CELEX: 31999R0565
Language: en
Date: 1999-03-16 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 565/1999 of 16 March 1999 fixing the export refunds on beef and veal and amending Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 establishing an agricultural product nomenclature for export refunds

17. 3. 1999            EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                                     L 70/3
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 565/1999
                                                     of 16 March 1999
                   fixing the export refunds on beef and veal and amending Regulation (EEC) No
                   3846/87 establishing an agricultural product nomenclature for export refunds
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        listed in the Annex under CN code 0206 and on some
                                                                   other prepared or preserved meat or offal listed in the
                                                                   Annex under CN code 1602 50 10;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,
                                                                   Whereas, in view of the wide differences in products
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of             covered by CN codes 0201 20 90 700 and 0202 20 90 100
27 June 1968 on the common organisation of the market              used for refund purposes, refunds should only be granted
in beef and veal (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC)           on cuts in which the weight of bone does not exceed one
No 1633/98 (2), and in particular Article 13 thereof,              third;
Whereas Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68
provides that the difference between prices on the world           Whereas, in the case of meat of bovine animals, boned or
market for the products listed in Article 1 of that Regula-        boneless, salted and dried, there are traditional trade flows
tion and prices for those products within the Community            to Switzerland; whereas, to allow this trade to continue,
may be covered by an export refund;                                the refund should be set to cover the difference between
                                                                   prices on the Swiss market and export prices in the
                                                                   Member States; whereas there are possibilities for
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 32/82 (3), as last amended             exporting such meat and also salted, smoked and dried
by Regulation (EC) No 2326/97 (4), Regulation (EEC) No             meat to certain African, Near and Middle Eastern coun-
1964/82 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2469/           tries; whereas a refund should accordingly be set;
97 (6), and Regulation (EEC) No 2388/84 (7), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3661/92 (8), lay down
the conditions for granting special export refunds on
certain cuts of beef and veal and certain preserved beef           Whereas, in the case of certain other cuts and preserves of
and veal products;                                                 meat or offal shown in the Annex under CN codes
                                                                   1602 50 31 to 1602 50 80, the Community share of inter-
                                                                   national trade may be maintained by granting a refund
Whereas it follows from applying those rules and criteria          corresponding to that at present available;
to the foreseeable situation on the market in beef and veal
that the refund should be as set out below;
                                                                   Whereas, in the case of other beef and veal products, a
                                                                   refund need not be fixed since the Community’s share of
Whereas, given the current market situation in the
                                                                   world trade is not significant;
Community and the possibilities of disposal in certain
third countries in particular, export refunds should be
granted, on the one hand, on bovine animals intended for
slaughter of a live weight greater than 220 kilograms and
less than 300 kilograms, and, on the other on adult                Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (9),
bovine animals of a live weight of at least 300 kilograms;         as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 381/1999 (10),
                                                                   establishes an agricultural product nomenclature for
                                                                   export refunds; whereas for the sake of clarification the
                                                                   conditions to be satisfied as regards the average lean-meat
Whereas export refunds should be granted for certain
                                                                   content of boneless cuts should be specified;
destinations on some fresh or chilled meat listed in the
Annex under CN code 0201, on some frozen meat listed
in the Annex under CN code 0202, on some meat or offal
                                                                   Whereas, in order to simplify customs export formalities
(1)  OJ L 148,  28. 6. 1968, p. 24.
(2)  OJ L 210,  28. 7. 1998, p. 17.                                for operators, the refunds on all frozen cuts should be
(3)  OJ L 4, 8. 1. 1982, p. 11.                                    brought into line with those on fresh or chilled cuts other
(4)  OJ L 323,  26. 11. 1997, p. 1.                                than those from adult male bovine animals;
(5)  OJ L 212,  21. 7. 1982, p. 48.
(6)  OJ L 341,  12. 12. 1997, p. 8.
(7)  OJ L 221,  18. 8. 1984, p. 28.                                (9) OJ L 366, 24. 12. 1987, p. 1.
( 8) OJ L 370,  19. 12. 1992, p. 16.                               (10) OJ L 46, 20. 2. 1999, p. 28.
