CELEX: 31974R2538
Language: en
Date: 1974-10-04 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2538/74 of the Commission of 4 October 1974 fixing the export refunds on beef and veal for the period beginning 7 October 1974

No L 271 /52                           Official Journal of the European Communities                              5 . 10 . 74
                             REGULATION (EEC) No 2538/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                     of 4 October 1974
              fixing the export refunds on beef and veal for the period beginning 7 October
                                                             1974
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    whereas, to the extent necessary to allow this trade to
COMMUNITIES,                                                      continue, the refund must be fixed at an amount
                                                                  which will cover the difference between prices on the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             Swiss market and export prices in the Member States ;
Economic Community ;
                                                                  Whereas, in the case of the preserved meats set out in
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      Annex I to Commission Regulation (EEC) No
805/68 (*) of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­                1082/ 68 (5) of 26 July 1968 fixing coefficients
tion of the market in beef and veal, as last amended              expressing the meat content of preserved meats manu­
by Regulation (EEC) No 1 855/74 (2), and in particular            factured from frozen meat, as amended by Regulation
the first sentence of Article 18(5) thereof ;                     (EEC) No 207/70 (6), which contain 40 % or more of
                                                                  meat, Community participation in international trade
                                                                  may be ensured by granting a refund which takes
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                      account of the refund hitherto granted to exporters ;
Committee ;
                                                                  Whereas, in the case of other beef and veal products, a
Whereas Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68                  refund need not be fixed since Community participa­
provides that the difference between prices on the                tion in world trade in these products is not signifi­
world market and prices within the Community for                  cant ;
the products listed in Article 1 of that Regulation may
be covered by an export refund ;
                                                                  Whereas Article 92 of the Act (7) annexed to the
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 885/68 (3) of                 Treaty (8) concerning the Accession of new Member
28 June 1968 lays down general rules for granting                 States to the European Economic Community and the
export refunds and criteria for fixing the amount of              European Atomic Energy Community, signed at Brus­
such refunds ;                                                    sels on 22 January 1972, provides that the refund on
                                                                  exports from the new Member States for the products
                                                                  specified in Article 1 (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC)
Whereas it follows from applying these rules and                  No 805/68 shall be corrected by the amount of the
criteria to the foreseeable situation on the market in            difference between the customs duties on the products
beef and veal that the refund should be fixed as indi­            from which these products are produced ;
cated below ;
                                                                  Whereas if the refund system is to operate normally,
Whereas the present market situation in the Commu­                refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
nity and the setting possibilities, particularly in certain
third countries, leads to granting an export refund for           — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
live domestic animals of the bovine species for the                     relation to each other, at any given moment,
export of certain fresh or chilled meats shown in the                  within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based
Annex under heading No ex 02.01 A II a) 1 and for                      on their effective parity ;
the export to certain destinations, of certain frozen
meats shown in the Annex under heading No ex                      — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the
02.01 A II a) 2 ; whereas for products the subject                      arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
matter of the tender referred to in Regulation (EEC)                    of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
No 873/74 (4) the special conditions of sale do not                     relation to the Community currencies referred to
render necessary the granting of a refund ;                             in the previous subparagraph ;
Whereas, in the case of edible meat of domestic                   Whereas the Management Committee for Beef and
bovine animals, boned or boneless, salted and dried ,             Veal has not delivered an opinion within the time
there are traditional trade flows to Switzerland ;                limit set by its Chairman ,
(>) OJ  No  L 148,  28 . 6. 1968 , p. 24.                         (5 ) OJ   No  L 181 , 27 . 7 . 1968 , p. 9 .
0   OJ  No L  195,  18 . 7. 1974, p. 14.                          (6)  OJ   No  L 2A , •. 2 . "'""0 . n . 10 .
(>) OJ  No  L 156,  4. 7. 1968, p. 2.                             ( 7) OJ   No  L 73 , 27 . 3 . 197,2, p. i4 .
(4) OJ  No  L 101 , 11 . 4. 1974, p. 50 .                           8  OJ  No   L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p. 5 .
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                              805/ 68 is granted and the amount of that refund is
                                                           fixed as shown in the Annex .
                      Article 1
                                                                                   Article 2
The list of products on which the export refund            This Regulation shall enter into force on 7 October
referred to in Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No           1974 .
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 4 October 1974 .
                                                                     For the Commission
                                                                        The President
                                                                   Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
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                                                                    ANNEX
    CCT heading No                                   Description of goods                 Refund in u. a. / 100 kg
                                                                                               Live weight
   01.02 A II               Live domestic animals of the bovine species, other than
                            pure-bred breeding animals                                          36-50 H
                                                                                               Net weight
ex 02.01 A II a) 1          Edible meat of domestic bovine animals, fresh or chilled :
              aa )          Of veal :
                    11 .    Carcases and half-carcases                                          70-00 (!)
      22 . and ex 33 .      Unseparated or separated forequarters, with a respective
                            minimum of four pairs of ribs or four ribs and a
                            respective maximum of thirteen pairs of ribs or thirteen
                            ribs, with or without the thin flank, the ribs can be whole
                            or cut                                                              56-00 i 1 )
               ex 33 .      Unseparated or separated hindquarters, excluding unsepa­
                            rated or separated forequarters with respectively more
                            than eight pairs of whole or cut ribs or more than eight
                            whole or cut ribs                                                   84-00 i 1 )
               bb)          Of adult animals :
                   11 .
