CELEX: 31998R2697
Language: en
Date: 1998-12-14 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2697/98 of 14 December 1998 fixing the export refunds on beef and veal

L 338/20               EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                                  15. 12. 98
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2697/98
                                                    of 14 December 1998
                                       fixing the export refunds on beef and veal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         listed in the Annex under CN code 0206 and on some
                                                                    other prepared or preserved meat or offal listed in the
                                                                    Annex under CN code 1602 50 10;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,
                                                                    Whereas, in view of the wide differences in products
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of              covered by CN codes 0201 20 90 700 and 0202 20 90 100
27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market               used for refund purposes, refunds should only be granted
in beef and veal (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC)            on cuts in which the weight of bone does not exceed one
No 1633/98 (2), and in particular Article 13 thereof,               third;
Whereas Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68
provides that the difference between prices on the world            Whereas, in the case of meat of bovine animals, boned or
market for the products listed in Article 1 of that Regula-         boneless, salted and dried, there are traditional trade flows
tion and prices for those products within the Community             to Switzerland; whereas, to allow this trade to continue,
may be covered by an export refund;                                 the refund should be set to cover the difference between
                                                                    prices on the Swiss market and export prices in the
                                                                    Member States; whereas there are possibilities for
                                                                    exporting such meat and also salted, smoked and dried
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 32/82 (3), as last amended              meat to certain African, Near and Middle Eastern coun-
by Regulation (EC) No 2326/97 (4), Regulation (EEC) No              tries; whereas a refund should accordingly be set;
1964/82 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2469/
97 (6), and Regulation (EEC) No 2388/84 (7), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3661/92 (8), lay down
the conditions for granting special export refunds on
certain cuts of beef and veal and certain preserved beef            Whereas, in the case of certain other cuts and preserves of
and veal products;                                                  meat or offal shown in the Annex under CN codes
                                                                    1602 50 31 to 1602 50 80, the Community share of inter-
                                                                    national trade may be maintained by granting a refund
                                                                    corresponding to that at present available;
Whereas it follows from applying those rules and criteria
to the foreseeable situation on the market in beef and veal
that the refund should be as set out below;
                                                                    Whereas, in the case of other beef and veal products, a
                                                                    refund need not be fixed since the Community’s share of
Whereas, given the current market situation in the                  world trade is not significant;
Community and the possibilities of disposal in certain
third countries in particular, export refunds should be
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                 Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (9),
bovine animals of a live weight of at least 300 kilograms;          as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2580/98 (10),
                                                                    establishes the agricultural product nomenclature for the
                                                                    purposes of export refunds; whereas, with a view to clarifi-
                                                                    cation, the destinations must be identified in a separate
Whereas export refunds should be granted for certain                Annex;
destinations on some fresh or chilled meat listed in the
Annex under CN code 0201, on some frozen meat listed
in the Annex under CN code 0202, on some meat or offal
                                                                    Whereas, in order to simplify customs export formalities
(1)  OJ L 148,  28. 6. 1968, p. 24.
(2)  OJ L 210,  28. 7. 1998, p. 17.                                 for operators, the refunds on all frozen cuts should be
(3)  OJ L 4, 8. 1. 1982, p. 11.                                     brought into line with those on fresh or chilled cuts other
(4)  OJ L 323,  26. 11. 1997, p. 1.                                 than those from adult male bovine animals;
(5)  OJ L 212,  21. 7. 1982, p. 48.
(6)  OJ L 341,  12. 12. 1997, p. 8.
(7)  OJ L 221,  18. 8. 1984, p. 28.                                 (9) OJ L 366, 24. 12. 1987, p. 1.
( 8) OJ L 370,  19. 12. 1992, p. 16.                                (10) OJ L 322, 1. 12. 1998, p. 31.
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Whereas experience has shown that in certain cases it is            ments are to be replaced by references to the euro at the
often difficult to determine the relevant quantities of beef,       rate of EUR 1 to ECU 1;
veal and other meat contained in prepared or preserved
meat falling within CN code 1602 50; whereas exclusively            Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
beef and veal products should accordingly be set apart              in accordance with the opinion of the Management
and a new heading should be created for mixtures of                 Committee for Beef and Veal,
meats or offals; whereas checks on products other than
mixtures of meat or offal should be stepped up by making            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
the granting of refunds on these products conditional on
manufacture under the arrangements provided for in
                                                                                              Article 1
Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 565/80 of 4
March 1980 on the advance payment of export refunds in              1. The list of products on which export refunds as
respect of agricultural products (1), as amended by Regu-           referred to in Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68
lation (EEC) No 2026/83 (2);                                        are granted and the amount thereof shall be as set out in
                                                                    Annex I of this Regulation.