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Whereas experience has shown that in certain cases it is            2. The destinations are identified in Annex II to this
often difficult to determine the relevant quantities of beef,       Regulation.
veal and other meat contained in prepared or preserved
meat falling within CN code 1602 50; whereas exclusively
beef and veal products should accordingly be set apart
and a new heading should be created for mixtures of                                           Article 2
meats or offals; whereas checks on products other than
mixtures of meat or offal should be stepped up by making
the granting of refunds on these products conditional on            The grant of the refund for product code 0102 90 59 9000
manufacture under the arrangements provided for in                  of the nomenclature for export refunds and for exports to
Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 565/80 of 4                the third countries in zone 10 listed in Annex II to this
March 1980 on the advance payment of export refunds in              Regulation shall be subject to presentation, when the
respect of agricultural products (1), as amended by Regu-           customs formalities for export are completed, of the orig-
lation (EEC) No 2026/83 (2);                                        inal and one copy of the veterinary certificate signed by
                                                                    an official veterinarian certifying that these are heifers of
Whereas refunds on female animals should vary                       an age of not more than 36 months. The original of the
depending on their age in order to prevent abuses in the            certificate shall be returned to the exporter and the copy,
export of certain pure-bred breeding animals;                       certified as being in accordance with the regulations by
                                                                    the customs authorities, shall be attached to the ap-
Whereas opportunities exist for the export to certain third         plication for payment of the refund.
countries of heifers other than those intended for
slaughter, but to prevent any abuse control criteria should
be laid down to ensure that these animals are not more
than 36 months old;
                                                                                              Article 3
Whereas, notwithstanding the subdivision of the
Combined Nomenclature for prepared and preserved
                                                                    Footnote (6) in Sector 5 of the Annex to Regulation (EEC)
meat, other than uncooked, falling within CN code
                                                                    No 3846/87 is replaced by the following:
1602 50, experience has shown that it is possible to delete
from the refund nomenclature several products falling
within CN code 1602 50 31 and to amend the list of                      ‘The lean bovine meat content excluding fat is deter-
products falling within CN code 1602 50 80;                             mined in accordance with the procedure described in
                                                                        the Annex to Commission Regulation (EEC) No
Whereas the Management Committee for Beef and Veal                      2429/86 (OJ L 210, 1.8.1986, p. 39).
has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by
its chairman,                                                           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
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:                                            presenting the highest risk'.
                           Article 1
1. The list of products on which export refunds as                                            Article 4
referred to in Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68
are granted and the amount thereof shall be as set out in
Annex I to this Regulation.                                         This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 March 1999.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 16 March 1999.
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                  Franz FISCHLER
                                                                           Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 62, 7. 3. 1980, p. 5.
(2) OJ L 199, 22. 7. 1983, p. 12.
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                                                        ANNEX I
                    to the Commission Regulation of 16 March 1999 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               63,00             0201 20 20 9120             02          51,00
0102 10 10 9130             02               24,50                                         03          35,00
                            03               16,50                                         04          18,00
                            04                8,50             0201 20 30 9110 (1)         02          94,00
0102 10 30 9120             01               63,00                                         03          65,00
0102 10 30 9130             02               24,50                                         04          31,50
                            03               16,50             0201 20 30 9120             02          36,50
                            04                8,50                                         03          26,00
0102 10 90 9120             01               63,00                                         04          13,00
0102 90 41 9100             02               60,50             0201 20 50 9110 (1)         02         163,00
0102 90 51 9000             02               24,50                                         03         109,00
                            03               16,50                                         04          54,00
                            04                8,50
                                                               0201 20 50 9120             02          65,00
0102 90 59 9000             02               24,50
                                                                                           03          44,50
                            03               16,50
                                                                                           04          22,00
                            04                8,50
                            10               60,50 (9)         0201 20 50 9130 (1)         02          94,00
0102 90 61 9000             02               24,50                                         03          65,00
                            03               16,50                                         04          31,50
                            04                8,50             0201 20 50 9140             02          36,50
0102 90 69 9000             02               24,50                                         03          26,00
                            03               16,50                                         04          13,00
                            04                8,50
                                                               0201 20 90 9700             02          36,50
0102 90 71 9000             02               60,50                                         03          26,00
                            03               39,50                                         04          13,00
                            04               20,00
                                                               0201 30 00 9050             05 (4)      53,00
0102 90 79 9000             02               60,50
                                                                                           07 (4a)     53,00
                            03               39,50
                            04               20,00             0201 30 00 9100 (2) (6)     02         227,50
                                                                                           03         156,00
                                        – Net weight –                                     04          78,50
                                                                                           06         201,00
0201 10 00 9110 (1)         02               94,00
                            03               65,00             0201 30 00 9120 (2) (6)     08         125,50
                            04               31,50                                         09         116,50
0201 10 00 9120             02               36,50                                         03          86,00
                            03               26,00                                         04          43,00
                            04               13,00                                         06         110,00
