CELEX: 31975R2298
Language: en
Date: 1975-09-09 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2298/75 of the Commission of 8 September 1975 altering the export refunds on beef and veal

9 . 9 . 75                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                  No L 237/ 5
                              REGULATION ( EEC) No 2298/75 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                      of 8 September 1975
                                       amending the export refunds on beef and veal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     whereas, to the extent necessary to allow this trade to
COMMUNITIES,                                                        continue, the refund must be fixed at an amount
                                                                   which will cover the difference between prices on the
                                                                   Swiss market and export prices in the Member States ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community ;
                                                                   Whereas, in the case of some other cuts and preserves
                                                                    of meat or offals, Community participation in interna­
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                        tional trade may be ensured by, granting a refund
805/68 (') of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­                  which takes account of the refund hitherto granted to
tion of the market in beef and veal , as last amended
                                                                    exporters ;
by Regulation (EEC) No 1 855/74 (2), and in particular
the first sentence of Article 18(5) thereof ;
                                                                    Whereas, in the case of other beef and veal products, a
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                        refund need not be fixed since Community participa­
Committee ;                                                         tion in world trade in these products is not signifi­
                                                                    cant ;
Whereas Article 18 of Regulation ( EEC) No 805/68
provides that the difference between prices on the                  Whereas        Article    92    of   the    Act of Accession (4)
world market and prices within the Community for                    provides that the refund on exports from the new
the products listed in Article 1 of that Regulation may             Member States for the products specified in Article 1
be covered by an export refund ;                                    (b) and (c) of Regulation ( EEC) No 805/68 shall be
                                                                    corrected by the amount of the difference between the
                                                                    customs duties on the products from which these
Whereas Council Regulation ( EEC) No 885/ 68 (J) of                 products are produced ;
28 June 1968 lays down general rules for granting
export refunds and criteria for fixing the amount of
such refunds ;
                                                                    Whereas if the refund system is to operate normally,
                                                                    refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
Whereas it follows from applying these rules and
criteria to the foreseeable situation on the market in              — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
beef and veal that the refund should be fixed as indi­                    relation to each other, at any given moment,
cated below ;                                                             within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based
                                                                          on their effective parity ;
Whereas the present market situation in the Commu­                  — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the
 nity and the setting possibilities, particularly in certain              arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
 third countries, leads to granting export refunds for                    of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
 adult bovine animals with a live weight equal or                          relation to the Community currencies referred to
 superior to 330 kg, for the export of certain fresh or                    in the previous subparagraph ;
 chilled meats shown in the Annex under subheading
 ex 02.01 A II a) 1 and for the export to certain destina­
 tions, of certain frozen meats shown in the Annex
                                                                     Whereas the export refunds on beef and veal have
 under subheading ex 02.01 A II a) 2 ;                               been fixed by Regulation ( EEC) No 2 1 69/ 75 ( s ) ;
 Whereas , in the case of edible meat of domestic
 bovine animals, boned or boneless, salted and dried ,               Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
 there are traditional trade flows to Switzerland ;                  are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
                                                                     ment Committee for Beef and Veal ,
 (!) 0 | No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1 968 , p. 24 .
 (-') O'l No L 195, 18 . 7 . 1974, p. 14.                            (*) 0 | No L 73 , 27 . X 1972 , p. 14 .
 (') O 'l No L 156, 4. 7. 1968 , p. 2 .                              (s ) O 'l No L 221 , 21 . 8 . 1975, p. 7 .
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                (EEC) No 2169/75, are hereby altered as shown in the
                                                             Annex to this Regulation .
                        A rticlc 1
                                                                                    Article 2
The refunds referred to in Article 18 of Regulation          This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 September
( EEC) No 805/68 , as fixed in the Annex to Regulation        1975 .
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 8 September 1975 .
