CELEX: 31996R0781
Language: en
Date: 1996-04-29 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 781/96 of 29 April 1996 fixing the export refunds on beef

No L 106/22             EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                                   30 . 4. 96
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 781 /96
                                                         of 29 April 1996
                                               fixing the export refunds on beef
 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
 No 2417/95 (2), and in particular Article 13 thereof,               one-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 Commission Regulation (EEC) No 32/82 (3), as
 last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 31 69/87 (4), (EEC)            whereas a refund should accordingly be set;
 No 1964/82 (^ as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
 3169/87, and (EEC) No 2388/84 (6), as last amended by
 Regulation (EEC) No 3169/87 Q, 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 critena
 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
slaughter of a live weight greater than 220 kilograms and           Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (8),
less than 300 kilograms, and, on the other, on adult                as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 310/96 (9), esta­
bovine animals of a live weight of at least 300 kilograms;          blishes the agricultural product nomenclature for the
                                                                    purposes of export refunds; whereas, with a view to clarifi­
                                                                    cation, the destinations must be identified in a seperate
                                                                    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
(1) OJ  No  L 148,  28. 6. 1968, p. 24.                             for operators, the refunds on all frozen cuts should be
(2) OJ  No  L 248,  14. 10. 1995, p. 39.                            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 .
(4 OJ No L 212, 21 . 7. 1982, p. 48.
(«) OJ No L 221 , 18. 8. 1984, p. 28 .                              (8) OJ No L 366, 24. 12. 1987, p. 1 .
n OI No L 370, 19. 12. 1992, p. 16.                                 O OJ No L 46, 23 . 2. 1996, p. 1 .
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Whereas experience has shown that in certain cases it is          other than uncooked, falling within CN code 1 602 50,
often difficult to determine the relevant quantities of beef,     experience has shown that it is possible to delete from the
veal and other meat contained in prepared or preserved            refund nomenclature several products falling within CN
meat falling within CN code 1 602 50; whereas exclusively         code 1602 50 31 and to amend the list of products falling
beef and veal products should accordingly be set apart            within CN code 1 602 50 80;
and a new heading should be created for mixtures of
meats or offals; whereas checks on products other than            Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
mixtures of meat or offal should be stepped up by making          in accordance with the opinion of the Management
the granting of refunds on these products conditional on          Committee for Beef and Veal,
manufacture under the arrangements provided for in
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 Regula­        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION­
tion (EEC) No 2026/83 (2);
Whereas refunds on female animals should vary depen­
ding 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 (*); whereas
account should be taken of this fact when fixing the
refunds;
                                                                                            Article 2
Whereas, notwithstanding the subdivision of the
combined nomenclature for prepared and preserved meat,             This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 1996.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 29 April 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 .
Is) OJ  No  L 65, 15. 3. 1996, p. 1 .
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                                                         ANNEX I
                      to the Council Regulation of 29 April 1996 fixing export refunds on beef
                                               (ECU/100 kg) \                                            (ECU/100 kg)
     Product code       Destination        Refund f) (')           Product code      Destination     Refund Ç) (*)
                                        — Live weight —                                            — Net weight —
010210 10 120               01                82,00         l 0201 20 20 120             02
                                                                                                 l     114,00
010210 10 130               02                54,50
                                                                                         03             79,50
                            03                37,50
                                                                                         04             39,50
                            04                19,00
010210 30 120               01                82,00           0201 20 30 1 10 (')        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                                      04             29,00
0102 90 51 000              02                54,50         I                                    II
                            03                37,50           0201 20 50 1 10 (')        02            196,50
                                                                                         03            131,00
                            04                19,00
                                                                                         04             65,00
0102 90 59 000              02                54,50
                            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 (')        02             112,50
                                                                                         03             77,00
0102 90 69 000             02                 54,50
                                                                                         04             38,00
                            03                37,50
                           04                 19,00           0201 20 50 140            02              83,00
0102 90 71 000             02                 73,00                                     03              58,50
                           03                 48,00                                     04              29,00
                           04                 24,00                                              II
                                                              0201 20 90 700            02              83,00
0102 90 79 000             02                 73,00
                                                                                        03              58,50
                           03                 48,00
                           04                                                           04              29,00
                                              24,00
                                                              0201 30 00 050 (4)        05             100,50
                                        — Net weight —
                                                              0201 30 00 100 (2)        02            274,00
                                                                                        03             187,50
0201 10 00 1 10 (')        02                112,50
                                                                                        04              94,00
                           03                 77,00
                           04                 38,00                                     06            240,50
0201 10 00 120             02                 83,00           0201 30 00 150 (6)        08             145,50
                           03                 58,50                                     09             133,50
                           04                 29,00                                     03             112,50
0201 10 00 130 (')         02                155,00                                     04              56,50
                           03                104,00
                                                            I                           06            130,50
                           04                 52,50
                                                                                        07              81,00
0201 10 00 140             02                114,00         I
                           03                 79,50           0201 30 00 190 (6)        02             115,00
                           04                 39,50                                     03              75,50
                                                                                        04              37,50
0201 20 20 1 10 (')        02                155,00
                           03                104,00                                     06              92,50
