31976R0071

17 . 1 . 76 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 10/7

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 71 /76 of 16 January 1976 fixing the export refunds on poultrymeat for the period beginning 1 February 1976

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN — in the case of currencies which are maintained in COMMUNITIES, relation to each other, at any given moment, within a band of 2-25 % , at rate of exchange based Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European on their effective parity ; Economic Community, — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each 2777/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organ­ of these currencies recorded for a given period, in ization of the market in poultrymeat ('), and in parti­ relation to the Community currencies referred to cular the first sentence of the fifth subparagraph of in the previous subparagraph ; Article 9 (2) thereof, Whereas, since economically important quantities of Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary other poultrymeat products are not being exported, Committee , there is no need to fix a refund for these at present ; Whereas Article 9 of Regulation ( EEC) No 2777/75 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation provides that the difference between prices on the are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ world market for the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) of ment Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs, that Regulation and prices for those products in the Community may be covered by an export refund ;

Whereas Council Regulation ( EEC) No 2779/75 of 29 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : October 1 975 (2), lays down general rules for granting export refunds and criteria for fixing the amount of Article 1 such refunds ; Whereas it follows from applying these rules and 1 . The list of products for w'lich the export refund criteria to the present situation on the market in poul­ referred to in Article 9 of Regulation ( EEC) No trymeat that the refund should be fixed as indicated 2777/75 is granted, and the amount of that refund, are below ; hereby fixed as shown in the Annex . Whereas, for the other products listed in the Annex to 2. No refund is fixed for any of the products listed this Regulation , the refund should be limited to an in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation ( EEC) No 2777/ 75 not amount which , while permitting of Community parti­ included in the Annex . cipation in international trade, takes account of the nature of these exports and their importance at the Article 2 present time ;

Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally, This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February refunds should be calculated on the following basis : 1976 .

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

Done at Brussels, 16 January 1976 .

For the Commission P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

(') OJ No L 282, 1.11 . 1975, p . 77 . (J ) OJ No L 282, 1.11 . 1975, p . 90 .

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ANNEX

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

02.02 Dead poultry ( that is to say fowls, ducks, geese, turkeys and guinea fowls ) and edible offals thereof ( except liver), fresh , chilled or frozen :

A. Whole poultry : For export to European third countries ( including the Canary Islands ) (*), to Jordan , to third countries of Africa and to other third countries on the Medi­ terranean or on the Persian Gulf, to third countries of the Arabian Peninsula ( 2) and Cuba :

I. Fowls : a ) Plucked and gutted , with heads and feet, known as ' 83 % chickens' 5-00 b ) Plucked and drawn , without heads and feet but with hearts, livers and gizzards , known as '70 % chickens ' 5·00 c ) Plucked and drawn , without heads and feet and without hearts , livers and gizzards , known as ' 65 % chickens ' 5-00

(') As European third countries are to be understood in the sense of this Regulation also the destination ! mentioned in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 192 /75 . (') As ' countries of the Arabian Peninsula ' are to be understood in the sense of this Regulation the following countries situated in the Peninsula and the territories connected : Saudi Arabia , Bahrain , Qatar , Kuwait , Sultanate of Oman , Union of Arab Emirates ( Abu Dhabi , Dubai , Sharjah , Ajman , Ummal Quaiwain , Fujairah , Ras al Kaimah ), Republic of Yemen ( Yemen North ) and Democratic Popular Republic of Yemen ( Yemen South ).