CELEX: 31994R1996
Language: en
Date: 1994-08-03 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1996/94 of 2 August 1994 fixing the export refunds on beef

No L 200/24                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                    3 . 8 . 94
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1996/94
                                                         of 2 August 1994
                                                fixing the export refunds on beef
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        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
                                                                     bovine animals of a live weight of at least 300 kilograms ;
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              whereas experience gained in recent years has shown that
  Community,                                                          live pure-bred breeding animals weighing at least 250
                                                                      kilograms in the case of females and 300 kilograms in
                                                                     that of males should be treated in the same way as other
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of             bovine animals, subject to certain special administrative
                                                                     formalities :
  27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market
  in beef and veal ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
  No 1884/94 (2), and in particular Article 18 thereof,
                                                                     Whereas export refunds should be granted for certain
                                                                     destinations on some fresh or chilled meat listed in the
 Whereas Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68
 provides that the difference between prices on the world            Annex under CN code 0201 , on some frozen meat listed
 market for the products listed in Article 1 of that Regula­         in the Annex under CN code 0202, on some meat or offal
                                                                     listed in the Annex under CN code 0206 and on some
 tion and prices for those products within the
 Community may be covered by an export refund ;                      other prepared or preserved meat or offal listed in the
                                                                     Annex under CN code 1602 50 10 :
 Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 885/68 (3), as last
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 427/77 (4), lays down
 general rules for granting export refunds and criteria for          Whereas, in view of the wide differences in products
 fixing the amount of such refunds ;                                 covered by CN codes 0201 20 90 700 and 0202 20 90 100
                                                                     used for refund purposes, refunds should only be granted
                                                                     on cuts in which the weight of bone does not exceed one
                                                                     third :
 Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 32/82 (*), as last amended
 by Regulation (EEC) No 3169/87 (6), Regulation (EEC)
 No 1964/82 (J), as amended by Regulation (EEC)
 No 3169/87, and Regulation (EEC) No 2388/84 (8), as last
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3661 /92 (9), lay down               Whereas, in the case of meat of bovine animals, boned or
 the conditions for granting special export refunds on               boneless, salted and dried, there are traditional trade flows
 certain cuts of beef and veal and certain preserved beef            to Switzerland ; whereas, to allow this trade to continue,
                                                                     the refund should be set to cover the difference between
 and veal products ;
                                                                     prices on the Swiss market and export prices in the
                                                                     Member States ; whereas there are possibilities for export­
                                                                     ing such meat and also salted, smoked and dried meat to
Whereas it follows from applying those rules and criteria            certain African, Near and Middle Eastern countries ;
 to the foreseeable situation on the market in beef and veal         whereas a refund should accordingly be set ;
 that the refund should be as set out below ;
Whereas, given the current market situation in the                   Whereas, in the case of certain other cuts and preserves of
 Community and the possibilities of disposal in certain              meat or offal shown in the Annex under CN codes
 third countries in particular, export refunds should be             1602 50 31 to 1602 50 80, the Community share of inter­
                                                                     national trade may be maintained by granting a refund
(l) OJ  No  L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968, p. 24.                             corresponding to that at present available ;
0   OJ  No  L 197, 30. 7. 1994, p. 27.
(3) OJ  No  L 156, 4. 7. 1968, p. 2.
0   OJ  No  L 61 , 5. 3. 1977, p. 16.
0   OJ  No  L 4, 8 . 1 . 1982, p. 11 .
0   OJ  No  L 301 , 24. 10 . 1987, p. 21 .                          Whereas, in the case of other beef and veal products, a