                           04                 52,50                                     07              81,00
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                                              (ECU/100 kg)                                        (ECU/100 kg)
     Product code     Destination         Refund 0 C)            Product code  Destination   Refund Ç) (*)
l                                     — Net weight —                                       — Net weight —
0202 10 00 100            02                 83,00          1602 50 10 120         02          132,50
                          03                 58,50                                 03          106,00 (8)
                          04                 29,00                                 04          1 06,00 (8)
0202 10 00 900            02                114,00          1602 50 10 140         02          1 1 7,00 (8)
                          03                 79,50                                 03            94,00 (8)
                          04                 39,50                                 04            94,00 (8)
0202 20 10 000            02                114,00          1602 50 10 160         02            94,00 (8)
                          03                 79,50                                 03            75,50 (8)
                          04                 39,50                                 04            75,50 (8)
0202 20 30 000            02                 83,00          1602 50 10 170         02            62,50 (8)
                          03                 58,50                                 03            50,00 (8)
                          04                 29,00                                 04            50,00 (8)
0202 20 50 100            02                145,00          1602 50 10 190         02            62,50
                          03                100,00                                 03            50,00
                          04                 50,00                                 04            50,00
0202 20 50 900            02                 83,00          1602 50 10 240         02
                          03                 58,50                                 03
                          04                 29,00                                 04             —
0202 20 90 100            02                 83,00          1602 50 10 260         02
                          03                 58,50                                 03             —
                          04                 29,00                                 04             —
0202 30 90 100 (<)        05                100,50          1602 50 10 280         02             —
0202 30 90 400 (6)        08                145,50                                 03             —
                          09                133,50                                 04             —
                          03                112,50          1602 50 31 125         01          129,50 (*)
                          04                 56,50
                                                            1602 50 31 135         01            75,50 (8)
                          06                130,50
                          07                 81,00          1602 50 31 195         01            37,00
                          02                115,00          1602 50 31 325         01          116,00 (*)
0202 30 90 500 (6)
                          03                 75,50          1602 50 31 335         01            67,50 (8)
                          04                 37,50          1602 50 31 395         01            37,00
                          06                 92,50
                                                            1602 50 39 125         01          129,50 (*)
                          07                 81,00
                                                            1602 50 39 135         01            75,50 (8)
0202 30 90 900            07                 81,00
                                                            1602 50 39 195         01            37,00
0206 10 95 000            02                115,00
                          03                 75,50          1602 50 39 325         01          1 1 6,00 0
                          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          1602 50 39 425        01             85,50 (*)
                          03                 75,50
                                                            1602 50 39 435        01             50,00 (8)
                          04                 37,50
                          06                                1602 50 39 495        01             37,00
                                             92,50
                                                            1602 50 39 505        01             37,00
0210 20 90 100            02                 96,00
                          04                 57,00          1602 50 39 525        01             85,50 0
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 f7) O                      Product code           Destination           Refund f) f)
                                                       — Net weight —                                                                — Net weight —
                                      01
                                                                                      1602 50 80 495                   01                   37,00
 1602 50 39 615                                               37,00
                                                                                      1602 50 80 505                   01                   37,00
 1602 50 39 625                       01                      16,50
                                                                                      1602 50 80 515                   01                   16,50
 1602 50 39 705                       01                      19,00
 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                    19,00
 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                     —
(')  Entry under this subheading is subject to the submission of the certificate appeanng 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.
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 (OJ No L 210 of 1 . 8. 1986, p. 39).
f) 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.
(') 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 Mehlla                        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
 062   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
 092   Croatia                                  073  Belarus                       720 China
                                                074  Moldova
 093 Bosnia-Herzegovina
                                                075  Russia
 094 Serbia and Montenegro
                                                076 Georgia
 096 Former Yugoslav Republic            of     077  Armenia
                                                                                                 Zone 09
       Macedonia
 109 The communes of Livigno and                078 Azerbaijan
                                                                                   228 Mauritania
                                                079  Kazakhstan
       Campione d'ltalia; the island of                                            232 Mali
       Helgoland                                080  Turkmenistan
                                                081  Uzbekistan
                                                                                   236 Burkina Faso
 406   Greenland
                                                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)                                                               252 Gambia
                                                212  Tunisia
 680   Thailand                                                                    257 Guinea-Bissau
                                                216  Libya
 690   Vietnam                                                                     260 Guinea
                                                220  Egypt
 700   Indonesia                                                                   264 Sierra Leone
                                                224  Sudan
 708   Philippines                              324  Rwanda                        268 Liberia
 724   North Korea                              328  Burundi                       272 Côte d'Ivoire
 740 HongKong                                   329 St Helena and dependencies     276 Ghana
 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)                                               302 Cameroon
                                                338  Djibouti
                                                342  Somalia                       306 Central African Republic
                                                350  Uganda                        310 Equatorial Guinea
                  Zone 04
                                                352  Tanzania                      311 Sao Tome and Principe
                                                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).