                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                         P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                     Member of the Commission
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                                                                   ANNEX
    CCT heading No                                  Description of goods                 Refund in u.a. / 100 kg
                                                                                              Live weight
    01 02 A I )             Live domestic animals of the bovine species, other than
                            pure-bred breeding animals :
                            — adult bovine animals with a live weight equal or
                                superior to 330 kg                                             40-00 (M
                                                                                              Net weight
ex 02.01 A I ! a ) 1        Edible meat of domestic bovine animals, fresh or chilled :
                aa )        Of veal :
                       11 . Carcases and half-carcases                                         70-00 i »)
       22 . and ex 33 .     Unseparated or separated forequarters, with a respective
                            minimum of four pairs of ribs or four ribs and a
                            respective maximum of thirteen pairs of ribs or thirteen
                            ribs, with or without the thin flank, the ribs can be whole
                            or cut                                                             56-00 (*)
                 ex 33 .    Unseparated or separated hindquarters, excluding unsepa­
                            rated or separated forequarters with respectively more
                            than eight pairs of whole or cut ribs or more than eight
                            whole or cut ribs                                                  84-00 (')
                 hb )       Of adult animals :
                      11 .  Carcases, half-carcases or ' compensated' quarters                 70-00 (')
      22 . and ex 33 .      Forequarters, with a minimum of four and a maximum
                            of thirteen whole or cut ribs, with or without the thin
                            flanks                                                             56-00 (')
                ex 33 .     Hindquarters, excluding the forequarter with more than
                            ten whole or cut ribs                                              84-00 (')
                <r
                            Other cuts of beef and veal :
                      11 .  Unboned ( bone-in )                                                56-00 (')
                ex 22 .     Boned or boneless, excluding the thin flanks and the
                            skin , packaged separately                                         82-00 (')
ex 02.01 A II a ) 2         Edible meat of domestic bovine animals, frozen :
                 an )       Carcases, half-carcases and 'compensated' quarters :
                            — 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 and for supplies for victualling
                                sea-going vessels or aircraft serving on international
                                routes, including intra-Community routes, or supplies
                                to armed forces stationed in the territory of a Mem­
                                ber State but not coming under its flag provided the
                                said supplies are such as must be treated as exports
                                from the Community                                             70-00 (')
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    CCT heading No                              Description of goods                   Refund in u.a. /100 kg
                                                                                           Net weight
 bb ) and ex cc )        Forequarters, with a minimum of four and a maximum
                         of thirteen whole or cut ribs, with or without the thin
                         flanks :
                         — for export to European third countries, to Jordan ,
                              to third countries on the Mediterranean or on the
                              Persian Gulf, to third countries of the Ara ' ' an
                              Peninsula and Africa and for supplies for victuahing
                              sea-going vessels or aircraft serving on international
                              routes, including intra-Community routes, or supplies
                              to armed forces stationed in the territory of a Mem­
                              ber State but not coming under its flag provided the
                              said supplies are such as must be treated as exports
                              from the Community                                            56-00 (>)
          ex cc )        Hindquarters, excluding the forequarter with more than
                        ten whole or cut ribs
                        — 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 and for supplies for victualling
                             sea-going vessels or aircraft serving on international
                             routes, including intra-Community routes, or supplies
                             to armed forces stationed in the territory of a Mem­
                             ber State but not coming under its flag provided the
                             said supplies are such as must be treated as exports
                             from the Community                                             84-00 (»)
              dd )       Others :
                   1 1.  Unboned ( bone-in ) :
                         — for export to European third countries, to Jordan, to
                             third countries on the Mediterranean or on the Per­
                             sian Gulf, to third countries of the Arabian Peninsula
                             and Africa and for supplies for victualling
                             sea-going vessels or aircraft serving on international
                             routes, including intra-Community routes, or supplies
                             to armed forces stationed in the territory of a Mem­
                            ber State but not coming under its flag provided the
                            said supplies are such as must be treated as exports
                            from the Community                                             56-00 (')
             ex 22 .    Boned or boneless excluding the thin flanks and the
                        skin :
                        — for export to the United States of America                       65-00 (')
                        — packaged separately, for export to European third
                            countries, to Jordan , to third countries on the Mediter­
                            ranean or on the Persian Gulf, to third countries of the
                            Arabian Peninsula and Africa and for supplies for
                            victualling sea-going vessels or aircraft serving on
                            international routes, including intra-Community
                            routes, or supplies to armed forces stationed in the
                            territory of a Member State but not coming under
                            its flag provided the said supplies are such as must
                            be treated as exports from the Community                      82-00 (')
x 02.06 CI a ) 2        Edible meat of domestic bovine animals, boned or
                        boneless, salted and dried :
                        — for export to Switzerland                                       36-50 (>)
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     CCT heading No                                                                                    Refund in u.a. /100 kg
                                                       Description of goods                                 (Net weight)
                                                                                                        United
                                                                                              Ireland               Other Member State«
                                                                                                       Kingdom
ex 1602 B ill b ) 1       Other preparations and preserves of meat or offals ex­
                          cept those finely homogenized (2) containing by weight
                          the following percentages of bovine meat :
                          1 . 80 °/o or more of meat, excluding offal and fat                 31-34     29-18               35-00
                          2. 60 % or more but less than 80 % of meat, excluding
                               offal and fat                                                   18-80    17-51               21-00
                          3 . 40°/o or more but less than 60 °/o of meat, excluding
                               offal and fat                                                   12-54    11-67               14-00
                          4. 20 °/o or more but less than 40 % of meat, excluding
                               offal and fat                                                    6 - 27   5-84                 7-00
(') For Ireland and the United Kingdom the refund fixed above must be reduced by the compensatory amount pursuant to Article 12 ( 1 ) o (
    Regulation (EEC) No 181 /73 ( OJ No L 25 , 30. 1 . 1973 , p. 9).
'*) The products which contain a small quantity of visible pieces of meat are also excluded .
N.B. : Whereas Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 885/68 provides that no export refunds shall be granted on products
         imported from third countries and re-exported to third countries.