CELEX: 32000R1000
Language: en
Date: 2000-05-12 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1000/2000 of 12 May 2000 fixing the export refunds on beef and veal and amending Regulations (EEC) No 3846/87 establishing an agricultural product nomenclature for export refunds and (EC) No 1445/95 on rules of application for import and export licences in the beef and veal sector

L 114/10               EN                       Official Journal of the European Communities                                         13.5.2000
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1000/2000
                                                              of 12 May 2000
               fixing the export refunds on beef and veal and amending Regulations (EEC) No 3846/87
               establishing an agricultural product nomenclature for export refunds and (EC) No 1445/95 on
                        rules of application for import and export licences in the beef and veal sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                        other prepared or preserved meat or offal listed in
                                                                                   Annex I under CN code 1602 50 10.
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,
                                                                           (6)     In view of the wide differences in products covered by
                                                                                   CN codes 0201 20 90 9700 and 0202 20 90 9100 used
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 of 17                        for refund purposes, refunds should be granted only on
May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef                          cuts in which the weight of bone does not exceed one
and veal (1), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No                          third.
907/2000 (2) and in particular Article 33(12) thereof,
                                                                           (7)     In the case of meat of bovine animals, boned or bone-
Whereas:                                                                           less, salted and dried, there are traditional trade flows to
                                                                                   Switzerland. To allow this trade to continue, the refund
                                                                                   should be set to cover the difference between prices on
(1)     Article 33 of Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 provides                        the Swiss market and export prices in the Member
        that the difference between prices on the world market                     States.
        for the products listed in Article 1 of that Regulation
        and prices for those products within the Community
        may be covered by an export refund.
                                                                           (8)     In the case of certain other cuts and preserves of meat or
                                                                                   offal shown in Annex I under CN codes 1602 50 31 to
(2)     Commission Regulation (EEC) No 32/82 (3), as last                          1602 50 80, the Community share of international trade
        amended by Regulation (EC) No 744/2000 (4), Regula-                        may be maintained by granting a refund corresponding
        tion (EEC) No 1964/82 (5), as last amended by Regula-                      to that at present available.
        tion (EC) No 1452/1999 (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          (9)     In the case of other beef and veal products, a refund
        export refunds on certain cuts of beef and veal and                        need not be fixed since the Community's share of world
        certain preserved beef and veal products.                                  trade is not significant.
(3)     It follows from applying those rules and criteria to the
        foreseeable situation on the market in beef and veal that          (10)    Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (9), as last
        the refund should be as set out below.                                     amended by Regulation (EC) No 2765/1999 (10), estab-
                                                                                   lishes the agricultural product nomenclature for the
                                                                                   purposes of export refunds.
(4)     Given the current market situation in the Community
        and the possibilities of disposal in certain third countries
        in particular, export refunds should be granted, on the
                                                                           (11)    In order to simplify customs export formalities for oper-
        one hand, on bovine animals intended for slaughter of a
                                                                                   ators, the refunds on all frozen cuts should be brought
        live weight greater than 220 kilograms and less than
                                                                                   into line with those on fresh or chilled cuts other than
        300 kilograms, and, on the other on adult bovine
                                                                                   those from adult male bovine animals.
        animals of a live weight of at least 300 kilograms.
(5)     Export refunds should be granted for certain destinations          (12)    Checks on products covered by CN code 1602 50
        on some fresh or chilled meat listed in the Annex I                        should be stepped up by making the granting of refunds
        under CN code 0201, on some frozen meat listed in                          on these products conditional on manufacture under the
        Annex I under CN code 0202, on some meat or offal                          arrangements provided for in Article 4 of Council Regu-
        listed in Annex I under CN code 0206 and on some                           lation (EEC) No 565/80 of 4 March 1980 on the
                                                                                   advance payment of export refunds in respect of agricul-
(1) OJ L  160, 26.6.1999, p. 21.                                                   tural products (11), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
(2) OJ L  105, 3.5.2000, p. 6.                                                     2026/83 (12).
(3) OJ L  4, 8.1.1982, p. 11.
(4) OJ L  89, 11.4.2000, p. 3.
