31976R2492

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COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 2492 / 76 of 13 October 1976 fixing the export refunds on beef and veal for the period beginning 18 October 1976

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN there are traditional trade flows to Switzerland ; COMMUNITIES , whereas, to the extent necessary to allow this trade to continue , the refund must be fixed at an amount which will cover the difference between prices on the Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Swiss market and export prices in the Member States ; Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No Whereas, in the case of some other cuts and preserves 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of meat or offals, Community participation in interna­ of the market in beef and veal ('), as last amended by tional trade may be ensured by granting a refund Regulation ( EEC) No 568 /76 (2 ), and in particular the which takes account of the refund hitherto granted to first sentence of Article 18(5) thereof, exporters ;

Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee , Whereas, in the case of other beef and veal products, a refund need not be fixed since Community participa­ tion in world trade in these products is not signifi­ Whereas Article 18 of Regulation ( EEC) No 805/ 68 cant ; provides that the difference between prices on the world market and prices within the Community for the products listed in Article 1 of that Regulation may be covered by an export refund ; Whereas Article 92 of the Act of Accession ( 5 ) provides that the refund on exports from the new Member States for the products specified in Article 1 Whereas Council Regulation ( EEC) No 885/68 of 28 June 1 968 (3 ), as amended by Regulation ( EEC) No (b) and (c) of Regulation ( EEC) No 805/68 shall be corrected by the amount of the difference between the 1 504/ 76 (4 ), lays down general rules for granting customs duties on the products from which these export refunds and criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds ; products are produced ;

Whereas it follows from applying these rules and criteria to the foreseeable situation on the market in Whereas if the refund system is to operate normally, beef and veal that the refund should be fixed as indi­ refunds should be calculated on the following basis : cated below ;

— in the case of currencies which are maintained in Whereas the present market situation in the Commu­ relation to each other, at any given moment , nity and the selling possibilities , particularly in certain within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based third countries, lead to granting export refunds for the on their effective parity ; export of adult bovine animals with a live weight equal or superior to 300 kg , for the export of certain — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the fresh or chilled meats shown in the Annex under arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each subheading ex 02.01 A II a) 1 and for the export to of these currencies recorded for a given period , in certain destinations , of certain frozen meats shown in relation to the Community currencies referred to the Annex under subheading ex 02.01 A II a ) 2 ; in the previous subparagraph ;

Whereas , in the case of edible meat of domestic bovine animals , boned or boneless , salted and dried , Whereas the Management Committee for Beef and Veal has not delivered an opinion within the time (') Ol No 1 . 14 «, 28 . 6 . 1968 , p . 24 . limit set by its chairman , ( : ) O) No L 67, I v 3 . 1976, p . 28 . (-') O ) No I. 156 , 4 . 7 . 1968 , p . 2 . (4 ) Q"| No I. 168 , 28 . 6 . 1976, p . 7 . ( s ) OJ No L. 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972 , p . 14 .

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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 18 October referred to in Article 18 of Regulation ( EEC) No 1976 .

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

Done at Brussels , 13 October 1976 .

For the Commission

P.J. LARDINOIS

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

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

Live weight 01.02 All Live domestic animals of the bovine species, other than pure-bred breeding animals : — adult bovine animals with a live weight equal or superior to 300 kg 40-00 (x )

Net weight

ÎX 02.01 A 11 a) 1 Edible meat of domestic bovine animals, fresh or chilled : aa ) Of veal : 11 . Carcases and half-carcases 70-00 i 1 )

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 56-00 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 84-00 (») bb ) Of adult animals : 11 . Carcases, half-carcases or 'compensated' quarters 70-00 ( J )

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 56-00 i1 ) ex 33 . Hindquarters, excluding the forequarter with more than ten whole or cut ribs 84-00 i 1 ) cc) Other cuts of beef and veal : 11 . Unboned (bone-in ) 56-00 (*) ex 22 . Boned or boneless, excluding the thin flanks and the shin : — each piece individually wrapped 82-00 H ex 02.01 All a) 2 Edible meat of domestic bovine animals, frozen : aa ) Carcases, half-carcases or 'compensated ' quarters : — for export to European third countries ( 2 ), to Jordan , to third countries on the Mediterranean or on the Persian Gulf, to third countries of the Arabian Peninsula and Africa 70-00 i 1 )

hbi and ex cc) Forequarters , with a minimum of four and a maximum of thirteen whole or cut ribs, with or without the thin flanks : — for export to European third countries (2 ), to Jordan , to third countries on the Mediterranean or on the Persian Gulf, to third countries of the Arabian Peninsula and Africa 56-00 (!)

cx CC ) Hindquarters, excluding the forequarter with more than ten whole or cut ribs : — for export to European third countries ( 2 ), to Jordan, to third countries on the Mediterranean or on the Persian Gulf, to third countries of the Arabian Peninsula and Africa 84-00 1 1 )

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

dd ) Others :

11 . Unboned (bone-in) :

— for export to European third countries (2), to Jordan , to third countries on the Mediterranean or on the Persian Gulf, to third countries of the Arabian Peninsula and Africa " 56-00 (»)

ex 22 . Boned or boneless excluding the thin flanks and the shin :

— for export to the United States of America 52-00 i1 )

— each piece individually wrapped for esport to Euro­ pean third countries ( 2), to Jordan , to third countries on the Mediterranean or on the Persian (âidf, to third countries of the Arabian Peninsula and Africa 82-00 H

-ex 02.Ö(TG I a) 2 Edible meat of domestic bovine animáis, boned or boneless, salted and dried :

— for export to Switzerland 36-50 I 1 )

United Ireland Kingdom Other Member States

ex 16.02 B III b ) 1 Other preparations and preserves of meat or offals ex­ cept those finely homogenized (s) containing by weight the following percentages of bovine meet :

1 . 80% or more of meat, excluding offal and fat 33-27 32-30 35-00

2. 60 °/o or more but less than 80 °/o of meat, excluding offal and fat 19-96 19-38 21-00

Ì3 . 40 °/o or more but less than 60 % of meat, excluding offal and fat 13-31 12-92 14-00

4. 20 % or more but less than 40 °/o of meat, excluding offal and fat 6-65 6-46 7-00

I1) For Ireland and the United Kingdom the refund fixed above must be reduced by the compensatory amount puxsuant to Article 12 ( 1) of Regulation ( EEC ) No 181 /73 ( OJ No L 25 , 30 . 1 . 1973 , p. 9). (•) Within the meaning of this Regulation those destinations mentioned in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 192/75 ( OJ No L 25 , 31 . 1 . 197J, p. 1 ) are also to be understood as European third countries . (*) The products which contain a small quantity of visible pieces of meat are also excluded . 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.