CELEX: 31990R2253
Language: en
Date: 1990-08-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2253/90 of 31 July 1990 fixing the export refunds on beef and veal and amending Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 establishing an agricultural product nomenclature for export refunds

1 . 8 . 90                                Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 203 /63
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2253/90
                                                          of 31 July 1990
                   fixing the export refunds on beef and veal and amending Regulation (EEC) No
                   3846/87 establishing an agricultural product nomenclature for export refunds
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          Whereas given the current market situation in the
                                                                    Community and the possibilities of disposal in certain
                                                                    third countries, in particular export refunds on adult male
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               bovine animals of a live weight of at least 300 kilograms
Economic Community,                                                 and other bovines of a live weight of at least 250 kilo­
                                                                    grams ; whereas experience gained in recent years has
                                                                    shown that it is advisable to treat live pure-bred breeding
                                                                    animals of a weight of at least 250 kilograms for females
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                  and 300 kilograms for males in an identical manner to
Portugal,                                                           other bovine animals, while subjecting them to certain
                                                                    special administrative formalities ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of
27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market
in beef and veal ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)           Whereas export refunds should be granted for certain
No 571 /89 (2), and in particular Article 18 thereof,               destinations on certain fresh or chilled meat listed in
                                                                    Annex I under CN code 0201 , on certain frozen meat
                                                                     listed in Annex I under CN code 0202, on certain meat
                                                                    or offal listed in Annex I under CN code 0206 and on
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,              certain other prepared or preserved meat or offal listed in
                                                                    Annex I under CN code 1602 50 10 :
Whereas Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68
provides that the difference between prices on the world
market for the products listed in Article 1 of that Regula­         Whereas, in view of the wide differences in products
tion and prices for those products within the Community              covered by the CN codes 0201 20 90 700 and
may be covered by an export refund ;                                0202 20 90 100 used for refund purposes, the refund
                                                                    should only be granted on cuts in which the weight of
                                                                     bone does not exceed one third ;
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 885/68 (3), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 427/77 (4), lays down
general rules for granting export refunds and criteria for
fixing the amount of such refunds ;                                 Whereas refunds should also be granted on fresh or
                                                                     frozen boned or boneless pieces, even where each piece is
                                                                     not individually wrapped, and on minced meat, and the
                                                                    wording of the tariff subheadings for fresh boned or bone­
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 32/82 {*), as last amended               less pieces specified ;
by Regulation (EEC) No 3169/87 (6), Regulation (EEC) No
1964/82 0, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3169/87,
and Regulation (EEC) No 2388/84 (8), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 3988/87 (9), lay down the conditions             Whereas, in the case of meat of bovine animals, boned or
for granting special export refunds for certain cuts of beef         boneless, salted and dried, there are traditional trade flows
and veal and certain preserved beef and veal products ;              to Switzerland ; whereas to allow this trade to continue,
                                                                     the refund should be set to cover the difference between
                                                                     prices on the Swiss market and export prices in the
Whereas it follows from applying those rules and criteria            Member States ; whereas there are possibilities for export­
to the foreseeable situation on the market in beef and veal          ing such meat and smoked dried meat to certain African,
that the refund should be as set out below :                         Near and Middle Eastern countries ; whereas a refund
                                                                     should accordingly be set ;
(') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968, p. 24.
(2) OJ   No L 61 , 4. 3. 1989, p. 43.
(3) OJ   No L 156, 4. 7. 1968, p. 2.
(«) OJ   No L 61 , 5 . 3. 1977, p. 16.                               Whereas, in the case of certain other cuts and preserves of
0   OJ   No L 4, 8. 1 . 1982, p. 11 .                                meat or offal     shown   in Annex      I under CN       code
O   OJ   No L 301 , 24. 10. 1987, p. 21 .                             1602 50 90, Community participation in international
0   OJ   No L 212, 21 . 7. 1982, p. 48 .
(8) OJ   No L 221 , 18. 8 . 1984, p. 28.                             trade may be maintained by granting a refund corres­
(») 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            contained in prepared or preserved meat covered by CN
refund need not be fixed since Community participation             code 1602 50 ; whereas products of the bovine species
in world trade is not significant ;                                alone should accordingly be set apart and a new heading
                                                                   should be created for mixtures of meats or offals ; whereas
Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,              control over products other than mixtures of meat or offal
refunds should be calculated on the following basis :              should be reinforced by marking the granting of refunds
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­          on certain of these products conditional on manufacturer
    tion to each other at any given moment within a band           under the arrangements provided for in Article 4 of
    of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central          Council Regulation (EEC) No 565/80 of 4 March 1980 on
    rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in      the advance payment of export refunds in respect of agri­
    the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regula­        cultural products (% as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
    tion (EEC) No 1676/85 ('), as last amended by Regula­          2026/83 (,0) ;
    tion (EEC) No 1636/87
— for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the              Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
    arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of             in accordance with the opinion of the Management
                                                                    Committee for Beef and Veal,
    these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­
    tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
    previous indent and the aforesaid coefficient ;
                                                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (3),
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 998/90 (4)
establishes the agricultural product nomenclature for the                                    Article 1
purposes of export refunds ;
                                                                   The list of products on which the export refund referred
Whereas, in order to simplify customs export formalities            to in Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 is granted
for operators, the refunds for all boned cuts packed indivi­        and the amount of that refund shall be as set out in
dually should be harmonized ; whereas, therefore the                Annex I hereto.
