CELEX: 31974R2243
Language: en
Date: 1974-08-29 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2243/74 of the Commission of 29 August 1974 fixing the export refunds on beef and veal for the period beginning 1 September 1974

30 . 8 . 74                              Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 238 /31
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 2243/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                        of 29 August 1974
                fixing the export refunds on beef and veal for the period beginning 1 September
                                                                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
                                                                     Treaty (8) concerning the Accession of new Member
 Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 885/68 (3 ) of
 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, saltred 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 .
(2) OJ   No  L 195,  18 . 7 . 1974, p. 14.                           (6)  OJ  No   L 28 , 5 . 2. 1970, p. 10 .
(3) OJ   No  L 156,  4. 7. 1968 , p. 2.                              ( 7) OJ  No  L  73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p. 14.
(*) 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 1 September
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, 29 August 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                                         33-75 (')
                                                                                          Net weight
cx 02.01 A II a) 1      Edible meat of domestic bovine animals, fresh or chilled :
              aa)       Of veal :
                   11 . Carcases and half-carcases                                         65-00 (')
      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                                                             51-50 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                                                  77-25 0 )
              bb)       Of adult animals :
                   11 . Carcases, half-carcases or 'compensated' quarters                  65-00 (*)
     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                                                             51-50 (*)
              ex 33 .   Hindquarters, excluding the forequarter with more than
                        ten whole or cut ribs                                              77-25 (»)
              cc)       Other cuts of beef and veal :
                   11 . Unboned (bone-in)                                                  51-50 (*)
              ex 22 .   Boned or boneless, excluding the chaps, the offals, the
                        thin flanks and the shin, packaged separately                      76-00 f1 )
ex 02.01 A II a) 2      Edible meat of domestic bovine animals, frozen :
               aa)       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                                             65-00 ( x )
 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, excluding forequarters tendered for under Regu­
                        lation (EEC) No 873/74 :
                        — 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-Cbmmunity 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                                             51-50 (*)
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     CCT heading No                                 Description of goods                              Refund in u.a./lOO 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                                                           77-25 ( 1 )
                 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                                                           51-50 (*)
                 ex 22 .   Boned or boneless, excluding the chaps, the offals, the
                           thin flanks and the skin, packaged separately :
                           — for export to the United States of America                                     65-00 (M
                           — 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                                                           76-00 (x)
ex 02.06 CI a ) 2          Edible meat of domestic bovine animals, boned or
                           boneless, salted and dried :
                           — for export to Switzerland
                                                                                                            33-75 (M
                                                                                                       United
                                                                                           Ireland
                                                                                                      Kingdom      Other Member Stttca
ex 16.02 B III 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          26-46      22-60            32-50
                               2. 60 °/o or more but less than 80 % of meat, exclu­
                                   ding offal and fat                                       15-88      13-56            19-50
                               3 . 40 % or more but less than 60 % of meat,
                                   excluding offal and fat                                  10-58       9-04            13-00
(') For Ireland and the United Kingdom the refund fixed above must be reduced by the compensatory amount pursuant to Article 12 (1) ei
    Regulation (EEC) No 181/73 (OJ No L 25, 30. 1 . 1973, p. 9).                                                                     ■
N.B. : Whereas 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.