CELEX: 31992R0119
Language: en
Date: 1992-01-21 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 119/92 of 20 January 1992 fixing the export refunds on beef and veal

21 . 1 . 92                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                No L 14/ 5
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 119/92
                                                          of 20 January 1992
                                            fixing the export refunds on beef and veal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           and other bovines of a live weight of at least 250 kilo­
                                                                      grams should be granted ; whereas experience gained in
                                                                      recent years has shown that it is advisable to treat live
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 pure-bred breeding animals of a weight of at least 250
Economic Community,                                                   kilograms for females and 300 kilograms for males in an
                                                                      identical manner to other bovine animals, while subjec­
                                                                      ting 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 1628/91 (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
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,               or offal listed in Annex I under CN code 0206 and on
                                                                      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
tion and prices for those products within the Community               Whereas, in view of the wide differences in products
may be covered by an export refund ;                                  covered by the CN codes 0201 20 90 700 and
                                                                      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 a minimum content of lean bovine meat should
                                                                      be fixed for boneless cuts wrapped individually and
                                                                      covered by CN codes 0201 30 and 0202 30 ;
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 32/82 (*), as last amended
by Regulation (EEC) No 3169/87 (% Regulation (EEC) No
 1964/82 f), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3169/87,
and Regulation (EEC) No 2388/84 (8), as last amended by               Whereas refunds should also be granted on fresh or
Regulation (EEC) No 3988/87 (»), lay down the conditions               frozen boned or boneless pieces, even where each piece is
for granting special export refunds for certain cuts of beef           not individually wrapped, and on minced meat, and the
and veal and certain preserved beef and veal products ;                wording of the tariff subheadings for fresh boned or bone­
                                                                       less pieces specified ;
Whereas it follows from applying those rules and criteria
to the foreseeable situation on the market in beef and veal            Whereas, in the case of meat of bovine animals, boned or
that the refund should be as set out below ;                           boneless, salted and dried, there are traditional trade flows
                                                                       to Switzerland ; whereas to allow this trade to continue,
                                                                       the refund should be set to cover the difference between
Whereas given the current market situation in the                      prices on the Swiss market and export prices in the
Community and the possibilities of disposal in certain                 Member States ; whereas there are possibilities for export­
third countries, in particular export refunds on adult male            ing such meat and also salted, smoked and dried meat to
bovine animals of a live weight of at least 300 kilograms              certain African, 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 150, 15. 6. 1991 , p. 16.
0 OJ No L 156, 4. 7. 1968, p. 2.
I4) 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
(6) OJ   No L 301 , 24.   10. 1987, p. 21 .                             1602 50 90, Community participation in international
O   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
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 experience has shown that in certain cases it is
refund need not be fixed since Community participation            often difficult to determine the relevant quantities of
in world trade is not significant ;                               bovine and other meat contained in prepared or preserved
                                                                  meat covered by CN code 1 602 50 ; whereas products of
Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,             the bovine species alone should accordingly be set apart
refunds should be calculated on the following basis :             and a new heading should be created for mixtures of
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
                                                                  meats or offals ; whereas control over products other than
                                                                  mixtures of meat or offal should be reinforced by making
     tion to each other at any given moment within a band         the granting of refunds on these products conditional on
     of 2,25 %, a rate of exchange based on their central         manufacturer under the arrangements provided for in
     rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in    Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 565/80 of 4
     the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regula­      March 1980 on the advance payment of export refunds in
     tion (EEC) No 1676/85 ('), as last amended by Regula­        respect of agricultural products Q, as amended by Regula­
     tion (EEC) No 2205/90 (2),
                                                                  tion (EEC) No 2026/83 (8);
— for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an          Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
     average of the ecu rates published in the Official           in accordance with the opinion of the Management
     Journal of the European Communities, C series, over          Committee for Beef and Veal,
     a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­
     cient referred to in the preceding indent ;
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (3),
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3795/91 (4);                                         Article 1
establishes the agricultural product nomenclature for the
purposes of export refunds ;                                      The list of products on which the export refund referred
                                                                  to in Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 is granted
Whereas, in order to simplify customs export formalities          and the amount of that refund shall be as set out in
for operators, the refunds on all frozen cuts should be           Annex hereto .
brought in line with those on fresh or chilled cuts other
than those from adult male bovine animals, except in the                                    Article 2
case of certain frozen beef held by the intervention agen­
cies that is to be exported under Commission Regulations          This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 January
(EEC) No 243/90 0 and (EEC) No 676/90 (6) ;                        1992.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                   Done at Brussels., 20 January 1992.
                                                                            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.
¥) OJ No L 366, 24. 12. 1987, p. . I.
(4) OJ No L 358, 30. 12. 1991 , p. :l .
0 OJ No L 27, 31 . 1 . 1990, p. 8.                                 O OJ No L 62, 7. 3. 1980, p. 5.
 (6) OJ No L 75, 21 . 3. 1990, p. 8.                               (8) OJ No L 1.99, 22. 7. 1983, p. 12.