(5) OJ L  212, 21.7.1982, p. 48.                                           (9) OJ L 366, 24.12.1987, p. 1.
(6) OJ L  167, 2.7.1999, p. 17.                                            (10) OJ L 338, 30.12.1999, p. 1.
(7) OJ L  221, 18.8.1984, p. 28.                                           (11) OJ L 62, 7.3.1980, p. 5.
(8) OJ L  370, 19.12.1992, p. 16.                                          (12) OJ L 199, 22.7.1983, p. 12.
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(13)    Refunds on female animals should vary depending on               and the amounts thereof shall be as set out in Annex I to this
        their age in order to prevent abuses in the export of            Regulation.
        certain pure-bred breeding animals.
                                                                         2.     The destinations are identified in Annex II to this
(14)    Opportunities exist for the export to certain third coun-        Regulation.
        tries of heifers other than those intended for slaughter,
        but to prevent any abuse control criteria should be laid         3.     The products must meet the relevant health marking
        down to ensure that these animals are not more than 36           requirements of:
        months old.                                                      — Chapter XI of Annex I to Council Directive 64/433/EEC (3),
(15)    Notwithstanding the subdivision of the Combined                  — Chapter VI of Annex I to Council Directive 94/65/EC (4),
        Nomenclature for prepared and preserved meat falling             — Chapter VI of Annex B to Council Directive 77/99/EEC (5).
        within CN code 1602 50, experience has shown that it
        is possible to delete from the refund nomenclature                                            Article 2
        several products covered by that code.
                                                                         The grant of the refund for product code 0102 90 59 9000 of
(16)    Following introduction at the beginning of January 1998          the nomenclature for export refunds and for exports to the
        of a new specific refund on boneless forequarter cuts            third countries in zone 10 listed in Annex II to this Regulation
        from male adult bovine animals, experience has shown             shall be subject to presentation, when the customs formalities
        the desirability of totally withdrawing the product codes        for export are completed, of the original and one copy of the
        for refunds on certain other boneless meat with a lean           veterinary certificate signed by an official veterinarian certifying
        meat content of at least 55 %. Section 5 of the Annex to         that these are heifers of an age of not more than 36 months.
        Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 and Annex III to Commis-             The original of the certificate shall be returned to the exporter
        sion Regulation (EC) No 1445/95 of 26 June 1995 on               and the copy, certified as being in accordance with the Regula-
        rules of application for import and export licences in the       tions by the customs authorities, shall be attached to the
        beef and veal sector (1), as last amended by Regulation          application for payment of the refund.
        (EC) No 2648/98 (2), should therefore be amended
        accordingly.                                                                                  Article 3
(17)    The Management Committee for Beef and Veal has not               1.     Section 5 of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87
        delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its            is replaced by Annex III to this Regulation.
        chairman,
                                                                         2.     Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1445/95 is replaced by
                                                                         Annex IV to this Regulation.
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                                                                                      Article 4
                              Article 1
                                                                         This Regulation shall enter into force on 13 May 2000.
1.     The list of products on which export refunds as referred
to in Article 33 of Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 are granted             It shall apply to export licences applied for from that date.
                      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                      Done at Brussels, 12 May 2000.
                                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                                        Franz FISCHLER
                                                                                  Member of the Commission
                                                                         (3) OJ 121, 29.7.1964, p. 2012/64.
(1) OJ L 143, 27.6.1995, p. 35.                                          (4) OJ L 368, 31.12.1994, p. 10.
(2) OJ L 335, 10.12.1998, p. 39.                                         (5) OJ L 26, 31.1.1977, p. 85.
