CELEX: 31987R3663
Language: en
Date: 1987-12-08 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3663/87 of 7 December 1987 fixing the export refunds on poultrymeat

No L 344/8                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                  8 . 12. 87
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3663/87
                                                      of 7 December 1987
                                         fixing the export refunds on poultrymeat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                            the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Council Regula­
                                                                       tion (EEC) No 1676/85 (4), as last amended by Regula­
                                                                       tion (EEC) No 1636/87 0 ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                               — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
                                                                       arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
                                                                       these currencies recorded for a given period in rela­
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                     tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
Portugal,                                                              previous indent and the aforesaid coefficient ;
                                                                  Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 634/86 of 28
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75              February 1986 laying down specific rules on export
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the              refunds in the poultrymeat sector following the accession
market in poultrymeat ('), as last amended by Regulation          of Portugal and amending Regulation (EEC) No 189/86 (6)
(EEC) No 1475/86 (2), and in particular the first sentence        established the principle that no Community refund
of the fifth subparagraph of Article 9 (2) thereof,               should be granted on poultrymeat products originating in
                                                                   Portugal ;
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,
                                                                  Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
                                                                   in accordance with the opinion of the Management
Whereas Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75                   Committee for Poultry meat and Eggs,
provides that the difference between prices on the world
market for the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) of that
Regulation and prices for those products within the
Community may be covered by an export refund ;
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2779/75 of 29
October 1975 (3), lays down general rules for granting
export refunds and criteria for fixing the amount of such
refunds :                                                                                    Article 1
Whereas it follows from applying these rules and criteria
to the present situation on the market in poultrymeat that         1 . The list of products for which, when they are
the refund should be fixed at an amount which would                exported, the export refund referred to in Article 9 of
permit Community participation in world trade and                  Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 is granted, and the amount
would also take account of the nature of these exports and         of that refund shall be as shown in the Annex herero .
their importance at the present time ;
                                                                   2. The refund referred to in paragraph 1 shall not be
Whereas the present market situation in certain third              granted in respect of exports to Portugal from 1 March
countries and that regarding competition on particular              1986.
 third country markets make it necessary to fix a refund
differentiated by destination for certain products in the
 poultrymeat sector ;                                              3. The refund referred to in paragraph 1 shall not be
                                                                   granted in respect of exports of products originating in
                                                                   Portugal .
Whereas if the refund system is to operate normally,
 refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
                                                                                             Article 2
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
      tion to each other at any given moment within a band
      of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central        This Regulation shall enter into force on 8 December
      rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in     1987 .
 (') OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 77.                            (4) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
 0 OJ No L 133, 21 . 5 . 1986, p. 39 .                             0 OJ No L 153, 13. 6. 1987, p. 1 .
 0 OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p . 90 .                            ¥) OJ No L 60, 1 . 3. 1986, p. 15.
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States .
           Done at Brussels, 7 December 1987.
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                   Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                      Vice-President
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                                                          ANNEX
               to the Commission Regulation of 7 December 1987 fixing the export refunds on
                                                        poultrymeat
                 CCT
               heading                                    Description                               Refund
                  No
                                                                                                 ECU/ 100 units
                01.05     Live poultry, that is to say, fowls, ducks, geese, turkeys and guinea
                          fowls :
                          For all exports except to the United States of America :
                          A. Of a weight not exceeding 185 g, known as 'chicks' :
                               I. Turkeys and geese                                                   8,40
                              II . Other                                                              4,20
                                                                                                  ECU/ 100 kg
                          B. Other :
             I                I. Fowls                                                               24,00
                02.02     Dead poultry (that is to say fowls, ducks, geese, turkeys and
                          guinea fowls) and edible offals thereof (except liver), fresh, chilled
                          or frozen :
                          For all exports except to the United States of America :
                          A. Whole poultry :
                                 I. Fowls :
                                     a) Plucked and gutted, with heads and feet, known as
                                        '83 % chickens'                                              37,00
                                     b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet but with
                                        hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '70 % chickens'
                                        — for exports to Egypt, Iraq, the Canary Islands,
                                             Ceuta and Melilla, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrein,
                                             Qatar and the United Arab Emirates                      45,00
                                        — for exports to other destinations except the United
                                             States of America                                       37,00
                                     c) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet and
                                        without hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '65 %
                                        chickens'
                                        — for exports to Egypt, Iraq, the Canary Islands,
                                             Ceuta and Melilla, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrein,
