CELEX: 31997R0190
Language: en
Date: 1997-01-31 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 190/97 of 31 January 1997 fixing the export refunds on beef and veal

1 . 2. 97            EN                 Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 31 /35
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 190/97
                                                       of 31 January 1997
                                         fixing the export refunds on beef and veal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        in the Annex under CN code 0202, on some meat or offal
                                                                   listed in the Annex under CN code 0206 and on some
                                                                   other prepared or preserved meat or offal listed in the
                                                                   Annex under CN code 1602 50 10 :
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,
                                                                   Whereas, in view of the wide differences in products
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of             covered by CN codes 0201 20 90 700 and 0202 20 90 100
27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market              used for refund purposes, refunds should only be granted
in beef and veal ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC)           on cuts in which the weight of bone does not exceed one
No 2222/96 (2), and in particular Article 13 thereof,              third;
Whereas Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68                   Whereas, in the case of meat of bovine animals, boned or
provides that the difference between prices on the world           boneless, salted and dried, there are traditional trade flows
market for the products listed in Article 1 of that Regula­        to Switzerland; whereas, to allow this trade to continue,
tion and prices for those products within the Community            the refund should be set to cover the difference between
may be covered by an export refund;                                prices on the Swiss market and export prices in the
                                                                   Member States; whereas there are possibilities for expor­
                                                                   ting such meat and also salted, smoked and dried meat to
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 32/82 f), as last amended              certain African, Near and Middle Eastern countries;
by Regulation (EEC) No 3169/87 (4), Regulation (EEC) No            whereas a refund should accordingly be set;
 1 964/82 C5), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3169 /87,
and Regulation (EEC) No 2388 / 84 (6), as amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 3169/ 87 (7), lay down the conditions
for granting special export refunds on certain cuts of beef        Whereas, in the case of certain other cuts and preserves of
and veal and certain preserved beef and veal products;             meat or offal shown in the Annex under CN codes
                                                                    1602 50 31 to 1602 50 80, the Community share of inter­
                                                                   national trade may be maintained by granting a refund
                                                                   corresponding to that at present available;
Whereas it follows from applying those rules and criteria
to the foreseeable situation on the market in beef and veal
that the refund should be as set out below;
                                                                   Whereas, in the case of other beef and veal products, a
                                                                   refund need not be fixed since the Community's share of
                                                                   world trade is not significant;
Whereas, given the current market situation in the
Community and the possibilities of disposal in certain
third countries in particular, export refunds should be
granted, on the one hand, on bovine animals intended for
slaughter of a live weight greater than 220 kilograms and          Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (8),
less than 300 kilograms, and, on the other on adult                as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2230/96 (9), esta­
bovine animals of a live weight of at least 300 kilograms;         blishes the agricultural product nomenclature for the
                                                                   purposes of export refunds; whereas, with a view to clarifi­
                                                                   cation , the destinations must be identified in a separate
                                                                   Annex;
Whereas export refunds should be granted for certain
destinations on some fresh or chilled meat listed in the
Annex under CN code 0201 , on some frozen meat listed
                                                                   Whereas, in order to simplify customs export formalities
(') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 24.                            for operators, the refunds on all frozen cuts should be
(2) OJ No L 296, 21 . 11 . 1996, p. 50 .                           brought into line with those on fresh or chilled cuts other
o OJ No L 4, 8 . 1 . 1982, p. 11 .                                 than those from adult male bovine animals;
(4) OJ No L 301 , 24. 10 . 1987, p. 21 .
0 OJ No L 212, 21 . 7. 1982, p. 48 .
H OJ No L 221 , 18. 8. 1984, p. 28.                                (") OJ No L 366, 24. 12. 1987, p. 1 .
0 OJ No L 370 , 19 . 12 . 1992, p. 16.                             0 OJ No L 305, 27. 11 . 1996, p . 1 .
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Whereas experience has shown that in certain cases it is          refund nomenclature several products falling within CN
often difficult to determine the relevant quantities of beef,     code 1602 50 31 and to amend the list of products falling
veal and other meat contained in prepared or preserved            within CN code 1602 50 80 ;
meat falling within CN code 1 602 50; whereas exclusively
beef and veal products should accordingly be set apart            Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
and a new heading should be created for mixtures of               in accordance with the opinion of the Management
                                                                  Committee for Beef and Veal ,
meats or offals; whereas checks on products other than
mixtures of meat or offal should be stepped up by making
the granting of refunds on these products conditional on          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
manufacture under the arrangements provided for in
Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 565/80 of 4                                       Article 1
March 1980 on the advance payment of export refunds in
respect of agricultural products ('), as amended by Regula­        1 . The list of products on which export refunds as
tion (EEC) No 2026/83 (2);                                        referred to in Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68
                                                                  are granted and the amount thereof shall be as set out in
Whereas refunds on female animals should vary depen­              Annex I.
ding on their age in order to prevent abuses in the export
of certain pure-bred breeding animals;                            2.    The destinations are identified in Annex II to this
                                                                  Regulation .
