CELEX: 31995R1561
Language: en
Date: 1995-06-30 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1561/95 of 30 June 1995 fixing the export refunds on beef

1 . 7. 95           [ ENl                Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 150/ 11
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1561 /95
                                                        of 30 June 1995
                                              fixing the export refunds on beef
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        less than 300 kilograms, and, on the other on adult
                                                                   bovine animals of a live weight of at least 300 kilograms ;
                                                                   whereas experience gained in recent years has shown that
                                                                   live pure-bred breeding animals weighing at least 250
                                                                   kilograms in the case of females and 300 kilograms in
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              that of males should be treated in the same way as other
Community,                                                         bovine animals, subject to certain special administrative
                                                                   formalities :
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of
27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market
in beef and veal ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC)           Whereas export refunds should be granted for certain
                                                                   destinations on some fresh or chilled meat listed in the
No 424/95 (2), and in particular Article 13 thereof,
                                                                   Annex under CN code 0201 , on some frozen meat listed
                                                                   in the Annex under CN code 0202, on some meat or offal
                                                                   listed in the Annex under CN code 0206 and on some
                                                                   other prepared or preserved meat or offal listed in the
Whereas Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68                   Annex under CN code 1602 50 10 :
provides that the difference between prices on the world
market for the products listed in Article 1 of that Regula­
tion and prices for those products within the
Community may be covered by an export refund ;
                                                                   Whereas, in view of the wide differences in products
                                                                   covered by CN codes 0201 20 90 700 and 0202 20 90 100
                                                                   used for refund purposes, refunds should only be granted
                                                                   on cuts in which the weight of bone does not exceed one
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 32/82 (% as last amended               third ;
by Regulation (EEC) No 3169/87 (4), Regulation (EEC)
No 1964/82 Q, as amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 3169/87, and Regulation (EEC) No 2388/84 (6), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3661 /92 Q, lay down
the conditions for granting special export refunds on              Whereas, in the case of meat of bovine animals, boned or
certain cuts of beef and veal and certain preserved beef           boneless, salted and dried, there are traditional trade flows
and veal products ;                                                to Switzerland ; whereas, to allow this trade to continue,
                                                                   the refund should be set to cover the difference between
                                                                   prices on the Swiss market and export prices in the
                                                                   Member States ; whereas there are possibilities for export­
Whereas it follows from applying those rules and criteria          ing such meat and also salted, smoked and dried meat to
to the foreseeable situation on the market in beef and veal        certain African, Near and Middle Eastern countries ;
that the refund should be as set out below :                       whereas a refund should accordingly be set ;
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
granted, on the one hand, on bovine animals intended for           national trade may be maintained by granting a refund
slaughter of a live weight greater than 220 kilograms and          corresponding to that at present available ;
(■) OJ  No L  148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24.
(») OJ  No L 45, 1 . 3. 1995, p. 2.
 1  OJ  No L 4, 8. 1 . 1982, p. 11 .
(4) OJ  No L 301 , 24. 10. 1987, p. 21 .                           Whereas, in the case of other beef and veal products, a
O   OJ  No L 212, 21 . 7. 1982, p. 48.
(«) OJ  No L 221 , 18. 8. 1984, p. 28.                             refund need not be fixed since the Community's share of
F)  OJ  No L 370, 19. 12. 1992, p. 16.                             world trade is not significant ;
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Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 ('),               this prohibition does not apply in certain situations as
 as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 836/95 (2),                comprehensively listed in Articles 2, 4, 5 and 7 thereof ;
establishes the agricultural product nomenclature for the         whereas account should be taken of this fact when fixing
 purposes of export refunds ;                                     the refunds ;
Whereas, in order to simplify customs export formalities          Whereas, notwithstanding the subdivision of the
 for operators, the refunds on all frozen cuts should be          combined nomenclature for prepared and preserved meat,
brought in line with those on fresh or chilled cuts other         other than uncooked, falling within CN code 1 602 50,
than those from adult male bovine animals ;                       experience has shown that it is possible to delete from the
Whereas experience has shown that in certain cases it is          refund nomenclature several products falling within CN
often difficult to determine the relevant quantities of beef,     code 1602 50 31 and to amend the list of products falling
veal and other meat contained in prepared or preserved            within CN code 1602 50 80 ;
meat falling within CN code 1 602 50 ; whereas exclusi­
vely beef and veal products should accordingly be set             Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
apart and a new heading should be created for mixtures of         in accordance with the opinion of the Management
                                                                  Committee for Beef and Veal,
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
manufacture under the arrangements provided for in                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 565/80 of
4 March 1980 on the advance payment of export refunds
                                                                                          Article 1
in respect of agricultural products f), as amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 2026/83 (4) ;
                                                                  The list of products on which export refunds as referred
Whereas refunds on female animals should vary depend­             to in Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 are
ing on their age in order to prevent abuses in the export         granted and the amount thereof shall be as set out in the
of certain pure-bred breeding animals ;                           Annex.
