31974R0138

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REGULATION (EEC) No 138/74 OF THE COMMISSION of 18 January 1974 fixing the export refunds on beef and veal for the period beginning 21 January 1974

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas, in the case of the preserved meats set out COMMUNITIES, in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EEC ) No 1082/68 (4) of 26 July 1968 fixing coefficients ex­ pressing the meat content of preserved meats manu­ Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­ pean Economic Community ; factured from frozen meat, as amended by Regula­ tion (EEC ) No 207/70 (5 ), which contain 40 % or more of meat, Community participation in interna­ Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805 / tional trade may be ensured by granting a refund 68 (*) of 27 June 1968 on the common organization which takes account of the refund hitherto granted of the market in beef and veal, as last amended by to exporters ; Regulation (EEC) No 187/73 (2), and in particular the second sentence of Article 18 (5 ) thereof ; Whereas, in the case of other beef and veal prod­ ucts, a refund need not be fixed since Community Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary participation in world trade in these products is not Committee ; significant ;

Whereas Article 18 of Regulation ( EEC) No 805/68 Whereas Article 92 of the Act (#) annexed to the Treaty (7 ) concerning the Accession of new Member provides that the difference between prices on the world market and prices within the Community for States to the European Economic Community and the products listed in Article 1 of that Regulation the European Atomic Energy Community, signed may be covered by an export refund ; at Brussels on 22 January 1972, provides that the refund on exports from the new Member States for the products specified in Article 1 ( b ) and (c) of Whereas Council Regulation (EEC ) No 885 /68 (3) of Regulation (EEC ) No 805/68 shall be corrected by 28 June 1968 lays down general rules for granting the amount of the difference between the customs export refunds and criteria for fixing the amount of duties on the products from which these products such refunds ; are produced ; Whereas it follows from applying these rules and cri­ Whereas if the refund system is to operate nor­ teria to the foreseeable situation on the market in mally, refunds should be calculated on the fol­ beef and veal that the refund should be fixed as indi­ lowing basis : cated below ; — in the case of currencies which are maintained in relation to each other, at any given moment, Whereas the present market situation in the Com­ within a band of 2-25 °/o, a rate of exchange munity and the setting possibilities, particularly in based on their effective parity ; certain third countries, leads to granting an export — for other currencies an exchange rate based on refund for adult animals of a weight of more than the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of 300 kilogrammes, for the export of certain fresh or each of these currencies recorded for a given chilled meats shown in the Annex under heading period, in relation to the Community currencies No ex 02.01 A II a ) 1 bb ) and cc ) and for the referred to in the previous subparagraph ; export to certain destinations, of certain frozen meats shown in the Annex under heading No ex Whereas the measures provided for in this Regu­ 02.01 A II a ) 2 aa ), bb ), cc ) and dd ) 22 ; lation are in accordance with the Opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal , Whereas, in the case of edible meat of domestic bo­ vine animals, boned or boneless, salted and dried, there are traditional trade flows to Switzerland ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : whereas, to the extent necessary to allow this trade to continue, the refund must be fixed at an amount Article 1 which will cover the difference between prices on the Swiss market and export prices in the Member The list of products on which the export refund States ; referred to in Article 18 of Regulation (EEC ) No

4) OJ No L 181 , 27. 7. 1968, p. 9. («) OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 24. (•) OJ No L 28, 5 . 2. 1970, p. 10. (•) OJ No L 25, 30. 1 . 1973 , p. 23 . (•) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3. 1972, p. 14. (•) OJ No L 156, 4. 7. 1968 , p. 2. C) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972 , p. 5 .

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805 /68 is granted and the amount of that refund is Article 2 hereby fixed as shown in the Annex. This Regulation shatl enter into force on 21 January 1974 .

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

Done at Brussels, 18 January 1974.

For the Commission

The President

Francois-Xavier ORTOLI

ANNEX

Refund in u.a. / lOO kg CCT heading No Description of goods Net weight Live weight ex 01.02 A II Live animals of the bovine species, other than pure-bred breeding animals : b ) Adult animals of a weight of more than 300 kg 18-00 (»)

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

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

22 . Forequarters, with a minimum of four and a maximum of thirteen whole or cut ribs, with or without the thin flanks 29-00 (»)

33 . Hindquarters, excluding the forequarter with more than ten whole or cut ribs 42-00 (»)

cc) Other cuts of beef and veal :

11 . Unboned ( bone-in ) 35-00 (*) 22 . Boned or boneless, coming from the hindquarters' cuts, without the thin flanks and the shin , packaged separa­ tely 50-00 (') ex 02.01 A Ilia ) 2 Edible meat of domestic bovine animals, frozen :

aa) Carcases, half-carcases and 'compensated ' quarters : — for export to Portugal and to third countries on the Mediterranean and for the provision of sea-going vessels or aircraft or armed forces stationed on the territory of a Member State other than that of their flag 35-00 (')

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

bb ) Forequarters , with a minimum of four and a maximum of thirteen whole or cut ribs, with or without the thin flanks : — for export to Portugal and third countries on the Mediterranean, and for the provision of sea-going vessels or aircraft or armed forces stationed in the territory of a Member State other than that of their ' flag 29-00 (')

cc ) Hindquarters, excluding the forequarter with more than ten whole or cut ribs 42-00 H

dd ) Others :

22 . Boned or boneless, excluding the chaps and the offals : — for export to the United States of America 54-00 (») ex 02.06 C I a ) 2 Edible meat of domestic bovine animals, boned or boneless, salted and dried : — for export to Switzerland 14-00 (»)

United Ireland Other Member States Kingdom

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% ore more of 'meat, excluding offal and fat 0 0 12-50 2 . 60 % or more but less than 80 M/o of meat, exclu­ ding offal and fat 0 0 7-50 3 . 40 % or more but less than 60 % of meat, excluding offal and fat 0 0 5-00

(') For Ireland and the United Kingdom the refund fixed above must be rcduced by the compensatory amount pursuant to Article 12 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 181/73 ( OJ L 25, 30. 1 . 1973 , p. 9).

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 .