CELEX: 31997R1888
Language: en
Date: 1997-09-26 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1888/97 of 26 September 1997 fixing the export refunds on beef and veal

27. 9 . 97             I EN I               Official Journal of the European Communities                                  L 265/81
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1888/97
                                                        of 26 September 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
No 2222/96 (2), and in particular Article 13 thereof,                 third;
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 ("), as amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 3169/87,
and Regulation (EEC) No 2388/84 (6), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 3661 /92 f), 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 (*),
slaughter of a live weight greater than 220 kilograms and             as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1490/97 (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 L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 24.
                                                                      for operators, the refunds on all frozen cuts should be
 2) OJ  L 296,   21 .  11 . 1996, p. 50 .                             brought into line with those on fresh or chilled cuts other
 >) OJ  L 4, 8 .  1.  1982, p. 11 .                                   than those from adult male bovine animals;
 4) OJ  L 301 ,  24.   10 . 1987, p. 21 .
 5) OJ  L 212,   21 . 7. 1982, p. 48 .
 *) OJ  L 221 ,  18 . 8 . 1984, p. 28 .                               (s) OJ L 366, 24. 12. 1987, p. 1 .
 ^  OJ  L 370 , 19.    12. 1992, p. 16.                               M OJ L 202, 30. 7. 1997, p. 24.
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 Whereas experience has shown that in certain cases it is          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 often difficult to determine the relevant quantities of beef,
veal and other meat contained in prepared or preserved
 meat falling within CN code 1602 50; whereas exclusively                                    Article 1
 beef and veal products should accordingly be set apart
 and a new heading should be created for mixtures of               1 . The list of products on which export refunds as
 meats or offals; whereas checks on products other than            referred to in Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68
 mixtures of meat or offal should be stepped up by making          are granted and the amount thereof shall be as set out in
 the granting of refunds on these products conditional on          Annex I of this Regulation .
 manufacture under the arrangements provided for in
Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 565/80 of 4               2.    The destinations are identified in Annex II to this
March 1980 on the advance payment of export refunds in             Regulation.
 respect of agricultural products ('), as amended by Regula­
 tion (EEC) No 2026/83 (2);
                                                                                             Article 2
Whereas refunds on female animals should vary depen­
ding on their age in order to prevent abuses in the export
of certain pure-bred breeding animals;                             The grant of the refund for product code 0102 90 59 9000
                                                                   of the nomenclature for export refunds and for exports to
Whereas opportunities exist for the export to certain third        the third countries in zone 10 listed in Annex II to this
countries of heifers other than those intended for                 Regulation shall be subject to presentation, when the
slaughter, but to prevent any abuse control criteria should        customs formalities for export are completed, of the
be laid down to ensure that these animals are not more             original and one copy of the veterinary certificate signed
than 36 months old;                                                by an official veterinarian certifying that these are heifers
                                                                   of an age of not more than 36 months. The original of
Whereas, notwithstanding the subdivision of the                    the certificate shall be returned to the exporter and the
combined nomenclature for prepared and preserved meat,             copy, certified as being in accordance with the regulations
other than uncooked, falling within CN code 1602 50,               by the customs authorities, shall be attached to the ap­
experience has shown that it is possible to delete from the        plication for payment of the refund.
refund nomenclature several products falling within CN
code 1602 50 31 and to amend the list of products falling
within CN code 1602 50 80 ;                                                                  Article 3
Whereas the Management Committee for Beef and Veal
has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by          This Regulation shall enter into force on 27 September
its chairman ,                                                     1997.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States .
                   Done at Brussels, 26 September 1997 .
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                               Franz FISCHLER
                                                                        Member of the Commission
(') OJ L 62, 7. 3. 1980, p. 5.
