CELEX: 31994R2637
Language: en
Date: 1994-10-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2637/94 of 28 October 1994 fixing the export refunds on beef

No L 280/ 54                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                29 . 10 . 94
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2637/94
                                                       of 28 October 1994
                                               fixing the export refunds on beef
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         granted, on the one hand, on bovine animals intended for
                                                                    slaughter of a live weight greater than 220 kilograms and
                                                                    less than 300 kilograms, and, on the other on adult
                                                                    bovine animals of a live weight of at least 300 kilograms ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               whereas experience gained in recent years has shown that
Community,                                                          live pure-bred breeding animals weighing at least 250
                                                                    kilograms in the case of females and 300 kilograms in
                                                                    that of males should be treated in the same way as other
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of              bovine animals, subject to certain special administrative
                                                                    formalities ;
27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market
in beef and veal ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 1884/94 (2), and in particular Article 18 thereof,
                                                                    Whereas export refunds should be granted for certain
                                                                    destinations on some fresh or chilled meat listed in the
Whereas Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68
provides that the difference between prices on the world            Annex under CN code 0201 , on some frozen meat listed
market for the products listed in Article 1 of that Regula­         in the Annex under CN code 0202, on some meat or offal
                                                                    listed in the Annex under CN code 0206 and on some
tion and prices for those products within the
Community may be covered by an export refund ;                      other prepared or preserved meait or offal listed in the
                                                                    Annex under CN code 1602 50 10 ;
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 885/68 (3), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 427/77 (4), lays down
general rules for granting export refunds and criteria for          Whereas, in view of the wide differences in products
fixing the amount of such refunds ;                                 covered by CN codes 0201 20 90 700 and 0202 20 90 100
                                                                    used for refund purposes, refunds should only be granted
                                                                    on cuts in which the weight of bone does not exceed one
                                                                    third :
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 32/82 (*), as last amended
by Regulation (EEC) No 3169/87 (6), Regulation (EEC)
No 1964/82 Q, as amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 3169/87, and Regulation (EEC) No 2388/84 (8), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3661 /92 (9), lay down               Whereas, in the case of meat of bovine animals, boned or
the conditions for granting special export refunds on               boneless, salted and dried, there are traditional trade flows
certain cuts of beef and veal and certain preserved beef            to Switzerland ; whereas, to allow this trade to continue,
                                                                    the refund should be set to cover the difference between
and veal products ;
                                                                    prices on the Swiss market and export prices in the
                                                                    Member States ; whereas there are possibilities for export­
                                                                    ing such meat and also salted, smoked and dried meat to
Whereas it follows from applying those rules and criteria           certain African, Near and Middle Eastern countries ;
to the foreseeable situation on the market in beef and veal         whereas a refund should accordingly be set ;
that the refund should be as set out below :
Whereas, given the current market situation in the                  Whereas, in the case of certain other cuts and preserves of
Community and the possibilities of disposal in certain              meat or offal shown in the Annex under CN codes
third countries in particular, export refunds should be              1602 50 31 to 1602 50 80, the Community share of inter­
                                                                    national trade may be maintained by granting a refund
(') OJ No  L  148, 28 . 6. 1968, p. 24.                             corresponding to that at present available ;
(2) OJ No  L  197, 30. 7. 1994, p. 27.
(3) OJ No  L  156, 4. 7. 1968, p. 2.
(4) OJ No  L 61 , 5. 3. 1977, p. 16.
0   OJ No  L 4, 8. 1 . 1982, p. 11 .
(6) OJ No  L 301 , 24. 10. 1987, p. 21 .