refunds on all frozen cuts should be brought in line with
those on fresh or chilled cuts other than those from adult          The description of goods and footnotes for CN code 0202
male bovine animals, except in the case of certain frozen           in Section 6 of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No
beef held by the intervention agencies that is to be                3846/87 setting out the agricultural product nomenclature
exported under Commission Regulations (EEC) No                      for export refunds is replaced by Annex II to this Regula­
24,3/90 0, (EEC) No 676/90 («), (EEC) No 1680/90 Q and              tion .
(EEC) No 1682/90 (8);
Whereas in certain cases experience has shown that it is                                     Article 2
often difficult to determine quantities of other meat, as
compared with that from the bovine species alone                    This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August 1990.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 31 July 1990.
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                               Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                           Member of the Commission
(') OJ  No  L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
(2) OJ  No  L 153, 13 . 6. 1987, p, 1 .
O   OJ  No  L 366, 24. 12. 1987, p. 1 .
O   OJ  No  L 101 , 21 . 4. 1990, p. 10.
O   OJ  No  L 27, 31 . 1 . 1990, p. 8 .
(6) OJ  No  L 75, 21 . 3 . 1990, p. 8 .
0   OJ  No  L 157, 22. 6. 1990, p. 18 .                             (») OJ No L 62, 7. 3. 1980, p. 5.
(8) OJ  No  L 157, 22. 6. 1990, p. 26.                              H OJ No L 199, 22. 7. 1983, p. 12.
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                                               ANNEX I
                                                                                   (ECU/100 kg)
               Product code                    Destination f)        Amount of refund (■)
           I                                                          — Live weight —
             010210 00 190                          01                      96,00
             0102 10 00 390                         01                      96,00
             0102 90 31 900                         02                      85,50
           I                                        03                      55,50
           l                                        04                      25,50
             0102 90 33 900                         02                      85,50
                                                    03                      55,50
           I                                        04                      25,50
             0102 90 35 900                         02                    101,50
           I                                        03                      73,00
                                                    04                      34,50
             0102 90 37 900                         02                     101,50
           l                                        03                      73,00
                                                    04                      34,50
           l                                                          — Net weight —
             0201 10 10 100                         02                      92,00
           l                                        03                      65,00
                                                    04                      32,50
             0201 10 10 900                         02                     126,50
           I                                        03                      88,00
                                                    04                      44,00
             0201 10 90 110 (')                     02                     124,50
           I                                        03                      85,00
           I                                        04                      42,50
             0201 10 90 190                         02                      92,00
                                                    03                      65,00
                                                    04                      32,50
             0201 10 90 910 (')                     02                     171,50
           i                                        03                     115,00
           I                                        04                      57,50
             0201 10 90 990                         02                     126,50
           I                                        03                      88,00
                                                    04                      44,00
             0201 20 21 000 :                       02                     126,50
           I                                        03                      88,00
                                                    04                      44,00
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                                                                                      (ECU/100 kg)
                  Product code                    Destination Q         Amount of refund (')
                                                                         — 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
            l                                           04                     56,00
                0201 20 51 900                          02                     92,00
                                                        03                     65,00
            \                                           04                     32,50
                0201 20 59 110 (')                      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
              i
                                                        03                     65,00
                                                        04                      32,50
                0201 30 00 050 (4)                      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 1 90 (6)                    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 f)        Amount of refund (*)
                                                                     — Net weight —
             0202 10 00 100                        02                      92,00
           I                                       03                      65,00
                                                   04                      32,50
             0202 10 00 900                        02                    126,50
                                                   03                      88,00
           J                                       04                      44,00
             0202 20 10 000                        02                    1 26,50 (,0)
           l                                       03                      88j00
                                                   04                      44,00
             0202 20 30 000                        02                      92,00 (,0)
                                                   03                      65,00
                                                   04                      32,50
             0202 20 50 100                        02                    161,00 (l0)
                                                   03                    110,50
           I                                       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                    1 80,00 (,0)
                                                   03                    1 25,00 (l0)
                                                   04                      62,50 (,0)
                                                   06                    144,50 (10)
                                                   07                      90,00 (,0)
             0202 30 90 500 («)                    02                    128,00
                                                   03                      84,00
           I                                       04                      42,00
           I                                       06                    102,50
                                                   07                      90,00
             0202 30 90 900                        07                      90,00
             0206 10 95 000                        02                    128,00
           I                                       03                      84,00
                                                   04                      42,00
           l                                       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
           l                                       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                    108,00 P)
                                                   04                     108,00 (9)
             1602 50 10 140                         02                   119,50 ( 9)
                                                   03                      96,00 O
                                                    04                     96,00 0
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                                                                                                                    (ECU/100 kg)
                           Product code                           Destination Q                     Amount of refund f)
            \                                                                                        — Net weight —
                         1602 50 10 160                                02                                    96,00 (')
            I                                                          03                                    77,00 0
            I                                                          04                                    77,00 f)
                         1602 50 10 180                                02                                    63,50
            l                                                          03                                    51,00
            \                                                          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
                                                                        03                                   16,00
            I                                                           04                                   16,00
                         1602 50 90 120                                 01                                  116,00 0
                         1602 50 90 170                                 01                                   73,00 0
                         1602 50 90 320                                 01                                  103,00 0
                         1602 50 90 370                                 01                                   65,00 (')
                         1602 50 90 520                                 01                                   77,00 Is)
                         1602 50 90 570                                 01                                   48,50 0
                         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
                         160250 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.