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 990/93 (*), as
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1380/95 (*), prohibits                                      Article 2
trade between the European Community and the Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia und Montenegro) ; whereas          This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1995.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 30 June 1995.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                              Franz FISCHLER
                                                                       Member of the Commission
(') OJ No  L  366, 24. 12. 1987, p. 1 .
0   OJ No  L  88, 21 . 4. 1995, p. 1 .
(J) OJ No  L  62, 7. 3. 1980, p. 5.
(4) OJ No  L  199, 22. 7. 1983, p. 12.
Is) OJ No L 102, 28. 4. 1993, p. 14.
h) OJ No L 138, 21 . 6. 1995, p. 1 .
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                                                                ANNEX
                                                    (ECU/100 kg)                                             (ECU/100 kg
       Product code       Destination f)        Refund (') (l0)          Product code   Destination f)  Refund (8) (,0)
                                             — Live weight —                                           — Net weight —
0102 10 10 120                 01                  95,00
                                                                    0201 20 20 120           02           124,50
0102 10 10 130                 02                   69,50
                                                                                             03             86,50
                               03                  49,00
                                                                                             04             43,00
                               04                   24,50
0102 10 30 120                 01                   95,00           0201 20 30 110 (>)       02            123,00
0102 1030 130                  02                   69,50                                    03             84,00
                               03                   49,00                                    04             41,50
                               04                   24,50
                                                                    0201 20 30 120           02             90,50
0102 10 90 1 20                 01                  95,00                                    03             63,50
01029041 100                   02                   90,00                                     04            31,50
0102 90 51 000                  02                  66,00
                                                                    0201 20 50 110 (•)        02          214,50
                                03                  46,50
                                                                                              03           143,00
                                04                  23,50
                                                                                              04             71,00
0102 90 59 000                  02                  66,00
                                03                  46,50           0201 20 50 120            02           158,00
                                04                  23,50                                     03           109,50
0102 90 61 000                  02                  66,00                                     04             54,50
                                03                  46,50
                                                                     0201 20 50 130 (')       02           123,00
                                04                  23,50
                                                                                              03             84,00
0102 90 69 000                  02                  66,00
                                                                                              04             41,50
                                03                  46,50
                                04                  23,50            0201 20 50 140           02             90,50
0102 90 71 000                  02                  90,00                                     03             63,50
                                03                  60,00                                     04             31,50
                                04                  30,00
                                                                     0201 20 90 700           02             90,50
0102 90 79 000                  02                  90,00
                                                                                              03             63,50
                                03                  60,00
                                                                                              04             31,50
                                04                  30,00
                                                                     0201 30 00 050 (4)       05           110,00
                                              — Net weight —
                                                                     0201 30 00 100 (J)       02           306,50
                                                                                              03           204,50
 0201 10 00 110 (')             02                 123,00
                                                                                              04           102,50
                                03                  84,00
                                04                  41,50
                                                                                              06           262,00
 0201 10 00 120                 02                  90,50            0201 30 00 150 (*)       09           162,50
                                03                  63,50                                      10          137,00
                                04                  31,50                                     03           123,00
 0201 10 00 130 (')             02                 169,00                                     04             61,50
                                03         '       113,50                                     06           142,50
                                04                   57,00
                                                                                              07             88,00
 0201 10 00 140                 02                 124,50
                                 03                  86,50           0201 30 00 190 (6)       02            125,50
                                 04                 43,00                                     03             82,50
                                                                                              04             41,00
 0201 20 20 1 10 (')             02                169,00
                                 03                113,50                                     06            101,00
                                 04                  57,00                                    07             88,00
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                                                   (ECU/100 kg)                                           (ECU/100 ksl
      Product code    Destination f7)        Refund (8) (10)          Product code Destination f)   Refund (8) (,0)
                                          — Net weight —                                          — Net weight —
 0202 10 00 100            02                     90,50          1602 50 10 120          02            1 39,50 (9)
                           03                     63,50                                  03            11 1,50 f)
                           04                     31,50                                  04            111 ,50 (9)
 0202 10 00 900            02                   124,50           1602 50 10 140          02            1 23,00 (9)
                           03                     86,50                                 03               99,00 (9)
                           04                     43,00                                 04               99,00 (9)