0201 10 00 9130 (1)         02              129,00             0201 30 00 9150 (6)         08          33,00
                            03               86,50                                         09          30,00
                            04               43,50                                         03          26,00
0201 10 00 9140             02               51,00                                         04          13,50
                            03               35,00                                         06          29,50
                            04               18,00             0201 30 00 9190 (6)         02          51,00
0201 20 20 9110 (1)         02              129,00                                         03          33,50
                            03               86,50                                         04          16,00
                            04               43,50                                         06          41,00
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                                             (EUR/100 kg)                                         (EUR/100 kg)
     Product code      Destination        Refund (7)               Product code Destination   Refund (7)
                                       – Net weight –                                       – Net weight –
0202 10 00 9100            02               36,50             1602 50 10 9120       02          59,00 (8)
                           03               26,00                                   03          47,00 (8)
                           04               13,00                                   04          47,00 (8)
0202 10 00 9900            02               51,00             1602 50 10 9140       02          52,50 (8)
                           03               35,00                                   03          41,50 (8)
                           04               18,00                                   04          41,50 (8)
                                                              1602 50 10 9160       02          41,50 (8)
0202 20 10 9000            02               51,00                                   03          33,50 (8)
                           03               35,00                                   04          33,50 (8)
                           04               18,00
                                                              1602 50 10 9170       02          28,00 (8)
0202 20 30 9000            02               36,50                                   03          22,00 (8)
                           03               26,00                                   04          22,00 (8)
                           04               13,00
                                                              1602 50 10 9190       02          28,00
                                                                                    03          22,00
0202 20 50 9100            02               65,00
                                                                                    04          22,00
                           03               44,50
                           04               22,00             1602 50 10 9240       02            —
                                                                                    03            —
0202 20 50 9900            02               36,50                                   04            —
                           03               26,00
                           04               13,00             1602 50 10 9260       02            —
                                                                                    03            —
0202 20 90 9100            02               36,50                                   04            —
                           03               26,00
                                                              1602 50 10 9280       02            —
                           04               13,00
                                                                                    03            —
                                                                                    04            —
0202 30 90 9100            05 (4)           53,00
                           07 (4a)          53,00             1602 50 31 9125       01         100,00 (5)
0202 30 90 9400 (6)        08               33,00             1602 50 31 9135       01          38,00 (8)
                           09               30,00             1602 50 31 9195       01          18,50
                           03               26,00
                           04               13,50             1602 50 31 9325       01          89,00 (5)
                           06               29,50             1602 50 31 9335       01          33,50 (8)
0202 30 90 9500 (6)        02               51,00             1602 50 31 9395       01          18,50
                           03               33,50             1602 50 39 9125       01         100,00 (5)
                           04               16,00
                           06               41,00             1602 50 39 9135       01          38,00 (8)
                                                              1602 50 39 9195       01          18,50
0206 10 95 9000            02               51,00
                           03               33,50             1602 50 39 9325       01          89,00 (5)
                           04               16,00
                                                              1602 50 39 9335       01          33,50 (8)
                           06               41,00
                                                              1602 50 39 9395       01          18,50
0206 29 91 9000            02               51,00
                                                              1602 50 39 9425       01          38,00 (5)
                           03               33,50
                           04               16,00             1602 50 39 9435       01          22,00 (8)
                           06               41,00
                                                              1602 50 39 9495       01          16,00
0210 20 90 9100            02               42,50             1602 50 39 9505       01          16,00
                           04               25,50
                                                              1602 50 39 9525       01          38,00 (5)
0210 20 90 9300            02               53,00             1602 50 39 9535       01          22,00 (8)
0210 20 90 9500 (3)        02               53,00             1602 50 39 9595       01          16,00
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                                                                (EUR/100 kg)                                                                         (EUR/100 kg)
        Product code              Destination               Refund (7)                        Product code            Destination                Refund (7)
                                                        – Net weight –                                                                       – Net weight –
1602 50 39 9615                        01                      16,00                    1602 50 80 9495                   01                        16,00
1602 50 39 9625                        01                        7,50                   1602 50 80 9505                   01                        16,00
1602 50 39 9705                        01                       —                       1602 50 80 9515                   01                         7,50
1602 50 39 9805                        01                       —                       1602 50 80 9535                   01                        22,00 (8)
1602 50 39 9905                        01                       —                       1602 50 80 9595                   01                        16,00
1602 50 80 9135                        01                      33,50 (8)                1602 50 80 9615                   01                        16,00
1602 50 80 9195                        01                      16,00                    1602 50 80 9625                   01                         7,50
1602 50 80 9335                        01                      30,00 (8)                1602 50 80 9705                   01                         —
1602 50 80 9395                        01                      16,00                    1602 50 80 9805                   01                         —
1602 50 80 9435                        01                      22,00 (8)                1602 50 80 9905                   01                         —
(1) Entry under this subheading is subject to the submission of the certificate appearing in the Annex to amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No 32/82.
