CELEX: 31998R0135
Language: en
Date: 1998-01-20
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 135/98 of 20 January 1998 fixing the export refunds on poultrymeat

L 15/8              ¬ EN ¬           Official Journal of the European Communities                                 21. 1. 98
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 135/98
                                                   of 20 January 1998
                                      fixing the export refunds on poultrymeat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                      and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural
                                                                 conversion rates of the Member States’ currencies; whereas
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            detailed rules on the application and determination of
Community,                                                       these conversions were set by Commission Regulation
                                                                 (EEC) No 1068/93 (7), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75             No 1482/96 (8);
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the
market in poultrymeat (1), as last amended by Commis-            Whereas it follows from applying these rules and criteria
sion Regulation (EC) No 2916/95 (2), and in particular           to the present situation on the market in poultrymeat that
Article 8 (3) thereof,                                           the refund should be fixed at an amount which would
                                                                 permit Community participation in world trade and
                                                                 would also take account of the nature of these exports and
Whereas Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75                 their importance at the present time;
provides that the difference between prices on the world
market for the products listed in Article 1 (1) of that          Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
Regulation and prices for those products within the              in accordance with the opinion of the Management
Community may be covered by an export refund;                    Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 provides that
from 1 July 1995 all exports for which refunds are               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
requested, with the exception of exports of day-old chicks,
shall be subject to the presentation of an export licence
with advance fixing of the refund; whereas the specific                                    Article 1
implementing rules for these arrangements are laid down
in Commission Regulation (EC) No 1372/95 (3), as last            The list of product codes for which, when they are
amended by Regulation (EC) No 2370/96 (4);                       exported, the export refund referred to in Article 8 of
                                                                 Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 is granted, and the amount
Whereas the present market situation in certain third            of that refund shall be as shown in the Annex hereto for
countries and that regarding competition on particular           exports to be carried out on the basis of the export
third country markets make it necessary to fix a refund          licences referred to in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No
differentiated by destination for certain products in the        1372/95 or on the basis of the ‘ex-post’ export licences
poultrymeat sector;                                              referred to in Article 9 of the same Regulation.
Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article                                 Article 2
1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 (5), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 150/95 (6), are used to            This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 January
convert amounts expressed in third country currencies            1998.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 20 January 1998.
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                             Franz FISCHLER
                                                                      Member of the Commission
(1 ) OJ L 282, 1. 11. 1975, p. 77.
(2)  OJ L 305, 19. 12. 1995, p. 49.
(3)  OJ L 133, 17. 6. 1995, p. 26.
(4)  OJ L 323, 13. 12. 1996, p. 12.
(5)  OJ L 387, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1.                               (7) OJ L 108, 1. 5. 1993, p. 106.
(6)  OJ L 22, 31. 1. 1995, p. 1.                                 (8) OJ L 188, 27. 7. 1996, p. 22.
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                                                                          ANNEX
                     to the Commission Regulation of 20 January 1998 fixing the export refunds on poultrymeat
      Product code              Destination               Amount                        Product code             Destination                Amount
                                of refund (1)            of refund                                               of refund (1)             of refund
                                                      ECU/100 units                                                                       ECU/100 kg
    0105 11 11 9000                  01                     1,40                     0207 12 90 9190                  02                     28,00
    0105 11 19 9000                  01                     1,40                                                      03                     13,00
    0105 11 91 9000                  01                     1,40                                                      04                      5,50
    0105 11 99 9000                  01                     1,40                     0207 14 20 9900                  03                      8,50
    0105 12 00 9000                  01                     3,30                                                      06                      7,00
    0105 19 20 9000                  01                     3,30                     0207 14 60 9900                  03                      8,50
                                                       ECU/100 kg
                                                                                                                      06                      7,00
                                                                                     0207 14 70 9190                  03                      8,50
    0207 12 10 9900                  02                    28,00                                                      06                      7,00
                                     03                    13,00                     0207 14 70 9290                  03                      8,50
                                     04                     5,50                                                      06                      7,00
(1) The destinations are as follows:
    01 All destinations except the United States of America,
    02 Angola, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Yemen, Lebanon and Iran,
    03 Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Lithuania, Estonia and
       Latvia,
    04 All destinations except the United States of America, Bulgaria, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Switzerland and those of 02
       and 03 above,
    06 All destinations except the United States of America, Bulgaria, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Switzerland and those of 03
       above.
NB: The product codes and the footnotes are defined in amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87.