CELEX: 31973R1046
Language: en
Date: 1973-04-19 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1046/73 of the Commission of 18 April 1973 fixing the export refunds on poultrymeat for the period beginning 1 May 1973

19 . 4. 73                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 104/27
                                REGULATION (EEC) No 1046/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                          of 18 April 1973
               fixing the export refunds on poultrymeat for the period beginning 1 May 1973
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        third countries, irrespective, of whether these are
COMMUNITIES,                                                           European third countries, non-European third coun­
                                                                      tries on the Mediterranean or more distant coun­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                     tries ;
pean Economic Community ;
                                                                      Whereas, for the other products listed in the Annex
Having regard to Council Regulation No 123/67/                         to this Regulation, the refund should be limited to
EEC (*) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­                       an amount which, while permitting of Community
tion of the market in poultrymeat, as last amended                    participation in international trade, takes account of
by the Act (2) annexed to the Treaty (3) on the Acces­                the nature of these exports and their importance at
sion of new Member States to the European Econo­                       the present time ;
mic Community and the European Atomic Energy                           Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972,                      refunds should be calculated on the basis of an ex­
 and in particular the first sentence of the fifth subpa­              change rate which is based, in the case of curren­
 ragraph of Article 9 ( 2) thereof ;                                   cies which are floating or whose central rate differs
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                           from the official parity, on the effective rate or the
 Committee ;                                                           central rate of these currencies and, in the case of
Whereas Article 9 of Regulation No 123 /67/EEC pro­                    the US dollar, on the change in parity announced
 vides that the difference between prices on the world                  on 13 February 1973 ;
 market for the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) of that             Whereas, since economically important quantities of
 Regulation and prices for those products in the Com­                   other poultrymeat products are not being exported,
 munity may be covered by an export refund ;                             there is no need to fix a refund for these at pre­
 Whereas Council Regulation No 176/67/EEC ( 4) of                       sent ;
  27 June 1967, as amended by Regulation No 2689/                       Whereas the measures provided for in this Regu­
  72 (5), lays down general rules for granting export                   lation are in accordance with the Opinion of the
  refunds and criteria for fixing the amount of such                    Management Committee for Poultry and Eggs ;
  refunds ;
  Whereas it follows from applying these rules and cri­
  teria to the present situation on the market in                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
  poultrymeat that the refund should be fixed as
  indicated below ;                                                                                 Article 1
  Whereas, for products falling within subheading
  01.05 A of the Common Customs Tariff, an amount                        1.       The list of products for which the export re­
  should be cho:en that will cover the difference bet­                    fund referred to in Article 9 of Regulation No 123/
  ween the most favourable import prices in traditional                  67/EEC is granted, and the amount of that refund,
  importing third countries and export prices in expor­                  are hereby fixed as shown in the Annex.
  ting member states ;                                                    2 . No refund is fixed for any of the products
  Whereas, for products falling within subheading                         listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation No 123/67/EEC
   01.05 A of the Common Customs Tariff, provision                        not included in the Annex .
   should be made, account being taken of conditions                                                Article 2
   of competition determined inter alia by transport
   costs, for different amounts which would allow ex­                     This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May
   porting Member States to continue to trade with                         1973 .
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States .
                  Done at Brussels, 18 April 1973 .
                                                                                     For the Commission
                                                                                         The President
                                                                                    François-Xavier ORTOLI
    H   OJ  No  117, 19. 6. 1967, p. 2301 /67.
    (2) OJ  No  L 73, 27. 3. 1972, p. 14.
    (3) OJ  No  L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p . 5 .
    (4) OJ  No  130 , 28 . 6 . 1967, p . 2612/67 .
    (5) OJ No L 289 , 27 . 12 . 1972 , p . 41 .
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                                                 ANNEX
              CCT
           heading No                           Description of goods                    Refund
                                                                                     u.a. /100 units
         01.05        Live poultry, that is to say, fowls, ducks, geese, turkeys
                      and guinea fowls
                      A. Of a weight not exceeding 185 g, known as ' chicks' :
                          a) for exports to :
                               — third European countries, excluding the USSR               2.66
                               — third non-European countries on the Mediterra­
                                   nean                                                     2.66
                              — territories and possessions of third non-European
                                   countries on the Mediterranean                           2.66
                           b) for exports to third countries not listed at a)               3.66
                                                                                       u.a. / 100 kg
         02.02         Dead poultry (that is to say, fowls, ducks, geese, turkeys
                       and guinea fowls) and edible offals thereof (except liver),
                       fresh, chilled or frozen :
                       A. Whole poultry :
                             I. Fowls :
                                 a) Plucked and gutted, with heads and feet,
                                    known as ' 83 % chickens'                              10.00
                                 b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet but
                                    with hearts, livers and gizzards, known as
                                     '70% chickens'                                        11.50
                                 c) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet
                                    and without hearts, livers and gizzards, known
                                     as ' 65 %> chickens '                                 12.50
                            II . Ducks :
                                 a) Plucked, bled, gutted but not drawn, with
                                     heads and feet, known as ' 85 % ducks'                 12.50
                                 b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet,
                                     with hearts, livers and gizzards, known as
                                     ' 70 °/o ducks'                                        15.00
                                  c) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet
                                      and without hearts, livers and gizzards, known
                                      as ' 63 %> ducks '                                    16.50
                            IV. Turkeys                                                     13.00
                             V. Guinea Fowls                                                17.50
                        B. Poultry cuts (excluding offals) :
                             I. Boned or boneless                                           27.50
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                   CCT
                heading No                                        Description of goods                                     Refund
                                                                                                                         u.a. / 100 kg
                 02.02                       II. Unboned ( bone in) :
                 (cont'd)
                                                 a) Halves or quarters :
                                                      1 . Of fowls                                                         12.50
                                                     2 . Of ducks                                                          16.50
                                                     4. Of turkeys                                                         13.00
                                                     5 . Of guinea fowls                                                   17.50
                                                 b) Whole wings, with or without tips                                        9.50
                                                  d) Breasts and cuts of breasts :
                                                     3 . Of other (i.e. other than geese and turkeys)
                                                          poultry                                                          17.00
                                                 e) Legs and cuts of legs :
                                                     2. Of turkeys
                                                          aa) Drumsticks and cuts of drumsticks                            10.50
                                                          bb ) Other                                                       19.00
                                                     3 . Of other (i.e. other than geese and turkeys)
                                                          poultry                                                          14.50
             02.03                       Poultry liver, fresh, chilled, frozen, salted or in brine :
                                         B. Other (i.e. other than foie gras (goose or duck))                              17.00
             16.02                        Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal :
                                         B. Other :
                                             I. Poultry meat or offal :
                                                 a) Containing 57 % or more by weight of poultry
                                                     meat ( a)                                                             36.00
                                                 b) Containing 25 % or more but less than 57 °/o
                                                     by weight of poultry meat (a)                                         22.00
        (a) For the purpose of determining poultry meat content, the weight of the bones is disregarded ; the weight of the skin is
            taken into account only to the extent that it represents the national ratio between the weight of the skin and the weight
            of the meat .