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                                                           ANNEX I
                       to the Commission Regulation of 12 May 2000 fixing export refunds on beef
                                                 (EUR/100 kg)                                               (EUR/100 kg)
     Product code      Destination          Refund (7)                Product code       Destination   Refund (7)
                                         – Live weight –                                             – Net weight –
0102 10 10 9120            01                 46,00              0201 20 20 9120             02          33,50
0102 10 10 9130            02                 16,00                                          03          23,00
                           03                 11,00                                          04          11,50
                           04                   5,00             0201 20 30 9110 (1)         02          69,00
0102 10 30 9120            01                 46,00                                          03          47,50
                                                                                             04          23,00
0102 10 30 9130            02                 16,00
                           03                 11,00              0201 20 30 9120             02          24,00
                           04                   5,00                                         03          17,00
                                                                                             04            8,50
0102 10 90 9120            01                 46,00
                                                                 0201 20 50 9110 (1)         02         119,00
0102 90 41 9100            02                 41,50                                          03          79,50
0102 90 51 9000            02                 16,00                                          04          39,50
                           03                 11,00              0201 20 50 9120             02          42,50
                           04                   5,00                                         03          29,00
0102 90 59 9000            02                 16,00                                          04          14,50
                           03                 11,00              0201 20 50 9130 (1)         02          69,00
                           04                   5,00                                         03          47,50
                           10                 41,50 (9)                                      04          23,00
0102 90 61 9000            02                 16,00
                                                                 0201 20 50 9140             02          24,00
                           03                 11,00
                                                                                             03          17,00
                           04                   5,00
                                                                                             04            8,50
0102 90 69 9000            02                 16,00
                                                                 0201 20 90 9700             02          24,00
                           03                 11,00
                                                                                             03          17,00
                           04                   5,00
                                                                                             04            8,50
0102 90 71 9000            02                 41,50
                                                                 0201 30 00 9050            05 (3)       34,00
                           03                 27,00
                                                                                            07 (4)       34,00
                           04                 14,00
                                                                 0201 30 00 9060 (6)         02          33,50
0102 90 79 9000            02                 41,50
                                                                                             03          22,00
                           03                 27,00
                                                                                             04          10,50
                           04                 14,00
                                                                                             06          26,50
                                                                 0201 30 00 9100 (2) (6)     02         166,00
                                         – Net weight –
                                                                                             03         113,50
                                                                                             04          57,50
0201 10 00 9110 (1)        02                 69,00                                          06         147,00
                           03                 47,50
                           04                 23,00              0201 30 00 9120 (2) (6)     08          91,00
                                                                                             09          85,00
0201 10 00 9120            02                 24,00                                          03          62,50
                           03                 17,00                                          04          31,50
                           04                   8,50                                         06          80,50
0201 10 00 9130 (1)        02                 94,00              0202 10 00 9100             02          24,00
                           03                 63,00                                          03          17,00
                           04                 32,00                                          04            8,50
0201 10 00 9140            02                 33,50              0202 10 00 9900             02          33,50
                           03                 23,00                                          03          23,00
                           04                 11,50                                          04          11,50
0201 20 20 9110 (1)        02                 94,00              0202 20 10 9000             02          33,50
                           03                 63,00                                          03          23,00
                           04                 32,00                                          04          11,50
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                                                                       (EUR/100 kg)                                                                             (EUR/100 kg)
        Product code                 Destination                 Refund (7)                          Product code              Destination                 Refund (7)
                                                               – Net weight –                                                                            – Net weight –
0202 20 30 9000                           02                        24,00                     0206 10 95 9000                       02                       33,50
                                          03                        17,00                                                           03                       22,00
                                          04                          8,50                                                          04                       10,50
                                                                                                                                    06                       26,50
0202 20 50 9100                           02                        42,50
                                                                                              0206 29 91 9000                       02                       33,50
                                          03                        29,00
                                                                                                                                    03                       22,00
                                          04                        14,50
                                                                                                                                    04                       10,50
0202 20 50 9900                           02                        24,00                                                           06                       26,50
                                          03                        17,00                     0210 20 90 9100                       04                       16,50
                                          04                          8,50                    1602 50 10 9170                       02                       19,50 (8)
0202 20 90 9100                           02                        24,00                                                           03                       15,00 (8)
                                          03                        17,00                                                           04                       15,00 (8)
                                          04                          8,50                    1602 50 31 9125                       01                       77,00 (5)
                                                                                              1602 50 31 9325                       01                       68,50 (5)
0202 30 90 9100                           05 (3)                    34,00
                                          07 (4)                    34,00                     1602 50 39 9125                       01                       77,00 (5)
                                                                                              1602 50 39 9325                       01                       68,50 (5)
0202 30 90 9200 (6)                       02                        33,50
                                                                                              1602 50 39 9425                       01                       26,00 (5)
                                          03                        22,00
                                          04                        10,50                     1602 50 39 9525                       01                       26,00 (5)
                                          06                        26,50                     1602 50 80 9535                       01                       15,00 (8)
(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) The refund is granted subject to compliance with the conditions laid down in amended Regulation (EEC) No 1964/82.
