CELEX: 31990R3133
Language: en
Date: 1990-10-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3133/90 of 29 October 1990 fixing the export refunds on beef and veal

No L 299/ 32                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                30 . 10 . 90
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3133/90
                                                        of 29 October 1990
                                           fixing the export refunds on beef and veal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          Whereas given the current market situation in the
                                                                     Community and the possibilities of disposal in certain
                                                                     third countries, in particular export refunds on adult male
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               bovine animals of a live weight of at least 300 kilograms
 Economic Community,                                                 and other bovines of a live weight of at least 250 kilo­
                                                                     grams ; whereas experience gained in recent years has
                                                                     shown that it is advisable to treat live pure-bred breeding
                                                                     animals of a weight of at least 250 kilograms for females
 Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                  and 300 kilograms for males in an identical manner to
 Portugal,                                                           other bovine animals, while subjecting them 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
                                                                     destinations on certain fresh or chilled meat listed in the
 No 571 /89 (2), and in particular Article 18 thereof,
                                                                     Annex under CN code 0201 , on certain frozen meat listed
                                                                     in the Annex under CN code 0202, on certain meat or
                                                                     offal listed in the Annex under CN code 0206 and on
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,             certain other prepared or preserved meat or offal listed in
                                                                     the Annex 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         Whereas, in view of the wide differences in products
 tion and prices for those products within the Community             covered by the CN codes 0201 20 90 700 and
 may be covered by an export refund ;                                0202 20 90 1 00 used for refund purposes, the refund
                                                                     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
                                                                     Whereas refunds should also be granted on fresh or
 fixing the amount of such refunds ;
                                                                     frozen boned or boneless pieces, even where each piece is
                                                                     not individually wrapped, and on minced meat, and the
                                                                     wording of the tariff subheadings for fresh boned or bone­
 Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 32/82 Q, as last amended                less pieces specified ;
 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
 Regulation (EEC) No 3988/87 (9), lay down the conditions            Whereas, in the case of meat of bovine animals, boned or
 for granting special export refunds for certain cuts of beef        boneless, salted and dried, there are traditional trade flows
 and veal and certain preserved beef and veal products ;             to Switzerland ; whereas to allow this trade to continue,
                                                                     the refund should be set to cover the difference between
                                                                      prices on the Swiss market and export prices in the
 Whereas it follows from applying those rules and criteria           MeVnber States ; whereas there are possibilities for export­
 to the foreseeable situation on the market in beef and veal         ing such meat and smoked dried meat to certain African,
 that the refund should be as set out below ;                         Near and Middle Eastern countries ; whereas a refund
                                                                     should accordingly be set ;
 (') OJ No  L  148, 28 . 6. 1968, p. 24.
 (2) OJ No  L 61 , 4. 3 , 1989, p. 43 .
 (3) OJ No  L  156, 4. 7. 1968 , p. 2.
 (4) 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 the Annex under CN code
 (6) OJ No  L 301 , 24. 10. 1987, p. 21 .                             1 602 50 90, Community participation in international
 0   OJ No  L 212, 21 . 7. 1982, p. 48 .
 (8) OJ No  L 221 , 18 . 8 . 1984, p. 28 .                           trade may be maintained by granting a refund corres­
 O   OJ No  L 376, 31 . 12. 1987, p. 31 .                            ponding to that at present available ;
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Whereas, in the case of other beef and veal products, a             Whereas in certain cases experience has shown that it is
refund need not be fixed since Community participation              often difficult to determine quantities of other meat, as
in world trade is not significant ;                                 compared with that from the bovine species alone
                                                                    contained in prepared or preserved meat covered by CN
Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,               code 1 602 50 ; whereas products of the bovine species
refunds should be calculated on the following basis :               alone should accordingly be set apart and a new heading
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­           should be created for mixtures of meats or offals ; whereas
     tion to each other at any given moment within a band           control over products other than mixtures of meat or offal
     of 2,25 %, a rate of exchange based on their central           should be reinforced by marking the granting of refunds
     rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in      on certain of these products conditional on manufacturer
     the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regula­        under the arrangements provided for in Article 4 of
     tion (EEC) No 1676/85 ('), as last amended by Regula­          Council Regulation (EEC) No 565/80 of 4 March 1980 on
     tion (EEC) No 2205/90 (2),                                     the advance payment of export refunds in respect of agri­
                                                                    cultural products Q, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
— for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an             2026/83 (8) ;
     average of the ecu rates published in the Official
     Journal of the European Communities, C series, over            Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
     a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­            in accordance with the opinion of the Management
     cient referred to in the preceding indent ;                     Committee for Beef and Veal,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (3),
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 998/90 (4)                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
establishes the agricultural product nomenclature for the
purposes of export refunds ;                                                                   Article 1
Whereas, in order to simplify customs export formalities            The list of products on which the export refund referred
for operators, the refunds for all boned cuts packed indivi­         to in Article 1 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 is granted
dually should be harmonized ; whereas, therefore the                 and the amount of that refund shall be as set out in the
refunds on all frozen cuts should be brought in line with           Annex hereto .
those on fresh or chilled cuts other than those from adult
male bovine animals, except in the case of certain frozen                                      Article 2
beef held by the intervention agencies that is to be
exported under Commission Regulations (EEC) No                      This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November
243/90 (0, (EEC) No 676/90 (6) ;                                     1990 .