 2 OJ L 199, 22. 7. 1983, p. 12.
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                                                           ANNEX I
                       to the Council Regulation of 26 September 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                61,50
                                                                 0201 20 20 9120           02            69,50
 0102 10 10 9130               02                33,00
                                                                                          03             47,50
                               03                23,00
                               04                11,50                                    04             24,00
 0102 10 30 9120               01                61,50           0201 20 30 9110(1 )       02            84,50
 0102 10 30 9130               02                33,00                                    03             58,50
                               03                23,00                                    04             28,50
                               04                11,50
                                                                 0201 20 30 9120           02            50,00
 0102 10 90 9120               01                61,50
 010290 41 9100                02                54,50
                                                                                          03             35,00
                                                                                          04             17,50
 0102 90 51 9000               02                33,00
                               03                23,00           0201 20 50 9110(1 )      02           147,50
                               04                11,50                                    03            98,50
 0102 90 59 9000               02                33,00                                    04            49,00
                               03                23,00
                               04                11,50           0201 20 50 9120          02             88,00
                               10                54,50 (9)                                03             61,00
 0102 90 61 9000               02                33,00                                    04             30,00
                               03                23,00
                                                                 0201 20 50 9130 ( i )    02             84,50
                               04                11,50
                                                                                          03             58,50
 0102 90 69 9000               02                33,00
                                                                                          04             28,50
                               03                23,00
                               04                11,50           0201 20 50 9140          02             50,00
 0102 90 71 9000               02                54,50                                    03             35,00
                              03                 36,00                                    04             17,50
                               04                18,00
                                                                 0201 20 90 9700          02             50,00
 0102 90 79 9000               02                54,50
                               03                36,00                                    03             35,00
                               04                18,00                                    04             17,50
                                                                 0201 30 00 9050          05(4)          72,50
                                           — Net weight —
                                                                                          07 (4a)        72,50
 0201 10 00 9110(1 )           02                84,50           0201 30 00 9100(2)       02           205,50
                               03                58,50                                    03           141,00
                               04                28,50                                    04             70,50
 0201 10 00 9120               02                50,00                                    06           181,00
                               03                35,00
                               04                17,50           0201 30 00 9150(6)       08             88,00
                               02               116,50                                    09             81,00
 0201 10 00 9130(1 )
                              03                 78,00                                    03             68,00
                              04                 39,50                                    04             34,00
 0201 10 00 9140              02                 69,50                                    06             79,00
                              03                 47,50
                                                                 0201 30 00 9190(6)       02             69,50
                              04                 24,00
                                                                                          03            46,00
 0201 20 20 9110(1 )          02                116,50
                                                                                          04             23,00
I                             03                 78,00
                              04                 39,50                                    06             56,00
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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                 50,00          1602 50 10 9120        02          80,00 (8)
                                 03                 35,00                                 03          64,00 (8)
                                 04                 17,50                                 04          64,00 (8)
  0202 10 00 9900                02                69,50           1602 50 10 9140        02          71,00 (8)
                                 03                47,50                                  03          56,50 (8)
                                 04                24,00
                                                                                          04          56,50 (8)
  0202 20 10 9000                02                69,50
                                                                   1602 50 10 9160       02           56,50 (8)
                                 03                47,50
                                                                                         03           46,00 (8)
                                04                 24,00
                                                                                         04           46,00 (8)
                        II                                         1602 50 10 9170       02           38,00 (8)
  0202 20 30 9000               02                 50,00
                                                                                         03           30,00 (8)
                                03                 35,00
                        Il                                                               04           30,00 (8)
                                04                  17,50
                                                                   1602 50 10 9190       02           38,00
  0202 20 50 9100               02                 88,00
                                                                                         03           30,00
                                03                 61,00                                 04           30,00
                                04                 30,00
                                                                   1602 50 10 9240       02            _
  0202 20 50 9900               02                 50,00                                 03
                                03                 35,00                                 04
\                               04                 17,50
                                                                   1602 50 10 9260       02            —
  0202 20 90 9100               02                 50,00                                 03            —
                                03                 35,00                                 04
                                04                 17,50           1602 50 10 9280       02            —
  0202 30 90 9100               05(4)              72,50                                 03            —
                                07 (4a)            72,50                                 04            —
  0202 30 90 9400 (6)           08                 88,00           1602 50 31 9125       01           97,50 (5)
                                09                 81,00           1602 50 31 9135       01           51,50 (8)
                                03                 68,00           1602 50 31 9195       01           25,00
                                04                 34,00
                                                                   1602 50 31 9325       01           87,00 (S)
                                06                 79,00
                                                                   1602 50 31 9335       01           46,00 (8)
  0202 30 90 9500 (6)           02                 69,50
                                                                   1602 50 31 9395       01           25,00
                                03                 46,00
                                04                 23,00           1602 50 39 9125       01           97,50 (5)
                                06                 56,00           1602 50 39 9135       01           51,50 (8)
  0206 10 95 9000               02                 69,50           1602 50 39 9195       01           25,00
                                03                 46,00           1602 50 39 9325       01           87,00 (5)
                                04                 23,00
                                                                   1602 50 39 9335       01           46,00 (8)
                                06                 56,00
                                                                   1602 50 39 9395       01           25,00
  0206 29 91 9000               02                 69,50
                                                                   1602 50 39 9425       01           52,00 (5)
                                03                 46,00
                                04                 23,00
                                                                   1602 50 39 9435       01           30,00 (8)
                                06                 56,00           1602 50 39 9495       01           22,50
                                02                 58,00           1602 50 39 9505       01           22,50
  0210 20 90 9100
                                04                 34,50           1602 50 39 9525       01           52,00 (5)
 0210 20 90 9300                02                 72,00           1602 50 39 9535       01           30,00 (8)
 0210 20 90 9500 (3)            02                 72,00           1602 50 39 9595       01           22,50
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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 39 9615                      01
                                                                                       1602 50 80 9495                  01                   22,50
                                                              22,50
  1602 50 39 9625                      01                                              1602 50 80 9505                  01                   22,50
                                                              10,50
  1602 50 39 9705                      01                      —
                                                                                       1602 50 80 9515                  01                   10,50
  1602 50 39 9805                      01                      —
                                                                                       1602 50 80 9535                  01                   30,00 (8)
  1602 50 39 9905                      01                      —
                                                                                       1602 50 80 9595                  01                   22,50
  1602 50 80 9135                      01                     46,00 (8)                1602 50 80 9615                 01                    22,50
  1602 50 80 9195                      01                     22,50                    1602 50 80 9625                 01                    10,50
  1602 50 80 9335                      01                     41,00 (8)                1602 50 80 9705                  01                    —
 1602 50 80 9395                       01                     22,50                    1602 50 80 9805                 01                     —
 1602 50 80 9435                       01                     30,00 (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.
