CELEX: 31995R2854
Language: en
Date: 1995-12-11 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2854/95 of 11 December 1995 fixing the export refunds on beef

12. 12. 95          EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 299/3
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2854/95
                                                    of 11 December 1995
                                             fixing the export refunds on beef
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       Annex under CN code 0201 , on some frozen meat listed
                                                                   in the Annex under CN code 0202, on some meat or offal
                                                                   listed in the Annex under CN code 0206 and on some
                                                                   other prepared or preserved meat or offal listed in the
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             Annex under CN code 1602 50 10 :
 Community,
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of
 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market             Whereas, in view of the wide differences in products
 in beef and veal ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC)          covered by CN codes 0201 20 90 700 and 0202 20 90 100
 No 2417/95 (2), and in particular Article 13 thereof,             used for refund purposes, refunds should only be granted
                                                                   on cuts in which the weight of bone does not exceed one
                                                                   third ;
 Whereas Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68
 provides that the difference between prices on the world
 market for the products listed in Article 1 of that Regula­
 tion and prices for those products within the                     Whereas, in the case of meat of bovine animals, boned or
 Community may be covered by an export refund ;
                                                                   boneless, salted and dried, there are traditional trade flows
                                                                   to Switzerland ; whereas, t:o allow this trade to continue,
                                                                   the refund should be set to cover the difference between
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 32/82 (3), as last amended             prices on the Swiss market and export prices in the
by Regulation (EEC) No 31 69/87 (4), Regulation (EEC)              Member States ; whereas there are possibilities for export­
 No 1964/82 Is), as amended by Regulation (EEC)                    ing such meat and also salted, smoked and dried meat to
 No 3169/87, and Regulation (EEC) No 2388 /84 (6), as last         certain African, Near and Middle Eastern countries ;
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3661 /92 (J), lay down            whereas a refund should accordingly be set ;
 the conditions for granting special export refunds on
certain cuts of beef and veal and certain preserved beef
and veal products ;
                                                                  Whereas, in the case of certain other cuts and preserves of
                                                                  meat or offal shown in the Annex under CN codes
Whereas it follows from applying those rules and criteria          1602 50 31 to 1602 50 80, the Community share of inter­
to the foreseeable situation on the market in beef and veal
                                                                  national trade may be maintained by granting a refund
that the refund should be as set out below ;                      corresponding to that at present available ;
Whereas, given the current market situation in the
Community and the possibilities of disposal in certain
third countries in particular, export refunds should be           Whereas, in the case of other beef and veal products, a
granted, on the one hand, on bovine animals intended for          refund need not be fixed since the Community's share of
slaughter of a live weight greater than 220 kilograms and         world trade is not significant ;
less than 300 kilograms, and, on the other on adult
bovine animals of a live weight of at least 300 kilograms ;       Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 f),
                                                                  as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2453/95 (9),
                                                                  establishes the agricultural product nomenclature for the
Whereas export refunds should be granted for certain              purposes of export refunds ;
destinations on some fresh or chilled meat listed in the
                                                                  Whereas, in order to simplify customs export formalities
(>) OJ No L 148, 28 . 6. 1968, p. 24.
                                                                  for operators, the refunds on all frozen cuts should be
b) OJ No L 248, 14. 10. 1995, p. 39.                              brought in line with those on fresh or chilled cuts other
P) OJ No L 4, 8 . 1 . 1982, p. 11 .                               than those from adult male bovine animals ;
(4) OJ No L 301 , 24. 10. 1987, p. 21 .
O OJ No L 212, 21 . 7. 1982, p. 48.
(*) OJ No L 221 , 18. 8 . 1984, p. 28.                            (8) OJ No L 366, 24. 12. 1987, p. 1 .
0 OJ No L 370, 19. 12. 1992, p. 16.                               0 OJ No L 252, 20. 10. 1995, p. 15.
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Whereas experience has shown that in certain cases it is           other than uncooked, falling within CN code 1602 50,
often difficult to determine the relevant quantities of beef,      experience has shown that it is possible to delete from the
veal and other meat contained in prepared or preserved             refund nomenclature several products falling within CN
meat falling within CN code 1 602 50 ; whereas exclusi­            code 1 602 50 3 1 and to amend the list of products falling
vely beef and veal products should accordingly be set              within CN code 1602 50 80 ;
apart and a new heading should be created for mixtures of
meats or offals ; whereas checks on products other than            Whereas the Management Committee for Beef and Veal
mixtures of meat or offal should be stepped up by making           has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by
the granting of refunds on these products conditional on           its chairman,
manufacture under the arrangements provided for in
Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 565/80 of
4 March 1980 on the advance payment of export refunds
in respect of agricultural products ('), as amended by
Regulation ( EEC) No 2026/83 (2) ;                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas refunds on female animals should vary depend­
ing on their age in order to prevent abuses in the export
of certain pure-bred breeding animals ;                                                     Article 1
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 990/93 f), as
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1380/95 (4), prohibits               The list of products on which export refunds as referred
trade between the European Community and the Federal               to in Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 are
Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia und Montenegro) ; whereas           granted and the amount thereof shall be as set out in the
                                                                   Annex .
