CELEX: 31976R2492
Language: en
Date: 1976-10-14 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2492/76 of 13 October 1976 fixing the export refunds on beef and veal for the period beginning 18 October 1976

14 . 10 . 76                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                 No L 283/ 17
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 2492/ 76
                                                          of 13 October 1976
                 fixing the export refunds on beef and veal for the period beginning 18 October
                                                                  1976
 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 organization                      of meat or offals, Community participation in interna­
 of the market in beef and veal ('), as last amended by                 tional trade may be ensured by granting a refund
 Regulation ( EEC) No 568 /76 (2 ), and in particular the               which takes account of the refund hitherto granted to
 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
 Whereas Article 18 of Regulation ( EEC) No 805/ 68                     tion in world trade in these products is not signifi­
                                                                        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 (5 )
                                                                        provides that the refund on exports from the new
 Whereas Council Regulation ( EEC) No 885/68 of 28                      Member States for the products specified in Article 1
June 1 968 (3 ), as amended by Regulation ( EEC) No                     (b) and (c) of Regulation ( EEC) No 805/68 shall be
 1 504/ 76 (4 ), 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 selling possibilities, particularly in certain                  within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based
 third countries, lead to granting export refunds for the                     on their effective parity ;
export of adult bovine animals with a live weight
equal or superior to 300 kg, for the export of certain                 — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the
 fresh or chilled meats shown in the Annex under
                                                                              arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
 subheading ex 02.01 A II a) 1 and for the export to                          of these currencies recorded for a given period , in
certain destinations , of certain frozen meats shown in                       relation to the Community currencies referred to
 the Annex 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 Management Committee for Beef and
                                                                       Veal has not delivered an opinion within the time
(') Ol No 1 . 14 «, 28 . 6 . 1968 , p . 24 .                            limit set by its chairman ,
( : ) O) No L 67, I v 3 . 1976, p . 28 .
(-') O ) No I. 156 , 4 . 7 . 1968 , p . 2 .
(4 ) Q"| No I. 168 , 28 . 6 . 1976, p . 7 .                            ( s ) 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 18 October
referred to in Article 18 of Regulation ( EEC) No           1976 .
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
             Done at Brussels , 13 October 1976 .
                                                                    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 All               Live domestic animals of the bovine species, other than
                            pure-bred breeding animals :
                           — adult bovine animals with a live weight equal or
                                superior to 300 kg                                           40-00 (x )
                                                                                             Net weight
ÎX 02.01 A 11 a) 1          Edible meat of domestic bovine animals, fresh or chilled :
                 aa )       Of veal :
                      11 .  Carcases and half-carcases                                       70-00 i 1 )
         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 i 1 )
                  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 ( J )
       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 i1 )
                  ex 33 .  Hindquarters, excluding the forequarter with more than
                           ten whole or cut ribs
                                                                                             84-00 i 1 )
                 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 :
                           — each piece individually wrapped
                                                                                             82-00 H
ex 02.01 All a) 2          Edible meat of domestic bovine animals, frozen :
                aa )       Carcases, half-carcases or 'compensated' quarters :
                           — for export to European third countries (2), to Jordan,
                               to third countries on the Mediterranean or on the
                               Persian Gulf, to third countries of the Arabian
                               Peninsula and Africa                                          70-00 i 1 )
        hbi 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 (2), to Jordan,
                               to third countries on the Mediterranean or on the
                               Persian Gulf, to third countries of the Arabian
                               Peninsula and Africa                                         56-00 (!)
             cx CC )       Hindquarters, excluding the forequarter with more than
                           ten whole or cut ribs :
                           — for export to European third countries (2), to Jordan,
                               to third countries on the Mediterranean or on the
                               Persian Gulf, to third countries of the Arabian
                               Peninsula and Africa                                         84-00 1 1 )
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                                                                                                            Refund in u. a. /100 kg
      CCT heading No                                      Description of goods
                                                                                                                 (Net weight)
                    dd )       Others :
                         11 .  Unboned (bone-in) :
                               — for export to European third countries (2), to Jordan,
                                    to third countries on the Mediterranean or on the
                                    Persian Gulf, to third countries of the Arabian
                                    Peninsula and Africa                                                        " 56-00 (»)
                     ex 22 .   Boned or boneless excluding the thin flanks and the
                               shin :
                               — for export to the United States of America                                       52-00 i1 )
                               — each piece individually wrapped for esport to Euro­
                                    pean third countries (2), to Jordan, to third countries
                                    on the Mediterranean or on the Persian (âidf, to third
                                    countries of the Arabian Peninsula and Africa                                 82-00 H
-ex 02.Ö(TG I a) 2             Edible meat of domestic bovine animáis, boned or
                               boneless, salted and dried :
                               — for export to Switzerland                                                        36-50 I 1 )
                                                                                                             United
                                                                                                  Ireland  Kingdom        Other Member States
 ex 16.02 B III b ) 1          Other preparations and preserves of meat or offals ex­
                               cept those finely homogenized (s) containing by weight
                               the following percentages of bovine meet :
                               1 . 80% or more of meat, excluding offal and fat                   33-27     32-30                 35-00
                               2. 60 °/o or more but less than 80 °/o of meat, excluding
                                   offal and fat                                                  19-96      19-38                21-00
                              Ì3. 40 °/o or more but less than 60 % of meat, excluding
                                   offal and fat                                                  13-31      12-92                14-00
                               4. 20 % or more but less than 40 °/o of meat, excluding
                                   offal and fat                                                    6-65      6-46                  7-00
 I1) For Ireland and the United Kingdom the refund fixed above must be reduced by the compensatory amount puxsuant to Article 12 ( 1) of
     Regulation ( EEC ) No 181 /73 ( OJ No L 25 , 30 . 1 . 1973 , p. 9).
 (•) Within the meaning of this Regulation those destinations mentioned in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 192/75 ( OJ No L 25 , 31 . 1 . 197J,
     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 .
 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.