CELEX: 31992R1577
Language: en
Date: 1992-06-20 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1577/92 of 19 June 1992 fixing the export refunds on beef

20 . 6. 92                                Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 166/ 15
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1577/92
                                                         of 19 June 1992
                                               fixing the export refunds on beef
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         at least 300 kilograms and other bovine animals of a live
                                                                    weight of at least 250 kilograms ; whereas experience
                                                                    gained in recent years has shown that live pure-bred bree­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               ding animals weighing at least 250 kilograms in the case
Economic Community,                                                 of females and 300 kilograms in that of males should be
                                                                    trated in the saame way as other bovine animals, subject
                                                                    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
in beef and veal ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)           Whereas export refunds should be granted for certain
No 1628/91 (2), and in particular Article 18 thereof,               destinations on some fresh or chilled meat listed in
                                                                    Annex I under CN code 0201 , on some frozen meat listed
                                                                    in Annex I under CN code 0202, on some meat or offal
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,             listed in Annex I under CN code 0206 and on some
                                                                    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
tion and prices for those products within the Community             Whereas, in view of the wide differences in products
may be covered by an export refund ;                                covered by CN codes 0201 20 90 700 and 0202 20 90 100
                                                                    used for refund purposes, refunds 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
fixing the amount of such refunds ;                                 Whereas a minimum content of lean bovine meat should
                                                                    be fixed for boneless cuts wrapped individually and
                                                                    covered by CN codes 0201 30 and 0202 30 ;
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 32/82 (% as last amended
by Regulation (EEC) No 3169/87 (6), Regulation (EEC) No
1964/82 Q, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3169/87,
and Regulation (EEC) No 2388/84 (8), as last amended by             Whereas refunds should also be granted on fresh or
Regulation (EEC) No 3988/87 (9), lay down the conditions            frozen boned or boneless pieces, even where each piece is
for granting special export refunds on certain cuts of beef         not individually wrapped, and on minced meat, and the
and veal and certain preserved beef and veal products ;             wording of the tariff subheadings for fresh boned or bone­
                                                                    less pieces specified ;
Whereas it follows from applying those rules and criteria
to the foreseeable situation on the market in beef and veal         Whereas, in the case of meat of bovine animals, boned or
that the refund should be as set out below :                        boneless, salted and dried, there are traditional trade flows
                                                                    to Switzerland ; whereas, to allow this trade to continue,
                                                                    the refund should be set to cover the difference between
Whereas, given the current market situation in the                  prices on the Swiss market and export prices in the
Community and the possibilities of disposal in certain              Member States ; whereas there are possibilities for export­
third countries in particular, export refunds should be             ing such meat and also salted, smoked and dried meat to
granted on adult male bovine animals of a live weight of            certain African, Near and Middle Eastern countries ;
                                                                    whereas a refund should accordingly be set ;
(') OJ  No L  148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 24.
(*) OJ  No L  150, 15. 6. 1991 , p. 16.
0   OJ  No L  156, 4. 7. 1968, p. 2.
O   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
(6) OJ  No L  301 , 24. 10. 1987, p. 21 .                            1602 50 90, the Community share of international trade
