CELEX: 31991R0656
Language: en
Date: 1991-03-20 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 656/91 of 19 March 1991 fixing the export refunds on beef and veal and amending Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 establishing an agricultural product nomenclature for export refunds

20. 3 . 91                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                No L 73/9
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 656/91
                                                        of 19 March 1991
                  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,                         bovine animals of a live weight of at least 300 kilograms
                                                                    and other bovines of a live weight of at least 250 kilo­
                                                                    grams should be granted ; whereas experience gained in
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               recent years has shown that it is advisable to treat live
Economic Community,                                                 pure-bred breeding animals of a weight of at least 250
                                                                    kilograms for females and 300 kilograms for males in an
                                                                    identical manner to other bovine animals, while subjec­
                                                                     ting them to certain special administrative formalities ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of
27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market                Whereas export refunds should be granted for certain
in beef and veal ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)            destinations on certain fresh or chilled meat listed in
No 3577/90 (2), and in particular Article 18 thereof,                Annex I under CN code 0201 , on certain frozen meat
                                                                     listed in Annex I under CN code 0202, on certain meat
                                                                     or offal listed in Annex I under CN code 0206 and on
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,              certain other prepared or preserved meat or offal listed in
                                                                     Annex I under CN code 1602 50 10 ;
Whereas Article 18 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         Whereas, in view of the wide differences in products
 tion and prices for those products within the Community             covered by the CN codes 0201 20 90 700 and
 may be covered by an export refund ;                                 0202 20 90 100 used for refund purposes, the refund
                                                                      should only be granted on cuts in which the weight of
                                                                      bone does not exceed one third ;
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 a minimum content of lean bovine meat should
 fixing the amount of such refunds ;                                  be fixed for boneless cuts wrapped individually and
                                                                      covered by CN codes 0201 30 and 0202 30 ;
 Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 32/82 Q, as last amended
 by Regulation (EEC) No 3169/87 (6), Regulation (EEC) No
 1964/82 0, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3169/87,                Whereas refunds should also be granted on fresh or
 and Regulation (EEC) No 2388/84 (8), as last amended by              frozen boned or boneless pieces, even where each piece is
 Regulation (EEC) No 3988/87 (9), lay down the conditions             not individually wrapped, and on minced meat, and the
 for granting special export refunds for certain cuts of beef         wording of the tariff subheadings for fresh boned or bone­
 and veal and certain preserved beef and veal products ;              less pieces specified ;
 Whereas it follows from applying those rules and criteria            Whereas, in the case of meat of bovine animals, boned or
 to the foreseeable situation on the market in beef and veal
                                                                      boneless, salted and dried, there are traditional trade flows
 that the refund should be as set out below ;                         to Switzerland ; whereas to allow this trade to continue,
                                                                      the refund should be set to cover the difference between
                                                                      prices on the Swiss market and export prices in the
 Whereas given the current market situation in the                    Member States ; whereas there are possibilities for export­
 Community and the possibilities of disposal in certain               ing such meat and also salted, smoked and dried meat to
 third countries, in particular export refunds on adult male          certain African, Near and Middle Eastern countries ;
                                                                      whereas a refund should accordingly be set ;
 (■) OJ No  L  148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24.
 (2) OJ No  L 353, 17. 12. 1990, p. 23.
 (3) OJ No  L  156, 4. 7. 1968, p. 2.
 (4) OJ No  L 61 , 5. 3. 1977, p. 16.                                 Whereas, in the case of certain other cuts and preserves of
 0   OJ No  L 4, 8. 1 . 1982, p. 11 .                                 meat or offal     shown   in Annex      I under CN       code
 («) OJ No  L 301 , 24. 10. 1987, p. 21 .                             1 602 50 90, Community participation in international