Whereas, notwithstanding the subdivision of the
combined nomenclature for prepared and preserved meat,                                     Article 2
other than uncooked, falling within CN code 1602 50 ,
experience has shown that it is possible to delete from the       This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February 1997.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States .
                  Done at Brussels, 31 January 1997.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                               Franz FISCHLER
                                                                        Member of the Commission
 (') OJ No L 62, 7. 3. 1980, p. 5.
 (2) OJ No L 199, 22. 7. 1983, p. 12.
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                                                            ANNEX I
                        to the Council Regulation of 31 January 1997 fixing export refunds on beef
                                                   (ECU/100 kg)                                              (ECU/100 kg)
      Product code         Destination          Refund (7)             Product code       Destination    Refund (7)
                                           — Live weight —                                             — Net weight —
0102 10 10 9120                01                 74,00
                                                                  0201 20 20 9120
                                                                                       l      02          102,50
0102 10 10 9130                02                 49,00                                II
                                                                                              03            71,50
                               03                 34,00
                                                                                              04            35,50
                               04                  17,00
0102 10 30 9120                01                 74,00           0201 20 30 9110(1 )         02          101,00
0102 10 30 9130                02                 49,00                                       03            69,50
                               03                 34,00                                       04            34,00
                               04                  17,00                               I
                                                                  0201 20 30 9120             02            74,50
0102 10 90 9120                01                 74,00                                I
                                                                                              03            52,50
0102 90 41 9100                02                 65,50                                \
                                                                                              04            26,00
0102 90 51 9000                02                 49,00
                               03                 34,00           0201 20 50 9110(1 )         02           177,00
                               04                  17,00                                      03           118,00
0102 90 59 9000                02                 49,00                                       04            58,50
                               03                  34,00
                                                                  0201 20 50 9120             02           130,50
                               04                  17,00
                                                                                              03            90,00
 0102 90 61 9000               02                 49,00
                                                                                               04           45,00
                               03                  34,00
                                04                 17,00          0201 20 50 9130(i )          02          101,00
 0102 90 69 9000                02                 49,00                                       03            69,50
                                03                 34,00                                       04            34,00
                                04                 17,00
                                                                  0201 20 50 9140              02            74,50
 0102 90 71 9000                02                 65,50
                                                                                               03            52,50
                                03                 43,00
                                04                 21,50                                       04            26,00
 0102 90 79 9000                02                 65,50           0201 20 90 9700             02            74,50
                                03                 43,00                                       03            52,50
                                04                 21,50                                       04            26,00
                                                                   0201 30 00 9050             05(4)       108,00
                                             — Net weight —
                                                                                               07 (4a)     108,00
 0201 10 00 9110(1 )            02                101,00                                                   246,50
                                                                   0201 30 00 9100 (2)         02
                                03                  69,50
                                                                                               03           169,00
                                04                  34,00                              II
                                                                                               04             84,50
  0201 10 00 9120               02                  74,50
                                                                                               06          216,50
                                03                  52,50
                                04                  26,00          0201 30 00 9150 (6)         08           131,00
  0201 10 00 9130 ( i )         02                139,50                                       09           120,00
                                 03                 93,50                                       03          101,00
                                 04                 47,00                                       04            51,00
  0201 10 00 9140                02               102,50                                        06          117,50
                                 03                 71,50                              II
                                                                   0201 30 00 9190 (6)          02          103,50
                                 04                 35,50
                                                                                                03            68,00
  0201 20 20 9110(1 )            02               139,50
                                 03                 93,50                                       04            34,00
                                 04                 47,00                                       06            83,00
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                                                  (ECU/100 kg)                                        (ECU/100 kg)
      Product code       Destination         Refund (7)                Product code Destination   Refund (7)
                                         — Net weight —        I                                — Net weight —
 0202 10 00 9100             02                  74,50            1602 50 10 9120       02         1 1 9,00 (8)
                             03                  52,50                                  03           95,50 (8)
                             04                  26,00                                  04           95,50 (8)
