CELEX: 31977R0678
Language: en
Date: 1977-04-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 678/77 of 31 March 1977 fixing the export refunds on beef and veal for the period beginning 1 April 1977

1 . 4. 77                              Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 84/41
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 678 /77
                                                       of 31 March 1977
                fixing the export refunds on beef and veal for the period beginning 1 April 1977
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    Whereas, in the case of meat of bovine animals,
COMMUNITIES,                                                      boned or boneless, salted and dried, there are tradi­
                                                                  tional trade flows to Switzerland ; whereas, to the
                                                                  extent necessary to allow this trade to continue, the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             refund must be fixed at an amount which will cover
Economic Community,                                               the difference between prices on the Swiss market and
                                                                  export prices in the Member States ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization                 Whereas, in the case of some other cuts and preserves
of the market in beef and veal ('), as last amended by            of    meat    or  offals shown    in   the Annex   under
Regulation ( EEC) No 425/77 (2), and in particular the            subheading 16.02 B III b) 1 bb), Community participa­
first sentence of Article 1 8 (5) thereof,
                                                                  tion in international trade may be ensured by granting
                                                                  a refund which takes account of the refund hitherto
                                                                  granted to exporters ;
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary
Committee,
                                                                   Whereas, in the case of other beef and veal products, a
Whereas Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68                   refund need not be fixed since Community participa­
provides that the difference between prices on the                 tion in world trade in these products is not signifi­
world market and prices within the Community for                   cant ;
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 1968 (3 ), as last amended by Regulation ( EEC)
                                                                   (b) of Regulation ( EEC) No 805/68 shall be corrected
 No 427/77 (4), lays down general rules for granting               by the amount of the difference between the customs
export refunds and criteria for fixing the amount of               duties on the products from which these products are
 such refunds ;
                                                                   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 kilograms, for the export of             — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the
 certain fresh or chilled meats shown in the Annex                      arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
 under subheading ex 02.01 A II a) and for the export,                  of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
 to certain destinations , of certain frozen meats shown                relation to the Community currencies referred to
 in the Annex under subheading ex 02.01 A II b) and                     in the previous subparagraph ;
 of some other preparations and preserves of meat or
 offals shown in the Annex under subheading 16.02 B
 III b) 1 aa);
                                                                   Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
                                                                   are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
(') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 24 .                          ment Committee for Beef and Veal ,
I2) OJ No L 61 , 5. 3. 1977, p. 1 .
(3 ) OJ No L 156, 4 . 7 . 1968 , p. 2 .
(4) OJ No L 61 , 5 . 3 . 1977, p. 16 .                            ('') OJ No L 73 , 27 .   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 1 April
referred to in Article 18 of Regulation ( EEC) No          1977 .
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 31 March 1977.
                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                     Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                        Vice-President
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                                                                        ANNEX
                  to the Commission Regulation of 31 March 1977 fixing the export refunds1 on beef and veal
                                                       for the period beginning 1 April 1977
                                                                                                                    (u.a.llOO kg)
    CCT heading No                                          Description of goods                        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 or greater than
                               300 kg                                                                  37-00 (»)
                                                                                                     — Net weight —
ex 02.01 A II            Meat of bovine animals :
                         a ) Fresh or chilled :
                             1 . Carcasses, half-carcasses 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                                    52-00 1 1 )
                                 ( bb ) Other                                                          65-00 (')
                             2. Separated or unseparated forequarters                                  52-00 (»)
                             3 . Separated or unseparated hindquarters                                 78-00 H
                             4 . Other :
                                       aa ) Unboned ( bone-in )                                        52-00 Π
                                 ex bb ) Boned or boneless , excluding the thin flanks and the
                                            shin :
                                            ( 11 ) Each piece individually wrapped                     76-00 (»)
                         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 (2), to Jordan,
                                              to third countries on the Mediterranean or on the
                                              Persian Gulf, to third countries of the Arabian
                                              Peninsula and Africa                                     52-00 H
                                 ( 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                                     65-00 H
                             2. Separated or unseparated forequarters :
                                 — 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    52-00 (*)
                             3 . Separated or unseparated hindquarters :
                                 — 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    78-00 ( J )
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                                                                                                                                                                                                           (u.a./lOO    kg)
     C C T heading         No                                                                Description of goods                                                                           Refund
