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30 . 8 . 74 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 238 / 31

REGULATION ( EEC) No 2243/74 OF THE COMMISSION

of 29 August 1974

fixing the export refunds on beef and veal for the period beginning 1 September 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 tion of the market in beef and veal , as last amended expressing the meat content of preserved meats manu­ factured from frozen meat, as amended by Regulation­ by Regulation (EEC) No 1 855/74 (2), and in particular the first sentence of Article 18(5) thereof ; (EEC) No 207/70 (6), which contain 40 % or more of 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 necessary the granting of a refund ; in the previous subparagraph ;

Whereas, in the case of edible meat of domestic Whereas the Management Committee for Beef and bovine animals , boned or boneless, saltred and dried , Veal has not delivered an opinion within the time there are traditional trade flows to Switzerland ; limit set by its Chairman ,

(') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 24. (5) OJ No L 181 , 27 . 7 . 1968 , p. 9 . (2) OJ No L 195, 18 . 7 . 1974, p. 14. (6) OJ No L 28 , 5 . 2. 1970, p. 10 . (3) OJ No L 156, 4. 7. 1968 , p. 2. ( 7) OJ No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p. 14. (*) 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 : 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 1 September 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, 29 August 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 33-75 (')

Net weight

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

aa) Of veal :

11 . Carcases and half-carcases 65-00 (') 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 51-50 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 77-25 0 )

bb) Of adult animals :

11 . Carcases, half-carcases or 'compensated' quarters 65-00 (*) 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 51-50 (*)

ex 33 . Hindquarters, excluding the forequarter with more than ten whole or cut ribs 77-25 (»)

cc) Other cuts of beef and veal :

11 . Unboned (bone-in) 51-50 (*)

ex 22 . Boned or boneless, excluding the chaps, the offals, the thin flanks and the shin, packaged separately 76-00 f1 )

ex 02.01 A II a) 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 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 65-00 ( x )

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 Africa and for supplies for victualling sea-going vessels or aircraft serving on international routes, including intra-Cbmmunity 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 51-50 (*)

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CCT heading No Description of goods Refund in u.a./lOO kg

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 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 77-25 ( 1 ) 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 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 51-50 (*) ex 22 . Boned or boneless, excluding the chaps, the offals, the thin flanks and the skin, packaged separately : — for export to the United States of America 65-00 (M — 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 76-00 ( x ) ex 02.06 CI a ) 2 Edible meat of domestic bovine animals, boned or boneless, salted and dried : — for export to Switzerland 33-75 (M

United Ireland Other Member Stttca 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 or more of meat, excluding offal and fat 26-46 22-60 32-50 2. 60 °/o or more but less than 80 % of meat, exclu­ ding offal and fat 15-88 13-56 19-50 3 . 40 % or more but less than 60 % of meat, excluding offal and fat 10-58 9-04 13-00

(') For Ireland and the United Kingdom the refund fixed above must be reduced by the compensatory amount pursuant to Article 12 (1) ei 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 .