31977R0605

24 . 3 . 77 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 76/ 17

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 605 / 77

of 23 March 1977

fixing the export refunds on poultrymeat for the period beginning 15 April 1977

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally, COMMUNITIES , refunds should be calculated on the following basis :

— in the case of currencies which are maintained in Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European relation to each other, at any given moment, Economic Community, within a band of 2-25 % , at rate of exchange based Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No on their effective parity ; 2777/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organ­ — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the ization of the market in poultrymeat ('), as amended arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each by Regulation ( EEC) No 369/76 (2), in particular the of these currencies recorded for a given period, in first sentence of the fifth subparagraph of Article 9 (2) relation to the Community currencies referred to thereof, in the previous subparagraph ;

Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Whereas, since economically important quantities of Committee , other poultrymeat products are not being exported, there is no need to fix a refund for these at present ; Whereas Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2777/ 75 provides that the difference between prices on the Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation world market for the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) of are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ that Regulation and prices for those products in the ment Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs, Community may be covered by an export refund ;

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas Council Regulation ( EEC) No 2779/75 of 29 October 1 975 (3), lays down general rules for granting Article 1 export refunds and criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds ; 1 . The list of products for which the export refund referred to in Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No Whereas it follows from applying these rules and 2777/75 is granted , and the amount of that refund, are criteria to the present situation on the market in poul­ hereby fixed as shown in the Annex . trymeat that the refund should be fixed as indicated below ; 2 . No refund is fixed for any of the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation ( EEC) No 2777/75 not Whereas, for the other products listed in the Annex to included in the Annex . this Regulation , the refund should be limited to an amount which , while permitting of Community parti­ Article 2 cipation in international trade, takes account of the nature of these exports and their importance at the This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 April 1977 . present time ;

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

Done at Brussels , 23 March 1977 .

Fur the Commission

Finn GUNDELACH

Vice-President

(■) OJ No L 282, 1.11 . 1975 , p. 77 . (2) OJ No L 45 , 21 . 2 . 1976, p. 3 . ( 3 ) OJ No L 282, 1.11 . 1975 , p. 90 .

No L 76/ 18 Official Journal of the European Communities 24 . 3 . 77

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 23 March 1977 fixing the export refunds on poultrymeat for the period beginning 15 April 1977

(u.a. /100 kg)

CCT Description of goods Refund heading No

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 ' 12.00 b ) Plucked and drawn , without heads and feet but with hearts, livers and gizzards , known as '70 % chickens ' 12.00 c) Plucked and drawn , without heads and feet and without hearts, livers and gizzards , known as ' 65 % chickens ' 12.00

(') As European third countries are to be understood in the sense of this Regulation also the destinations 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 ).