0   OJ  No L  212, 21 . 7. 1982, p. 48.
(8) OJ  No L  221 , 18. 8. 1984, p. 28 .                            may be maintained by granting a refund corresponding to
(») OJ  No L  376, 31 . 12. 1987, p. 31 .                           that at present available ;
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Whereas, in the case of other beef and veal products, a               respect of agricultural products (*), as amended by Regula­
refund need not be fixed since the Community's share of               tion (EEC) No 2026/83 (*) ;
world trade is not significant ;
                                                                      Whereas the analytical criteria for preparations and
                                                                      preserves covered by CN code 1602 50 90 should be
Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,                supplemented by fixing in particular a maximum colla­
refunds should be calculated using the following basis :             gen/protein ratio in terms of the meat content of such
                                                                     products ;
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
     tion to each other at any given moment within a band            Whereas the introduction of a collagen/protein ratio for
     of 2,25 %, a rate of exchange based on their central            products covered by CN code 1602 50 90 in respect of
     rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in       their meat content has meant that products containing at
     the last subparagraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regu­        least 40 % but less than 60 % meat and with a collagen/
     lation (EEC) No 1676/85 ('), as last amended by Regu­           protein ratio of less than 0,35 could not qualify for a
     lation (EEC) No 2205/90 (2),                                    refund ; whereas this gap should consequently be filled ;
— for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an             Whereas refunds on female animals should vary depen­
    average of the ecu rates published in the Official               ding on their age in order to prevent abuses in the export
    Journal of the European Communities, C series, over              of certain pure-bred breeding animals ;
    a period to be determined, multiplied by the factor
     referred to in the preceding indent ;
                                                                     Whereas by its Regulation (EEC) No 1432/92 Q the
                                                                     Council prohibited trade between the Community and
                                                                     the Republics of Serbia and of Montenegro ; that it is
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (3),                  important to take account of it at the time of the fixing of
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1271 /92 (4);                 the refunds ;
establishes the agricultural product nomenclature for the
purposes of export refunds ;                                         Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
                                                                     in accordance with the opinion of the Management
                                                                     Committee for Beef and Veal,
Whereas, in order to simplify customs export formalities
for operators, the refunds on all frozen cuts should be
brought in line with those on fresh or chilled cuts other            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
than those from adult male bovine animals ;
                                                                                               Article 1
Whereas experience has shown that in certain cases it is
often difficult to determine the relevant quantities of beef,        1 . The list of products on which export refunds as
veal and other meat contained in prepared or preserved               referred to in Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68
meat covered by CN code 1602 50 ; whereas exclusively                are granted and the amount thereof shall be as set out in
beef and veal products should accordingly be set apart               Annex I hereto.
and a new heading should be created for mixtures of
meats or offals ; whereas checks on products other than              2.    Export refunds towards the Republics of Montenegro
                                                                     and Serbia are not fixed.
mixtures of meat or offal should be stepped up by making
the granting of refunds on these products conditional on
manufacture under the arrangements provided for in                                             Article 2
Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 565/80 of 4
March 1980 on the advance payment of export refunds in               This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 June 1992.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                    Done at Brussels, 19 June 1992.
                                                                               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.                             0 OJ No L 62, 7. 3. 1980, p. 5.
0   OJ   No  L 366,  24.  12. 1987, p. 1 .                           (Ó OJ No L 199, 22. 7. 1983, p. 12.
 4  OJ   No  L 137,  20.  5. 1992, p. 7.                             O OJ No L 151 , 3. 6. 1992, p. 4.
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                                                ANNEX
                                                                                    (ECU/100 kg)
               Product code                    Destination 0             Refund (8)
                                                                      — Live weight —
             0102 10 00 120                         01                      96,00
             0102 10 00 130                         02                      85,50
                                                    03                      55,50
                                                    04                      25,50
             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
                                                    04                      25,50
             0102 90 35 900                         02                     101,50
                                                    03                      73,00
                                                     04                     34,50
             0102 90 37 900                          02                    101,50
                                                     03                     73,00
                                                     04                     34,50
                                                                       — Net weight —
             0201 10 10 100                          02                     92,00
           I                                         03                     65,00
                                                     04                     32,50
             0201 10 10 900                          02                    126,50
                                                     03                     88,00
                                                     04                     44,00
             0201 10 90 llO (')                      02                    124,50
                                                     03                     85,00
                                                     04                     42,50
             0201 10 90 190                          02                     92,00
                                                     03                      65,00
                                                     04                      32,50
              0201 10 90 910 0                       02                    171,50
                                                     03                    115,00
                                                     04                      57,50
              0201 10 90 990                         02                    126,50
                                                     03                      88,00
                                                     04                      44,00
              0201 20 21 000                         02                    126,50
                                                     03                      88,00
                                                     04                      44,00
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                                                                                      (ECU/100 kg)
                 Product code                    Destination Q             Refund (8)
                                                                        — Net weight —
               0201 20 29 100 (')                     02                    171,50
                                                      03                    115,00
                                                      04                     57,50
               0201 20 29 900                         02                    126,50
                                                      03                     88,00
                                                      04                     44,00
               0201 20 31 000                         02                     92,00
                                                      03                     65,00
                                                      04                     32,50
               0201 20 39 100 (')                     02                    124,50
                                                      03                     85,00
                                                      04                     42,50
               0201 20 39 900                         02                     92,00
                                                      03                     65,00
                                                      04                     32,50
               0201 20 51 100                         02                    161,00
                                                      03                    110,50
                                                      04                     56,00
               0201 20 51 900                         02                     92,00
