CELEX: 31973R2273
Language: en
Date: 1973-08-22 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2273/73 of the Commission of 21 August 1973 fixing the export refunds on poultrymeat for the period beginning 1 September 1973

No L 234/ 14                             Official Journal of the European Communities                            22. 8 . 73
                              REGULATION (EEC) No 2273/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                       of 21 August 1973
              fixing the export refunds on poultrymeat for the period beginning 1 September 1973
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      third countries, irrespective, of whether these are
COMMUNITIES,                                                        European third countries, non-European third coun­
                                                                   tries on the Mediterranean or more distant coun­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                  tries ;
pean Economic Community ;
                                                                   Whereas, for the other products listed in the Annex
Having regard to Council Regulation No 123/67/                      to this Regulation, the refund should be limited to
EEC (*) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­                     an amount which, while permitting of Community
tion of the market in poultrymeat, as last amended                 participation in international trade, takes account of
by the Act (2) annexed to the Treaty (3) on the Acces­              the nature of these exports and their importance at
sion of new Member States to the European Econo­                    the present time ;
mic Community and the European Atomic Energy                        Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972,                   refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
and in particular the first sentence of the fifth subpa­           — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
ragraph of Article 9 (2) thereof ;                                      relation to each other, at any given moment,
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                            within a band of 2-25 °/o, at rate of exchange
Committee ;                                                             based on their effective parity ;
Whereas Article 9 of Regulation No 123/67/EEC pro­                 — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on
vides that the difference between prices on the world                   the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of
 market for the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) of that              each of these currencies recorded for a given
Regulation and prices for those products in the Com­                    period, in relation to the Community currencies
munity may be covered by an export refund ;                             referred to in the previous subparagraph ;
Whereas Council Regulation No 176/67/EEC (4) of                     Whereas, since economically important quantities of
27 June 1967, as amended by Regulation No 2689/                     other poultrymeat products are not being exported,
72 (5), lays down general rules for granting export                  there is no need to fix a refund for these at pre­
refunds and criteria for fixing the amount of such                  sent ;
refunds ;                                                          Whereas the Management Committee for Poultry and
Whereas it follows from applying these rules and cri­              Eggs, has not delivered an Opinion within the time
teria to the present situation on the market in                     limit set by its Chairman ;
poultrymeat that the refund should be fixed as
indicated below ;                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas, for products falling within subheading                                               Article 1
01.05 A of the Common Customs Tariff, an amount                     1.      The list of products for which the export re­
should be chosen that will cover the difference bet­                fund referred to in Article 9 of Regulation No 123/
ween the most favourable import prices in traditional               67/EEC is granted, and the amount of that refund,
importing third countries and export prices in expor­               are hereby fixed as shown in the Annex.
 ting member states ;
                                                                    2.      No refund is fixed for any of the products
Whereas, for products falling within subheading                     listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation No 123 /67/EEC
01.05 A of the Common Customs Tariff, provision                     not included in the Annex.
 should be made, account being taken of conditions
 of competition determined inter alia by transport                                            Article 2
 costs, for different amounts which would allow ex­                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 Septem­
 porting Member States to continue to trade with                    ber 1973 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 21 August 1973 .
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                  The President
                                                                             Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
 (») OJ  No  117, 19. 6. 1967, p. 2301 /67.
 H   OJ  No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14.
 (3) OJ  No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p . 5 .
 (4) OJ  No  130, 28 . 6. 1967, p. 2612/67.
 (5) OJ  No  L 289, 27. 12. 1972, p. 41 .
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                                                      ANNEX
                 CCT
              heading No                             Description of goods                  Refund
                                                                                       u.a ./100 units
            01.05        Live poultry, that is to say, fowls, ducks, geese, turkeys
                         and guinea fowls
                         A. Of a weight not exceeding 185 g, known as ' chicks ' :
                             a) for exports to :
                                  — third European countries, excluding the USSR              2-07
                                  — third non-European countries on the Mediterra­
                                       nean                                                   2-07
                                  — territories and possessions of third non-European
                                       countries on the Mediterranean                         2-07
                             b) for exports to third countries not listed at a)               3-07
                                                                                        u. a. /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 :
                         A. Whole poultry :
                               I. Fowls :
                                   a) Plucked and gutted, with heads and feet,
                                        known as ' 83 °/o chickens'                           7-14
                                   b ) Plucked and drawn , without heads and feet but
                                        with hearts, livers and gizzards, known as
                                        ' 70 °/o chickens '                                   8-47
                                   c) Plucked and drawn , without heads and feet
                                       and without hearts, livers and gizzards , known
                                        as '65 °/o chickens'                                  9-12
                              II . Ducks :
                                   a ) Plucked , bled , gutted but not drawn, with
                                       heads and feet, known as ' 85 % ducks'                 9-86
                                   b ) Plucked and drawn , without heads and feet,
                                        with hearts, livers and gizzards, known as
                                        ' 70 °/o ducks '                                    11-95
                                   c) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet
                                        and without hearts, livers and gizzards, known
                                        as ' 63 % ducks '                                   13-31
                             IV. Turkeys                                                    10-08
                              V. Guinea Fowls                                               13-64
                         B. Poultry cuts (excluding offals) :
                              I. Boned or boneless                                         21-20
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                 CCT
                                                               Description of goods                                      Refund
             heading No
                                                                                                                       u.a. / 100 kg
               02.02                      II. Unboned (bone in ) :
               (cont 'd )
                                               a) Halves or quarters :
                                                  1 . Of fowls                                                              9-12
                                                  2. Of ducks                                                             13-31
                                                  4. Of turkeys                                                           10-08
                                                  5. Of guinea fowls                                                      13-64
                                               b) Whole wings, with or without tips                                         7-07
                                               d) Breasts and cuts of breasts :
                                                  3 . Of other (i.e. other than geese and turkeys)
                                                      poultry                                                             13-98
                                               e) Legs and cuts of legs :
                                                  2. Of turkeys
                                                      aa) Drumsticks and cuts of drumsticks                                  8-06
                                                      bb ) Other                                                          14-62
                                                  3 . Of other (i.e. other than geese and turkeys)
                                                      poultry                                                             12-28
           02.03                       Poultry liver, fresh, chilled, frozen, salted or in brine :
                                       B. Other ( i.e. other than foie gras (goose or duck))                              12-50
           16.02                       Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal :
                                       B. Other :
                                           I. Poultry meat or offal :
                                              a) Containing 57 % or more by weight of poultry
                                                  meat ( a )                                                              27-18
                                              b) Containing 25 % or more but less than 57 %
                                                  by weight of poultry meat (a)                                           16-31
      (a) For the purpose of determining poultry meat content, the weight of the bones is disregarded ; the weight of the skin is
          taken into account only to the extent that it represents the national ratio between the weight of the skin and the weight
          of the meat .