 0   OJ No  L 212, 21 . 7. 1982, p. 48.
 (8) OJ No  L 221 , 18. 8. 1984, p. 28.                               trade may be maintained by granting a refund corres­
 O   OJ No  L 376, 31 . 12. 1987, p. 31 .                             ponding to that at present available ;
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Whereas, in the case of other beef and veal products, a            the bovine species alone should accordingly be set apart
refund need not be fixed since Community participation             and a new heading should be created for mixtures of
in world trade is not significant ;                                meats or offals ; whereas control over products other than
                                                                   mixtures of meat or offal should be reinforced by making
Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,              the granting of refunds on these products conditional on
refunds should be calculated on the following basis :              manufacturer under the arrangements provided for in
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­          Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 565/80 of 4
    tion to each other at any given moment within a band           March 1980 on the advance payment of export refunds in
    of 2,25 %, a rate of exchange based on their central           respect of agricultural products f7), as amended by Regula­
    rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in      tion (EEC) No 2026/83 (8) ;
    the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Council Regula­
    tion (EEC) No 1676/85 ('), as last amended by Regula­          Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
     tion (EEC) No 2205/90 (2),                                    in accordance with the opinion, of the Management
                                                                   Committee for Beef and Veal,
— for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an
     average of the ecu rates published in the Official
    Journal of the European Communities, C series, over
     a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
    cient referred to in the preceding indent ;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (3),                                           Article 1
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 03/91 (4) ;
establishes the agricultural product nomenclature for the          The list of products on which the export refund referred
purposes of export refunds ;                                        to in Article 1 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 is granted
                                                                    and the amount of that refund shall be as set out in
Whereas, in order to simplify customs export formalities            Annex I hereto.
for operators, the refunds on all frozen cuts should be
brought in line with those on fresh or chilled cuts other          The description of CN codes 0201 30 and 0202 30 and
than those from adult male bovine animals, except in the            the footnotes thereto given in Section 6 of the Annex to
case of certain frozen beef held by the intervention agen­          Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 establishing an agricultural
cies that is to be exported under Commission Regulations            product nomenclature for export refunds are hereby
(EEC) No 243/90 0 and (EEC) No 676/90 (6) ;                         replaced by those set out in Annex II hereto.
Whereas experience has shown that in certain cases it is
often difficult to determine the relevant quantities of                                       Article 2
bovine and other meat contained in prepared or preserved
meat covered by CN code 1602 50 ; whereas products of               This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 March 1991 .
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                    Done at Brussels, 19 March 1991 .
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                               Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                         Member of the Commission
(') OJ  No  L  164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
(2) OJ  No  L  201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9.
(3) OJ  No  L  366, 24. 12. 1987, p. 1 .
(4) OJ  No  L  12, 17. 1 . 1991 , p. 12.
0   OJ  No  L  27, 31 . 1 . 1990, p. 8 .                            o OJ No L 62, 7. 3. 1980, p. 5.
0   OJ  No  L  75, 21 . 3. 1990, p. 8.                              (8) OJ No L 199, 22. 7. 1983, p. 12.
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                                               ANNEX I
                                                                                   (ECU/100 kg)
               Product code                    Destination f)        Amount of refund (8)
           I                                                          — Live weight —
             0102 10 00 190                         01                      96,00
             0102 10 00 390                         01                      96,00
             0102 90 31 900                         02                      85,50
                                                    03                      55,50
                                                    04                      25,50
             0102 90 33 900                         02                      85,50
                                                    03                      55,50
           I                                        04                      25,50
             0102 90 35 900                         02                     101,50
           I                                        03                      73,00
           l                                        04                      34,50
             0102 9037 900                          02                     101,50
           I                                        03                      73,00
                                                    04                      34,50
                                                                       — Net weight —
             0201 10 10 100                         02                      92,00
           I                                        03                      65,00
           l                                        04                      32,50
             0201 10 10 900                         02                    126,50
                                                    03                      88,00
           l                                        04                      44,00
             0201 10 90 110 (')                     02                    124,50
                                                    03                      85,00
           l                                        04                      42,50
             0201 10 90 190                         02                      92,00
           I                                        03                      65,00
           l                                        04                      32,50
             0201 10 90 910 (')                     02                    171,50
                                                    03                    1 15,00
                                                    04                      57,50
             0201 10 90 990                         02                    126,50
                                                    03                      88,00
                                                    04                      44,00
             0201 20 21 000                         02                    126,50
           I                                        03                      88,00
                                                    04                      44,00
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                                                                                      (ECU/100 kg)
                  Product code                    Destination Q         Amount of refund (8)
                                         I                               — Net weight —
                0201 20 29 100 (')                      02                   171,50
            l                                           03                   115,00
                                                       04                      57,50
                0201 20 29 900                         02                    126,50
            l                                           03                     88,00
                                                       04                      44,00
                0201 20 31 000                         02                      92,00
            I                                          03                      65,00
                                                       04                      32,50
                0201 20 39 100 0)                      02                    124,50
            l                                          03                      85,00
            I                                          04                      42,50
                0201 20 39 900                         02                      92,00
            l                                          03                      65,00
            I                                          04                      32,50
                0201 20 51 100                         02                    161,00
            I                                          03                    110,50
            I                                          04                      56,00
                0201 20 51 900                         02                      92,00
            I                                          03                      65,00
                                                       04                     32,50
                0201 20 59 llO (')                     02                   218,50
            I                                          03                    146,00
            l                                          04                     73,00
                0201 20 59 190                         02                    161,00
            I                                          03                    110,50
            I                                          04                     56,00
               0201 20 59 910 (')                      02                    124,50
            l                                          03                     85,00