                    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                    States .
                    Done at Brussels, 29 October 1990.
                                                                               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 .
O   OJ   No  L 366, 24. 12. 1987, p. 1 .
O   OJ   No  L 101 , 21 . 4. 1990, p. 10.
O   OJ   No  L 27, 31 . 1 . 1990, p . 8 .                           O OJ No L 62, 7. 3 . 1980, p. 5.
(6) OJ   No  L 75, 21 . 3 . 1990, p. 8 .                            O OJ No L 199, 22. 7. 1983, p. 12.
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                                               ANNEX
                                                                                  (ECU/100 kg)
              Product code                    Destination           Amount of refund (8)
                                                                     — Live weight —
            0102 10 00 190                         01                      96,00
            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
                                                   03                     65,00
                                                   04                     32,50
            0201 10 10 900                         02                    126,50
                                                   03                     88,00
                                                   04                     44,00
            0201 10 90 110 (')                     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 (')                     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 O         Amount of refund (8)
                                                                     — Net weight —
            0201 20 29 100 C)                      02                    171,50
                                                   03                    115,00
                                                   04                     57,50
            0201 20 29 9Q0                         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
                                                   03                     65,00
                                                   04                     32,50
            0201 20 59 110O                        02                    218,50
                                                   03                    146,00
                                                   04                     73,00
            0201 20 59 190                         02                    161,00
                                                   03                    110,50
                                                   04                     56,00
            0201 20 59 910 0                       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                         02                    180,00
                                                   03                    125,00
                                                   04                     62,50
                                                   06                    144,50
                                                   07                     90,00
            0201 30 00 190 («)                     02                    128,00
                                                   03                     84,00
                                                   04                     42,00
                                                   06                    102,50
                                                   07                     90,00
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                                                                                   (ECU/100 kg)
              Product code                    Destination Q         Amount of refund (8)
                                                                     — Net weight —
            0202 10 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 (10)
                                                   03                      88,00
                                                   04                      44,00
            0202 20 30 000                         02                      92,00 (10)
                                                   03                      65,00
                                                   04                      32,50
            0202 20 50 100                         02                    161,00 (10)
                                                   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                    180,00 (10)
                                                   03                    125,00 (10)
                                                   04                      62,50 (10)
                                                   06                    144,50 (,0)
                                                   07                      90,00 (10)
            0202 30 90 500 (6)                     02                    128,00
                                                   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
                                                   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
            0210 2090 500 (3)                      02                    128,00
            1602 50 10 120                         02                    134,50 f)
                                                   03                    108,00 (')
                                                   04                    1 08,00 f)
            1602 50 10 140                         02                    119,50 (')
                                                   03                      96,00 (')
                                                   04                      96,00 (9)
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                                                                                                                   (ECU/100 kg)
                          Product code                          Destination Q                      Amount of refund (8)
                                                                                                    — Net weight —
                        1602 50 10 160                               02                                     96,00 (')
                                                                     03                                     77,00 (9)
                                                                     04                                     77,00 (')
                        1602 50 10 180                               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 90 120                               01                                   116,000
                        1602 50 90 170                                01                                    73,00 (9)
                         1602 50 90 320                               01                                   103,00 O
                         1602 50 90 370                               01                                    65,00 O
                         1602 50 90 520                               01                                    77,00 O
                         1602 50 90 570                               01                                    48,50 (9)
                         1602 50 90 610                               01                                    36,00
                         1602 50 90 620                               01                                     16,00
                         1602 50 90 700                               01                                    36,00
                         1602 50 90 800                               01                                    26,00
                         1602 50 90 900                               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.
             O OJ No L 221 , 19. 8 . 1984, p. 28.
             (4) 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 (OJ No L 210, 1 . 8 . 1986, p. 39).
             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 Lebanon, Cyprus, Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland and Zimbabwe.
                 03 European third countries, the Canary Islands, Ceuta, Melilla, Lebanon, 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 (OJ No L 351 , 14. 12.
                     1987, p. 1 ), except Austria, Sweden and Switzerland.
                 04 Austria, Sweden and Switzerland .
                 05 The United States of America, carried out in accordance with Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2973/79
                     (OJ No L 336, 29. 12. 1979, p. 44).
                 06 French Polynesia and New Caledonia.
                 07 Canada.
                 08 North, West, Central, East and South African third countries, except Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swazi­
                     land and Zimbabwe .
                 09 Switzerland.
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             (8) 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.
             0 The refund is granted only on products manufactured under the arrangement provided for in Article 4 of
                 Council Regulation (EEC) No 565/80.
            (10) Excluding frozen meat exported under Regulations (EEC) No 243/90, (EEC) No 676/90, (EEC) No 1680/90 and
                  (EEC) No 1682/90. However, in the case of exports under Regulations (EEC) No 1680/90 and (EEC) No
                  1682/90, the export refunds set out in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 1309/90 should be applied.
            NB : The countries are as defined in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 420/90 (OJ No L 44, 20. 2.
                    1990, p. 15). The descriptions corresponding to the product codes and the footnotes are set out
                    in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 as amended.