             I                                        03                     65,00
                                                      04                     32,50
               0201 20 59 llO (')                     02                    218,50
                                                      03                    146,00
             l                                        04                     73,00
               0201 20 59 190                         02                    161,00
                                                      03                    110,50
                                                      04                     56,00
               0201 20 59 910 (')                     02                    124,50
                                                      03                     85,00
                                                      04                     42,50
               0201 20 59 990                         02                     92,00
                                                      03                     65,00
                                                      04                     32,50
               0201 20 90 700                         02                     92,00
                                                      03                     65,00
                                                      04                     32,50
               0201 30 00 050 (4)                     05                    112,00
               0201 30 00 100 (2)                     02                    312,00
                                                      03                    208,50
                                                      04                    104,50
                                                      06                    266,50
               0201 30 00 150 (6)                     02                    165,00
                                                      03                    125,00
                                                      04                     62,50
                                                      06                    144,50
                                                      07                     90,00
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                                                                                   (ECU/100 kg)
              Product code                    Destination 0             Refund (8)
                                                   '                 —: Net weight —
             0201 30 00 190 («)                      02                  128,00
                                                     03                    84,00
           l                                         04                   42,00
                                                     06                  102,50
                                                     07                   90,00
             020210 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
                                                     03                    88,00
                                               '     04                   44,00
             0202 20 30 000                          02                    92,00
           \                                         03                    65,00
                                                     04                   32,50
             0202 20 50 100                          02                  161,00
                                                     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
                                                     03                    65,00
                                                     04                    32,50
             0202 30 90 100 (4)                      05                  112,00
             0202 30 90 400 (*)                      02                  165,00
                                                     03                  125,00
                                                     04                    62,50
           I                                         06                  144,50
                                                     07                    90,00
             0202 30 90 500 («)                      02                  128,00
           l                                         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
                                                     04                    42,00
                                                     06                  102,50
             0210 20 90 100                          08                  102,50
                                                     09                    60,50
             0210 20 90 300                          02                  128,00
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                                                                                                                     (ECU/100 kg)
                         Product code                           Destination 0                             Refund (")
                                                                                                     — Net weight —
                       0210 20 90 500 Q                              02                                    128,00
                       1602 50 10 120                                02                                    134,50 0
                                                                     03                                    108,00f)
                                                                     04                                    108,00 (9)
                       1602 50 10 140                                02                                    119,50 (9)
                                                                     03                                     96,00 O
                                                                     04                                     96,00 O
                       1602 50 10 160                                02                                     96,00 O
                                                                     03                                     77,00 O
                                                                     04                                     77,00 0
                       1602 50 10170                                 02                                     63,50 O
                                                                     03                                     51,00 (9)
                                                                     04                                     51,00 O
                       1602 50 10 190                                02                                     63,50
                                                                     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
                                                                     03                                     16,00
                                                                     04                                     16,00
                       1602 50 90 125                                01                                    116,000
                       1602 50 90 135                                01                                     73,00 O
                       1602 50 90 195                                01                                     36,00
                       1602 50 90 325                                01                                    103,00 0
                       1602 50 90 335                                01                                     65,00 O
                       1602 50 90 395                                01                                     36,00
                       1602 50 90 425                                01                                     77,00 O
                       1602 50 90 435                                01                                     48,50 O
                       1602 50 90 495                                01                                     36,00
                       1602 50 90 505                                01                                     36,00
                       1602 50 90 525                                01                                     77,00 O
                       1602 50 90 535                                01                                     48,50 O
                       1602 50 90 595                                01                                     36,00
                       1602 50 90 615                                01                                     36,00
                       1602 50 90 625                                01                                     16,00
                       1602 50 90 705                                01                                     36,00
                       1602 50 90 805                                01                                     26,00
                       1602 50 90 905                                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.
            fl OJ No L 221 , 19. 8 . 1984, p. 28 .
            (') 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.
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           Q 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 Cyprus, Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia.
               03 European third countries, the Canary Islands, Ceuta, Melilla, 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, except Austria, Sweden and Switzer­
                   land .
               04 Austria, Sweden and Switzerland .
               05 The United States of America, carried out in accordance with 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, Swazi­
                   land, Zimbabwe and Namibia .
               09 Switzerland.
           (*) 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.
           (*) The refund is granted only on products manufactured under the arrangement provided for in Article 4 of
               Council Regulation (EEC) No 565/80.
           2VB : The countries are as defined in Commission amended Regulation (EEC) No 3518/91 .
                   The descriptions corresponding to the product codes and the footnotes are set out in Commis­
                   sion Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 as amended.