this prohibition does not apply in certain situations as
comprehensively listed in Articles 2, 4, 5 and 7 thereof
and in Council Regulation (EC) No 2815/95 (*) ; whereas
account should be taken of this fact when fixing the                                        Article 2
refunds ;
Whereas, notwithstanding the subdivision of the                    This Regulation shall enter into force on 13 December
combined nomenclature for prepared and preserved meat,             1995 .
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                   Done at Brussels, 11 December 1995.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                               Franz FISCHLER
                                                                        Member of the Commission
(') OJ No   L 62, 7. 3. 1980, p. 5.
(2) OJ No   L 199, 22. 7. 1983, p.   12.
(3) OJ No   L 102, 28. 4. 1993, p.   14.
(<) OJ No   L 138 , 21 . 6. 1995, p. 1.
0   OJ No   L 297, 9. 12. 1995, p.   1.
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                                                              ANNEX
                     to the Council Regulation of 11 December 1995 fixing export refunds on beef
                                                   (ECU/100 kg)                                             (ECU/100 kg)
      Product code      Destination f)        Refund (8){10)           Product code   Destination f7)  Refund (8) (10)
                                           — Live weight —                                            — Net weight —
0102 10 10 120               01                   69,50
                                                                  0201 20 20 120           02              97,00
0102 10 10 130               02                   50,50
                                                                                           03              67,50
                             03                   35,50
                                                                                           04              33,50
                             04                   18,00
0102 10 30 120               01                   69,50           0201 20 30 llO (')       02              95,50
0102 1030 130                02                   50,50                                    03              65,50
                             03                   35,50                                    04              32,50
                             04                   18,00
                                                                  0201 20 30 120           02              70,50
0102 1090 120                01                   69,50
                                                                                           03              49,50
01029041 100                 02                   62,00
                                                                                           04              24,50
0102 90 51 000               02                   46,00
                             03                   32,00
                                                                  0201 20 50 1 10 (')      02            167,00
                             04                   16,00                                    03            111,50
0102 90 59 000               02                   46,00                                    04              55,50
                             03                   32,00           0201 20 50 120           02            123,50
                             04                   16,00                                    03              85,00
0102 90 61 000               02                   46,00                                    04              42,50
                             03                   32,00
                             04                   16,00           0201 20 50 1 30 (')      02              95,50
                                                                                           03              65,50
0102 90 69 000               02                   46,00
                             03                   32,00                                    04              32,50
                             04                   16,00           0201 20 50 140           02              70,50
0102 90 71 000               02                   62,00                                    03              49,50
                             03                   41,00                                    04              24,50
                             04                   21,00
                                                                  0201 20 90 700           02              70,50
0102 90 79 000               02                   62,00
                                                                                           03              49,50
                             03                   41,00
                             04                   21,00                                    04              24,50
                                                                  0201 30 00 050 (4)       05              85,50
                                           — Net weight —
                                                                  0201 30 00 100 (2)       02            227,00
                                                                                           03            159,50
 >201 10 00 110 0 )          02                   95,50
                                                                                           04              80,00
                             03                   65,50
                             04                   32,50                                    06            204,50
 ) 201 10 00 120             02                   70,50           0201 30 00 1 50 (6)      09            120,50
                             03                   49,50                                     10           101,00
                             04                   24,50                                    03              95,50
 )201 10 00 130 (')          02                 132,00                                     04              48,00
                             03                   88,50                                    06            111,00
                             04                   44,50
                                                                                           07              69,00
 3201 10 00 1 40             02                   97,00
                             03                   67,50           0201 30 00 190 (6)       02              98,00
                             04                   33,50                                    03              64,00
                                                                                           04              32,00
 )201 20 20 110 (')          02                  132,00
                             03                   88,50                                    06              78,50
                             04                   44,50                                    07              69,00
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                                                 (ECU/100 kg)                                          (ECU/100 kg)
    Product code      Destination f)        Refund (8)(10)          Product code  Destination Ç)  Refund (8) (l0)
                                         — Net weight —                                          — Net weight —
0202 10 00 100             02                   70,50          1602 50 10 120          02           119,50 (9)
                           03                   49,50                                  03             95,50 (9)
                           04                   24,50                                  04             95,50 (9)
0202 10 00 900             02                   97,00          1602 50 10 140          02           105,50 (9)
                           03                   67,50                                  03             84,50 (9)
                           04                   33,50                                  04             84,50 0
0202 20 10 000             02                   97,00          1602 50 10 160          02             84,50 (9)