0   OJ No  L 212, 21 . 7. 1982, p. 48 .                             Whereas, in the case of other beef and veal products, a
(8) OJ No  L 221 , 18 . 8 . 1984, p. 28 .                           refund need not be fixed since the Community's share of
O   OJ No  L 370, 19. 12. 1992, p. 16.                              world trade is not significant ;
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Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article          Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 990/93 (9) prohi­
 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 0, as                     bits trade between the European Community and the
amended by Regulation (EC) No 3528/93 (2), are used to              Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia und Montenegro) ;
convert amounts expressed in third country currencies               whereas this prohibition does not apply in certain situa­
 and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural         tions as comprehensively listed in Articles 2, 4, 5 and 7
conversion rates of the Member States' currencies ;                 thereof ; whereas account should be taken of this fact
whereas detailed rules on the application and determina­            when fixing the refunds ;
tion of these conversions were set by Commission Regu­
lation (EEC) No 1068/93 (3), as amended by Regulation               Whereas, notwithstanding the subdivision of the
(EC) No 547/94 (4) ;                                                combined nomenclature for prepared and preserved meat,
                                                                    other than uncooked, falling within CN code 1 602 50,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (*),                 experience has shown that it is possible to delete from the
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2079/94 (*),                  refund nomenclature several products falling within CN
establishes the agricultural product nomenclature for the
                                                                    code 1602 50 31 and to amend the list of products falling
purposes of export refunds ;                                        within CN code 1602 50 80 ;
Whereas, in order to simplify customs export formalities
for operators, the refunds on all frozen cuts should be             Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
brought in line with those on fresh or chilled cuts other           in accordance with the opinion of the Management
than those from adult male bovine animals ;                         Committee for Beef and Veal,
Whereas experience has shown that in certain cases it is
often difficult to determine the relevant quantities of beef,
veal and other meat contained in prepared or preserved              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
meat falling within CN code 1 602 50 ; whereas exclusi­
vely beef and veal products should accordingly be set
apart and a new heading should be created for mixtures of                                    Article 1
meats or offals ; whereas checks on products other than
mixtures of meat or offal should be stepped up by making
the granting of refunds on these products conditional on            The list of products on which export refunds as referred
manufacture under the arrangements provided for in                  to in Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 are
Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 565/80 of                  granted and the amount thereof shall be as set out in the
                                                                    Annex.
4 March 1980 on the advance payment of export refunds
in respect of agricultural products (J), as amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 2026/83 (8) ;
                                                                                             Article 2
Whereas refunds on female animals should vary depend­
ing on their age in order to prevent abuses in the export           This Regulation shall enter into force on 29 October
of certain pure-bred breeding animals ;                              1994.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States .
                   Done at Brussels, 28 October 1994.
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                Rene STEICHEN
                                                                          Member of the Commission
(') OJ  No   L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .
(2) OJ  No   L 320, 22. 12. 1993, p. 32.
(3) OJ  No   L 108, 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106.
(4) OJ  No   L 69, 12. 3. 1994, p. 1 .
0   OJ  No   L 366, 24. 12. 1987, p. 1 .
(*) OJ  No   L 215, 20. 8. 1994, p. 2.
o   OJ  No   L 62, 7. 3. 1980, p. 5.
(8) OJ  No   L 199, 22. 7. 1983, p. 12.                             (9) OJ No L 102, 28. 4. 1993, p. 14.