(3) Carried out in accordance with amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2973/79 (OJ L 336, 29.12.1979, p. 44).
(4) 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, 1.8.1986, p. 39).
    The term ‘average content’ refers to the sample quantity as defined in Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2457/97 (OJ L 340, 11.12.1997, p. 29). The sample is to be taken
    from that part of the consignment presenting the highest risk.
(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 Council 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
  041  Faeroes                                                                                 236 Burkina Faso
                                                                                               240 Niger
  043  Andorra
                                                                                               244 Chad
  044  Gibraltar
                                                                                               247 Cape Verde
  045  Vatican City
                                                                                               248 Senegal
  053  Estonia                                                                                 252 Gambia
  054  Latvia                                                          Zone 08                 257 Guinea-Bissau
  055  Lithuania                                                                               260 Guinea
  060  Poland                                       046    Malta                               264 Sierra Leone
  061  Czech Republic                               052    Turkey                              268 Liberia
                                                    072    Ukraine                             272 Côte d'Ivoire
  063  Slovakia
                                                    073    Belarus                             276 Ghana
  064  Hungary                                      074    Moldova
  066  Romania                                                                                 280 Togo
                                                    075    Russia
                                                                                               284 Benin
  068  Bulgaria                                     076    Georgia
                                                                                               288 Nigeria
  070  Albania                                      077    Armenia
                                                                                               302 Cameroon
  091  Slovenia                                     078    Azerbaijan
                                                                                               306 Central African Republic
  092  Croatia                                      079    Kazakhstan
                                                                                               310 Equatorial Guinea
                                                    080    Turkmenistan
  093  Bosnia-Herzegovina                                                                      311 Sao Tomé and Principe
                                                    081    Uzbekistan
  094  Federal Republic of Yugoslavia               082    Tajikistan                          314 Gabon
  096  Former      Yugoslav      Republic      of   083    Kirghistan                          318 Congo (Republic)
       Macedonia                                    204    Morocco                             322 Congo (Democratic Republic)
  109  The communes of Livigno and                  208    Algeria                             324 Rwanda
       Campione d'Italia; the island of             212    Tunisia                             328 Burundi
       Helgoland                                                                               329 St Helena and dependencies
                                                    216    Libya
  406  Greenland                                    220    Egypt                               330 Angola
  600  Cyprus                                       604    Lebanon                             334 Ethiopia
  950  Stores and provisions                        608    Syria                               336 Eritrea
       (Destinations referred to in Article 34 of   612    Iraq                                338 Djibouti
       Commission Regulation (EEC) No               616    Iran                                342 Somalia
       3665/87, as amended)                         624    Israel                              350 Uganda
                                                    625    West Bank and the Gaza Strip        352 Tanzania
                                                    628    Jordan                              355 Seychelles and dependencies
                                                    632    Saudi Arabia                        357 British Indian Ocean Territory
                   Zone 04                          636    Kuwait                              366 Mozambique
                                                    640    Bahrain                             373 Mauritius
  039  Switzerland                                  644    Qatar                               375 Comoros
                                                    647    United Arab Emirates                377 Mayotte
                                                    649    Oman                                378 Zambia
                                                    653    Yemen                               386 Malawi
                   Zone 05                          662    Pakistan                            388 South Africa
                                                    669    Sri Lanka                           395 Lesotho
  400  United States of America                     676    Myanmar (Burma)
                                                    680    Thailand
                                                    690    Vietnam
                                                    700    Indonesia
                   Zone 06                          708    Philippines
                                                    720    China                                                Zone 10
  809  New Caledonia                                724    North Korea
  822  Frenche Polynesia                            740    Hong Kong                           075 Russia
NB: The countries are those defined by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2543/1999 (OJ L 307, 2.12.1999, p. 46).