(*) The refund on beef in brine is granted on the net weight of the meat, after deduction of the weight of the brine.
(*)   Carried out in accordance with amended Commission Regulation ( EEC) No 2973/79 (OJ L 336, 29. 12. 1979, p. 44).
(4a)  Carried out in accordance with amended Commission Regulation ( EEC) No 2051 /96 (OJ L 274, 26. 10 . 1996, p. 18 ).
( 5)  OJ L 221 , 19. 8 . 1984, p. 28 .
 '*)  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 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.
 '8) The refund is granted only on products manufactured under the arrangement provided for in Article 4 of amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No
      565/80 .
 I9) The grant of the refund is subject to compliance with the conditions referred to in Article 2 of this Regulation .
 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
                                                                                   232 Mali
 028   Norway                                                    Zone 06           236 Burkina Faso
 041   Faroe Islands
 043   Andorra
                                                                                   240 Niger
                                                809   New Caledonia                244 Chad
 044   Gibraltar                                822   French Polynesia             247 Cape Verde
 045   Vatican City                                                                248 Senegal
 053   Estonia                                                                     252 Gambia
                                                                 Zone 07
 054   Latvia                                                                      257 Guinea-Bissau
 055   Lithuania                                                                   260 Guinea
                                                404   Canada
 060   Poland                                                                      264 Sierra Leone
                                                    \                              268 Liberia
 061   Czech Republic
                                                                 Zone 08           272 Côte d' Ivoire
 063   Slovakia
                                                    I                              276 Ghana
 064   Hungary
                                                046   Malta                        280 Togo
 066   Romania
                                                052   Turkey                       284 Benin
 068   Bulgaria                                 072   Ukraine                      288 Nigeria
 070   Albania                                  073   Belarus                      302 Cameroon
 091   Slovenia                                 074   Moldova                      306 Central African Republic
 092   Croatia                                  075   Russia                       310 Equatorial Guinea
 093   Bosnia-Herzegovina                       076   Georgia                      311 Sao Tome and Principe
 094   Serbia and Montenegro                    077   Armenia                      314 Gabon
 096   Former Yugoslav Republic          of     078   Azerbaijan                   318 Congo
       Macedonia                                079   Kazakhstan                   322 Democratic Republic of Congo
                                                080   Turkmenistan                 324 Rwanda
 109   The communes of Livigno and
       Campione d' Italia; the island of        081   Uzbekistan                   328 Burundi
       Helgoland                                082   Tajikistan                   329 St Helena and dependencies
 406   Greenland                                083   Kirghistan                   330 Angola
                                                204   Morocco                      334 Ethiopia
 600   Cyprus
 662   Pakistan
                                                208   Algeria                      336 Eritrea
                                                212   Tunisia                      338 Djibouti
 669   Sri Lanka
                                                216   Libya                        342 Somalia
 676   Myanmar (Burma)                          220   Egypt                        350 Uganda
 680   Thailand                                 604   Lebanon                      352 Tanzania
 690   Vietnam                                  608   Syria                        355 Seychelles and dependencies
 700   Indonesia                                612   Iraq                         357 British Indian Ocean Territory
 708   Philippines                              616   Iran                         366 Mozambique
 724   North Korea                              624   Israel                       373 Mauritius
 950   Stores and provisions                    625   Gaza and Jericho             375 Comoros
       (Destinations referred to in Article     628   Jordan                       377 Mayotte
       34    of  Commission     Regulation      632   Saudi Arabia                 378 Zambia
       (EEC) No 3665/87, as amended)            636   Kuwait                       386 Malawi
                                                640   Bahrain                      388 South Africa
                                                644   Qatar                        395 Lesotho
     l                                          647   United Arab Emirates
     I                                          649   Oman
                  Zone 04
                                                653   Yemen                                      Zone 10
                                                720   China
       Switzerland                              740   Hong Kong SAR                075 Russia
 039
NB: The countries are those defined by Commission Regulation (EC) No 895/97 (OJ L 128, 21 . 5. 1997, p. 1 ).