                            Carcases, half-carcases or 'compensated' quarters                   70-00 (»)
     22. and ex 33 .        Forequarters, with a minimum of four and a maximum
                            of thirteen whole or cut ribs, with or without the thin
                            flanks                                                              56-00 (»)
              ex 33 .
                            Hindquarters, excluding the forequarter with more than
                            ten whole or cut ribs                                               84-00 i 1 )
               cc)          Other cuts of beef and veal :
                   11 .
                            Unboned (bone-in )                                                  56-00 n
              ex 22 .
                            Boned or boneless, excluding the chaps, the offals, the
                            thin flanks and the shin, packaged separately                       82-00 (»)
ex 02.01 A II a ) 2       I Edible meat of domestic bovine animals , frozen :
               aa)       j Carcases, half-carcases and ' compensated' quarters :
                            — for export to European third countries, to Jordan,
                                 to third countries on the Mediterranean or on the
                                 Persian Gulf, to third countries of the Arabian
                                 Peninsula and Africa and for supplies for victualling
                                 sea-going vessels or aircraft serving on international
                                 routes, including intra-Community routes, or supplies
                                 to armed forces stationed in the territory of a Mem­
                                 ber State but not coming under its flag provided the
                                 said supplies are such as must be treated as exports
                                 from the Community                                             70-00 ( i )
 bb) and ex cc)             Forequarters , with a minimum of four and a maximum
                            of thirteen whole or cut ribs, with or without the thin
                             flanks :
                            — for export to European third countries , to Jordan,
                                 to third countries on the Mediterranean or on the
                                 Persian Gulf, to third countries of the Arabian
                                 Peninsula and Africa and for supplies for victualling
                                 sea-going vessels or aircraft serving on international
                                 routes, including intra-Community routes, or supplies
                                 to armed forces stationed in the territory of a Mem­
                                 ber State but not coming under its flag provided the
                                 said supplies are such as must be treated as exports
                                 from the Community                                             56-00 (>)
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      CCT heading No                                    Description of goods                            Refund in u. a. / 100 kg
                                                                                                            Net weight
              ex cc)        Hindquarters, excluding the forequarter with more than
                            ten whole or cut ribs
                            — for export to European third countries, to Jordan,
                                to third countries on the Mediterranean or on the
                                Persian Gulf, to third countries of the Arabian
                                Peninsula and Africa and for supplies for victualling
                                sea-going vessels or aircraft serving on international
                                routes, including intra-Community routes, or supplies
                                to armed forces stationed in the territory of a Mem­
                                ber State but not coming under its flag provided the
                                said supplies are such as must be treated as exports
                                from the Community                                                            84-00 (»)
                  dd )      Others :
                       11 . Unboned ( bone-in ) :
                            — for export to European third countries, to Jordan, to
                                third countries on the Mediterranean or on the Per­
                                sian Gulf, to third countries of the Arabian Peninsula
                                and Africa and for supplies for victualling
                                sea-going vessels or aircraft serving on international
                                routes, including intra-Community routes, or supplies
                                to armed forces stationed in the territory of a Mem­
                                ber State but not coming under its flag provided the
                                said supplies are such as must be treated as exports
                                from the Community                                                            56-00 i 1 )
                 ex 22 .    Boned or boneless :
                            — excluding the chaps and the offals for export to the
                                 United States of America                                                     50-00 (»)
                            — excluding the chaps, the offals, the thin flanks and
                                 the skin, packaged separately , for export to European
                                 third countries, to Jordan, to third countries on the
                                 Mediterranean or on the Persian Gulf, to third coun­
                                 tries of the Arabian Peninsula and Africa and for
                                supplies for victualling sea-going vessels or aircraft
                                 serving on international routes, including intra-Com­
                                 munity routes, or supplies to armed forces stationed
                                 in the territory of a Member State but not coming
                                 under its flag provided the said supplies are such as
                                 must be treated as exports from the Community                                82-00 (*)
ex 02.06 C I a ) 2          Edible meat of domestic bovine animals , boned or
                            boneless, salted and dried :
                            —■ for export to Switzerland                                                      36-50 (')
                                                                                                         United
                                                                                                Ireland               Other Member State·
                                                                                                        Kingdom
ex 16.02 B ΠΙ b) 1          Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal , other ,
                            containing bovine meat or offal but excluding those
                            containing meat or offals of domestic swine :
                            — preserves, other than homogenized , containing the
                                 following percentages of bovine meat :
                                 1 . 80 °/o or more of meat, excluding offal and fat             28-96   25-10                 35-00
                                2 . 60 % or more but less than 80 %> of meat, exclu­
                                     ding offal and fat                                          17-38   15-06                 21-00
                                 3 . 40 % or more but less                than 60 "/« of meat ,
                                     excluding offal and fat                                     11-58   10-04                  14-00
 (l) For Ireland and the United Kingdom the refund fixed above must lie reduced by the compensatory amount pursuant to Article 12 (1) of
     Regulation (EEC) No 181 /73 ( OJ No L 25 , .10. 1 . 197.?, p. 9).
N.B. : Whereas Article 7 of Regulation ( EEC) No 885/68 provides that no export refunds shall he granted on products
          imported from third countries and re-exported to third countries .