CELEX: 31975R2683
Language: en
Date: 1975-10-23 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2683/75 of the Commission of 22 October 1975 fixing the export refunds on beef and veal for the period beginning 1 November 1975

23 . 10 . 75                              Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 272/ 11
                              REGULATION ( EEC) No 2683/75 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                        of 22 October 1975
               fixing the export refunds on beef and veal for the period beginning 1 November
                                                                1975
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       there are traditional trade flows to Switzerland ;
COMMUNITIES ,                                                        whereas, to the extent necessary to allow this trade to
                                                                     continue, the refund must be fixed at an amount
                                                                     which will cover the difference between prices on the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                Swiss market and export prices in the Member States ;
Economic Community ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         Whereas, in the case of some other cuts and preserves
805/ 68 (!) of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­                  of meat or offals, Community participation in interna­
tion of the market in beef and veal , as last amended                tional trade may be ensured by granting a refund
by Regulation ( EEC) No 1 855/74 (2), and in particular              which takes account of the refund hitherto granted to
the first sentence of Article 18(5) thereof ;                        exporters ;
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary
Committee ;                                                          Whereas, in the case of other beef and veal products, a
                                                                     refund need not be fixed since Community participa­
                                                                     tion in world trade in these products is not signifi­
Whereas Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68                     cant ;
provides that the difference between prices on the
world market and prices within the Community for
the products listed in Article 1 of that Regulation may
be covered by an export refund ;                                     Whereas Article 92 of the Act of Accession (4)
                                                                     provides that the refund on exports from the new
                                                                     Member States for the products specified in Article 1
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 885/68 (3) of                    (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 shall be
28 June 1968 lays down general rules for granting                    corrected by the amount of the difference between the
export refunds and criteria for fixing the amount of                 customs duties on the products from which these
such refunds ;                                                       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
                                                                     are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
                                                                     ment Committee for Beef and Veal ,
(') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 24.
( 2 ) OJ No L 195 , 18 . 7 . 1974, p. 14.
( 3 ) OJ No L 156 , 4 . 7 . 1968 , p. 2 .                            (4) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14.
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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            This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November
referred to in Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No           1975 .
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 22 October 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 A II             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 (»)
        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 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 or '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
                         J     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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                                                                                        Refund in u.a. /100 kg
   CCT heading No                               Description of goods
                                                                                            ( 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 ('
            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 (M
               dd )       Others :
                    11 .  Unboned ( bone-in ) :
                          — 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 (')
                 ex 22 .  Boned or boneless excluding the thin flanks and the
                          shin :
                          — for export to the United States of America                         85-00 (»)
                          — packaged separately, for export to European third
                               countries, to Jordan, to third countries on the Mediter­
                               ranean 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 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 l)
 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 I 1 )
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                                                                                                       Refund in u.a. / 100 kg
     CCT heading No                                       Description of goods                              ( Net weight)
                                                                                                        United
                                                                                              Ireland                Other Member States
                                                                                                      Kingdom
ex 16.02 B III b ) 1      Other preparations and preserves of meat or offals ex­
                          cept those finely homogenized (z) 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 °/o or more but less than 80 n/o of meat, excluding
                                offal and fat                                                 18-80     17-51                21-00
                          3 . 40 °/o or more but less than 60 °/o of meat, excluding
                                offal and fat                                                 12-54     11-67                14-00
                          4 . 20 °/o or more but less than 40 u/o 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 / /  ( OJ No L Zi , JU . l . 1973 , p. t).
(*) 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.