CELEX: 31979R2943
Language: en
Date: 1979-12-28
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2943/79 of 27 December 1979 fixing the export refunds on beef and veal

No L 334/32                             Official Journal of the European Communities                           28 . 12. 79
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2943/79
                                                     of 27 December 1979
                                        fixing the export refunds on beef and veal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    listed in the Annex under subheading ex 02.01 A II a)
COMMUNITIES,                                                      and of certain frozen meat listed in the Annex under
                                                                  subheading ex 02.01 A II b) and of certain other
                                                                  prepared or preserved meat or meat offal listed in the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             Annex under subheading 16.02 B III b) 1 aa) ;
Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                  Whereas, in the case of meat of bovine animals,
805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization
                                                                  boned or boneless, salted and dried, there are tradi­
of the market in beef and veal (*), as last amended by
                                                                   tional trade flows to Switzerland ; whereas, to the
Regulation (EEC) No 2916/79 (2), and in particular the
first sentence of Article 1 8 (5) thereof,                         extent necessary to allow this trade to continue, the
                                                                   refund must be fixed at an amount which will cover
                                                                   the difference between prices on the Swiss market and
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                       export prices in the Member States ;
Committee,
Whereas Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68                   Whereas, in the case of certain other cuts and
provides that the difference between prices on the                 preserves of meat or offals shown in the Annex under
world market for the products listed in Article 1 of               subheading 16.02 B III b) 1 bb), Community participa­
that Regulation and prices for those products within               tion in international trade may be ensured by granting
the Community may be covered by an export refund ;                 a refund which takes account of the refund hitherto
                                                                   granted to exporters ;
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 885/68 of 28
June 1968 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 427/77 (4), lays down general rules for granting
export refunds and criteria for fixing the amount of               Whereas, in the case of other beef and veal products, a
such refunds ;                                                     refund need not be fixed since Community participa­
                                                                   tion in world trade in these products is not signifi­
                                                                   cant :
Whereas it follows from applying these rules and
criteria to the foreseeable situation on the market in
beef and veal that the refund should be as set out
below ;                                                            Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
                                                                   refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
Whereas the current market situation in the Commu­
nity and sales outlets, particularly in non-member
                                                                   — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
countries, leads to granting export refunds on adult
bovine animals of a live weight of at least 300 kilo­                  relation to each other at any given moment within
grams ; whereas experience gained in recent years has                  a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on
shown that it is advisable to treat live pedigree                      their effective parity,
breeding animals of a weight of at least 300 kilograms
in an identical manner to other bovine animals, while              — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
subjecting them to certain special administrative                      arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
formalities ;                                                          of these currencies recorded for a given period in
                                                                       relation to the Community currencies referred to
                                                                       in the previous indent ;
Whereas it is necessary to grant refunds for the export
to certain destinations of certain fresh or chilled meat
(M  OJ  No L  148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 24.
(2) OJ  No L  329, 24. 12. 1979 , p. 15 .                          Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
(3) OJ  No L  156, 4. 7. 1968 , p. 2.                              are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
(<) OJ  No L  61 , 5 . 3 . 1977, p. 16.                            ment Committee for Beef and Veal,
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                              805/68 is granted and the amount of that refund shall
                                                           be as set out in the Annex hereto.
                      Article 1
                                                                                  Article 2
The list of products on which the export refund            This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
referred to in Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No           1980 .
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 27 December 1979 .
                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                     Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                        Vice-President
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                                                                      ANNEX
                 to the Commission Regulation of 27 December 1979 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                                                          64.075
                         II. Other than pure-bred breeding animals :
                              ( a ) Adult bovine animals with a live weight equal to or greater
                                     than 300 kg                                                          64-075
                                                                                                     — Net weight —
:x 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 com­
                                         prising all the bones and the scrag, neck and shoulder
                                         but with more than 10 ribs :
                                         — For export to North African , Near and Middle East
                                             countries, within the meaning of Regulation (EEC)
                                             No 2566/79 (»)                                               95.000
                                         — For export to European third countries (2), and to
                                             West, Central , East and South African countries ,
                                             within the meaning of Regulation ( EEC ) No 2566/79          88.000
                                         — Other third countries, except the United States of
                                             America                                                      72.500
                                  ( bb ) Other :
                                         — For export to North African , Near and Middle East
                                             countries, within the meaning of Regulation ( EEC)
                                             No 2566/79 ( ! )                                           129.500
                                         — For export to European third countries (2), and to
                                             West, Central , East and South African countries ,
                                             within the meaning of Regulation ( EEC ) No 2566/79        122.500
                                         — Other third countries, except the United States of
                                             America                                                    103.000
                            2. Separated or unseparated forequarters :
                                 — For export to North African , Near and Middle East
                                       countries, within the meaning of Regulation ( EEC ) No
                                       2566/79 H                                                         95.000
                                 — For export to European third countries ( 2 ), and to West,
                                       Central , East and South African countries , within the
                                       meaning of Regulation (EEC) No 2566/79                            88.000
                                 — Other third countries, except the United States of America            72.500'
                            3 . Separated or unseparated hindquarters :
                                 — For export to North African , Near and Middle East
                                       countries , within the meaning of Regulation ( EEC ) No
                                       2566 /79 (')                                                     164.000
                                 — For export to European third countries ( 2 ), and to West,
                                       Central , East and South African countries , within the
                                       meaning of Regulation ( EEC ) No 2566/79                        157-000
                                 — Other third countries, except the United States of America           133.500
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                                                                                                           (ECU/100 Ikg.