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                                                ANNEX
                                                                                   (ECU/100 kg)
               Product code                    Destination f7)       Amount of refund (®)
            \                                                         — Live weight —
              010210 00 190                         01                      96,00
              010210 00 390                         01                      96,00
              0102 90 31 900                        02                      85,50
            l                                       03                      55,50
                                                    04                      25,50
              0102 90 33 900                        02                      85,50
            I                                       03                      55,50
                                                    04                      25,50
              0102 90 35 900                        02                     101,50
            I                                       03                      73,00
                                                    04                      34,50
              0102 90 37 900                        02                     101,50
                                                     03                     73,00
            l                                       04                      34,50
            l                                                          — 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 90 110 (')                     02                    124,50
                                                     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
                                                     03                    115,00
            I                                        04                     57,50
              0201 10 90 990                         02                    126,50
                                                     03                     88,00
            l                                        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 0         Amount of refund (8)
                                                                    — Net weight —
            0201 20 29 100 (■)                    02                    171,50
          l                                       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
          I                                       03                     65,00
          I                                       04                     32,50
            0201 20 39 100 (')                    02                    124,50
                                                  03                     85,00
                                                  04                     42,50
            0201 20 39 900                        02                     92,00
          I                                       03                     65,00
                                                  04                     32,50
            0201 20 51 100                        02                    161,00
          l                                       03                    110,50
                                                  04                     56,00
            0201 20 51 900                        02                     92,00
          I                                       03                     65,00
          l                                       04                     32,50
            0201 20 59 110 (')                    02                    218,50
          I                                       03                    146,00
                                                  04                     73,00
            0201 20 59 190                        02                    161,00
          I                                       03                    110,50
          l                                       04                     56,00
            0201 20 59 910 (')                    02                    124,50
          l                                        03                    85,00
                                                  04                     42,50
            0201 20 59 990                         02                    92,00
          l                                        03                    65,00
          I                                        04                    32,50
            0201 20 90 700                         02                    92,00
                                                  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                   165,00
          I                                        03                   125,00
          I                                       04                      62,50
                                                   06                   144,50
                                                   07                    90,00
            0201 30 00 190 (6)                     02                   128,00
                                                   03                     84,00
          l                                        04                    42,00
                                                   06                   102,50
          I                                        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
                                                     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 (l0)
            I                                        03                      88,00
                                                     04                      44,00
              0202 20 30 000                         02                      92,00 (!0)
                                                     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 0                       02                     165,00 (10)
                                                     03                     125,00 (10)
                                                     04                      62,50 (,0)
                                                     06                     144,50 (,0)
                                                     07                      90,00 c0)
              0202 30 90 500 (*)                     02                     128,00
            \                                        03                      84,00
            l                                        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
            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
                                                      09                     60,50
              0210 20 90 300                          02                    128,00
              0210 20 90 500 (3)                      02                    128,00
               1602 50 10 120                         02                    134,50f)
                                                      03                    108,00 (9)
                                                      04                    108,00 0
               1602 50 10 140                         02                    119,500
                                                      03                     96,00 0
                                                      04                     96,00 0
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                                                                                                                   (ECU/100 kg)
                          Product code                          Destination f)                     Amount of refund (8)
                                                                                                    — Net weight —
                         1602 50 10 160                              02                                     96,00 0
                                                                     03                                     77,00 0
           I                                                         04                                     77,00 O
                         1602 50 10 170                              02                                     63,50 0
           \                                                         03                                     51,00 0
                                                                     04          ^                          51,00 0
                         1602 50 10 190                              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
           \                                                         04                                     16,00
                         1602 50 90 120                              01                                    116,000
                         1602 50 90 130                              01                                     73,00 0
                         1602 50 90 190                              01                                     36,00
                         1602 50 90 320                              01                                    103,00 O
                         1602 50 90 330                              01                                     65,00 0
                         1602 50 90 390                               01                                    36,00
                         1602 50 90 520                              01                                     77,00 0
                         1602 50 90 530                               01                                    48,50 0
                         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.
             (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.
             0 OJ No L 336, 29. 12. 1979, p. 44.
             0 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 2429/86 (OJ No L 210, 1 . 8. 1986, p. 39).
             O 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 Cyprus, Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia.
                 03 European third countries, the Canary Islands, Ceuta, Melilla, 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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             0 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.
             0 The refund is granted only on products manufactured under the arrangement provided for in Article 4 of
                 Council Regulation (EEC) No 565/80.
            ('") Excluding frozen meat exported under Regulations (EEC) No 243/90, (EEC) No 676/90, (EEC) No 1680/90 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 3518/91 (OJ No L 334, 5.
                    12. 1991 , p. 10). The descriptions corresponding to the product codes and the footnotes are set
                    out in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 as amended.