0   OJ  No  L 212, 21 . 7. 1982, p. 48 .
(■) OJ  No  L 221 , 18. 8 . 1984, p. 28.                             refund need not be fixed since the Community's share of
0   OJ  No  L 370, 19. 12. 1992, p. 16.                             world trade is not significant ;
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  Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article         Whereas refunds on female animals should vary depend­
  1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 ('), as                   ing on their age in order to prevent abuses in the export
  amended by Regulation (EC) No 3528/93 (2), are used to             of certain pure-bred breeding animals ;
  convert amounts expressed in third country currencies
  and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural         Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 990/93 (9) prohi­
  conversion rates of the Member States' currencies ;                bits trade between the European Community and the
  whereas detailed rules on the application and determina­           Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia und Montenegro) ;
  tion of these conversions were set by Commission Regu­             whereas this prohibition does not apply in certain situa­
  lation (EEC) No 1 068/93 (3), as amended by Regulation             tions as comprehensively listed in Articles 2, 4, 5 and 7
                                                                     thereof ; whereas account should be taken of this fact
  (EC) No 547/94 (4);
                                                                     when fixing the refunds ;
 Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 Q,                   Whereas, notwithstanding the subdivision of the
  as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1 622/94 (6),                combined nomenclature for prepared and preserved meat,
  establishes the agricultural product nomenclature for the          other than uncooked, falling within CN code 1602 50,
  purposes of export refunds ;                                       experience has shown that it is possible to delete from the
                                                                     refund nomenclature several products falling within CN
 Whereas, in order to simplify customs export formalities            code 1602 50 31 and to amend the list of products falling
  for operators, the refunds on all frozen cuts should be            within CN code 1 602 50 80 ;
  brought in line with those on fresh or chilled cuts other
  than those from adult male bovine animals ;                        Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
                                                                     in accordance with the opinion of the Management
 Whereas experience has shown that in certain cases it is            Committee for Beef and Veal,
 often difficult to determine the relevant quantities of beef,
 veal and other meat contained in prepared or preserved              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 meat falling within CN code 1 602 50 ; whereas exclusi­
 vely beef and veal products should accordingly be set                                       Article 1
 apart and a new heading should be created for mixtures of
 meats or offals ; whereas checks on products other than             The list of products on which export refunds as referred
 mixtures of meat or offal should be stepped up by making            to in Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 are
 the granting of refunds on these products conditional on            granted and the amount thereof shall be as set out in the
 manufacture under the arrangements provided for in                  Annex.
 Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 565/80 of
 4 March 1980 on the advance payment of export refunds                                       Article 2
 in respect of agricultural products f), as amended by
 Regulation (EEC) No 2026/83 (8) ;                                   This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 August 1994.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                   Done at Brussels, 2 August 1994.
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                Ren6 STEICHEN
                                                                          Member of the Commission
(>)  OJ   No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .
(2)  OJ   No L 320, 22. 12. 1993, p. 32.
(3)  OJ   No L 108, 1 . 5. 1993, p. . 106.
O    OJ   No L 69, 12. 3. 1994, p. 1 .
0    OJ   No L 366, 24. 12. 1987, p. 1 .
(«)  OJ   No L 170, 5. 7. 1994, p. 24.
0    OJ   No L 62, 7. 3. 1980, p. 5.
(8)  OJ   No L 199, 22. 7. 1983, p. 12.                             0 OJ No L 102, 28 . 4. 1993, p. 14.
