CELEX: 31981R1050
Language: en
Date: 1981-04-22
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1050/81 of 15 April 1981 fixing the export refunds on pigmeat

22. 4 . 81                                Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 110 / 5
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1050/81
                                                          of 15 April 1981
                                               fixing the export refunds on pigmeat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       should be limited to an amount which takes account
COMMUNITIES,                                                         of the qualitative characteristics of each of the
                                                                     products falling within these subheadings and of the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                foreseeable trend of production costs on the world
Economic Community,                                                  market ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
2759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­                     Whereas, if existing export outlets for products falling
zation of the market in pigmeat ('), as last amended by              within subheadings 02.06 B I b) 3 aa), 4 aa), 5 aa) and 6
the Act of Accession of Greece (2), and in particular the            aa) are to be available in the future, the refund should
first sentence of Article 15 (5) thereof,                            be comparable to that granted for dried or smoked
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         products ;
2768 /75 of 29 October 1975 laying down general rules
for granting export refunds on pigmeat and criteria for              Whereas, in the case of certain typical Italian products
fixing the amount of such refunds (3), and in particular             falling within subheading 02.06 B I b) 3 bb) and 7 bb)
Article 5 (4) thereof,                                               and if the Community is to continue to take part in
                                                                     international trade, the refund must take account of
Whereas Article 15 of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75                    the conditions of access to the world market ;
provides that the difference between prices on the
world market for the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) of
that Regulation and prices for these products within                 Whereas, in the case of products falling within sub­
the Community may be covered by an export refund ;                   headings 02.06 B I b) ex 7, the refund should be
                                                                     granted solely in respect of products of a quality
Whereas it follows from applying these rules and
criteria to the present situation on the market in
                                                                     comparable with that of products falling within
                                                                     subheadings 02.06 B I b) 3 , 4 and 5 ;
pigmeat that the refund should be fixed as set out
below ;
                                                                     Whereas, because of the conditions of competition in
Whereas facilities exist at present for the export of live           certain third countries, which are traditionally major
pigs falling within subheading 01.03 A II b), and for                importers of products falling within subheadings ex
certain products falling within subheading 02.01 A                    16.01 A, ex 16.01 B I and II , ex 16.02 A II, ex 16.02 B
III ; whereas a refund should be fixed for these
                                                                     III a) 2 aa) 11 , 22, 33 , bb) and cc), the refund for these
products taking particular account of the conditions of              products should be fixed so as to take this situation
competition for Community exporters on world                         into account ; whereas, however, the refunds should be
markets ;
                                                                     differentiated for cooked and uncooked products
Whereas the European Council has agreed to enable                    within subheadings 16.02 B III a) 2 aa) 11 , 22 and 33 ;
Poland to purchase certain quantities of pigmeat in
the Community ; whereas, in order to achieve this aim ,              Whereas, as from 1 February 1981 , composite food
it seems appropriate to fix a special refund for that                 products (including prepared dishes), the meat content
destination and to acquire advance-fixing for control                 of which is mainly made up of sausage, fall within
 purposes ;
                                                                      heading No 16.01 ; whereas steps should be taken to
 Whereas, it is necessary to waive the provisions on the              ensure that the refund is granted only for the net
 issue of advance-fixing certificates laid down in Regu­             weight of animal proteins and fat contained in the said
 lations (EEC) No 3183/80 (4), (EEC) No 858/78 (5) and                preparations ;
 (EEC) No 2910/ 80 (6) ;
 Whereas, in the case of products falling within sub­                 Whereas since economically significant quantities of
 headings 02.06 B I b) 3 bb) and 6 bb), the refund                    other pigmeat products are not being exported at
                                                                      present, there is no need to fix a refund for these
                                                                      products ;
 (') OJ No  L 282,  1 . 11 . 1975, p . 1 .
 0   OJ No  L 291 , 19 . 1 1 . 1979 , p . 17 .
 0   OJ No  L 282,  1 . 11 . 1975, p . 39 .                           Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
 (4) OJ No  L 338 , 13 . 12. 1980, p. 1 .
 0   OJ No  L 116,  28 . 4. 1978 , p . 18 .                           are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
 (<) OJ No  L 302,  12 . 11 . 1980 , p . 13 .                         Committee for Pigmeat,
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                      — Special refund Poland — Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                        3283/80 or (EEC) No 200/81 ',
                          Article 1
                                                                   — Særrestitution Polen — forordning ( EØF) nr.
