CELEX: 31978R2041
Language: en
Date: 1978-08-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2041/78 of 29 August 1978 fixing the export refunds on beef and veal for the period beginning 1 September 1978

30 . 8 . 78                              Official Journal of the European Communities                        No L 238 / 11
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 2041 / 78
                                                        of 29 August 1978
                fixing the export refunds on beef and veal for the period beginning 1 September
                                                                1978
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      of some other preparations and preserves of meat or
 COMMUNITIES ,                                                       offals shown in the Annex under subheading 16.02 B
                                                                     III b) 1 aa) ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community,
                                                                     Whereas , in the case of meat of bovine animals ,
                                                                     boned or boneless , salted and dried , there are tradi­
                                                                     tional trade flows to Switzerland ; whereas , to the
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization                   extent necessary to allow this trade to continue, the
                                                                     refund must be fixed at an amount which will cover
 of the market in beef and veal ('), as last amended by
 Regulation (EEC) No 425/77 (2 ), and in particular the              the difference between prices on the Swiss market and
 first sentence of Article 18(5) thereof,                            export prices in the Member States ;
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary
 Committee ,                                                         Whereas, in the case of some other cuts and preserves
                                                                     of   meat   or   offals shown   in  the  Annex   under
                                                                     subheading 16.02 B III b) 1 bb), Community participa­
                                                                     tion in international trade may be ensured by granting
 Whereas Article 18 of Regulation ( EEC) No 805/68                   a refund which takes account of the refund hitherto
 provides that the difference between prices on the                  granted to exporters ;
 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, in the case of other beef and veal products, a
                                                                     refund need not be fixed since Community participa­
 Whereas Council Regulation ( EEC) No 885/68 of 28                   tion in world trade in these products is not signifi­
 June 1 968 (3 ), as last amended by Regulation ( EEC)               cant ;
 No 427/ 77 (4 ), lays down general rules for granting
 export refunds and criteria for fixing the amount of
 such refunds ;
                                                                     Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
                                                                     refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
 Whereas it follows from applying these rules and
 criteria to the foreseeable situation on the market in
 beef and veal that the refund should be fixed as indi­
cated below ;                                                        — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
                                                                         relation to each other at any given moment within
                                                                         a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on
Whereas the present market situation in the Commu­                       their effective parity ;
 nity and the selling possibilities, particularly in certain
 third countries, lead to granting export refunds for the            — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
 export of adult bovine animals with a live weight                       arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
 equal or superior to 300 kilograms, for the export of                   of these currencies recorded for a given period in
 certain fresh or chilled meats shown in the Annex                       relation to the Community currencies referred to
under subheading ex 02.01 A II a) and for the export,                    in the previous subparagraph ;
to certain destinations, of certain frozen meats shown
 in the Annex under subheading ex 02.01 A II b) and
(>)  OJ  No  L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 24.
(2 ) OJ  No  L 61 , 5 . 3 . 1977, p. 1 .                             Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
(3 ) OJ  No  L 156, 4. 7 . 1968 , p. 2 .                             are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
(4)  OJ  No  L 61 , 5. 3 . 1977, p. 16 .                             ment Committee for Beef and Veal ,
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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 September
referred to in Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No           1978 .
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 29 August 1978 .