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                                                         ANNEX
                                             (ECU/100 kg)                                             (ECU/100 kg)
      Product code  Destination O        Refund (') (10)          Product code   Destination f)  Refund (*) (10)
                                      — Live weight —                                           — Net weight —
0102 10 10 120           01                 82,50
                                                             0201 20 20 120           02           108,50
0102 10 10 130           02                 60,50
                                                                                      03             75,00
                         03                 42,50
                                                                                      04             37,50
                         04                 21,50
0102 10 30 120           01                 82,50            0201 20 30 110 (')       02           107,50
0102 10 30 130           02                 60,50                                     03             73,00
                         03                 42,50                                     04             36,50
                         04                 21,50            0201 20 30 120           02             79,00
0102 10 90 120           01                 82,50                                     03             55,00
0 1 02 90 41 100         02                 82,50                                     04             27,50
5102 90 51 000           02                 60,50
                                                             0201 20 50 110 (')       02           187,00
                         03                 42,50
                                                                                      03           124,50
                         04                 21,50
                                                                                      04             62,00
5102 90 59 000           02                 60,50
                         03                 42,50            0201 20 50 120           02           138,00
                         04                 21,50                                     03             95,00
5102 90 61 000           02                 60,50                                     04             47,50
                         03                 42,50
                                                             0201 20 50 130 (')       02           107,50
                         04                 21,50
                                                                                      03             73,00
D102 90 69 000           02                 60,50
                                                                                      04             36,50
                         03                 42,50
                         04                 21,50            0201 20 50 140           02             79,00
5102 90 71 000           02                 82,50                                     03             55,00
                         03                 55,50                                     04             27,50
                         04                 27,50
                                                             0201 20 90 700           02             79,00
5102 90 79 000           02                 82,50
                                                                                      03             55,00
                         03                 55,50
                                                                                      04             27,50
                         04                 27,50
                                                             0201 30 00 050 0         05             96,00
                                      — Net weight —
                                                             0201 30 00 1 00 (2)      02           267,50
                                                                                      03           178,50
5201 10 00 1 10 (')      02                107,50
                                                                                      04             89,50
                         03                 73,00
                         04                 36,50                                     06           228,50
5201 10 00 120           02                 79,00            0201 30 00 150 (*)       10           141,50
                         03                 55,00                                     11           119,50
                         04                 27,50                                     03           107,50
3201 10 00 130 (')       02                147,50                                     04             53,50
                         03                 99,00                                     06           124,00
                         04                 49,50
                                                                                      07             77,00
3201 10 00 140           02                108,50
                         03                 75,00            0201 30 00 190 (*)       02           109,50
                         04                 37,50                                     03             72,00
3201 20 20 110 (')       02                147,50                                     04             36,00
                         03                 99,00                                     06             88,00
                         04                 49,50                                     07             77,00
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                                              (ECU/100 kg)                                          (ECU/100 kg)
     Product code  Destination f)        Refund (8) (10)         Product code  Destination f)  Refund (*)(10)
                                      — Net weight —                                          — Net weight —
0202 10 00 100          02                   79,00          1602 50 10 120          02           121,50 (9)
                        03                   55,00                                  03             97,50 0
                        04                   27,50                                  04             97,50 (9)
0202 10 00 900          02                  108,50          1602 50 10 140          02           107,50 (')
                        03                   75,00                                  03             86,50 (9)
                        04                   37,50                                   04            86,50 (9)
0202 20 10 000          02                  108,50          1602 50 10 160          02             86,50 (9)
                        03                   75,00                                  03             69,50 (9)
                        04                   37,50                                  04             69,50 (9)
0202 20 30 000          02                   79,00       .  1602 50 10 170           02            57,50 (9)
                        03                   55,00                                   03            46,00 (9)
                        04                   27,50                                   04            46,00 (9)
0202 20 50 100          02                  138,00          1602 50 10 190           02            57,50
                        03                   95,00                                   03            46,00
                        04                   47,50                                   04            46,00
0202 20 50 900          02                   79,00          1602 50 10 240           02            20,00
                        03                   55,00                                   03            20,00
                        04                   27,50                                   04            20,00
