CELEX: 31980R0889
Language: en
Date: 1980-04-12
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 889/80 of 11 April 1980 fixing the export refunds on poultrymeat

12. 4. 80                            Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 96/25
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 889/80
                                                     of 11 April 1980
                                        fixing the export refunds on poultrymeat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 264/79 (5), intro­
COMMUNITIES,                                                    duced the ECU into the common agricultural policy ;
                                                                whereas, since that time, pursuant to existing provi­
                                                                sions, the ECU has been taken into account in the
                                                                fixing of amounts relating to :
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                             — the application of the common agricultural policy,
                                                                — the special trade arrangements for goods resulting
                                                                    from the processing of agricultural products ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                    Whereas the period of validity of the aforesaid Regula­
2777/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organ­                 tion was limited to 31 March 1980 ; whereas it has not
ization of the market in poultrymeat ('), as amended            been possible for a prolongation of those arrange­
by Regulation (EEC) No 369/76 (2), and in particular            ments, proposed by the Commission, to be adopted in
the first sentence of the fifth subparagraph of Article         time by the Council ; whereeas, in order to avoid a
9 (2) thereof,                                                  break in the arrangements resulting, in particular, in
                                                                alterations in the level of prices and of other amounts
                                                                in nationl currency, it appears necessary, in the
                                                                manifest public interest, as a precautionary measure
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                    and pending a final decision on the matter by the
Committee,                                                      Council, to continue the application of the arrange­
                                                                ments in their present form ;
                                                                Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
Whereas Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75                refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
provides that the difference between prices on the              — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
world market for the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) of          relation to each other at any given moment within
that Regulation and prices for those products within                a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on
the Community may be covered by an export refund ;                  their effective parity ;
                                                                — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
                                                                    arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2779/75 of 29                   of these currencies recorded for a given period in
October 1975 (3), lays down general rules for granting              relation to the Community currencies referred to
export refunds and criteria for fixing the amount of                in the previous indent ;
such refunds :
                                                                Whereas the Management Committee for Poultrymeat
                                                                and Eggs has not delivered an opinion within the
                                                                time limit set by its chairman,
Whereas it follows from applying these rules and
criteria to the present situation on the market in poul­
                                                                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
trymeat that the refund should be fixed at an amount
which Would permit Community participation in
world trade and would also take account of the nature                                    Article 1
of these exports and their importance at the present
time :                                                          The list of products on which the export refund
                                                                referred to in Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                2777/75 is granted, and the amount of that refund,
                                                                shall be as set out in the Annex hereto .
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 652/79 of 29
March 1979 on the impact of the European monetary                                        Article 2
system on the common agricultural policy (4), as
                                                                This Regulation shall enter into force on 14 April
(') OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 77.                          1980 .
(2) OJ No L 45, 21 . 2. 1976, p. 3 .
(J) OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 90 .
h) OJ No L 84, 4. 4. 1979, p. 1 .                               p) OJ No L 161 , 29. 6. 1979, p. 1 .
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States.
           Done at Brussels, 11 April 1980 .
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                   Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                      Vice-President
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                                                          ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 11 April 1980 fixing the export refunds on poultrymeat
                  CCT
              heading No                                  Description                        Refund
                         \                                                                ECU/100 units
            01.05           Live poultry, that is to say, fowls, ducks, geese, turkeys
                            and guinea fowls :
                            For all exports except to the United States of America :
                            A. Of a weight not exceeding 185 g, known as 'chicks' :
                                 I. Turkeys and geese                                          3-50
                                II. Other                                                      1-70
                                                                                           ECU/100 kg
            02.02'          Dead poultry (that is to say fowls, ducks, geese, turkeys
                            and guinea fowls) and edible offals thereof (except
                            liver), fresh, chilled or frozen :
                            For all exports except to the United States of America :
                            A. Whole poultry :
                                I. Fowls :
            I                        a) Plucked and gutted, with heads and feet, known
                                         as '83 % chickens'                                  19-00
            I                        b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet but
                                         with hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '70 %
                                         chickens'                                           19-00
                                     c) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet and
                                         without hearts, livers and gizzards, known as
                                         '65 % chickens'                                     19-00
                                II . Ducks :                                              l
                                     a) Plucked, bled, not drawn or gutted with heads
                                          and feet, known as 85 % ducks                      22-00
                                      b) Plucked and drawn without heads and feet,
                                          with hearts, livers and gizzards known as 70 %
                                          ducks                                              22-00
                                      c) Plucked and drawn without heads and feet,
                                          without hearts, livers and gizzards, known as
                                          63 %y ducks                                        22-00
                                IV. Turkeys                                                  15-00
                            B. Poultry cuts (excluding offals)
                                                             -.                           ll
                                II. Unboned (bone-in) :                                   ll
                                      a ) Halves or quarters :                            ll
                                           1 . Of fowls                                      20 00      .
                                          2 . Of ducks                                       26-00
                                          4. Of turkeys                                      16-00
                                      b) Whole wings, with or without tips                    15-00
                                      d ) Breasts and cuts of breasts :                   \\
                                          2. Of turkeys                                      24-00
                                          3 . Of other poultry                               28-00
                                      e) Legs and cuts of legs :                          ll
                                          2. Of turkeys                                   \
                                               aa) Drumsticks and cuts of drumsticks         13-00
                                               bb) Other                                     23-00
            \                             3 . Of other poultry                               26-00