 0202 10 00 9900             02                1 02,50            1602 50 10 9140       02         105,50 (8)
                            03                   71,50                                  03           84,50 (8)
                            04                   35,50                                  04           84,50 (8)
 0202 20 10 9000            02                                    1602 50 10 9160       02           84,50 (8)
                                               102,50
                            03                                                          03           68,00 (8)
                                                 71,50
                            04                                                          04           68,00 (8)
                                                 35,50
                                                                 1602 50 10 9170        02           56,00 (8)
0202 20 30 9000             02                   74,50
                                                                                       03           45,00 (8)
                            03                   52,50
                                                                                       04
                            04                   26,00         I                                    45,00 (8)
                                                                 1602 50 10 9190       02            56,00
0202 20 50 9100             02                 130,50
                                                                                       03            45,00
                            03                   90,00
                                                                                       04           45,00
                            04                   45,00
                                                                 1602 50 10 9240       02
0202 20 50 9900             02                   74,50
                                                                                       03             —
                            03                   52,50
                                                                                       04             _
                            04                   26,00
                                                                 1602 50 10 9260       02             —
0202 20 90 9100             02                   74,50                                 03
                            03                   52,50                                 04
                            04                   26,00
                                                                 1602 50 10 9280       02             —
0202 30 90 9100             05(4)             108,00                                   03
                            07 (4a)           108,00                                   04             —
0202 30 90 9400 (6)         08                131,00             1602 50 31 9125       01          116,50 (5)
                            09                1 20,00            1602 50 31 9135       01           68,00 (8)
                            03                101,00
                                                                 1602 50 31 9195       01           33,50
                            04                  51,00
                                                                 1602 50 31 9325       01          104,50 (S)
                            06                117,50
                                                                 1602 50 31 9335       01           61,00(8)
0202 30 90 9500 (6)         02                103,50
                                                                 1602 50 31 9395       01           33,50
                            03                  68,00
                            04                  34,00            1602 50 39 9125       01          116,50 {S)
                            06                  83,00            1602 50 39 9135       01           68,00 (8)
0206 10 95 9000             02                103,50             1602 50 39 9195       01           33,50
                            03                  68,00            1602 50 39 9325       01          104,50 ( s)
                            04                  34,00
                                                                 1602 50 39 9335       01           61,00 (8)
                            06                  83,00
                                                                 1602 50 39 9395       01           33,50
0206 29 91 9000             02                103,50
                                                                 1602 50 39 9425       01           77,00 (5)
                            03                  68,00
                                                                 1602 50 39 9435       01           45,00 (8)
                            04                  34,00
                            06                  83,00            1602 50 39 9495       01           33,50
0210 20 90 9100             02                  86,50            1602 50 39 9505       01           33,50
                            04                  51,50            1602 50 39 9525       01           77,00 ( ï)
0210 20 90 9300             02                107,00             1602 50 39 9535       01           45,00 (8)
0210 20 90 9500 (3)         02                107,00             1602 50 39 9595       01           33,50
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                                                               (ECU/100                                                                       (ECU/100 kg)
        Product code             Destination               Refund (7)                        Product code           Destination            Refund (7)
                                                       — Net weight —                                                                 — Net weight —
                                                                                       1602 50 80 9495                  01                   33,50
1602 50 39 9615                       01                      33,50
1602 50 39 9625                                                                        1602 50 80 9505                  01                   33,50
                                      01                      15,00
1602 50 39 9705                       01                        8,00                   1602 50 80 9515                  01                   15,00
1602 50 39 9805                       01                       —
                                                                                       1602 50 80 9535                  01                   45,00 (8)
1602 50 39 9905                       01                       —
                                                                                       1602 50 80 9595                  01                   33,50
1602 50 80 9135                       01                      68,00 (8)                1602 50 80 9615                  01                   33,50
1602 50 80 9195                       01                      33,50                    1602 50 80 9625                  01                   15,00
1602 50 80 9335                       01                      61,00(8)                 1602 50 80 9705                  01                     8,00
1602 50 80 9395                       01                      33,50                    1602 50 80 9805                  01                    —
1602 50 80 9435                       01                      45,00 (8)                1602 50 80 9905                  01                    —
  1)  Entry under this subheading is subject to the submission of the certificate appearing in the Annex to amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No 32/82.
  2)  Entry under this subheading is subject to compliance with the condition laid down in amended Commission Regulation ( EEC) No 1964/82.
  •*) The refund on beef in brine is granted on the net weight of the meat, after deduction of the weight of the brine .
