CELEX: 31998R1003
Language: en
Date: 1998-05-13 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1003/98 of 13 May 1998 fixing the export refunds on pigmeat

L 142/34             EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                                 14. 5. 98
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1003/98
                                                      of 13 May 1998
                                        fixing the export refunds on pigmeat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       this situation into account; whereas steps should be taken
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             to ensure that the refund is granted only for the net
Community,                                                        weight of the edible substances, to the exclusion of the
                                                                  net weight of the bones possibly contained in the said
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75              preparations;
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the
market in pigmeat (1), as last amended by the Act of              Whereas Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75
Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden and by Regula-           provides that the world market situation or the specific
tion (EC) No 3290/94 (2), and in particular the second            requirements of certain markets may make it necessary to
paragraph of Article 13 (3) thereof,                              vary the refund on the products listed in Article 1 (1) of
                                                                  Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 according to destination;
Whereas Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75
provides that the difference between prices on the world          Whereas the refunds should be fixed taking account of
market for the products listed in Article 1 (1) of that           the amendments to the refund nomenclature established
Regulation and prices for these products within the               by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (3), as last
Community may be covered by an export refund;                     amended by Regulation (EC) No 707/98 (4);
Whereas it follows from applying these rules and criteria         Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
to the present situation on the market in pigmeat that the        in accordance with the opinion of the Management
refund should be fixed as set out below;                          Committee for Pigmeat,
Whereas, in the case of products falling within CN code
0210 19 81, the refund should be limited to an amount
which takes account of the qualitative characteristics of         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
each of the products falling within these codes and of the
foreseeable trend of production costs on the world                                           Article 1
market; whereas it is important that the Community
should continue to take part in international trade in the        The list of products on which the export refund specified
case of certain typical Italian products falling within CN        in Article 15 of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 is granted
code 0210 19 81;                                                  and the amount of the refund shall be as set out in the
                                                                  Annex hereto.
Whereas, because of the conditions of competition in
certain third countries, which are traditionally importers                                   Article 2
of products falling within CN codes 1601 00 and 1602,
the refund for these products should be fixed so as to take       This Regulation shall enter into force on 14 May 1998.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 13 May 1998.
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                Franz FISCHLER
                                                                         Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 282, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1.                                  (3) OJ L 366, 24. 12. 1987, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 349, 31. 12. 1994, p. 105.                               (4) OJ L 98, 31. 3. 1998, p. 11.
 ---pagebreak--- 14. 5. 98                EN                   Official Journal of the European Communities                           L 142/35
                                                                    ANNEX
                      to the Commission Regulation of 13 May 1998 fixing the export refunds on pigmeat
                                               (ECU/100 kg net weight)                                   (ECU/100 kg net weight)
                                Destination           Amount                               Destination          Amount
      Product code                                                           Product code
                                of refund (1)        of refund                             of refund (1)       of refund
    0203 11 10 9000                  01                20,00               0203 29 15 9100      01               13,00
    0203 12 11 9100                  01                20,00               0210 11 31 9110      01               90,00
    0203 12 19 9100                  01                20,00               0210 11 31 9910      01               90,00
    0203 19 11 9100                  01                20,00               0210 12 19 9100      01               20,00
    0203 19 13 9100                  01                20,00               0210 19 81 9100      01               95,00
    0203 19 15 9100                  01                13,00               0210 19 81 9300      01               76,00
    0203 21 10 9000                  01                20,00               1601 00 91 9000      01               28,00
    0203 22 11 9100                  01                20,00               1601 00 99 9110      01               25,00
    0203 22 19 9100                  01                20,00               1602 41 10 9210      01               62,00
    0203 29 11 9100                  01                20,00               1602 42 10 9210      01               34,00
    0203 29 13 9100                  01                20,00               1602 49 19 9120      01               25,00
(1) The destinations are as follows:
    01 All third countries.
NB: The product codes and the footnotes are defined in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87.