CELEX: 31995R1155
Language: en
Date: 1995-05-22
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1155/95 of 22 May 1995 fixing the export refunds on beef

No L 116/26        I EN I                Official Journal of the European Communities                                  23 . 5. 95
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1155/95
                                                          of 22 May 1995
                                               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
27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market               formalities ;
in beef and veal ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
 No 424/95 (2), and in particular Article 1 8 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 meat 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 f5), 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 ;
0   OJ No  L 45, 1 . 3. 1995, p. 2.
0   OJ No  L  156, 4. 7. 1968, p. 2.
(4) OJ No  L 61 , 5. 3. 1977, p. 16.
Is) OJ No L 4, 8. 1 . 1982, p. 11 .
f)  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
f)  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 refunds on female animals should vary depend­
1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 ('), as last              ing on their age in order to prevent abuses in the export
amended by Regulation (EC) No 150/95 (2), are used to              of certain pure-bred breeding animals ;
convert amounts expressed in third country currencies
and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural         Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 990/93 f) prohi­
conversion rates of the Member States' currencies ;                bits trade between the European Community and the
whereas detailed rules on the application and determina­           Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia und Montenegro) ;
tion of these conversions were set by Commission Regu­             whereas this prohibition does not apply in certain situa­
lation (EEC) No 1068/93 (% as last amended by Regula­              tions as comprehensively listed in Articles 2, 4, 5 and 7
                                                                   thereof ; whereas account should be taken of this fact
tion (EC) No 1053/95 (4);
                                                                   when fixing the refunds ;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (*),                Whereas, notwithstanding the subdivision of the
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 836/95 (6),                  combined nomenclature for prepared and preserved meat,
establishes the agricultural product nomenclature for the          other than uncooked, falling within CN code 1 602 50,
purposes of export refunds ;                                       experience has shown that it is possible to delete from the
                                                                   refund nomenclature several products falling within CN
Whereas, in order to simplify customs export formalities           code 1602 50 31 and to amend the list of products falling
for operators, the refunds on all frozen cuts should be            within CN code 1 602 50 80 ;
brought in line with those on fresh or chilled cuts other
than those from adult male bovine animals ;                        Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
                                                                   in accordance with the opinion of the Management
Whereas experience has shown that in certain cases it is           Committee for Beef and Veal,
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                                      Article 1
apart and a new heading should be created for mixtures of
meats or offals ; whereas checks on products other than            The list of products on which export refunds as referred
mixtures of meat or offal should be stepped up by making           to in Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 are
the granting of refunds on these products conditional on           granted and the amount thereof shall be as set out in the
manufacture under the arrangements provided for in                 Annex.
Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 565/80 of
4 March 1980 on the advance payment of export refunds                                      Article 2
in respect of agricultural products f), as amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 2026/83 (8) ;                                  This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 May 1995.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 22 May 1995.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                               Franz FISCHLER
                                                                        Member of the Commission
(') OJ No   L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No   L 22, 31 . 1 . 1995, p. 1 .
0   OJ No   L 108, 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106.
(<) OJ No   L 107, 12. 5. 1995, p. 4.
0   OJ No   L 366, 24. 12. 1987, p. 1 .
if) OJ No L 88, 21 . 4. 1995, p. 1 .
0 OJ No L 62, 7. 3. 1980, p. 5.
ft OT No L 199, 22. 7. 1983, p. 12.                                0 OJ No L 102, 28. 4. 1993, p. 14.
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                                                             ANNEX
                                                 (ECU/100 kg)                                           (ECU/100 kg)
     Product code     Destination (7)        Refund (8) (l0)          Product code  Destination Q  Refund (*) (,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 90 120             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 (2)      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 0        02          125,50
                           04                   43,00                                    03           82,50
»201 20 20 110             02                  169,00                                    04           41,00
                           03                  113,50                                    06          101,00
                           04                   57.00                                    07           88,00
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                                                  (ECU/100 kg)                                          (ECU/100 kg)
     Product code       Destination Q        Refund («) (l0)          Product code Destination f)  Refund (») (,0)
                                          — Net weight —                                          — Net weight —
020210 00 100                02                  90,50          1602 50 10 120          02           1 39,50 f)
                             03                  63,50                                  03           11 1,50 0
                             04                  31,50                                  04           lll,50f)
0202 10 00 900               02                124,50           1602 50 10 140          02           123,00 0
                             03                  86,50                                  03             99,00 0
                             04                  43,00                                  04             99,00 0
0202 20 10 000               02                124,50           1602 50 10 160          02             99,00 0
                             03                  86,50                                  03             79,50 0
                             04                  43,00                                  04             79,50 0
0202 20 30 000               02                  90,50          1602 50 10 170          02             66,00 0
                             03                  63,50                                  03             52,50 0
                             04                  31,50                                  04             52,50 0
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 0             09                162,50                                   03               8,50
                             10                137,00                                   04               8,50
                             03                123,00
                                                                1602 50 31 125          01           126,00 0
                             04                  61,50
                                                                1602 50 31 135          01             79,50 0
                             06                142,50
                             07                  88,00          1602 50 31 195          01             39,00
0202 30 90 500 (<)           02                1 25,50          1602 50 31 325          01           112,50 0
                             03                  82,50          1602 50 31 335          01             71,00 0
                             04                  41,00
                                                                1602 50 31 395          01             39,00
                             06                101,00
                                                                1602 50 39 125          01           126,00 0
                             07                  88,00
                                                                1602 50 39 135          01             79,50 0
0202 30 90 900               07                  88,00
                                                                1602 50 39 195          01             39,00
0206 10 95 000               02                125,50
                             03                  82,50          1 602 50 39 325         01           11 2,50 0
                             04                  41,00          1602 50 39 335          01            71,00 0
                             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 0
                             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 0
0210 20 90 500f)             02                125,50           1602 50 39 595          01            39,00
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                                                             (ECU/100 kg)                                                                        (ECU/100 kg)
        Product code            Destination (7)         Refund OH                        Product code             Destination 0             Refund (*) (l(l)
                                                      — 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 (9)               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 f)                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 f)                1602 50 80 905                     01                         8,50
 (')  Entry under this subheading is subject to the submission of the certificate appeanng 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.
 (■') 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.
 (s)  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.
 (7) 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, the island of Heligoland, Faeroe Islands, Andorra, Gibraltar, Vatican City, Malta, Turkey, 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, 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 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 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.
      10 West African third countries.
 C) 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.
(I0) 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.