The list of products on which the export refund                         3283/80 eller (EØF) nr. 200/ 81 ',
referred to in Article 15 of Regulation (EEC) No                   — 'Sondererstattung Polen — Verordnung (EWG)
2759/75 is granted, and the amount of that refund,                      Nr. 3283 /80 oder (EWG) Nr. 200/81 ',
shall be as set out in the Annex hereto .
                                                                   — Restitution spéciale Pologne — règlement
                          Article 2
                                                                        (CEE) n0 3283 /80 ou (CEE) n0 200/81 ',
                                                                  — Ειδική επιστροφή Πολωνία — κανονισμός
1 . Notwithstanding Regulations (EEC) No 3183/ 80 ,                   ( ΕΟΚ ) αριθ . 3283 /80 ή ( ΕΟΚ ) αριθ. 200/8 Γ,
(EEC) No 858 /78 and (EEC) No 2910/80 , the refund                 — Restituzione speciale Polonia — regolamento
fixed in the Annex for products for export to Poland                    (CEE) n . 3283/80 o (CEE) n . 200/81 ',
shall be granted subject to the following conditions :
                                                                   — Bijzondere restitutie Polen — Verordening
(a) advance fixing of the refund shall be obligatory ;                  ( EEG) nr. 3283/80 of ( EEG) nr. 200/81 '.
(b) the application for the advance-fixing certificate
     must be accompanied by a certified copy of a
     contract for sale of pigmeat made by the applicant        2. Member States shall each working day before 5
     with the competent Polish authorities after the           p.m . by telex inform the Commission on the applica­
     entering into force of the present Regulation ;           tions lodged for certificates for advance-fixing of the
                                                               refunds referred to in paragraph 1 , indicating the
(c) advance-fixing certificates shall be issued on the        quantities of each application .
     fifth working day after the application was lodged,
     provided no special measures are taken during that
     period ;                                                 The Commission shall take a decision to stop issue of
                                                               advance-fixing certificates when the total quantity for
(d) the security for advance-fixing certificates shall be
                                                               which applications have been made reaches 35 000
     32 ECU per 100 kilograms ;                                tonnes .
(e) space 13 of the application and of the advance­
      fixing certificate shall bear one of the following
      expressions :                                            In the case where the quantity applied for exceeds
                                                               35 000 tonnes the Commission shall take the neces­
     — ' Poland ,                                              sary steps to ensure that the quantity provided for is
     — 'Polen ',                                               not exceeded .
     — ' Pologne',
     — TloXwvla',
     — 'Polonia' ;
 (f) the certificate requires export to Poland ;                                       Article 3
 (g) space 18 of the advance-fixing certificate shall bear
      one of the following expressions :                       This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 1981 .
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels, 15 April 1981 .
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                             Poul DALSAGER
                                                                     Member of the Commission
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                                                            ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 15 April 1981 fixing the export refunds on pigmeat
                                                                                                   (ECU/100 kg)
                  CCT
                heading                                     Description                               Refund
                   No
                                                                                                    net weight
            01.03         Live swine :
                         A. Domestic species :
                              II . Other :
                                   b) Other                                                           10 00
            02.01         Meat and edible offals of the animals falling within heading No
                          01.01 , 01.02, 01.03 , or 01.04, fresh, chilled or frozen :
                          A. Meat :
                              III . Of swine :
                                    a) Of domestic swine :
                                       1 . Carcases or half carcases, with or without heads,
                                           feet or flare fat :
                                           (aa) Carcases or half carcases without heads, fore
                                                feet and flare fat :
                                                — For exports to Poland                               65 00
                                                — Other destinations                                  20-00
                                           (bb) Other                                                 20-00
                                       2. Hams and cuts of hams, unboned (bone-in)                     22-00
                                       3 . Shoulders (fores) and cuts of shoulders, unboned
                                           (bone-in)                                                   22-00
                                       4 . Loins and cuts of loins, unboned (bone-in)                  22-00
                                       5. Bellies (streaky) and cuts of bellies :
                                           (aa) Boned or boneless, derinded and defatted, with
                                                a maximum layer of 7 mm fat, frozen (a)                19-00
                                           (bb) Other                                                  19-00
                                       6 . Other :
                                            ex aa) Boned or boneless and frozen :
                                                    ( 11 ) Hams, shoulders and loins and cuts
                                                           thereof, derinded and defatted , with a
                                                           maximum layer of 3 mm fat (a)               37-00
                                                    (22) Other hams, shoulders and loins and
                                                           cuts thereof (a)                            22-00
                                            ex bb) Other :
                                                    ( 11 ) Hams, shoulders and loins and cuts
                                                           thereof (a)                                 22-00
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                                                                                                      (ECU/100 kv)
                  CCT
                heading                                      Description                                Refund
                   No
                                                                                                      net weight
