31973R3454

22 . 12 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 353 / 33

REGULATION (EEC) No 3454/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 21 December 1973 altering the export refunds on beef and veal for the period beginning 22 December 1973

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas the exceptional market situation leads to COMMUNITIES, allowing a refund on the export of adult bovine animals and meats coming under Common Customs Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­ Tariff heading No ex 02.01 A II a ) 1 fob ) 11 ; pean Economic Community ; Whereas, in the case of other beef and veal prod­ ucts , a refund need not be fixed since Community Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805 / participation in world trade in these products is not 68 I 1 ) of 27 June 1968 on the common organization significant ; of the market in beef and veal, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 187/73 (2 ), and in particular the Whereas Article 92 of the Act (®) annexed to the second sentence of Article 18 ( 5 ) thereof ; Treaty ( 7 ) concerning the Accession of new Member States to the European Economic Community and Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary the European Atomic Energy Community, signed Committee ; at Brussels on 22 January 1972, provides that the refund on exports from the new Member States for Whereas Article 18 of Regulation ( EEC ) No 805 /68 the products specified in Article 1 ( b ) and (c) of provides that the difference between prices on the Regulation ( EEC) No 805/68 shall be corrected by world market and prices within the Community for the amount of the difference between the customs the products listed in Article 1 of that Regulation duties on the products from which these products may be covered by an export refund ; are produced ; Whereas Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 885 / 68 (3 ) of Whereas if the refund system is to operate nor­ 28 June 1968 lays down general rules for granting mally, refunds should be calculated on the fol­ export refunds and criteria for fixing the amount of lowing basis : such refunds ; — in the case of currencies which are maintained in relation to each other, at any given moment, Whereas it follows from applying these rules and cri­ within a band of 2-25 °/o, a rate of exchange teria to the foreseeable situation on the market in based on their effective parity ; beef and veal that the refund should be fixed as indi­ cated below ; — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of Whereas , in the case of edible meat of domestic bo­ each of these currencies recorded for a given vine animals, boned or boneless, salted and dried , period , in relation to the Community currencies there are traditional trade flows to Switzerland ; referred to in the previous subparagraph, whereas, to the extent necessary to allow this trade to continue, the refund must be fixed at an amount HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : which will cover the difference between prices on the Swiss market and export prices in the Member States ; Article 1

Whereas , in the case of the preserved meats set out 1 . The list of products on which the export refund in Annex I to Commission Regulation ( EEC ) No referred to in Article 18 of Regulation ( EEC ) No 1082/68 (4) of 26 July 1968 fixing coefficients ex­ 805 / 68 is granted and the amount of that refund is pressing the meat content of preserved meats manu­ hereby fixed as shown in the Annex . factured from frozen meat, as amended by Regula­ 2 . Regulation ( EEC ) No 3371 / 73 ( 8 ) is hereby tion ( EEC ) No 207/70 ( 5 ), which contain 40 % or repealed . more of meat, Community participation in interna­ tional trade may be ensured by granting a refund Article 2 which takes account of the refund hitherto granted to exporters ; This Regulation shall enter into force on 22 Decem­ ber 1973 . (x ) OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 24 . (*) OJ No L 25 , 30 . 1 . 1973 , p. 23 . (») OJ No L 156 , 4 . 7. 1968 , p. 2 . ( 8) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14 . ( 4) OJ No L 181 , 27. 7. 1968 , p. 9 . ( 7 ) OJ No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p. 5 . ( 5) OJ No L 28 , 5 . 2 . 1970 , p. 10. (8) OJ No L 344 , 14 . 12 . 1973 , p . 27 .

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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels , 21 December 1973 .

For the Commission The President

Francois-Xavier ORTOLI

ANNEX

Refund in u. a. / 100 kg CCT heading No Description of goods Net weight

ex 01.02 All Live animals of the bovine species, other than breeding animals : Live weight b ) Other 18-00 ( x )

ex 02.01 A II a) 1 Meat of bovine animals , fresh or chilled : Net weight

bb) Of adult animals : 11 . Garcases, half-carcases or ' compensated ' quarters 35-00 (»)

ex 02.06 C I a) 2 Edible meat of domestic bovine animals, boned or boneless, salted and dried :

— for exports to Switzerland 14-00 (»)

United Ireland Kingdom Other Member State*

ex 16.02 B III b ) 1 Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal , other, containing bovine meat or offal but excluding those containing meat or offals of domestic swine :

— preserves , other than homogenized , containing the following percentages of bovine meat :

1 . 80 °/o or more of meat, excluding offal and fat 0 0 12-50

2 . 60 % or more but less than 80 °/o of meat, excluding offal and fat 0 0 7-50

3 . 40 % or more but less than 60 °/o of meat, excluding offal and fat 0 0 5-00 0) For Ireland and the United Kingdom the refund fixed above must be reduced by the compensatory amount pursuant to Article 12 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 181 /73 ( OJ L 25 , 30 . 1 . 1973 , p. 9).