CELEX: 31975R1278
Language: en
Date: 1975-05-22 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1278/75 of the Commission of 21 May 1975 fixing the export refunds on beef and veal for the period beginning 1 June 1975

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                            REGULATION (EEC) No 1278 /75 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                       of 21 May 1975
               fixing the export refunds on beef and veal for the period beginning 1 June 1975
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    whereas, to the extent necessary to allow this trade to
COMMUNITIES,                                                      continue, the refund must be fixed at an amount
                                                                  which will cover the difference between prices on the
                                                                  Swiss market and export prices in the Member States ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community ;
                                                                  Whereas, in the case of some other cuts and preserves
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No                     of meat or offals, Community participation in interna­
805/68 (•) of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­                tional trade may be ensured by granting a refund
tion of the market in beef and veal , as last amended            which takes account of the refund hitherto granted to
                                                                  exporters ;
by Regulation (EEC) No 1 855/74 (2), and in particular
the first sentence of Article 1 8 (5) thereof ;
                                                                 Whereas, in the case of other beef and veal products, a
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                      refund need not be fixed since Community participa­
Committee ;                                                      tion in world trade in these products is not signifi­
                                                                  cant ;
Whereas Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68
provides that the difference between prices on the
world market and prices within the Community for                 Whereas Article 92 of the Act (4) annexed to the
the products listed in Article 1 of that Regulation may          Treaty (5) concerning the Accession of new Member
be covered by an export refund ;                                  States to the European Economic Community and the
                                                                  European Atomic Energy Community, signed at Brus­
                                                                 sels on 22 January 1972, provides that the refund on
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 885/68 (3) of                 exports from the new Member States for the products
28 June 1968 lays down general rules for granting                specified in Article 1 (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC)
export refunds and criteria for fixing the amount of              No 805/68 shall be corrected by the amount of the
such refunds ;                                                   difference between the customs duties on the products
                                                                  from which these products are produced ;
Whereas it follows from applying these rules and
criteria to the foreseeable situation on the market in
                                                                 Whereas if the refund system is to operate normally,
beef and veal that the refund should be fixed as indi­
                                                                  refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
cated below ;
                                                                 — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
Whereas the present market situation in the Commu­                     relation to each other, at any given moment,
nity and the setting possibilities, particularly in certain            within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based
third countries, leads to granting export refunds for                  on their effective parity ;
adult bovine animals with a live weight equal or
superior to 330 kg, for the export of certain fresh or           — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the
chilled meats shown in the Annex under subheading                      arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
ex 02.01 A II a) 1 and for the export to certain destina­              of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
tions, of certain frozen meats shown in the Annex                      relation to the Community currencies referred to
under subheading ex 02.01 A II a) 2 ;                                  in the previous subparagraph ;
Whereas, in the case of edible meat of domestic
bovine animals, boned or boneless , salted and dried ,           Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
there are traditional trade flows to Switzerland ;               are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
                                                                 ment Committee for Beet and Veal ,
(') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 24 .
(2) OJ No L 195, 18 . 7 . 1974, p. 14 .                          (4 ) OJ No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p. 14.
P) OJ No L 156, 4. 7. 1968 , p. 2 .                              (5 ) OJ No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p. 5 .
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                              805/68 is granted and the amount of that refund is
                                                           fixed as shown in the Annex.
                      Article 1
                                                                                  Article 2
The list of products on which the export refund
referred to in Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No           This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 June 1975.
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
             Done at Brussels, 21 May 1975.