    CCT heading No                                       Description                              Refund
                                                                                              — Net weight
ex 02.01 A II         4. Other :
(cont'd)
                              (aa) Unboned (bone-in) :
                                     — For export to North African, Near and Middle
                                          East countries, within the meaning of Regulation
                                          ( EEC ); No 2566/79 (»)                                 95 WO
                                     — For export to European third countries (2), and to
                                           West, Central, East and South African countries ,
                                           within the meaning of Regulation (EEC) No
                                           2566/79                                                 88.000
                                     — Other third countries, except the United States
                                           of America                                              72.500
                         ex (bb) Boned or boneless, excluding the thin flanks and the
                                  shin :
                                   ( 11 ) Each piece individually wrapped :
                                             — For export to North African, Near and
                                                 Middle East countries, within the meaning
                                                 of Regulation (EEC) No 2566/79 (J )             141.194
                                             — For export to European third countries (2),
                                                 and to West, Central, Bast and South African
                                                 countries, within the meaning of Regulation
                                                ( EEC ) No 2566/79                               134.104
                                             — Other third countries, except the United
                                                 States of America                               1 1 3-037
                   b) Frozen :
                      1 . Carcases, half-carcases or 'compensated' quarters :
                          (aa) The front part of a carcase or of a half-carcase com­
                                prising all the bones and the scrag, neck and shoulder
                                but with more than 10 ribs :
                                — For export to North African, Near and Middle East
                                     countries, within the meaning of Regulation (EEC)
                                     No 2566/79 (*)                                                82.000
                                — For export to European third countries (2), and to
                                     West, Central , East and South African countries ,
                                     within the meaning of Regulation (EEC) No 2 566/79            75.000
                          ( bb) Other :
                                — For export to North African, Near and Middle East
                                     countries, within the meaning of Regulation (EEC)
                                     No 2566/79 (»)                                              101.500
                                — For export to European third countries (2), and to
                                     West, Central , East and South African countries,
                                     within the meaning of Regulation ( EEC) No 2566/79            94.500
                      2. Separated or unseparated forequarters :
                          — For export to North African, Near and Middle East
                              countries, within the meaning of Regulation (EEC) No'
                              2566/79 H                                                            82.000
                          — For export to European third countries (2), and to West,
                              Central, East and South African countries, within the
                              meaning of Regulation ( EEC) No 2566/79                              75.000
                      3 . Separated or unseparated hindquarters :
                          — For export to North African , Near and Middle East
                              countries , within the meaning of Regulation (EEC) No
                              2566/79 (»)                                                        121:-000
                          — For export to European third countries (2), and to West,
                              Central , East and South African countries, within the
                              meaning of Regulation ( EEC ) No 2566/79                           114.000
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                                                                                                                                        (ECU/100 kg;
       CCT heading No                                                     Description                                      Refund
                                                                                                                       — Net weight —
 ex 02.01 A II                         4 . Other :
  ( cont'd)
                                                ( aa ) Unboned ( bone-in) :
                                                       — For export to North African , Near and Middle
                                                             East countries, within the meaning of Regulation
                                                             No 2566/79 (*)                                                 82.000
                                                       — For export to European third countries (2), and
                                                             to West, Central, East and South African countries,
                                                             within the meaning of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                             2566/79                                                       75.000
                                           ex (bb) Boned or boneless, excluding the thin flanks and the
                                                       shin :
                                                       ( 11 ) Each piece individually wrapped :
                                                               — For export to the United States of America                  0
                                                               — For export to North African, Near and
                                                                  Middle East countries, within the meaning
                                                                  of Regulation ( EEC) No 2566/79 (*)                      97.000
                                                               — For export to European third countries ( 2 ),
                                                                  and to West, Central, East and South African
                                                                  countries, within the meaning of Regulation
                                                                  ( EEC ) No 2566/79                                       90.000
                                                       (22 ) Other :
                                                               — For export to the United States of America                   0
 ex 02.06 C I a ) 2                Meat of bovine animals, boned or boneless, salted and dried :
                                   — For export to Switzerland                                                             64-679
 ex 16.02 B III b ) 1              Other preparations and preserves containing bovine meat or offals,
                                   except those finely homogenized (3) :
                                   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 countries, within the meaning of Regulation
                                                           ( EEC ) No 2566/79 (»)                                          98.880
                                                      — For export to European third countries (2), and to
                                                           West, Central , East and South African countries,
                                                           within the meaning of Regulation ( EEC) No
                                                           2566/79                                                         91.880
                                            (22) 60 °/o or more, but less than 80 % of meat :
                                                      — For export to African, Near and Middle East
                                                           and European third countries, within the meaning
                                                           of Regulation (EEC ) No 2566/79 ( J ) (2)                       55.007
                                            (33 ) 40 %> or more, but less than 60 % of meat :
                                                      — For export to African, Near and Middle East
                                                           and European third countries, within the meaning
                                                           of Regulation ( EEC) No 2566/79 (x ) (2)                       37-478
                                   ex (bb) Other, containing by weight the following percentages of
                                            bovine meats (excluding offal and fat) :
                                            ( 11 ) 80 °/o or more of meat                                                 45.336
                                            (22 ) 60 °/o or more, but less than 80 % of meat                              27.201
                                            (33 ) 40 °/o of more, but less than 60 °/o of meat                             18.134
                                            (44) 20 °/o or more, but less than 40 % of meat                                 9.067
(') OJ No L 294 , 21 . 11 . 1979 , p. 5 .
(2) Within the meaning of this Regulation those destinations mentioned in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 192/75 (OJ No L 25, 31 . 1 . 1975, p. 1)
     are also to be understood as European third countries .
(3) 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.