              (2) 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.
              (") OJ No L 336, 29. 12. 1979, p. 44.
              O   OJ No L 221 , 19. 8. 1984, p. 28 .
              (') The lean bovine meat content excluding fat is determined in accordance with the procedure described in the
                  Annex to Commission Regulation (EEC) No . 2429/36 (OJ No L 210, 1 . 8. 1986, p. 39).
              C7) The destinations are as follows :
                  01 Third countries, except the German Democratic Republic.
                  02 North African, Near and Middle East third countries, West, Central East and South African third countries,
                      except Lebanon, Cyprus, Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland and Zimbabwe.
                  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, Switzerland and the German Democratic Republic.
                  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 and Zimbabwe .
                  09 Switzerland .
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            (®) 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.
            C) The refund is granted only on products manufactured under the arrangement provided for in Article 4 of
                Council Regulation (EEC) No 565/80.
           (I0) Excluding frozen meat exported under Regulations (EEC) No 243/90, (EEC) No 676/90, (EEC) No 1680/90 and
                 (EEC) No 1682/90 .
           NB : The countries are as defined in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 420/90 (OJ No L 44, 20. 2.
                   1990, p. 15). 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
                                                                                                                                           Product
      CN code                                                     Description of goods                                                       code
0202                      Meat of bovine animals, frozen :
0202 10 00                — Carcases and half-carcases :
                              — The front part of a carcase or of half carcase comprising all the bones and the scrag,
                                 neck and shoulder but with more than 10 ribs                                                          0202 10 00 100
                              — Other                                                                                                  0202 10 00 900
0202 20                   — Other cuts, with bone in :
0202 20 10                — — 'Compensated' quarters, except for those exported under Regulation (EEC) No
                                 1682/90 0                                                                                             0202 20 10 000
0202 20 30                — — Unseparated or separated forequarters, except for those exported under Regulation (EEC)
                                 No 1 682/90 (»)                                                                                       0202 20 30 000
0202 20 50                       Unseparated or separated hindquarters :
                                 — With a maximum of nine ribs or pairs of ribs, except for those exported under Regu­
                                    lation (EEC) No 1682/90O                                                                           0202 20 50 100
                                 — With more than nine ribs or pairs of ribs                                                           0202 20 50 900
0202 20 90                — — Other :
                                 — The weight of bone not exceeding one-third of the weight of the cut                                 0202 20 90 100
                                 — Other                                                                                               0202 20 90 900
0202 30                   — Boneless :
0202 30 90                — — Other :
                                 — Boned cuts exported to the United States of America under the conditions laid down
                                    in Regulation (EEC) No 2973/79 (4)                                                                 0202 30 90 100
                                 — Boned cuts, excluding boned cuts exported under Regulations (EEC) No 243/90 0,
                                    (EEC) No 676/90 0 and 1680/90 (l0), each piece individually wrapped                                0202 30 90 400
                                 — Other, including minced meat, with a lean meat content (excluding fat) of 78 % or
                                    more (6)                                                                                           0202 30 90 500
                                 — Other                                                                                               0202 30 90 900
(') Entry within this subheading is subject to the submission of the certificate appearing in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 32/82 (OJ No L
    4, 8 . 1 . 1982, p. 11 ).
(2) Entry within this subheading is subject to compliance with the conditions laid down in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1964/82 (OJ No L 212, 21 . 7.
    1982, p. 48).
(') The refund on beef in brine is granted on the net weight of the meat after deduction of the weight of the brine.
(*) OJ No L 336, 29. 12. 1979, p. 44.
P) OJ No L 221 , 18, 8 . 1984, p. 28 .
(*) 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).
0   OJ    No   L 27, 31 . 1 . 1990, p. 8 .
(") OJ    No   L 75, 21 . 3. 1990, p. 8.
(') OJ    No   L 157, 22. 6. 1990, p. 26.
H   OJ    No   L 157, 22. 6. 1990, p. 18 .
NB : Article 7 of Council Regulation (EEC) No a85/68 (OJ No L 156, 4. 7. 1968, p. 2), provides that no export refunds shall be granted on products imported
      from third countries and re-exported to third countries.