334 Ethiopia                        284 Benin
         34   of   Commission     Regulation     336  Eritrea                        288 Nigeria
         (EEC) No 3665/87, as amended)           338  Djibouti                       302 Cameroon
                                                 342  Somalia                        306 Central African Republic
                                                 350  Uganda                         310 Equatorial Guinea
                                                 352  Tanzania                       311 Sao Tome and Principe
                   Zone 04
                                                 355 Seychelles and dependencies     314 Gabon
                                                 357 British Indian Ocean Territory  318 Congo
   039   Switzerland                             366 Mozambique                      322 Zaire
   NB: The countries are those defined by Commission Regulation (EC) No 68/96 (OJ No L 14, 19. 1 . 1996, p. 6).
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                                                                          ANNEX III
                                                                                                                                                code
         CN code                                                       Description of goods                                                   Product
 ex 0201 30 00              — Boneless :
                            — — Boneless cuts exported to the USA under the conditions laid down in Commission
                                Regulation (EEC) No 2973/79 (4) or to Canada under conditions laid down in Regulation
                                (EC) No 2051 /96 (4a)                                                                                     0201 30 00 050
                            — — From the hindquarters of male adult bovine animals with a maximum of nine ribs or nine
                                pairs of ribs (2), each piece individually wrapped                                                        0201 30 00 100
                            — — Other boned cuts, each piece individually wrapped with a lean bovine meat content
                                (excluding fat) of 50 % or more (6)                                                                       0201 30 00 150
                            — — Other, including minced meat, with a lean meat content (excluding fat) of 78 % or more (6)                0201 30 00 190
       0202 30 90               Other:
                            — — — Boned cuts exported to the United States of America under the conditions laid down in
                                   Regulation (EEC) No 2973/70 (4) or to Canada under conditions laid down in Regulation
                                   (EC) No 2051 /96(4a)                                                                                   0202 30 90 100
                           — — — Boned cuts, each piece individually wrapped with a lean bovine meat content (excluding
                                   fat) of 50 % or more (6)                                                                               0202 30 90 400
                           — — — Other, including minced meat, with a lean content (excluding fat) of 78 % or more (6)                    0202 30 90 500
                           — — — Other:                                                                                                   0202 30 90 900
( 1 ) Entry within this subheading is subject to the submission of the certificate appearing in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 32/82 (OJ No L
      4, 8 . 1 . 1982, p. 11 ).
(2) Entry within this subheading is subject to compliance with the conditions laid down in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1964/82 (OJ No L 212, 21 . 7.
      1982, p. 48).
p) 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.
(4a)  OJ No L 274, 26. 10 . 1996, p. 18 .
( 5)  OJ No L 221 , 18 . 8 . 1984, p. 28 .
(f>)  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, 1 . 8 . 1986, p. 39).
(7) OJ No L 62, 7. 3. 1980, p. 5.
(x) Determination of collagen content:
      The collagen content shall be taken to mean the hydroxyproline content multiplied by the factor 8 . The hydroxyproline content must be determined
      according to ISO method 3496-1978 .
(9) No containing meat other than that of animals of the bovine species.
NB: Article 7 of Council Regulation (EEC) 885/68 (OJ No L 156, 4. 7. 1968, p. 2), provides that no export refunds are to be granted on
        products imported from third countries and re-exported to third countries.