CELEX: 31981R0312
Language: en
Date: 1981-02-06 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 312/81 of 5 February 1981 fixing the export refunds on beef and veal

No L 34/20                              Official Journal of the European Communities                             6 . 2 . 81
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 312/81
                                                      of 5 February 1981
                                         fixing the export refunds on beef and veal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     whereas, in the case of meat of bovine animals,
COMMUNITIES,                                                       boned or boneless, salted and dried, there are tradi­
                                                                   tional trade flows to Switzerland ; whereas, to the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              extent necessary to allow this trade to continue, the
Economic Community,                                                refund must be fixed at an amount which will cover
                                                                   the difference between prices on the Swiss market and
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       export prices in the Member States ;
805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization
of the market in beef and veal (! ), as last amended by            Whereas, in the case of certain other cuts and
the Act of Accession of Greece (2), and in particular              preserves of meat or offals shown in the Annex under
the first sentence of Article 1 8 (5) thereof,                     subheading 16.02 B III b) 1 bb), Community participa­
                                                                   tion in international trade may be ensured by granting
                                                                   a refund which takes account of the refund hitherto
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary
Committee,                                                         granted to exporters ;
Whereas Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68                   Whereas, in the case of other beef and veal products, a
provides that the difference between prices on the                 refund need not be fixed since Community participa­
world market for the products listed in Article 1 of               tion in world trade in these products is not signifi­
                                                                   cant ;
that Regulation and prices for those products within
the Community may be covered by an export refund ;
                                                                   Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 885/68 of 28                   refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
June 1968 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)'                — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
No 427/77 (4), lays down general rules for granting                     relation to each other at any given moment within
export refunds and criteria for fixing the amount of                    a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on
such refunds ;                                                          their effective parity,
Whereas it follows from applying these rules and                   — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
criteria to the foreseeable situation on the market in                  arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
beef and veal that the refund should be as set out                      of these currencies recorded for a given period in
below ;                                                                 relation to the Community currencies referred to
                                                                        in the previous indent ;
Whereas the current market situation in the Commu­
nity and sales outlets, particularly in non-member                 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
countries, leads to granting export refunds on adult               are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
                                                                   ment Committee for Beef and Veal,
bovine animals of a live weight of at least 300 kilo­
grams ; whereas experience gained in recent years has
shown that it is advisable to treat live pedigree
breeding animals of a weight of at least 300 kilograms
in an identical manner to other bovine animals, while               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
subjecting them to certain special administrative
 formalities ;
                                                                                             Article 1
Whereas it is necessary to grant refunds for the export
to certain destinations of certain fresh or chilled meat           The list of products on which the export refund
 listed in the Annex under subheading ex 02.01 A II a)              referred to in Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No
 and of certain frozen meat listed in the Annex under               805/68 is granted and the amount of that refund shall
 subheading ex 02.01 A II b) and of certain other                   be as set out in the Annex hereto.
 prepared or preserved meat or meat offal listed in the
Annex under subheading 16.02 B III b) 1 aa) ;
                                                                                             Article 2
 ( i) OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 24.
(2) OJ No L 291 , 19 . 11 . 1979, p. 17.
 (J) OJ No L 156, 4. 7 . 1968 , p . 2.                             This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 February
h) OJ No L 61 , 5. 3. 1977, p. 16.                                  1981 .
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          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States .
          Done at Brussels, 5 February 1981 .