                           03                   67,50                                  03             68,00 0
                           04                   33,50                                  04             68,00 O
0202 20 30 000             02                   70,50          1602 50 10 170          02             56,50 O
                           03                   49,50                                  03            45,00 (9)
                           04                   24,50                                  04             45,00 0
0202 20 50 100             02                 123,50           1602 50 10 190          02             56,50
                           03                   85,00                                  03             45,00
                           04                   42,50                                  04             45,00
0202 20 50 900             02                   70,50          1602 50 10 240          02
                           03                   49,50                                  03
                           04                   24,50                                  04
0202 20 90 100             02                   70,50          1602 50 10 260          02
                           03                   49,50                                  03
                           04                   24,50                                  04
0202 30 90 100 (4)         05                   85,50           1602 50 10 280         02
0202 30 90 400 (6)         09                 120,50                                   03
                            10                101,00                                   04
                           03                   95,50           1602 50 31 125         01           107,50 O
                           04                   48,00
                                                                1602 50 31 135         01             68,00 0
                           06                 111,00
                                                                1602 50 31 195         01             33,50
                           07                   69,00
0202 30 90 500 (')         02                   98,00           1602 50 31 325         01             96,50 O
                           03                   64,00           1602 50 31 335         01             61,00 O
                           04                   32,00           1602 50 31 395         01             33,50
                           06                   78,50
                                                                1602 50 39 125         01           107,50 (5)
                           07                   69,50
                                                                1602 50 39 135         01             68,00 O
0202 30 90 900             07                   69,50
                                                                1602 50 39 195         01             33,50
0206 10 95 000             02                   98,00
                           03                   64,00           1602 50 39 325         01             96,50 (5)
                           04                   32,00           1602 50 39 335         01             61,00 (9)
                           06                   78,50           1602 50 39 395         01             33,50
0206 29 91 000             02                   98,00           1602 50 39 425         01             72,00 (5)
                           03                   64,00
                                                                1602 50 39 435         01             45,00 (9)
                           04                   32,00
                                                                1602 50 39 495         01             33,50
                           06                   78,50
                                                                1602 50 39 505         01             33,50
0210 20 90 100             08                   81,50
                           04                   48,50           1602 50 39 525         01             72,00 (5)
0210 20 90 300             02                  101,00           1602 50 39 535          01            45,00 (9)
0210 20 90 500 (3)         02                  101,00           1602 50 39 595          01            33,50
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                                                              (ECU/100 kg)                                                                      (ECU/100 kg)
        Product code             Destination Ç)          Refund 0 H                         Product code          Destination f)           Refund («) (I0)
                            I                         — Net weight —                                         I                         — Net weight —
                                                                                      1602 50 80 495                   01                      33,50
 1602 50 39 615                       01                     33,50
                                                                                      1602 50 80 505                   01                      33,50
 1602 50 39 625                       01                     15,00
 1602 50 39 705                       01                     17,50                    1602 50 80 515                   01                      15,00
 1602 50 39 805                       01                      —                       1602 50 80 535                   01                      45,00 (»)
 1602 50 39 905                       01                      —                       1602 50 80 595                   01                      33,50
 1602 50 80 135                       01                     68,00 (»)                1602 50 80 615                   01                      33,50
 1602 50 80 195                       01                     33,50                    1602 50 80 625                   01                      15,00
 1602 50 80 335                       01                     61,00 (9)                1602 50 80 705                   01                      17,50
 1602 50 80 395                       01                     33,50                    1602 50 80 805                   01
 1602 50 80 435                       01                     45,00 (9)                1602 50 80 905                   01
 (') 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) OJ No L 336, 29 . 12. 1979, p. 44.
 O OJ No L 221 , 19 . 8 . 1984, p. 28 .
 (s) 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 No L 210 of 1 . 8 . 1986, p. 39).
 f) 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, Gaza and Jericho, Malta, Turkey,
         Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Russia, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kirghistan, except Cyprus,
         Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia.
     03 Iceland, Norway, the island of Heligoland, Faeroe Islands, Andorra, Gibraltar, Vatican City, the communes of Livigno and Campione d'ltalia, Estonia,
         Latvia, 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 Switzerland.
     05 The United States of America, carried out in accordance with amended 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 North African third countries, Near and Middle East, central, eastern and southern African third countries, Gaza and Jericho, Malta, Turkey, Ukraine,
         Belarus, Moldova, Russia, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kirghistan, except Cyprus, Botswana,
         Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia.
     10 West African third countries.
 (8) Article 7 of amended 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.
 C) The refund is granted only on products manufactured under the arrangement provided for in Article 4 of amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No
     565/80 .
(l0) Refunds on exports to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) may be granted only where the conditions laid down in amended
     Regulation (EEC) No 990/93 and Regulation (EC) No 2815/95 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.