                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                     Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                        Vice-President
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                                                                        ANNEX
                  to the Commission Regulation of 29 August 1978 fixing the export refunds on beef and
                                                   veal for the period beginning 1 September 1978
                                                                                                                   (u.a. / 100 kg)
   CCT heading No                                               Description                             Refund
                                                                                                    — Live weight —
ex 01.02 A II            Live domestic animals of the bovine species, other than pure-bred
                         breeding animals :
                         (a) Adult bovine animals with a live weight equal to or greater
                                than 300 kg                                                              45.50
                                                                                                    — Net weight —
ex 02.01 A II            Meat of bovine animals :
                         a) Fresh or chilled :
                             1 . Carcases, half-carcases or 'compensated' quarters :
                                  ( aa) The front part of a carcase or of a half-carcase com­
                                         prising all the bones and the scrag, neck and shoulder
                                         but with more than 10 ribs                                      64.00
                                  ( bb) Other                                                            80.00
                             2. Separated or unseparated forequarters                                    64.00
                             3 . Separated or unseparated hindquarters                                  96.00
                             4. Other :
                                       aa) Unboned (bone-in)                                            64.00
                                  ex bb) Boned or boneless, excluding the thin flanks and the
                                            shin :
                                            ( 11 ) Each piece individually wrapped                      93.50
                         b ) Frozen :
                             1 . Carcases, half-carcases or 'compensated' quarters :
                                  (aa) The front part of a carcase or of a half-carcase com­
                                         prising all the bones and the scrag, neck and shoulder
                                         but with more than 10 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                                      64.00
                                  ( bb ) Other :
                                         — 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                                      80.00
                             2. Separated or unseparated forequarters :
                                  — For export to European third countries (1), to Jordan, to
                                       third countries on the Mediterranean or on the Persian
                                       Gulf, to third countries of the Arabian Peninsula and Africa     64.00
                             3 . Separated or unseparated hindquarters :
                                  — For export to European third countries (1), to Jordan, to
                                      third countries on the Mediterranean or on the Persian
                                       Gulf, to third countries of the Arabian Peninsula and Africa     96.00
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                                                                                                                                         (u . a. /100 kg)
     CCT heading No                                              Description                                               Refund
                                                                                                                       — Net weight —
ex 02.01 A II                     4. Other :
(cont'd)
                                          aa) 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                                           64.00
                                     ex bb) Boned or boneless, excluding the thin flanks and the
                                               shin :
                                               ( 11) Each piece individually wrapped :
                                                      — For export to the United States of America                            0
                                                      — For export to European third countries (1 ), to
                                                         Jordan, to third countries on the Mediter­
                                                         ranean or on the Persian Gulf, to third
                                                         countries of the Arabian Peninsula and Africa                     93.50
                                               ( 22) Other :
                                                      — For export to the United States of America                            0
ex 02.06 C I a) 2              Meat of bovine animals, boned or boneless, salted and dried :
                               — For export to Switzerland                                                                 45.00
ex 16.02 B III b ) 1           Other preparations and preserves containing bovine meat or offals,
                               except those finely homogenized (2) :
                               ex aa) Uncooked, containing by weight the following percentages
                                        of bovine meats (excluding offal and fat) :
                                       ( 11 ) 80 % or more of meat :
                                              — For export to European third countries (1 ), to
                                                   Jordan, to third countries on the Mediterranean or
                                                   on the Persian Gulf, to third countries of the
                                                   Arabian Peninsula and Africa                                             64.00
                                       (22 ) 60 °/o or more, but less than 80 °/o of meat :
                                              — For export to European third countries (J ), to
                                                   Jordan, to third countries on the Mediterranean or
                                                   on the Persian Gulf, to third countries of the
                                                   Arabian Peninsula and Africa                                            38.50
                                       (33 ) 40 % or more, but less than 60 % of meat :
                                              — For export to European third countries (x ), to
                                                   Jordan, to third countries on the Mediterranean or
                                                   on the Persian Gulf, to third countries of the
                                                   Arabian Peninsula and Africa                                             26.00
                               ex bb) Other, containing by weight the following percentages of
                                       bovine meats (excluding offal and fat) :
                                       ( 11 ) 80 % or more of meat                                                         37.50
                                       (22 ) 60 °/o or more, but less than 80 % of meat                                     22.50
                                       (33) 40 % of more, but less than 60 % of meat                                        15.00
                                       (44 ) 20 % or more, but less than 40 % of meat                                        7.50
(•) Within the meaning of this Regulation those destinations mentioned in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 192/75 ( OJ No L 25 , 31 . 1 . 1975, p. 1)
    are also to be understood as European third countries .
(*) The products which contain a 'small quantity of visible pieces of meat are also excluded .
NB : 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.