                                                       04                     42,50
               0201 20 59 990                          02                     92,00
            I                                          03                     65,00
                                                       04                     32,50
               0201 20 90 700                          02                     92,00
            I                                          03                     65,00
            I                                          04                     32,50
               0201 30 00 050 (4)                      05                   112,00
               0201 30 00 100 (2)                      02                   312,00
                                                       03                   208,50
            I                                          04                   104,50
            \                                          06                   266,50
               0201 30 00 150 (6)                      02                   165,00
            I                                         03                    125,00
                                                      04                      62,50
                                                      06                    144,50
            f                                         07                      90,00
               0201 30 00 190 (6)                     02                    128,00
            I                                         03                      84,00
            I                                         04                     42,00
            f                                         06                    102,50
            II                                        07                     90,00
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                                                                                   (ECU/100 kg)
               Product code                    Destination f)        Amount of refund (8)
                                                                      — Net weight —
              0202 10 00 100                        02                     92,00
                                                    03                     65,00
                                                    04                     32,50
              0202 10 00 900                        02                    126,50
                                                    03                     88,00
                                                    04                     44,00
              0202 20 10 000                        02                    126,50 (10)
                                                    03                     88,00
            l                                       04                     44,00
              0202 20 30 000                         02                    92,00 (l0)
                                                     03                    65,00
                                                     04                    32,50
              0202 20 50 100                         02                   161,00 (l0)
                                                     03                   110,50
                                                     04                     56,00
              0202 20 50 900                         02                    92,00
                                                     03                     65,00
                                                     04                     32,50
              0202 20 90 100                         02                     92,00
            l                                        03                     65,00
                                                     04                     32,50
              0202 30 90 100 (4)                     05                   112,00
              0202 30 90 400 («)                     02                   165,00 (,0)
                                                     03                   125,00 (10)
                                                     04                     62,50 (10)
                                                     06                   144,50 (10)
                                                     07                    90,00 (10)
              0202 30 90 500 (6)                     02                   128,00
                                                     03                     84,00
                                                     04                    42,00
                                                     06                   102,50
                                                     07                     90,00
              0202 30 90 900                         07                     90,00
              0206 10 95 000                         02                   128,00
                                                     03                     84,00
                                                     04                     42,00
                                                     06                   102,50
              0206 29 91 000                         02                   128,00
            l                                        03                     84,00
            l                                        04                    42,00
            l                                        06                   102,50
              0210 20 90 100                         08                   102,50
                                                     09                     60,50
              0210 20 90 300                         02                   128,00
              0210 20 90 500 (3)                     02                   128,00
              1602 50 10 120                         02                   134,50 0
                                                     03                   108,00f)
                                                     04                   108,00 0
              1602 50 10 140                         02                   119,50 (9)
                                                     03                     96,00 O
                                                     04                    96,00 O
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                                                                                                                    (ECU/100 kg)
                            Product code                          Destination 0                     Amount of refund (8)
                                                                                                      — Net weight —
                          1602 50 10 160                               02                                    96,00 0
                                                                       03                                    77,00 0
                                                                       04                                    77,00 f)
                          1602 50 10 170                               02                                    63,50 0
                                                                       03                                    51,00 f)
            l                                                          04                                    51,00 0
                          1602 50 10 190                               02                                    63,50
            l                                                          03                                    51,00
                                                                       04                                    51,00
                          1602 50 10 240                               02                                    36,00
                                                                       03                                    36,00
                                                                       04                                    36,00
                          1602 50 10 260                               02                                    26,00
                                                                       03                                    26,00
                                                                       04                                    26,00
                          1602 50 10 280                               02                                    16,00
            l                                                          03                                    16,00
                                                                       04                                    16,00
                          1602 50 90 120                               01                                   116,000
                          1602 50 90 130                               01                                    73,00 f)
                          1602 50 90 190                               01                                    36,00
                          1602 50 90 320                               01                                   103,00 0
                          1602 50 90 330                               01                                    65,00 O
                          1602 50 90 390                               01                                    36,00
                          1602 50 90 520                               01                                    77,00 0
                          1602 50 90 530                               01                                    48,50 (»)
                          1602 50 90 590                               01                                    36,00
                          1602 50 90 610                               01                                    36,00
                          1602 50 90 620                               01                                    16,00
                          1602 50 90 700                               01                                    36,00
                          1602 50 90 800                               01                                    26,00
                          1602 50 90 900                               01                                    16,00
              (') Entry under this subheading is subject to the submission of the certificate appearing in the Annex to Commis­
                  sion 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.