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                                                             ANNEX III
      CN code                                             Description of goods                                         Product code
ex 0102       Live bovine animals:
ex 0102 10    – Pure-bred breeding animals:
ex 0102 10 10 – – Heifers (female bovines that have never calved):
              – – – With a live weight equal to or greater than 250 kg:
              – – – – Up to the age of 36 months                                                                    0102 10 10 9120
              – – – – Other                                                                                         0102 10 10 9130
ex 0102 10 30 – – Cows:
              – – – With a live weight equal to or greater than 250 kg:
              – – – – Up to the age of 60 months                                                                    0102 10 30 9120
              – – – – Other                                                                                         0102 10 30 9130
ex 0102 10 90 – – Other:
              – – – With a live weight equal to or greater than 300 kg                                              0102 10 90 9120
ex 0102 90    – Other:
              – – Domestic species:
              – – – Of a weight exceeding 160 kg but not exceeding 300 kg:
ex 0102 90 41 – – – – For slaughter:
              – – – – – Of a weight exceeding 220 kg                                                                0102 90 41 9100
              – – – Of a weight exceeding 300 kg:
              – – – – Heifers (female bovines that have never calved):
   0102 90 51 – – – – – For slaughter                                                                               0102 90 51 9000
   0102 90 59 – – – – – Other                                                                                       0102 90 59 9000
              – – – – Cows:
   0102 90 61 – – – – – For slaughter                                                                               0102 90 61 9000
   0102 90 69 – – – – – Other                                                                                       0102 90 69 9000
              – – – – Other:
   0102 90 71 – – – – – For slaughter                                                                               0102 90 71 9000
   0102 90 79 – – – – – Other                                                                                       0102 90 79 9000
   0201       Meat of bovine animals, fresh and chilled:
   0201 10 00 – Carcases and half-carcases:
              – – The front part of a carcase or of a half-carcase comprising all the bones and the scrag, neck and
                  shoulder but with more than 10 ribs:
              – – – From male adult bovine animals (1)                                                              0201 10 00 9110
              – – – Other                                                                                           0201 10 00 9120
              – – Other:
              – – – From male adult bovine animals (1)                                                              0201 10 00 9130
              – – – Other                                                                                           0201 10 00 9140
   0201 20    – Other cuts with bone in:
   0201 20 20 – – ‘Compensated’ quarters:
              – – – From male adult bovine animals (1)                                                              0201 20 20 9110
              – – – Other                                                                                           0201 20 20 9120
   0201 20 30 – – Unseparated or separated forequarters:
              – – – From male adult bovine animals (1)                                                              0201 20 30 9110
              – – – Other                                                                                           0201 20 30 9120
   0201 20 50 – – Unseparated or separated hindquarters:
              – – – With a maximum of eight ribs or eight pairs of ribs:
              – – – – From male adult bovine animals (1)                                                            0201 20 50 9110
              – – – – Other                                                                                         0201 20 50 9120
              – – – With more than eight ribs or eight pairs of ribs:
              – – – – From male adult bovine animals (1)                                                            0201 20 50 9130
              – – – – Other                                                                                         0201 20 50 9140
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     CN code                                                 Description of goods                                              Product code
ex 0201 20 90 – – Other:
              – – – The weight of bone not exceeding one third of the weight of the cut                                     0201 20 90 9700
ex 0201 30 00 – Boneless:
              – – Boneless cuts exported to the United States of America under the conditions laid down in Commission
                  Regulation (EEC) No 2973/79 (3) or to Canada under the conditions laid down in Regulation (EC) No
                  2051/96 (4)                                                                                               0201 30 00 9050
              – – Boneless cuts, including minced meat, with an average lean bovine meat content (excluding fat) of 78 %