  4)  Carried out in accordance with amended Commission Regulation ( EEC) No 2973/79 (OJ No L 336, 29 . 12 . 1979, p. 44).
  4a) Carried out in accordance with amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2051 /96 (OJ No L 274, 26 . 10 . 1996, p. 18 ).
  5)  OJ No L 221 , 19 . 8 . 1984, p. 28 .
  fi) 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 of 1 . 8 . 1986, p. 39).
  7) Article 13 ( 10) of amended Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 provides that no export refunds shall be granted on products imported from third countries and
      re-exported to third countries.
 '«) The refund is granted only on products manufactured under the arrangement provided for in Article 4 of amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No
      565 / 80 .
 NB: The descriptions corresponding to the product codes and the footnotes are set out in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 as
        amended .
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                                                               ANNEX II
Zone 01 : all third countries
Zone 02 : zones 08 and 09
                  Zone 03                                       Zone 05                            Zone 09
 022   Ceuta and Melilla                        400   United States of America      224  Sudan
 024   Iceland                                                                      228  Mauritania
 028   Norway                                                                       232  Mali
                                                                 Zone 06
 041   Faroe Islands                                                                236  Burkina Faso
 043   Andorra                                                                      240  Niger
                                                809   New Caledonia
 044   Gibraltar                                                                    244  Chad
                                                822   French Polynesia
 045   Vatican City                                                                 247  Cape Verde
 053   Estonia                                                                      248  Senegal
 054   Latvia                                                    Zone 07            252  Gambia
 055   Lithuania                                                                    257  Guinea-Bissau
 060   Poland                                   404   Canada                        260  Guinea
 061   Czech Republic                                                               264  Sierra Leone
 063   Slovakia                                                                     268  Liberia
                                                                 Zone 08
 064   Hungary                                                                      272  Cote d'lvoire
 066   Romania                                                                      276  Ghana
                                                046   Malta
 068   Bulgaria                                 052   Turkey                        280  Togo
 070   Albania                                  072   Ukraine                       284  Benin
 091   Slovenia                                 073   Belarus                       288  Nigeria
 092   Croatia                                  074   Moldova                       302  Cameroon
 093   Bosnia-Herzegovina                       075   Russia
                                                                                    306 Central African Republic
 094   Serbia and Montenegro                    076   Georgia
                                                077   Armenia
                                                                                    310 Equatorial Guinea
 096 Former       Yugoslav    Republic    of
                                                                                    311 Sao Tome and Principe
       Macedonia                                078   Azerbaijan
                                                                                    314  Gabon
  109 The communes of Livigno and                079  Kazakhstan
       Campione d'ltalia; the island of          080  Turkmenistan                  318  Congo
       Helgoland                                 081  Uzbekistan                    322  Zaire
  406  Greenland                                 082  Tajikistan                    324  Rwanda
  600  Cyprus                                    083  Kirghistan                    328  Burundi
  662  Pakistan                                  204  Morocco                       329 St Helena and dependencies
  669  Sri Lanka                                 208  Algeria                       330 Angola
                                                 212  Tunisia
  676 Myanmar (Burma)                                                               334 Ethiopia
                                                 216  Libya
  680  Thailand                                                                     336  Eritrea
  690  Vietnam
                                                 220  Egypt
                                                 604  Lebanon
                                                                                    338  Djibouti
  700   Indonesia                                                                   342  Somalia
                                                 608  Syria
  708   Philippines                                                                 350  Uganda
                                                 612  Iraq
  724   North Korea                                                                 352  Tanzania
                                                 61 6 Iran
  740   Hong Kong                                624  Israel                        355 Seychelles and dependencies
  950   Stores and provisions                    625  Gaza and Jericho              357 British Indian Ocean Territory
        (Destinations referred to in Article     628  Jordan
        34   of   Commission     Regulation                                         366 Mozambique
                                                 632  Saudi Arabia                  373  Mauritius
        (EEC) No 3665/87, as amended)            636  Kuwait
                                                                                    375  Comoros
                                                 640  Bahrain
                                                                                    377  Mayotte
                                                 644  Qatar
                                                                                     378 Zambia
                                                 647  United Arab Emirates
                   Zone 04                                                          386  Malawi
                                                 649  Oman
                                                 653  Yemen                          388 South Africa
  039   Switzerland                              720  China                          395  Lesotho
  NB: The countries are those defined by Commission Regulation (EC) No 68/96 (OJ No L 14, 19. 1 . 1996, p. 6).