Whereas refunds on female animals should vary
depending on their age in order to prevent abuses in the            2. The destinations are identified in Annex II to this
export of certain pure-bred breeding animals;                       Regulation.
Whereas opportunities exist for the export to certain third                                   Article 2
countries of heifers other than those intended for                  The grant of the refund for product code 0102 90 59 9000
slaughter, but to prevent any abuse control criteria should         of the nomenclature for export refunds and for exports to
be laid down to ensure that these animals are not more              the third countries in zone 10 listed in Annex II to this
than 36 months old;                                                 Regulation shall be subject to presentation, when the
                                                                    customs formalities for export are completed, of the orig-
Whereas, notwithstanding the subdivision of the                     inal and one copy of the veterinary certificate signed by
combined nomenclature for prepared and preserved meat,              an official veterinarian certifying that these are heifers of
other than uncooked, falling within CN code 1602 50,                an age of not more than 36 months. The original of the
experience has shown that it is possible to delete from the         certificate shall be returned to the exporter and the copy,
refund nomenclature several products falling within CN              certified as being in accordance with the regulations by
code 1602 50 31 and to amend the list of products falling           the customs authorities, shall be attached to the ap-
within CN code 1602 50 80;                                          plication for payment of the refund.
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1103/                                         Article 3
97 of 17 June 1997 on certain provisions relating to the
introduction of the euro (3) provides that, as from 1               This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 December
January 1999, all references to the ecu in legal instru-            1998.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 14 December 1998.
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                  Franz FISCHLER
                                                                           Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 62, 7. 3. 1980, p. 5.
(2) OJ L 199, 22. 7. 1983, p. 12.
(3) OJ L 162, 19. 6. 1997, p. 1.
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                                                          ANNEX I
                    to the Commission Regulation of 14 December 1998 fixing export refunds on beef
                                                (ECU/100 kg)                                             (ECU/100 kg)
     Product code         Destination        Refund (7)               Product code   Destination     Refund (7)
                                         – Live weight –                                           – Net weight –
0102 10 10 9120               01               63,00             0201 20 20 9120         02            51,00
0102 10 10 9130               02               24,50                                     03            35,00
                              03               16,50                                     04            18,00
                              04                8,50             0201 20 30 9110 (1)     02            94,00
0102 10 30 9120               01               63,00                                     03            65,00
0102 10 30 9130               02               24,50                                     04            31,50
                              03               16,50             0201 20 30 9120         02            36,50
                              04                8,50                                     03            26,00
0102 10 90 9120               01               63,00                                     04            13,00
0102 90 41 9100               02               60,50             0201 20 50 9110 (1)     02           163,00
0102 90 51 9000               02               24,50                                     03           109,00
                              03               16,50                                     04            54,00
                              04                8,50
                                                                 0201 20 50 9120         02            65,00
0102 90 59 9000               02               24,50
                                                                                         03            44,50
                              03               16,50
                                                                                         04            22,00
                              04                8,50
                              10               60,50 (9)         0201 20 50 9130 (1)     02            94,00
0102 90 61 9000               02               24,50                                     03            65,00
                              03               16,50                                     04            31,50
                              04                8,50             0201 20 50 9140         02            36,50
0102 90 69 9000               02               24,50                                     03            26,00
                              03               16,50                                     04            13,00
                              04                8,50
                                                                 0201 20 90 9700         02            36,50
0102 90 71 9000               02               60,50                                     03            26,00
                              03               39,50                                     04            13,00
                              04               20,00
                                                                 0201 30 00 9050         05 (4)        53,00
0102 90 79 9000               02               60,50
                                                                                         07 (4a)       53,00
                              03               39,50
                              04               20,00             0201 30 00 9100 (2)     02           227,50
                                                                                         03           156,00
                                          – Net weight –                                 04            78,50
                                                                                         06           201,00
0201 10 00 9110 (1)           02               94,00
                              03               65,00             0201 30 00 9120 (2)     08           125,50
                              04               31,50                                     09           116,50
0201 10 00 9120               02               36,50                                     03            86,00
                              03               26,00                                     04            43,00
                              04               13,00                                     06           110,00
0201 10 00 9130 (1)           02              129,00             0201 30 00 9150 (6)     08            33,00
                              03               86,50                                     09            30,00
                              04               43,50                                     03            26,00
0201 10 00 9140               02               51,00                                     04            13,50
                              03               35,00                                     06            29,50
                              04               18,00             0201 30 00 9190 (6)     02            51,00