(2) Entry under this subheading is subject to compliance with the condition laid down in amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1964/82.
(3) The refund on beef in brine is granted on the net weight of the meat, after deduction of the weight of the brine.
(4) Carried out in accordance with amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2973/79 (OJ L 336, 29. 12. 1979, p. 44).
(4a) Carried out in accordance with amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2051/96 (OJ L 274, 26. 10. 1996, p. 18).
(5) OJ L 221, 19. 8. 1984, p. 28.
(6) The lean bovine meat content excluding fat is determined in accordance with the procedure described in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EEC) No
     2429/86 (OJ L 210, 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 Commission Regulation (EEC) No
     565/80.
(9) The grant of the refund is subject to compliance with the conditions referred to in Article 2 of this Regulation.
NB: The descriptions corresponding to the product codes and the footnotes are set out in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 as
        amended.
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                                                            ANNEX II
Zone 01: all third countries
Zone 02: zones 08 and 09
                  Zone 03                                     Zone 07                              Zone 09
 022   Ceuta and Melilla                     404   Canada                           224 Sudan
 024   Iceland                                                                      228 Mauritania
 028   Norway                                                                       232 Mali
                                                                                    236 Burkina Faso
 041   Faeroes
                                                                                    240 Niger
 043   Andorra                                                                      244 Chad
 044   Gibraltar                                              Zone 08
                                                                                    247 Cape Verde
 045   Vatican City                                                                 248 Senegal
                                             046   Malta
 053   Estonia                                                                      252 Gambia
                                             052   Turkey
 054   Latvia                                                                       257 Guinea-Bissau
                                             072   Ukraine
 055   Lithuania                                                                    260 Guinea
                                             073   Belarus
                                                                                    264 Sierra Leone
 060   Poland                                074   Moldova
                                                                                    268 Liberia
 061   Czech Republic                        075   Russia
                                                                                    272 Côte d’Ivoire
 063   Slovakia                              076   Georgia
                                                                                    276 Ghana
 064   Hungary                               077   Armenia                          280 Togo
                                             078   Azerbaijan                       284 Benin
 066   Romania
                                             079   Kazakhstan                       288 Nigeria
 068   Bulgaria                              080   Turkmenistan                     302 Cameroon
 070   Albania                               081   Uzbekistan                       306 Central African Republic
 091   Slovenia                              082   Tajikistan                       310 Equatorial Guinea
 092   Croatia                               083   Kirghistan                       311 Sao Tomé and Principe
 093   Bosnia-Herzegovina                    204   Morocco                          314 Gabon
 094   Federal Republic of Yugoslavia        208   Algeria                          318 Congo (Republic)
                                             212   Tunisia                          322 Congo (Democratic Republic)
 096   Former Yugoslav Republic of
       Macedonia                             216   Libya                            324 Rwanda
                                             220   Egypt                            328 Burundi
 109   The communes of Livigno and
       Campione d’Italia; the island of      604   Lebanon                          329 St Helena and dependencies
       Helgoland                             608   Syria                            330 Angola
                                             612   Iraq                             334 Ethiopia
 406   Greenland
                                             616   Iran                             336 Eritrea
 600   Cyprus
                                             624   Israel                           338 Djibouti
 950   Stores and provisions                 625   West Bank and the Gaza Strip     342 Somalia
       (Destinations referred to in Article
                                             628   Jordan                           350 Uganda
       34 of Commission Regulation (EEC)
       No 3665/87, as amended)               632   Saudi Arabia                     352 Tanzania
                                             636   Kuwait                           355 Seychelles and dependencies
                                             640   Bahrain                          357 British Indian Ocean Territory
                  Zone 04                    644   Qatar                            366 Mozambique
                                             647   United Arab Emirates             373 Mauritius
 039   Switzerland                           649   Oman                             375 Comoros
                                             653   Yemen                            377 Mayotte
                                             662   Pakistan                         378 Zambia
                  Zone 05                    669   Sri Lanka                        386 Malawi
                                             676   Myanmar (Burma)                  388 South Africa
 400   United States of America              680   Thailand                         395 Lesotho
                                             690   Vietnam
                                             700   Indonesia
                  Zone 06                    708   Philippines
                                             720   China                                           Zone 10
 809   New Caledonia                         724   North Korea
 822   French Polynesia                      740   Hong Kong                        075 Russia
NB: The countries are those defined by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2317/97 (OJ L 321, 22.11.1997, p. 19).