                                             Qatar and the United Arab Emirates                      49,00
                                        — for exports to other destinations except the United
                                             States of America                                       37,00
                           For all exports except to the United States of America :
                                II . Ducks :
                                     a) Plucked, bled, not drawn or gutted with heads and
                                         feet, known as '85 % ducks'                                 55,00
                                     b) Plucked and drawn without heads and feet, with
                                         hearts, livers and gizzards known as '70% ducks'            55,00
                                     c) Plucked and drawn without heads and feet, without
                                         hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '63 % ducks'          55,00
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             CCT
           heading                                 Description                           Refund
              No
                                                                                       ECU/100 kg
            02.02      IV. Turkeys :
           (cont'd)
                            a) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet but with
                               necks, hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '80 %
                               turkeys'                                                  37,00
                            b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet and
                               without necks, hearts, livers and gizzards, known as
                               '73 % turkeys'                                             37,00
                    For all exports except to the United States of America
                    B. Poultry cuts (excluding offals) :
                        I. Boned or boneless :
                            b) Of turkeys :
                                   Homogenized        meat,    including  mechanically
                                   recovered meat :
                                   — In the proportion of water : protein not
                                        exceeding 4,3 and in the proportion of fat
                                        content : protein not exceeding 1,2 (')           20,00
                                   — Other                                                  0,00
                                   Other                                                  74,00
                            c) Of other poultry :
                               — Homogenized           meat,   including  mechanically
                                   recovered meat :
                                   — In the proportion of water : protein not
                                        exceeding 4,3 and in the proportion of fat
                                        content : protein not exceeding 1,2 (')           20,00
                                   — Other                                                  0,00
                               — Other                                                    74,00
                        II. Unboned (bone-in) :
                                a) Halves or quarters :
                                   1 . Of fowls
                                        — for exports to Egypt, Iraq, the Canary
                                            Islands, Ceuta and Melilla, Saudi Arabia,
                                            Kuwait, Bahrein, Qatar and the United Arab
                                            Emirates                                      53,00
                                        — for exports to other destinations except the
                                            United States of America                      43,00
                    For all exports except to the United States of America :
                                   2 . Of ducks                                           55,00
                                 , 4. Of turkeys                                          38,00
                                b) Whole wings, with or without tips                      25,00
                                d) Breasts and cuts of breasts :
                                   2. Of turkeys                                          58,00
                                   3 . Of other poultry                                   58,00
                                e) Legs and cuts of legs :
                                    2. Of turkeys
                                        aa) Drumsticks and cuts of drumsticks             30,00
                                        bb) Other                                          53,00
                                    3 . Of other poultry
                                        — for exports to Egypt, Iraq, the. Canary
                                            Islands, Ceuta ana Melilla, Saudi Arabia,
                                            Kuwait, Bahrein, Qatar and the United Arab
                                            Emirates                                       69,00
                                        — for exports to other destinations except the
                                            United States of America                       55,00
                    For all exports except to the United States of America :
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                    CCT
                  heading                                          Description                                      Refund
                     No
                                                                                                                 ECU/ 100 kg
                   02.02                   ex g) Other :
                  (cont'd)                         — turkey wingcuts comprising either the humerus
                                                       or the radius and/or ulna, without the wing tip               25,00
                                                   — Halves or quarters of fowls, without rumps
                                                       — for exports to Egypt, Iraq, the Canary
                                                            Islands, Ceuta and Melilla, Saudi Arabia^
                                                            Kuwait, Bahrein, Qatar and the United
                                                            Arab Emirates                                            53,00
                                                       — for exports to other destinations except the
                              1                             United States of America                                 43,00
                    16.02          Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal :
                                   For all exports except to the United States of America :
                                   B. Other :
                                       I. Poultrymeat or offal :
                                          a) Containing 57 % or more by weight of poultrymeat (2)
                                              1 . Containing uncooked meat or offal ; mixtures of
                                                  cooked meat or offal and uncooked meat or offal :
                                                  ex bb) Other :
                                                           Fowls, whole ; cuts thereof (excluding offals)
                                                           as described under subheadings 02.02 B I c)
                                                           (excluding homogenized meat, including
                                                           mechanically recovered meat), 02.02 B II a)
                                                           1 , 02.02 B II d) 3 and 02.02 B II e) 3.                  29,00
             (') Water, protein and fat contents shall be determined in accordance with recognized ISO (International Organiza­
                 tion for Standardization) methods as set out below :
                 Water :        ISO 1442-1973
                 Protein :    Multiplication of the nitrogen content, determined in accordance with ISO 937-1978, by the factor
                               6,25
                 Fat :         ISO 1443-1973 .
             (2) For the purpose of determining the percentage of poultrymeat the weight of any bones shall be disregarded.