0201 20 20 9110 (1)           02              129,00                                     03            33,50
                              03               86,50                                     04            16,00
                              04               43,50                                     06            41,00
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                                             (ECU/100 kg)                                         (ECU/100 kg)
     Product code      Destination        Refund (7)               Product code Destination   Refund (7)
                                       – Net weight –                                       – Net weight –
0202 10 00 9100            02               36,50             1602 50 10 9120       02          59,00 (8)
                           03               26,00                                   03          47,00 (8)
                           04               13,00                                   04          47,00 (8)
0202 10 00 9900            02               51,00             1602 50 10 9140       02          52,50 (8)
                           03               35,00                                   03          41,50 (8)
                           04               18,00                                   04          41,50 (8)
                                                              1602 50 10 9160       02          41,50 (8)
0202 20 10 9000            02               51,00                                   03          33,50 (8)
                           03               35,00                                   04          33,50 (8)
                           04               18,00
                                                              1602 50 10 9170       02          28,00 (8)
0202 20 30 9000            02               36,50                                   03          22,00 (8)
                           03               26,00                                   04          22,00 (8)
                           04               13,00
                                                              1602 50 10 9190       02          28,00
                                                                                    03          22,00
0202 20 50 9100            02               65,00
                                                                                    04          22,00
                           03               44,50
                           04               22,00             1602 50 10 9240       02            —
                                                                                    03            —
0202 20 50 9900            02               36,50                                   04            —
                           03               26,00
                           04               13,00             1602 50 10 9260       02            —
                                                                                    03            —
0202 20 90 9100            02               36,50                                   04            —
                           03               26,00
                                                              1602 50 10 9280       02            —
                           04               13,00
                                                                                    03            —
                                                                                    04            —
0202 30 90 9100            05 (4)           53,00
                           07 (4a)          53,00             1602 50 31 9125       01         100,00 (5)
0202 30 90 9400 (6)        08               33,00             1602 50 31 9135       01          38,00 (8)
                           09               30,00             1602 50 31 9195       01          18,50
                           03               26,00
                           04               13,50             1602 50 31 9325       01          89,00 (5)
                           06               29,50             1602 50 31 9335       01          33,50 (8)
0202 30 90 9500 (6)        02               51,00             1602 50 31 9395       01          18,50
                           03               33,50             1602 50 39 9125       01         100,00 (5)
                           04               16,00
                           06               41,00             1602 50 39 9135       01          38,00 (8)
                                                              1602 50 39 9195       01          18,50
0206 10 95 9000            02               51,00
                           03               33,50             1602 50 39 9325       01          89,00 (5)
                           04               16,00
                                                              1602 50 39 9335       01          33,50 (8)
                           06               41,00
                                                              1602 50 39 9395       01          18,50
0206 29 91 9000            02               51,00
                                                              1602 50 39 9425       01          38,00 (5)
                           03               33,50
                           04               16,00             1602 50 39 9435       01          22,00 (8)
                           06               41,00
                                                              1602 50 39 9495       01          16,00
0210 20 90 9100            02               42,50             1602 50 39 9505       01          16,00
                           04               25,50
                                                              1602 50 39 9525       01          38,00 (5)
0210 20 90 9300            02               53,00             1602 50 39 9535       01          22,00 (8)
0210 20 90 9500 (3)        02               53,00             1602 50 39 9595       01          16,00
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                                                             (ECU/100 kg)                                                                  (ECU/100 kg)
        Product code             Destination             Refund (7)                       Product code           Destination           Refund (7)
                                                      – Net weight –                                                                – Net weight –
1602 50 39 9615                      01                     16,00                   1602 50 80 9495                  01                   16,00
1602 50 39 9625                      01                      7,50                   1602 50 80 9505                  01                   16,00
1602 50 39 9705                      01                      —                      1602 50 80 9515                  01                    7,50
1602 50 39 9805                      01                      —                      1602 50 80 9535                  01                   22,00 (8)
1602 50 39 9905                      01                      —                      1602 50 80 9595                  01                   16,00
1602 50 80 9135                      01                     33,50 (8)               1602 50 80 9615                  01                   16,00
1602 50 80 9195                      01                     16,00                   1602 50 80 9625                  01                    7,50
1602 50 80 9335                      01                     30,00 (8)               1602 50 80 9705                  01                    —
1602 50 80 9395                      01                     16,00                   1602 50 80 9805                  01                    —
1602 50 80 9435                      01                     22,00 (8)               1602 50 80 9905                  01                    —
(1) Entry under this subheading is subject to the submission of the certificate appearing in the Annex to amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No 32/82.