                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                   Poul DALSAGER
                                                             Member of the Commission
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                                                             ANNEX
              to the Commission Regulation of 5 February 1981 fixing the export refunds on beef and
                                                                veal
                                                                                                              (ECU/100 kg)
   CCT heading No                                        Description                                    Refund
                                                                                                    — Live weight —
ex 01.02 A             Live domestic animals of the bovine species :
                        I. Pure-bred breeding animals :
                           (a) Adult bovine animals with a live weight equal to or greater than
                                 300 kg                                                                  68-000
                       II. Other than pure-bred breeding animals :
                           (a) Adult bovine animals with a live weight equal to or greater than
                                 300 kg :
                                 — For export to European third countries (') (2)                        61-000
                                 — For export to other third countries                                   68-000
                                                                                                    — Net weight —
ex 02.01 A II          Meat of bovine animals :
                       a) Fresh or chilled :
                           1 . Carcases, half-carcases or 'compensated' quarters :
                               (aa) The front part of a carcase or of a half-carcase comprising all
                                     the bones and the scrag, neck and shoulder but with more
                                     than 10 ribs :
                                    — For export to North African, Near and Middle East third
                                         countries (')                                                   95-000
                                    — For export to West, Central, East and South African third
                                         countries (')                                                   88-000
                                    — For export to European third countries (') (2)                     80-000
                                     — Other third countries, except the United States of
                                         America                                                         70-000
                               (bb) Other :
                                     — For export to North African, Near and Middle East third
                                         countries (')                                                  129-500
 -
                                     — For export to West, Central, East and South African third
                                         countries (')                                                  122-500
                                     — For export to European third countries (') (2)                   110-000
                                     — Other third countries, except the United States of
                                         America                                                        100-000
                            2. Separated or unseparated forequarters :
                               — For export to North African, Near and Middle East third coun­
                                   tries (')                                                             95Ό00
                               — For export to West, Central, East and South African third
                                   countries (')                                                         88-000
                               — For export to European third countries (') (2)                          80-000
                               — Other third countries, except the United States of America              70-000
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                                                                                                        (ECU/100 kg)
   CCT heading No                                   Description                                    Refund
                                                                                               — Net weight —
ex 02.01 A II        3. Separated or unseparated hindquarters :
(cont'd)
                         (aa) With a maximum of nine ribs or pairs of ribs :
                               — For export to North African, Near and Middle East third
                                   countries (')                                                  164-000
                               — For export to West, Central, East and South African third
                                   countries (')                                                  157-000
                               — For export to European third countries (') (2)                   140-000
                               — Other third countries, except the United States of
                                   America                                                        130-000
                         (bb) With more than nine ribs or pairs of ribs :
                                — For export to North African, Near and Middle East third
                                   countries (')                                                   95-000
                               — For export to West, Central, East and South African third
                                   countries (')                                                   88-000
                               — For export to European third countries (') (2)                    80-000
                                — Other third countries, except the United States of
                                   America                                                         70-000
                     4. Other :
                              (aa) Unboned (bone-in) :
                                   — For export to North African, Near and Middle East
                                       third countries (')                                         95Ό00
                                   — For export to West, Central, East and South African
                                       third countries (')                                         88-000
                                   — For export to European third countries (') (2)                80-000
                                   — Other third countries, except the United States of
                                       America                                                     70-000
                         ex (bb) Boned or boneless, excluding the thin flanks and the shin,
                                   each piece individually wrapped :
                                   — For export to North African, Near and Middle East
                                       third countries (')                                        141-194
                                   — For export to West, Central, East and South African
                                       third countries (')                                        134-194
                                   — For export to European third countries (') (2)               130-000
                                   — Other third countries except the USA                         110-000
                                   — For export to the United States of America carried out
                                       in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2973/79 (3)         107-000
                  b) Frozen :
                     1 . Carcases, half-carcases or 'compensated' quarters :