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                                                          ANNEX
                                               (ECU/100 kg)                                          (ECU/100 kg)
     Product code   Destination f)        Refund (8) (10)          Product code  Destination Q  Refund (8) (,0)
                                       — Live weight —                                         — Net weight —
0102 10 10 120           01                  82,50
                                                              0201 20 20 120          02          108,50
0102 10 10 130           02                   60,50
                                                                                      03            75,00
                         03                  42,50
                                                                                      04            37,50
                         04                  21,50
0102 10 30 120           01                   82,50           0201 20 30 110 (!)      02          107,50
0102 10 30 130           02                   60,50                                   03            73,00
                         03                  42,50                                    04            36,50
                         04                  21,50
                                                              0201 20 30 120          02            79,00
0102 10 90 120           01                   82,50                                   03            55,00
0102 90 41 100           02                  82,50                                    04            27,50
0102 90 51 000           02                  60,50
                                                              0201 20 50 110 (')      02          187,00
                         03                  42,50
                                                                                      03          124,50
                         04                  21,50
                                                                                      04            62,00
0102 90 59 000           02                   60,50
                         03                  42,50            0201 20 50 120          02          138,00
                         04                  21,50                                    03            95,00
01029061 000             02                   60,50                                   04            47,50
                         03                  42,50
                                                              0201 20 50 130 (■)      02          107,50
                         04                  21,50
                                                                                      03            73,00
0102 90 69 000           02                  60,50
                                                                                      04            36,50
                         03                  42,50
                         04                  21,50            0201 20 50 140          02            79,00
0102 90 71 000           02                  82,50                                    03            55,00
                         03                   55,50                                   04            27,50
                         04                  27,50
                                                              0201 20 90 700          02            79,00
0102 90 79 000           02                  82,50
                                                                                      03            55,00
                         03                  55,50
                                                                                      04            27,50
                         04                  27,50
                                                              0201 30 00 050 (4)      05            96,00
                                       — Net weight —
                                                              0201 30 00 100 (2)      02          267,50
                                                                                      03          178,50
0201 10 00 1 10 (')      02                 107,50
                                                                                      04            89,50
                         03                  73,00
                         04                  36,50                                    06          228,50
0201 10 00 120           02                  79,00            0201 30 00 150 (6)       10         141,50
                         03                  55,00                                     11         119,50
                         04                  27,50                                    03          107,50
0201 10 00 130 (')       02                 147,50                                    04            53,50
                         03                  99,00                                    06          124,00
                         04                  49,50
                                                                                      07            77,00
0201 10 00 140           02                 108,50
                         03                  75,00            0201 30 00 190 (6)      02          109,50
                         04                  37,50                                    03            72,00
0201 20 20 110 (')       02                 147,50                                    04            36,00
                         03                  99,00                                    06            88,00
                         04                  49,50                                    07            77,00
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                                              (ECU/100 kg)                                        (ECU/100 kg)
     Product code  Destination f)        Refund (8) (10)        Product code   Destination Q Refund (8) (I0)
                                      — Net weight —                                         Net weight —
0202 10 00 100          02                  79,00           1602 50 10 120          02         121,50 (9)
                        03                   55,00                                  03           97,50 0
                        04                  27,50                                   04           97,50 (9)
0202 10 00 900          02                 108,50           1602 50 10 140          02         107,50 f)
                        03                  75,00                                   03           86,50 0
                        04                  37,50                                   04           86,50 0
0202 2010 000           02                 108,50           1602 50 10 160          02           86,50 (9)
                        03                  75,00                                   03           69,50 0
                        04                  37,50                                   04           69,50 0
0202 20 30 000          02                  79,00           1602 50 10 170          02           57,50 0
                        03                  55,00                                   03           46,00 0
                        04                  27,50                                   04           46,00 0
0202 20 50 100          02                 138,00           1602 50 10 190          02           57,50
                        03                  95,00                                   03           46,00
                        04                  47,50                                   04           46,00
0202 20 50 900          02                  79,00           1602 50 10 240          02           20,00
                        03                  55,00                                   03           20,00
                        04                  27,50                                   04           20,00