0202 20 90 100          02                   79,00           1602 50 10 260          02            16,00
                        03                   55,00                                   03            16,00
                        04                   27,50                                   04            16,00
0202 30 90 100 (4)      05                   96,50           1602 50 10 280          02            10,00
0202 30 90 400 (0        10                 141,50                                   03            10,00
                         11                 119,50                                   04            10,00
                        03                  107,50           1602 50 31 125          01           110,00 0
                        04                   53,50
                                                             1602 50 31 135          01            69,50 Q
                        06                  124,00
                        07                   77,00           1602 50 31 195          01            34,00
0202 30 90 500 (0       02                  109,50           1602 50 31 325          01            98,00(0
                        03                   72,00           1602 50 31 335          01            62,00 (9)
                         04                  36,00           1602 50 31 395          01            34,00
                         06                  88,00
                                                             1602 50 39 125          01           110,00(0
                         07                  77,00
                                                             1602 50 39 135          01            69,50 (9)
0202 30 90 900          07                   77,00
                                                             1602 50 39 195          01            34,00
0206 10 95 000          02                  109,50
                        03                   72,00           1602 5039 325           01            98,00 0
                        04                   36,00           1602 50 39 335          01            62,00 (9)
                        06                   88,00           1602 50 39 395          01            34,00
0206 29 91 000          02                  109,50           1602 50 39 425          01            73,00(0
                         03                  72,00
                                                             1602 50 39 435          01            46,00 (9)
                        04                   36,00
                        06                   88,00
                                                             1602 50 39 495          01            34,00
0210 20 90 100          08                   88,00           1602 50 39 505          01            34,00
                        09                   52,00           1602 50 39 525          01            73,00(0
0210 20 90 300          02                  109,50           1602 50 39 535          01            46,00 (9)
0210 20 90 500 O         02                 109,50           1602 50 39 595          01            34,00
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                                                               (ECU/100 kg)                                                                     (ECU/100 kg)
        Product code             Destination f7)          Refund (") (10)                 Product code             Destination 0           Refund (8) (l0)
                                                       — Net weight —                                                                   — Net weight —
 1602 50 39 615                       01                      34,00                 1602 50 80 495                       01                   34,00
 1602 50 39 625                       01                      15,00                 1602 50 80 505                       01                   34,00
 1602 50 39 705                       01                      20,00                 1602 50 80 515                       01                    15,00
 1602 50 39 805                       01                      16,00                 1602 50 80 535                       01                   46,00 0
 1602 50 39 905                       01                      10,00                 1602 50 80 595                       01                   34,00
 1602 50 80 135                       01                      69,50 0               1602 50 80 615                       01                   34,00
 1602 50 80 195                       01                      34,00                 1602 50 80 625                       01                    15,00
 1602 50 80 335                       01                      62,00 0               1602 50 80 705                       01                   20,00
 1602 50 80 395                       01                      34,00                 1602 50 80 805                       01                    16,00
 1602 50 80 435                       01                     46,00 0                1602 50 80 905                       01                    10,00
 (')  Entry under this subheading is subject to the submission of the certificate appearing in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 32/82.
 (2) Entry under this subheading is subject to compliance with the condition laid down in 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.
 («) OJ No L 336, 29. 12. 1979, p. 44.
 O   OJ No L 221 , 19. 8. 1984, p. 28.
 (*) 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.
 f7) The destinations are as follows :
     01 Third countries .
     02 North African, Near and Middle East third countries, west, Central, Eastern and Southern African third countries, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Russia,
         Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kirghistan, except Cyprus, Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland,
         Zimbabwe and Namibia.
     03 Iceland, Norway, Finland, Faeroe Islands, Andorra, Gibraltar, Vatican City, Malta, Turkey, Estonia, lesotho, Lithuania, Poland Czech Republic, Slovak
         Republic, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro, Territory of the Former of Macedonia,
         Ceuta, Melilla, Cyprus, Greenland, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Burma, Thailand, Viet Nam, Indonesia, the Philippines, China, North Korea and Hong kong
         and the destinations referred to in Article 34 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87.
     04 Austria, Sweden and Switzerland.
     05 The United States of America, carried out in accordance with Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2973/79.
     06 French Polynesia and New Caledonia.
     07 Canada.
     08 North, West, Central, East and Southern African third countries, except Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia.
     09 Switzerland,
     10 North African third countries, Near and Middle East, Central, Eastern and Southern African third countries, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Russia,
         Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kirghistan, except Cyprus, Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland,
         Zimbabwe and Namibia.
     11 West African third countries.
 (') 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.
 (®) The refund is granted only on products manufactured under the arrangement provided for in Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 565/80.
(,0) Refunds on exports to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) may be granted only where the conditions laid down in Regulation
     (EEC) No 990/93 are observed.
NB : The countries are as defined in Commission Regulation (EC) No 3478/93 (OJ No L 317 of 18. 12. 1993, p. 32).
        The descriptions corresponding to the product codes and the footnotes are set out in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 as
        amended.