                          (aa) The front part of a carcase or of a half-carcase comprising all
                                the bones and the scrag, neck and shoulder but with more
                                than 10 ribs :
                                — For export to North African, Near and Middle East third
                                   countries (')                                                    89-000
                                — For export to West, Central, East and South African third
                                   countries (')                                                   82-000
                                — For export to European third countries (') (2)                   80-000
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                                                                                                       (ECU/100 kg)
   CCT heading No                                    Description                                 Refund
                                                                                             — Net weight —
ex 02.01 A II           (bb) Other :
(cont'd)
                              — For export to North African, Near and Middle East third
                                   countries (')                                                108-500
                               — For export to West, Central, East and South African third
                                   countries (') and to European third countries (') (2)        101-500
                    2. Separated or unseparated forequarters :
                        — For export to North African, Near and Middle East third coun­
                             tries (')                                                           89-000
                        — For export to West, Central, East and South African third
                             countries (')                                                       82-000
                        — For export to European third countries (') (2)                          80-000
                     3. Separated or unseparated hindquarters :
                        (aa) With a maximum of nine ribs :
                               — For export to North African, Near and Middle East third
                                   countries (')                                                128-000
                               — For export to West, Central, East and South African third
                                   countries (') and to European third countries (') (2)        121-000
                         (bb) With more than nine ribs or pairs of ribs :
                               — For export to North African, Near and Middle East third
                                    countries (')                                                 89-000
                               — For export to West, Central, East and South African third
                                    countries (') and to European third countries (') (2)         82-000
                     4. Other :
                             (aa) Unboned (bone-in) :
                                    — For export to North African, Near and Middle East
                                       third countries (')                                        89Ό00
                                    — For export to West, Central, East and South African
                                       third countries (')                                        82-000
                                    — For export to European third countries (') (2)              80-000
                         ex (bb) Boned or boneless, excluding the thin flanks and the shin
                                    each piece individually wrapped :
                                    — For export to the United States of America carried out
                                       in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2973/79 (3)        107000
                                    — For export to North African, Near and Middle East
                                       third countries (')                                       107-000
                                    — For export to West, Central, East and South African
                                       third countries (') and to European third coun­
                                       tries (') (2)                                             100-000
                                    Other boned or bone less :
                                    — For export to the United States of America carried out
                                        in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2973/79 (2)       107-000
 ex 02.06 C I a) 2 Meat of bovine animals, boned or boneless, salted and dried :
                   — For export to Switzerland                                                     64-679
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                                                                                                                   (ECU/100 kg)
    CCT heading No                                        Description                                        Refund
                                                                                                        — Net weight —
ex 16.02 B III b) 1      Other preparations and preserves containing bovine meat or offals,
                         except those finely homogenized (4) :
                         ex (aa) Uncooked, containing by weight the following percentages of
                                  bovine meats (excluding offal and fat) :
                                  (11 ) 80 % or more of meat :
                                        — For export to North African, Near and Middle East
                                           third countries (')                                               98-880
                                        — For export to West, Central, East and South African
                                           third countries (') and to European third countries (') (2)       91-880
                                  (22) 60 % or more, but less than 80 % of meat :
                                        — For export to African, Near and Middle East (') and
                                            European third countries (') (^                                  55-007
                                  (33) 40 % or more, but less than 60 % of meat :
                                        — For export to African, Near and Middle East (') and
                                            European third countries (') (2)                                 37-478
                         ex (bb) Other, containing by weight the following percentages of bovine
                                  meats (excluding offal and fat) :
                                  (11 ) 80 % or more of meat :
                                        — For export to third countries                                       45-336
                                  (22) 60 % or more, but less than 80 % of meat :
                                        — For export to third countries                                       27-201
                                  (33) 40 % or more, but less than 60 % of meat :
                                        — For export to third countries                                       18-134
                                  (44) 20 % or more, but less than 40 % of meat :
                                        — For export to third countries                                        9-067
(') Within the meaning of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3488/80 (OJ No L 365, 31 . 12. 1980, p. 4).
(2) Within the meaning of this Regulation those destinations mentioned in Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 2730/79 (OJ No L
    317, 12. 12. 1979, p. 1 ) to be understood as European third countries.
0 OJ No L 336, 29. 12. 1979, p. 44.
(4) The products which contain a small quantity of visible pieces of meat are also excluded.
 NB : 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.