31974R1444

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REGULATION (EEC) No 1444/74 OF THE COMMISSION of 10 June 1974 fixing the export refunds on beef and veal for the period beginning 12 June 1974

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 the preserved meats set out in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EEC) No Having regard - to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1082/68 (5) of 26 July 1968 fixing coefficients 805/68 (') of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­ expressing the meat content of preserved meats manu­ tion of the market in beef and veal, as last amended factured from frozen meat, as amended by Regulation by Regulation (EEC) No 187/73 (2), and in particular (EEC) No 207/70 (6), which contain 40 % or more of the first sentence of Article 1 8 (5) thereof ; meat, Community participation in international trade may be ensured by granting a refund which takes Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary account of the refund hitherto granted to exporters ; Committee ;

Whereas, in the case of other beef and veal products, a Whereas Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 refund need not be fixed since Community participa­ provides that the difference between prices on the tion in world trade in these products is not signifi­ world market and prices within the Community for cant ; the products listed in Article 1 of that Regulation may be covered by an export refund ; Whereas Article 92 of the Act (7) annexed to the Treaty (8) concerning the Accession of new Member Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 885/68 (3) of States to the European Economic Community and the 28 June 1968 lays down general rules for granting European Atomic Energy Community, signed at Brus­ export refunds and criteria for fixing the amount of sels on 22 January 1972, provides that the refund on such refunds ; exports from the new Member States for the products specified in Article 1 (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) Whereas it follows from applying these rules and No 805/68 shall be corrected by the amount of the criteria to the foreseeable situation on the market in difference between the customs duties on the products beef and veal that the refund should be fixed as indi­ from which these products are produced ; cated below ; Whereas if the refund system is to operate normally, Whereas the present market situation in the Commu­ refunds should be calculated on the following basis : nity and the setting possibilities, particularly in certain third countries, leads to granting an export refund for — in the case of currencies which are maintained in live domestic animals of the bovine species for the relation to each other, at any given moment, export of certain fresh or chilled meats shown in the within a band of 2*25 % , a rate of exchange based Annex under heading No ex 02.01 A II a) 1 and for on their effective parity ; the export to certain destinations, of certain frozen meats shown in the Annex under heading No ex — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the 02.01 A II a) 2 ; whereas , for products the subject arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each matter of the tender referred to in Regulation (EEC) of these currencies recorded for a given period, in No 873/74 (4) the special conditions of sale do not relation to the Community currencies referred to render ilecessary the granting of a refund ; in the previous subparagraph ;

Whereas, in the case of edible meat of domestic Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation bovine animals, boned or boneless, salted and dried, are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ there are traditional trade flows to Switzerland ; ment Committee for Beef and Veal ,

(') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 24. (5) OJ No L 181 , 27. 7. 1968, p. 9 . (2) OJ No L 25, 30 . 1 . 1973 , p. 23 . (6) OJ No L 28 , 5 . 2. 1970, p. 10 . (») OJ No L 156, 4. 7 . 1968 , p. 2. (7) OJ No L 73, 27 . 3 . 1972, p. 14. (4) OJ No L 101 , 11 . 4. 1974, p. 50 . (8) OJ No L 73, 27. 3 . 1972, p. 5.

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : x 805/68 is granted and the amount of that refund is fixed as shown in the Annex . Article 1 Article 2 The list of products on which the export refund This Regulation shall enter into force on 12 June referred to in Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 1974.

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

Done at Brussels, 10 June 1974.

For the Commission

The President

Francois-Xavier ORTOLI

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ANNEX

CCT heading No Description of goods Refund in u.a. /100 kg » Live weight 01.02 A II Live domestic animals of the bovine species, other than pure-bred breeding animals 25-00 i1 )

Net weight

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

aa) Of veal :

11 . Carcases and half-carcases 48-00 (*)

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 38-00 i 1 )

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 57-00 i1 )

bb) Of adult animals :

11 . 48-00 (») Carcases, half-carcases or 'compensated' quarters 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 38-00 (1) ex 33 . Hindquarters, excluding the forequarter with more than ten whole or cut ribs 57-00 (l)

cc) Other cuts of beef and veal :

11 . 38-00 H Unboned (bone-in)

ex 22 . Boned or boneless, coming from the hindquarters' cuts, without the thin flanks anid the shin, packaged separa­ tely 60-00 (»)

ex 02.01 A Ilia ) 2 Edible meat of domestic bovine animals, frozen :

aa) 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 for the provision of sea-going vessels or aircraft of armed forces stationed on the territory of a Member State other than that of their flag 48-00 C1 )

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, excluding forequarters tendered for under Regu­ lation (EEC) No 873/74 : — 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 for the provision of sea-going vessels or aircraft of armed forces stationed on the territory of a Member State other than that of their flag 38-00 (')

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

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 for the provision of sea-going vessels or aircraft of armed forces stationed on the territory of a Member State other than that of their flag 57-00 H

dd) Others :

11 . 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 for the provision of sea-going vessels or aircraft of armed forces stationed on the territory of a Member State other than that of their flag 38-00 ( x)

ex 22 . Boned or boneless, excluding the chaps and the offals : — 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 Me­ diterranean or on the Persian Gulf, to third countries of the Arabian Peninsula 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 56-00 C)

ex 02.06 C I a) 2 Edible meat of domestic bovine animals, boned or boneless, salted and dried : — for export to Switzerland 25-00 i1 ) -

United Ireland Other Member State· 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 °/o ore imore .of meat, excluding offal ¡and fat 10-31 7-05 18-75 2 . 60 % or more ibut less than 80 % of meat, exclu­ ding offal and fat 6-19 4-23 11-25 3 . 40 % or more but less than 60 °/o of meat, excluding offal and fat 4-12 2-82 7-50'

(') 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 No 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 .