 0202 20 10 000            02                   124,50           1602 50 10 160         02               99,00 (9)
                           03                     86,50                                 03               79,50 (9)
                           04                    43,00                                  04               79,50 (9)
 0202 20 30 000            02                    90,50           1602 50 10 170         02               66,00 (9)
                           03                    63,50                                  03               52,50 (9)
                           04                    31,50                                  04               52,50 (9)
 0202 20 50 100            02                   158,00           1602 50 10 190         02               66,00
                           03                   109,50                                  03               52,50
                           04                    54,50                                  04               52,50
0202 20 50 900             02                    90,50           1602 50 10 240         02               20,50
                           03                    63,50                                  03               20,50
                           04                    31,50
                                                                                        04               20,50
0202 20 90 100             02                    90,50
                                                                 1602 50 10 260         02               15,50
                           03                    63,50                                  03               15,50
                           04                    31,50
                                                                                        04               15,50
0202 30 90 100 (4)         05                  110,00           1602 50 10 280          02                8,50
0202 30 90 400 (6)         09                  1 62,50                                  03                8,50
                           10                  137,00                                   04                8,50
                           03                  123,00
                                                                1602 50 31 125          01            126,00 0
                           04                    61,50
                           06                  142,50
                                                                1 602 50 3 1 1 35       01              79,50 (9)
                           07                    88,00          1602 50 31 195          01              39,00
0202 30 90 500 (s)         02                  125,50           1602 50 31 325          01            11 2,50 0
                           03                    82,50          1602 50 31 335          01              71,00 (9)
                           04                    41,00
                                                                1602 50 31 395         01               39,00
                          06                   101,00
                          07                     88,00
                                                                1 602 50 39 1 25       01             1 26,00 0
0202 30 90 900            07                     88,00
                                                                1602 50 39 135         01               79,50 (9)
                                                                1602 50 39 195         01               39,00
0206 10 95 000            02                   125,50
                          03                     82,50          1 602 50 39 325        01            1 1 2,50 0
                          04                     41,00          1602 50 39 335         01               71,00 (9)
                          06                   101,00           1602 50 39 395         01               39,00
0206 29 91 000            02                   125,50
                                                                1602 50 39 425         01               84,00 0
                          03                     82,50
                                                                1602 50 39 435         01               52,50 (9)
                          04                    41,00
                          06                   101,00           1602 50 39 495         01               39,00
0210 20 90 100            08                   101,00           1602 50 39 505         01               39,00
                          04                    60,00           1602 50 39 525         01               84,00 0
0210 20 90 300            02                   125,50           1602 50 39 535         01               52,50 (9)
0210 20 90 500 (3)        02                   125,50           1602 50 39 595         01               39,00
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                                                               (ECU/100 kg)                                                                      fvrii/ wn ho
        Product code              Destination (7)          Refund (*) (10)                  Product code           Destination (7)          Refund f) (,0)
                                                       — Net weight —                                                                    — Net weight —
1602 50 39 615                         01                     39,00                   1602 50 80 495                     01                    39,00
1602 50 39 625                         01                      17,50                  1602 50 80 505                     01                    39,00
1602 50 39 705                         01                     20,50                   1602 50 80 515                     01                     17,50
1602 50 39 805                         01                      15,50                  1602 50 80 535                     01                    52,50 (9)
1602 50 39 905                         01                       8,50                  1602 50 80 595                     01                    39,00
1602 50 80 135                         01                     79,50 {»)               1602 50 80 615                     01                    39,00
1602 50 80 195                         01                     39,00                   1602 50 80 625                     01                     17,50
1602 50 80 335                         01                     71,00 (9)               1602 50 80 705                     01                    20,50
1602 50 80 395                         01                     39,00                   1602 50 80 805                     01                     15,50
1602 50 80 435                         01                     52,50 (9)               1602 50 80 905                     01                      8,50
 (') 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.
 (*) OJ No L 336, 29 . 12. 1979, p. 44.
 (5) OJ No 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 No L 210 of 1 . 8 . 1986, p. 39).
 0 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, Gaza and Jericho, Malta, Turkey,
          Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Russia, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kirghistan, except Cyprus,
          Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia.
     03 Iceland, Norway, the island of Heligoland, Faeroe Islands, Andorra, Gibraltar, Vatican City, Estonia, Latvia, 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, TTiailand, 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 Switzerland .
     05 The United States of America, carried out in accordance with amended 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 North African third countries, Near and Middle East, central, eastern and southern African third countries, Gaza and Jericho, Malta, Turkey, Ukraine,
          Belarus, Moldova, Russia, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kirghistan, except Cyprus, Botswana,
          Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia.
     10 West African third countries .
 (8) Article 7 of amended 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 amended Commission 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 amended
     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 .