CELEX: 31991R0373
Language: en
Date: 1991-02-16 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 373/91 of 15 February 1991 fixing the export refunds on beef and veal

16 . 2. 91                               Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 43/ 19
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 373/91
                                                       of 15 February 1991
                                          fixing the export refunds on beef and veal
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        third countries, in particular export refunds on adult male
                                                                    bovine animals of a live weight of at least 300 kilograms
                                                                    and other bovines of a live weight of at least 250 kilo­
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              grams ; whereas experience gained in recent years has
 Economic Community,                                                shown that it is advisable to treat live pure-bred breeding
                                                                    animals of a weight of at least 250 kilograms for females
                                                                    and 300 kilograms for males in an identical manner to
                                                                    other bovine animals, while subjecting them to certain
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of             special administrative formalities ;
 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market
 in beef and veal ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
 No 3577/90 (2), and in particular Article 18 thereof,
                                                                    Whereas export refunds should be granted for certain
                                                                    destinations on certain fresh or chilled meat listed in the
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,            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
 Whereas Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68                   certain other prepared or preserved meat or offal listed in
                                                                    the Annex under CN code 1602 50 10 ;
 provides that the difference between prices on the world
 market for the products listed in Article 1 of that Regula­
 tion and prices for those products within the Community
 may be covered by an export refund ;
                                                                    Whereas, in view of the wide differences in products
                                                                    covered by the CN codes 0201 20 90 700 and
 Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 885/68 (3), as last            0202 20 90 1 00 used for refund purposes, the refund
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 427/77 (4), lays down               should only be granted on cuts in which the weight of
general rules for granting export refunds and criteria for          bone does not exceed one third ;
 fixing the amount of such refunds ;
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 32/82 0, as last amended                Whereas refunds should also be granted on fresh or
by Regulation (EEC) No 3169/87 (% Regulation (EEC) No               frozen boned or boneless pieces, even where each piece is
 1964/82 Q, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3169/87,              not individually wrapped, and on minced meat, and the
and Regulation (EEC) No 2388/84 (8), as last amended by             wording of the tariff subheadings for fresh boned or bone­
Regulation (EEC) No 3988/87 (9), lay down the conditions            less pieces , specified ;
for granting special export refunds for certain cuts of beef
and veal and certain preserved beef and veal products ;
                                                                    Whereas, in the case of meat of bovine animals, boned or
Whereas it follows from applying those rules and criteria           boneless, salted and dried, there are traditional trade flows
to the foreseeable situation on the market in beef and veal         to Switzerland ; whereas to allow this trade to continue,
                                                                    the refund should be set to cover the difference between
that the refund should be as set out below ;
                                                                    prices on the Swiss market and export prices in the
                                                                    Member States ; whereas there are possibilities for export­
                                                                    ing such meat and smoked dried meat to certain African,
Whereas given the current market situation in the                   Near and Middle Eastern countries ; whereas a refund
Community and the possibilities of disposal in certain              should accordingly be set ;
(') OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24.
I1) OJ No L 353, 17. 12. 1990, p. 23.
(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
O   OJ  No  L 4, 8 . 1 . 1982, p. 11 .                              meat or offal shown in the Annex under CN code
Is) 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 .
(«) OJ  No  L 221 , 18. 8. 1984, p. 28 .                            trade may be maintained by granting a refund corres­
0   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 103/91 (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 18 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 16 February
 243/90 0, (EEC) No 676/90 (6) ;                                   1991 .
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                   Done at Brussels, 15 February 1991 .
                                                                            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.
(3) OJ  No  L 366, 24. 12. 1987, p. 1 .
(4) OJ  No  L 12, 17. 1 . 1991 , p. 12.
(5) OJ  No  L 27, 31 . 1 . 1990, p. 8.                            0 OJ No L 62, 7. 3 . 1980, p. 5.
(6  OJ  No  L 75, 21 . 3. 1990, p. 8.                             (8) OJ No L 199, 22. 7. 1983, p. 12.
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                                               ANNEX
                                                                                  (ECU/100 kg)
              Product code                    Destination f)        Amount of refund (8)
                                                                     — Live weight —
            010210 00 190                           01                     96,00
            0102 10 00 390                         01                      96,00
            01029031 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                              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 f)        Amount of refund (8)
                                                                    — Net weight —
           0201 20 29 100 (')                     02                     171,50
                                                  03                     115,00
                                                  04                      57,50
           0201 20 29 900                         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 llO ^)                      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 (')                     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 O                       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 (e)                     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           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 H
                                                   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 O
                                                   03                     125,00 O
                                                   04                       62,50 O
                                                   06                     144,50 (10)
                                                   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 20 90 500 (3)                     02                   • 128,00
            1602 50 10 120                         02                     134,50 (9)
                                                   03                     1 08,00 (9)
                                                   04                     108,00 0
            1602 50 10 140                         02                     119,50 (')
                                                   03                       96,00 0
                                                   04                       96,00 0
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                                                                                                                    (ECU/100 kg)
                           Product code                          Destination 0                      Amount of refund (8)
                           »
                                                                                                     — Net weight —
                         1602 50 10 160                               02                                    96,00 O
                                                                      03                                    77,00 O
                                                                      04                                    77,00 (9)
                         1602 50 10 170                               02                                    63,50 0
                                                                      03                                    51,00 0
                                                                      04                                    51,00 0
                         1602 50 10 190                               02                                    63,50
                                                                      03 '                                  51,00
           I                                                          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
           l                                                          03                                    16,00
                                                                      04                                    16,00
                         1602 50 90 120                               01                                   116,00 (0
                         1602 50 90 130                               01                                    73,00 (')
                         1602 50 90 190                               01                                    36,00
                         1602 50 90 320                               01                                   103,00 0
                         1602 50 90 330                               01                                    65,00 (9)
                         1602 50 90 390                               01                                    36,00
                         1602 50 90 520                               01                                    77,00 O
                         1602 50 90 530                               01                                    48,50 (')
                         1602 50 90 590                               01                                    36,00
                         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.
             (J) 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.
             0 OJ No L 221 , 19. 8. 1984, p. 28 .
             (6) 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).
             f) 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, Zimbabwe and Namibia.
                 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, Zimbabwe and Namibia.
                 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.
            (') The refund is granted only on products manufactured under the arrangement provided for in Article 4 of
                Council Regulation (EEC) No 565/80.
           (l0) Excluding frozen meat exported under Regulations (EEC) No 243/90, (EEC) No 676/90, (EEC) No 1 680/90 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 91 /91 (OJ No L 11 , 16. 1 .
                   1991 , p. 5). The descriptions corresponding to the product codes and the footnotes are set out
                   in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 as amended.