(2) Entry under this subheading is subject to compliance with the condition laid down in amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1964/82.
(3) The refund on beef in brine is granted on the net weight of the meat, after deduction of the weight of the brine.
(4) Carried out in accordance with amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2973/79 (OJ L 336, 29. 12. 1979, p. 44).
(4a) Carried out in accordance with amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2051/96 (OJ L 274, 26. 10. 1996, p. 18).
(5) OJ 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 (OJ L 210 of 1. 8. 1986, p. 39).
(7) Article 13 (10) of amended Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 provides that no export refunds shall be granted on products imported from third countries and
     re-exported to third countries.
(8) The refund is granted only on products manufactured under the arrangement provided for in Article 4 of amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No
     565/80.
(9) The grant of the refund is subject to compliance with the conditions referred to in Article 2 of this Regulation.
NB: The descriptions corresponding to the product codes and the footnotes are set out in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 as
        amended.
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                                                             ANNEX II
Zone 01: all third countries
Zone 02: zones 08 and 09
                   Zone 03                                     Zone 07                              Zone 09
 022    Ceuta and Melilla                     404   Canada                           224 Sudan
 024    Iceland                                                                      228 Mauritania
 028    Norway                                                                       232 Mali
                                                                                     236 Burkina Faso
 041    Faeroes
                                                                                     240 Niger
 043    Andorra                                                                      244 Chad
 044    Gibraltar                                              Zone 08
                                                                                     247 Cape Verde
 045    Vatican City                                                                 248 Senegal
                                              046   Malta
 053    Estonia                                                                      252 Gambia
                                              052   Turkey
 054    Latvia                                                                       257 Guinea-Bissau
                                              072   Ukraine
 055    Lithuania                                                                    260 Guinea
                                              073   Belarus
                                                                                     264 Sierra Leone
 060    Poland                                074   Moldova
                                                                                     268 Liberia
 061    Czech Republic                        075   Russia
                                                                                     272 Côte d’Ivoire
 063    Slovakia                              076   Georgia
                                                                                     276 Ghana
 064    Hungary                               077   Armenia                          280 Togo
                                              078   Azerbaijan                       284 Benin
 066    Romania
                                              079   Kazakhstan                       288 Nigeria
 068    Bulgaria                              080   Turkmenistan                     302 Cameroon
 070    Albania                               081   Uzbekistan                       306 Central African Republic
 091    Slovenia                              082   Tajikistan                       310 Equatorial Guinea
 092    Croatia                               083   Kirghistan                       311 Sao Tomé and Principe
 093    Bosnia-Herzegovina                    204   Morocco                          314 Gabon
 094    Federal Republic of Yugoslavia        208   Algeria                          318 Congo (Republic)
                                              212   Tunisia                          322 Congo (Democratic Republic)
 096    Former Yugoslav Republic of
        Macedonia                             216   Libya                            324 Rwanda
                                              220   Egypt                            328 Burundi
 109    The communes of Livigno and
        Campione d’Italia; the island of      604   Lebanon                          329 St Helena and dependencies
        Helgoland                             608   Syria                            330 Angola
                                              612   Iraq                             334 Ethiopia
 406    Greenland
                                              616   Iran                             336 Eritrea
 600    Cyprus
                                              624   Israel                           338 Djibouti
 950    Stores and provisions                 625   West Bank and the Gaza Strip     342 Somalia
        (Destinations referred to in Article
                                              628   Jordan                           350 Uganda
        34 of Commission Regulation (EEC)
        No 3665/87, as amended)               632   Saudi Arabia                     352 Tanzania
                                              636   Kuwait                           355 Seychelles and dependencies
                                              640   Bahrain                          357 British Indian Ocean Territory
                   Zone 04                    644   Qatar                            366 Mozambique
                                              647   United Arab Emirates             373 Mauritius
 039    Switzerland                           649   Oman                             375 Comoros
                                              653   Yemen                            377 Mayotte
                                              662   Pakistan                         378 Zambia
                   Zone 05                    669   Sri Lanka                        386 Malawi
                                              676   Myanmar (Burma)                  388 South Africa
 400    United States of America              680   Thailand                         395 Lesotho
                                              690   Vietnam
                                              700   Indonesia
                   Zone 06                    708   Philippines
                                              720   China                                           Zone 10
 809    New Caledonia                         724   North Korea
 822    French Polynesia                      740   Hong Kong                        075 Russia
NB: The countries are those defined by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2317/97 (OJ L 321, 22.11.1997, p. 19).