                  or more (6)                                                                                               0201 30 00 9060
              – – Other, each piece individually wrapped with an average lean bovine meat content (excluding fat) of
                  55 % or more (6):
              – – – from the hindquarters of adult male bovine animals with a maximum of eight ribs or eight pairs of
                    ribs, straight out or ‘Pistola’ cut (2)                                                                 0201 30 00 9100
              – – – from unseparated or separated forequarters of adult male bovine animals, straight cut or ‘Pistola’
                    cut (2)                                                                                                 0201 30 00 9120
              – – Other                                                                                                     0201 30 00 9140
ex 0202       Meat of bovine animals, frozen:
   0202 10 00 – Carcases and half-carcases:
              – – The front part of a carcase or of a half-carcase comprising all the bones and the scrag, neck and
                  shoulder but with more than 10 ribs                                                                       0202 10 00 9100
              – – Other                                                                                                     0202 10 00 9900
ex 0202 20    – Other cuts, with bone in:
   0202 20 10 – – ‘Compensated’ quarters                                                                                    0202 20 10 9000
   0202 20 30 – – Unseparated or separated forequarters                                                                     0202 20 30 9000
   0202 20 50 – – Unseparated or separated hindquarters:
              – – – With a maximum of eight ribs or eight pairs of ribs                                                     0202 20 50 9100
              – – – With more than eight ribs or eight pairs of ribs                                                        0202 20 50 9900
ex 0202 20 90 – – Other:
              – – – The weight of bone not exceeding one third of the weight of the cut                                     0202 20 90 9100
   0202 30    – Boneless:
   0202 30 90 – – Other:
              – – – Boneless cuts exported to the United States of America under the conditions laid down in Regulation
                    (EEC) No 2973/79 (3) or to Canada under the conditions laid down in Regulation (EC) No 2051/96 (4)      0202 30 90 9100
              – – – Other, including minced meat, with an average lean bovine meat content (excluding fat) of 78 % or
                    more (6)                                                                                                0202 30 90 9200
              – – – Other                                                                                                   0202 30 90 9900
   0206       Edible offal of bovine animals, swine, goats, horses, assess, mules or hinnies, fresh, chilled or frozen:
   0206 10    – Of bovine animals, fresh and chilled:
              – – Other:
   0206 10 95 – – – Thick skirt and thin skirt                                                                              0206 10 95 9000
              – Of bovine animals, frozen:
   0206 29    – – Other:
              – – – Other:
   0206 29 91 – – – – Thick skirt and thin skirt                                                                            0206 29 91 9000
ex 0210       Meat and edible meat offal, salted, in brine, dried or smoked; edible flours and meals of meat or meat offal:
ex 0210 20    – Meat of bovine animals:
ex 0210 20 90 – – Boneless:
              – – – Salted and dried                                                                                        0210 20 90 9100
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         CN code                                                                Description of goods                                                      Product code
ex 1602                   Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood:
ex 1602 50                – Of bovine animals:
ex 1602 50 10             – – Uncooked; mixtures of cooked meat or offal and uncooked meat or offal:
                          – – – Uncooked; not containing meat other than that of animals of the bovine species:
                          – – – – Containing by weight the following percentages of bovine meats (excluding offal and fat):
                          – – – – – Manufactured under the arrangement provided for in Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
                                     565/80 (7):
                          – – – – – – 40 % or more                                                                                                    1602 50 10 9170
                          – – Other:
                          – – – In hermetically sealed containers:
ex 1602 50 31             – – – – ‘Corned beef’; not containing meat other than that of the bovine species:
                          – – – – – With a collagen/protein ratio of no more than 0,35 (8) and containing by weight the following
                                     percentages of bovine meats (excluding offal and fat):
                          – – – – – – 90 % or more:
                          – – – – – – – Products complying with the conditions laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 2388/84 (5)                           1602 50 31 9125
                          – – – – – – 80 % or more, but less than 90 %:
                          – – – – – – – Products complying with the conditions laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 2388/84 (5)                           1602 50 31 9325
ex 1602 50 39             – – – – Other:
                          – – – – – Not containing meat other than that of animals of the bovine species:
                          – – – – – – With a collagen/protein ratio of no more than 0,35 (8) and containing by weight the following
                                      percentages of bovine meats (excluding offal and fat):
                          – – – – – – – 90 % or more:
                          – – – – – – – – Products complying with the conditions laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 2388/84 (5)                         1602 50 39 9125
                          – – – – – – – 80 % or more, but less than 90 %:
                          – – – – – – – – Products complying with the conditions laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 2388/84 (5)                         1602 50 39 9325
                          – – – – – – – 60 % or more, but less than 80 %:
                          – – – – – – – – Products complying with the conditions laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 2388/84 (5)                         1602 50 39 9425
                          – – – – – – With a collagen/protein ratio or more than 0,35 but no more than 045 (8) and containing by
                                      weight the following percentages of bovine meat (excluding offal and fat):
                          – – – – – – – 60 % or more:
                          – – – – – – – – Products complying with the conditions laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 2388/84 (5)                         1602 50 39 9525
ex 1602 50 80             – – – Other:
                          – – – – Not containing meat other than that of animals of the bovine species:
                          – – – – – With a collagen/protein ratio of no more than 0,45 (8) and containing by weight the following
                                     percentages of bovine meat (excluding offal and fat):
                          – – – – – – 40 % or more:
                          – – – – – – – Manufactured under the arrangements provided for in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No
                                         565/80 (7)                                                                                                   1602 50 80 9535
(1) Entry within this subheading is subject to the submission of the certificate appearing in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 32/82 (OJ L 4, 8.1.1982, p. 11), as
    last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2326/97 (OJ L 323, 26.11.1997, p. 1).
(2) The granting of the refund is subject to compliance with the conditions laid down in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1964/82 (OJ L 212, 21.7.1982, p. 48), as last
    amended by Regulation (EC) No 1452/1999 (OJ L 167, 2.7.1999, p. 17).
(3) OJ L 336, 29.12.1979, p. 44.
(4) OJ L 274, 26.10.1996, p. 18.
(5) OJ L 221, 18.8.1984, 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, 1.8.1986, p. 39). The term ‘average content’ refers to the sample quantity as defined in Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2457/97 (OJ L 340, 11.12.1997, p. 29).
    The sample is to be taken from that part of the consignment presenting the highest risk.
(7) OJ L 62, 7.3.1980, p. 5.
(8) Determination of collagen content:
    The collagen content shall be taken to mean the hydrosyproline content multiplied by the factor 8. The hydroxyproline content must be determined according to ISO
    method 3496-1978.
NB: Article 33 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 (OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21) provides that no export refunds are to be granted on products
       imported from third countries and re-exported to third countries.
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                                                 ANNEX IV
                                                 ‘ANNEX III
                                       List indicated in Article 8(4)
         Category                                        Product code
           000    0102 90 59 9000
           010    0102 10 10 9120, 0102 10 30 9120 and 0102 10 90 9120
           020    0102 10 10 9130 and 0102 10 30 9130
           030    0102 90 41 9100, 0101 90 71 9000 and 0102 90 79 9000
           040    0102 90 51 9000, 0102 90 61 9000 and 0102 90 69 9000
           050    0201 10 00 9110, 0201 20 30 9110 and 0201 20 50 9130
           060    0201 10 00 9120, 0201 20 30 9120, 0201 20 50 9140 and 0201 20 90 9700
           070    0201 10 00 9130 and 0201 20 20 9110
           080    0201 10 00 9140 and 0201 20 20 9120
           090    0201 20 50 9110
           100    0201 20 50 9120
           110    0201 30 00 9050
           111    0201 30 00 9060
           120    0201 30 00 9100
           121    0201 30 00 9120
           131    0201 30 00 9140
           150    0202 10 00 9100, 0202 20 30 9000, 0202 20 50 9900 and 0202 20 90 9100
           160    0202 10 00 9900 and 0202 20 10 9000
           170    0202 20 50 9100
           180    0202 30 90 9100
           200    0202 30 90 9200
           210    0202 30 90 9900
           220    0206 10 95 9000 and 0206 29 91 9000
           230    0210 20 90 9100
           280    1602 50 10 9170
           320    1602 50 31 9125 and 1602 50 39 9125
           350    1602 50 31 9325 and 1602 50 39 9325
           380    1602 50 39 9425 and 1602 50 39 9525
           490    1602 50 80 9535’