                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                      P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                Member of the Commission
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                                                              ANNEX
   CCT heading No                              Description of goods                 Refund in u.a. / 100 kg
\\                                                                                       Live weight
   01.02 All            Live domestic animals of the bovine species, other than
                        pure-bred breeding animals :
                        — adult bovine animals with a live weight equal or
                            superior to 330 kg                                            40-00 (»)
                        \                                                                Net weight
ex 02.01 A II a) 1      Edible meat of domestic bovine animals, fresh or chilled :
              aa)       Of veal :
                   11 . Carcases and half-carcases                                        70-00 ( l )
      22. and ex 33 .   Unseparated or separated forequarters, with a respective
                        minimum of four pairs of ribs or four ribs and a
                        respective maximum of thirteen pairs of ribs or thirteen
                        ribs, with or without the thin flank, the ribs can be whole
                        or cut                                                            56-00 (*)
               ex 33 .  Unseparated or separated hindquarters, excluding unsepa­
                        rated or separated forequarters with respectively more
                        than eight pairs of whole or cut ribs or more than eight
                        whole or cut ribs                                                 84-00 (*)
              bb)       Of adult animals :
                   11 . Carcases, half-carcases or 'compensated' quarters                 70-00 (')
    22 . and ex 33 .    Forequarters, with a minimum of four and a maximum
                        of thirteen whole or cut ribs, with or without the thin
                        flanks                                                            56-00 (»)
              ex 33 .   Hindquarters, excluding the forequarter with more than
                        ten whole or cut ribs                                             84-00 (*)
               cc;      Other cuts of beef and veal :
                   11 . Unboned (bone-in)                                                 56-00 (')
              ex 22 .   Boned or boneless, excluding the cheeks, the offals, the
                        thin flanks and the shin, packaged separately                     82-00 («)
ex 02.01 A II a) 2      Edible meat of domestic bovine animals, frozen :
               aa)      Carcases, half-carcases and 'compensated' quarters :
                        — for export to European third countries, to Jordan ,
                            to third countries on the Mediterranean or on the
                            Persian Gulf, to third countries of the Arabian
                            Peninsula and Africa and for supplies for victualling
                            sea-going vessels or aircraft serving on international
                            routes, including intra-Community routes, or supplies
                            to armed forces stationed in the territory of a Mem­
                            ber State but not coming under its flag provided the
                            said supplies are such as must be treated as exports
                            from the Community                                            70-00 (»)
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   CCT heading No                              Description of goods                   Refund in u.a. /100 kg
\I                                                                                        Net weight
 bb) and ex cc)         Forequarters, with a minimum of four and a maximum
                        of thirteen whole or cut ribs, with or without the thin
                        flanks :
                        — for export to European third countries, to Jordan,
                            to third countries on the Mediterranean or on the
                            Persian Gulf, to third countries of the Arabian
                            Peninsula and Africa and for supplies for victualling
                            sea-going vessels or aircraft serving on international
                            routes, including intra-Community routes, or supplies
                            to armed forces stationed in the territory of a Mem­
                            ber State but not coming under its flag provided the
                            said supplies are such as must be treated as exports
                            from the Community                                             56-00 (1 )
           ex cc)       Hindquarters, excluding the forequarter with more than
                        ten whole or cut ribs
                        — for export to European third countries, to Jordan,
                            to third countries on the Mediterranean or on the
                            Persian Gulf, to third countries of the Arabian
                            Peninsula and Africa and for supplies for victualling
                            sea-going vessels or aircraft serving on international
                            routes, including intra-Community routes, or supplies
                            to armed forces stationed in the territory of a Mem­
                            ber State but not coming under its flag provided the
                            said supplies are such as must be treated as exports
                            from the Community                                             84-00 (1 )
              dd )       Others :
                   11 .  Unboned (bone-in) :
                         — for export to European third countries, to Jordan, to
                             third countries on the Mediterranean or on the Per­
                             sian Gulf, to third countries of the Arabian Peninsula
                             and Africa and for supplies for victualling
                             sea-going vessels or aircraft serving on international
                             routes, including intra-Community routes, or supplies
                             to armed forces stationed in the territory of a Mem­
                             ber State but not coming under its flag provided the
                            said supplies are such as must be treated as exports
                            from the Community                                             56-00 (')
              ex 22 .    Boned or boneless :
                         — excluding the cheeks and the offals, for export to the
                             United States of America                                      41-00 (*)
                         — excluding the cheeks, the offals, the thin flanks and
                             the shin, packaged separately, for export to European
                             third countries, to Jordan, to third countries on the
                             Mediterranean or on the Persian Gulf, to third coun­
                             tries of the Arabian Peninsula and Africa and for
                             supplies for victualling seagoing vessels or aircraft
                             serving on international routes, including intra-Com­
                             munity routes, or supplies to armed forces stationed
                             in the territory of a Member State but not coming
                             under its flag provided the said supplies are such as
                             must be treated as exports from the Community                 82-00 (*)
ex 02.06 C I a) 2        Edible meat of domestic bovine animals, boned or
                         boneless, salted and dried :
                         —■ for export to Switzerland                                      36-50 (>)
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                                                                                                       Refund in u.a. /100 kg
      CCT heading No                                       Description of goods                             (Net weight)
                                                                                                        United
                                                                                             Ireland   Kingdom      Other Member States
ex 16.02 B III b ) 1         Other preparations and preserves of meat or offals ex­
                             cept those finely homogenized (2) containing by weight
                             the following percentages of bovine meat :
                             1 . 80% or more of meat, excluding offal and fat                31-34      29-18               35-00
                             2. 60% or more but less than 80% of meat, excluding
                                  offal and fat                                               18-80     17-51               21-00
                             3 . 40% or more but less than 60% of meat, excluding
                                  offal and fat                                              12-54      11-67               14-00
                             4. 20% or more but less than 40% of meat, excluding
                                  offal and fat                                                6-27      5-84                 7-00
 (') For Ireland and the United Kingdom the refund fixed above must be reduced by the compensatory amount pursuant to Article 12 (1) of
     Regulation ( EEC ) No 181 /73 ( OJ No L 25 , 30 . 1 . 1973 , p . 9).
(*) The products which contain a small quantity of visible pieces of meat are also excluded.
N.B. ; Whereas Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 885/68 provides that no export refunds shall be granted on products
         imported from third countries and re-exported to third countries.