              (4) OJ No L 336, 29. 12. 1979, p. 44.
              O OJ No 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 No L 210, 1 . 8. 1986, p. 39).
                  The destinations are as follows :
                  01 Third countries.
                  02 North African, Near and Middle East third countries, West, Central East and South African third countries,
                      except Lebanon, Cyprus, Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia.
                  03 European third countries, the Canary Islands, Ceuta, Melilla, Lebanon, Cyprus, Greenland, Pakistan, Sri
                      Lanka, Burma, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines, China, North Korea and Hong Kong and the
                      destinations referred to in Article 34 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87 (OJ No L 351 , 14. 12.
                       1987, p. 1), except Austria, Sweden and Switzerland.
                  04 Austria, Sweden and Switzerland.
                  05 The United States of America, carried out in accordance with Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2973/79
                      (OJ No L 336, 29. 12. 1979, p. 44).
                  06 French Polynesia and New Caledonia.
                  07 Canada.
                  08 North, West, Central, East and South African third countries, except Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swazi­
                      land, Zimbabwe and Namibia.
                  09 Switzerland .
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             (8) 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.
             0 The refund is granted only on products manufactured under the arrangement provided for in Article 4 of
                 Council Regulation (EEC) No 565/80.
            (,0) Excluding frozen meat exported under Regulations (EEC) No 243/90, (EEC) No 676/90, (EEC) No 1680/90 and
                  (EEC) No 1682/90. However, in the case of exports under Regulations (EEC) No 1680/90 and (EEC) No
                  1682/90, the export refunds set out in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 1309/90 should be applied.
            NB : The countries are as defined in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 91 /91 (OJ No L 11 , 16. 1 .
                    1991 , p. 5). 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
                                                                                                                                               Product
        CN code                                                      Description of goods                                                       code
      0201 30 00          — Boneless :
                            — Boneless cuts exported to the USA under the conditions laid down in Commission
                               Regulation (EEC) No 2973/79 (4)                                                                             0201 30 00 050
I                           — From the hindquarters of male adult bovine animals with a maximum of nine ribs or nine
                               pairs of ribs (2), each piece individually wrapped                                                          0201 30 00 100
I                           — Other boned cuts each piece individually wrapped with a lean bovine meat content
                               (excluding fat) or 50 % or more (6)                                          "                              0201 30 00 150
                            — Other, including minced meat, with a lean meat content (excluding fat) of 78 % or more (6)                   0201 30 00 190
                            — Other                                                                                                        0201 30 00 900
      0202 30             — Boneless :
      0202 30 90          — — Other :                                                                                                    l
                               — Boned cuts exported to the United States of America under the conditions laid down in
                                  Regulation (EEC) No 2973/79 (4)                                                                          0202 30 90 100
                                — Boned cuts, excluding boned cuts exported under Commission Regulations (EEC) No
                                  243/90 f), (EEC) No 676/90 (8) and (EEC No 1680/90 (10), each piece individually
                                  wrapped with a lean bovine meat content (excluding fat) of 50 % or more (6)                              0202 30 90 400
I                               — Other, including minced meat, with a lean meat content (excluding fat) of 78 % or
                                  more (6)                                                                                                 0202 30 90 500
I                               — Other                                                                                                    0202 30 90 900
  (2) Entry within this subheading is subject to compliance with the conditions laid down in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1964/82 (OJ No L 212, 21 . 7.
      1982, p. 48).
  (4) OJ No L 336, 29. 12. 1979, p. 44.
  (®) The lean bovine meat content excuding fat is determined in accordance with the procedure described in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EEC) No
      2429/86 (OJ No L 210, 1 . 8 . 1986, p. 39).
  O OJ No L 27, 31 . 1 . 1990, p. 8 .
  («) OJ n° L 75, 21 . 3. 1990, p. 8.
  H OJ n° L 157, 22. 6. 1990, p. 18.
  NB : Article 7 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 885/68 (OJ No L 156, 4. 7. 1968, p. 2) provides that no export refunds shall be granted on products imported
        from third countries and re-exported to third countries.