0202 20 90 100          02                  79,00           1602 50 10 260          02           1.6,00
                        03                  55,00                                   03           16,00
                        04                  27,50                                   04           16,00
0202 30 90 100 (4)      05                  96,50           1602 50 10 280          02           10,00
0202 30 90 400 (*)      10                 141,50                                   03           10,00
                        11                 119,50                                   04           10,00
                        03                 107,50
                                                            1602 50 31 125          01         1 1 0,00 0
                        04                  53,50
                        06                 124,00
                                                            160250 31 135           01           69,50 0
                        07                  77,00           1602 50 31 195          01           34,00
0202 30 90 500 0        02                 109,50           1602 50 31 325          01           98,00 0
                        03                  72,00           1602 50 31 335          01           62,00 0
                        04                  36,00
                                                            1602 50 31 395          01           34,00
                        06                  88,00
                        07                  77,00
                                                            1602 50 39 125          01         110,00 0
0202 30 90 900          07                  77,00
                                                            1602 50 39 135          01           69,50 0
                                                            1602 50 39 195          01           34,00
0206 10 95 000          02                 109,50
                        03                  72,00           1602 50 39 325          01           98,00 0
                        04                  36,00           1602 50 39 335          01           62,00 0
                        06                  88,00           1602 50 39 395          01           34,00
0206 29 91 000          02                 109,50
                                                            1602 50 39 425          01           73,00 0
                        03                  72,00
                                                            1602 50 39 435          01          46,00 0
                        04                  36,00
                        06                  88,00           1602 50 39 495          01           34,00
0210 20 90 100          08                  88,00           16025039 505            01           34,00
                        09                  52,00           1602 50 39 525          01           73,00 0
0210 20 90 300          02                 109,50           1602 50 39 535          01          46,00 0
0210 20 90 500 0        02                 109,50           160250 39 595           01          34,00
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                                                              (ECU/100 kg)                                                                     (ECU/100 kg)
       Product code              Destination Q            Refund (8) (10)                Product code             Destination Q            Refund (s) (l0)
                                                      — Net weight —                                                                    — Net weight —
1602 50 39 615                        01                     34,00                  1602 50 80 495                      01                     34,00
1602 50 39 625                        01                      15,00                 1602 50 80 505                      01                     34,00
1602 50 39 705                        01                     20,00                  1602 50 80 515                      01                     15,00
1602 50 39 805                        01                      16,00                 1602 50 80 535                      01                    46,00 (9)
1602 50 39 905                        01                      10,00                 1602 50 80 595                      01                     34,00
1602 50 80 135                        01                     69,50 (9)              1602 50 80 615                      01                     34,00
1602 50 80 195                        01                     34,00                  1602 50 80 625                      01                     15,00
1602 50 80 335                        01                     62,00 (9)              1602 50 80 705                      01                     20,00
1602 50 80 395                        01                     34,00                  1602 50 80 805                      01                     16,00
1602 50 80 435                        01                     46,00 (9)              1602 50 80 905                      01                     10,00
 (') Entry under this subheading is subject to the submission of the certificate appearing in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 32/82.
 (2) Entry under this subheading is subject to compliance with the condition laid down in 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) OJ No L 336, 29 . 12. 1979, p. 44.
 o   OJ No L 221 , 19 . 8 . 1984, p. 28 .
 (6) The lean bovine meat content excluding fat is determined in accordance with the procedure described in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EEC)
     No 2429/ 86.
 f7) The destinations are as follows :
     01 Third countries.
     02 North African, Near and Middle East third countries, west, Central, Eastern and Southern African third countries, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Russia,
         Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kirghistan, except Cyprus, Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland,
         Zimbabwe and Namibia.
     03 Iceland, Norway, Finland, Faeroe Islands, Andorra, Gibraltar, Vatican City, Malta, Turkey, Estonia, lesotho, Lithuania, Poland Czech Republic, Slovak
         Republic, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro, Territory of the Former of Macedonia,
         Ceuta, Melilla, Cyprus, Greenland, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Burma, Thailand, Viet Nam, Indonesia, the Philippines, China, North Korea and Hong kong
         and the destinations referred to in Article 34 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87.
     04 Austria, Sweden and Switzerland.
     05 The United States of America, carried out in accordance with Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2973/79.
     06 French Polynesia and New Caledonia.
     07 Canada.
     08 North, West, Central, East and Southern African third countries, except Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia.
     09 Switzerland,
     10 North African third countries, Near and Middle East, Central, Eastern and Southern African third countries, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Russia,
         Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kirghistan, except Cyprus, Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland,
         Zimbabwe and Namibia.
     11 West African third countries.
 (8) 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.
 (') The refund is granted only on products manufactured under the arrangement provided for in Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 565/80.
(10) Refunds on exports to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) may be granted only where the conditions laid down in Regulation
     (EEC) No 990/93 are observed.
NB : The countries are as defined in Commission Regulation (EC) No 3478/93 (OJ No L 317 of 18. 12. 1993, p. 32).
        The descriptions corresponding to the product codes and the footnotes are set out in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 as
        amended .