                                                                                                                                                                                      —  N e t weight
ex 02.01 A II b)                            4. Other :
(cont'd)
                                                          aa) Unboned (bone-in) :
                                                                —        For e x p o r t to European third countries ( 2 ), to
                                                                        J o r d a n , to third countries on the Mediterranean
                                                                        or on the Persian Gulf, to third countries of the
                                                                        Arabian Peninsula and Africa                                                                                     52-00 (»)
                                                  ex bb) B o n e d or boneless, excluding the thin flanks and the
                                                                shin :
                                                                (11) Each piece individually wrapped :
                                                                                                                                                                                            26-50 ( ! ;
                                                                           —       For e x p o r t to the United States of America
                                                                           —       For e x p o r t to European third countries ( 2 ), to
                                                                                  J o r d a n , to third countries on the Mediter-
                                                                                  ranean or on the Persian Gulf, to third
                                                                                  countries of the Arabian Peninsula and Africa                                                           76-00 (»)
                                                                (22)        Other:
                                                                           —       F o r e x p o r t to the United States of America                                                        26-50 (»)
ex 0 2 . 0 6 C I a) 2                   M e a t of bovine animals, boned or boneless, salted and dried :
                                       —     For e x p o r t to Switzerland                                                                                                               36-50 ( l )
ex 16.02 B III b) 1                     O t h e r preparations and preserves containing bovine meat or offals,
                                        except those finely homogenized ( 3 ) :
                                        ex aa) U n c o o k e d , containing by weight the following                                            percentages
                                                       of bovine meats (excluding offal and fat) :
                                                      (11) 80 °/o or more of meat :
                                                                —      For export to European third countries ( 2 ), to
                                                                       J o r d a n , to third countries on the Mediterranean or
                                                                       on the Persian Gulf, to third countries o f the
                                                                       Arabian Peninsula and Africa                                                                                       52-00 (*)
                                                      (22) 60 % or more, but less than 80 % of meat :
                                                                —       For export to European third countries ( 2 ), to
                                                                       J o r d a n , to third countries on the Mediterranean or
                                                                       on the Persian Gulf, to third countries of the
                                                                       Arabian Peninsula and Africa                                                                                       31-00 ( l )
                                                      (33) 40 % or more, but less than 60 °/o of meat :
                                                                —       For e x p o r t to European third countries ( 2 ), to
                                                                       J o r d a n , to third countries on the Mediterranean or
                                                                       on the Persian Gulf, to third countries of the
                                                                       Arabian Peninsula and Africa                                                                                       21-00 (>
                                                                                                                                                                                                               Other
                                                                                                                                                                                           United
                                                                                                                                                                        Ireland                              Member
                                                                                                                                                                                         Kingdom
                                                                                                                                                                                                               States
                                        cv bb) Other, containing by weight the following percentages                                                       of
                                                      bovine meats (excluding offal and fat) :
                                                      (11) 80 % or more of meat                                                                                         32-63             31-82               35-00
                                                      (22) 60 °/o or more, but less than 80 °/o of meat                                                                 19-58              19-09              21-00
                                                      (33) 40 °/o of more, but less than 60 % of meat                                                                   13-05              12-73              14-00
                                                      (44) 20 °/o or more, but less than 40 °/o of meat                                                                   6-53               6-36               7-00
(') F o r I r e l a n d a n d the United K i n g d o m t h e refund                fixed        above   must   be reduced by the c o m p e n s a t o r y a m o u n t p u r s u a n t to Article 12 (1) o f    Retaliation
    ( E E C ) N o 181/73 ( O J N o L 2 5 , 3 0 . 1. 1973, p. 9).
(') W i t h i n the m e a n i n g o f this R e g u l a t i o n t h o s e d e s t i n a t i o n s   mentioned    in Article 3 o f      Regulation   (EEC)    No     192/75      (OJ    No  L 25 , 3 1 .  1.   1975,   p.  1)
    are also to be u n d e r s t o o d as E u r o p e a n third c o u n t r i e s .
()
 3   The      products      which  contain   a small          quantity      o f visible          pieces o f m e a t are also e x c l u d e d .
 N B .- Whereas Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) N o 885/68 provides that no e x p o r t refunds shall be granted on products imported
          from third countries and re-exported to third countries.