            02.06       Meat and edible meat offal (except poultry liver), salted, in brine,
                        dried or smoked :
                        B. Meat and edible meat offals of domestic swine :
                            I. Meat :
                                 b) Dried or smoked :
                                    2. Bacon sides, spencers, % sides or middles :
                                        cc) 3/4 sides or middles                                        28-00
                                    3 . Hams and cuts of hams, unboned (bone-in ) :
                                        aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked                           32-00
                                        bb) Other :
                                             ( 11 ) 'Prosciutto di Parma', 'Prosciutto di San
                                                     Daniele' (b)                                       64-00
                                             (22) Other                                                 47-00
                                    4 . Shoulders (fores) and cuts of shoulders, unboned
                                        (bone-in) :
                                        aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked                           28-00
                                    5 . Loins and cuts of loins, unboned (bone-in ) :
                                        aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked                           32-00
                                    6 . Bellies (streaky) and cuts of bellies :
                                        aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked                           22-00
                                        bb) Other                                                       22-00
                                    7 . Other :
                                         ex aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked :
                                                   ( 11 ) Hams, shoulders and loins, pieces
                                                          thereof                                        32-00
                                         ex bb) Other :
                                                   ( 11 ) ' Prosciutto di Parma', ' Prosciutto di San
                                                           Daniele', pieces thereof (b)                  64-00
                                                   (22) Hams, shoulders and            loins,  pieces
                                                           thereof                                       47-00
            ex 16.01    Sausages and the like, of meat, meat offal , or animal blood ,
                        suitable for human consumption :
                        A. Liver sausages (f)                                                            30-00
                         B. Other (c) :
                              L Sausages, dry or for spreading, uncooked (d) (f)                         60-00
                             II . Other (0                                                               40-00
             ex 16.02    Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal , suitable for
                         human consumption :
                         A. Liver :
                             II . Other                                                                  24-00
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                                                                                                     (ECU/100 kg)
                 CCT
               heading                                       Description                                Refund
                  No
                                                                                                      net weight
           ex 16.02           B. Other :
           (cont'd)              III . Other :
                                       a) Containing meat or offals of domestic swine :
                                          2. Other, containing by weight :
                                             aa) 80 % or more of meat or offal, of any kind,
                                                 including fats of any kind or origin :
                                                  11 . Hams, fillets and loins, pieces thereof :
                                                       (aaa) Uncooked ; mixtures of cooked and
                                                             uncooked meat (e)                          22-00
                                                       (bbb) Other                                      65-00
                                                 22. Shoulders and pieces thereof :
                                                       (aaa) Uncooked ; mixtures of cooked and
                                                             uncooked meat (e)                          22-00
                                                       (bbb) Other                                      53-00
                                                 33 . Other :
                                                       (aaa) Uncooked ; mixtures of cooked meat
                                                             of offal and uncooked meat or offal
                                                             (e)                                        22-00
                                                       (bbb) Other                                      33 00
                                             bb) 40 % or more but less than 80 % of meat or
                                                 offal, of any kind, including fats of any kind or
                                                 origin                                                 21-00
                                             cc) Less than 40 % of meat or offal, of any kind,
                                                 including fats of any kind or origin                    1 1 - 00
           (a) The cuts are classified in this subheading only if they can be identified as originating from the
               primary cuts mentioned .
           (b) Only those products for which the name is certified by the competent authorities of the produ­
               cing Member State can benefit from this refund .
           (c) The refund on sausages presented in containers with a preservative liquid is granted on net weight
               after deduction of weight of this liquid.
           (d) The weight of a coating of paraffin corresponding to normal use in the trade is considered as part
               of the net weight of the sausage.
           (e) The term 'uncooked' shall apply to products which have not been subjected to any heat-treatment
               or which have been subjected to a heat-treatment insufficient to ensure the coagulation of meat
               proteins in the whole of the product and which therefore show traces of a pinkish liquid on the
               cut surface when the product is cut along a line passing through its thickest part.
           (f) If composite food preparations (including prepared dishes) containing sausages, are classified
               under heading No 16.01 because of their composition, the refund is granted only on the net
               weight of the sausages, the meat and the offal, including fats of any kind or origin, which make
               part of these preparations.