31978R0753

14 . 4 . 78 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 101 /23

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 753 / 78

of 13 April 1978

fixing the export refunds on poultrymeat for the period beginning 1 May 1978

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 ;

Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2779/75 of 29 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : October 1975 (3), lays down general rules for granting export refunds and criteria for fixing the amount of Article 1 such refunds ; 1 . The list of products for which the export refund Whereas it foll6ws from applying these rules and referred to in Article 9 of Regulation ( EEC) No criteria to the present situation on the market in poul­ 2777/75 is granted, and the amount of that refund, are trymeat that the refund should be fixed as indicated hereby fixed as shown in the Annex. below ; 2. No refund is fixed for any of the products listed Whereas, for the other products listed in the Annex to in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation ( EEC) No 2777/ 75 not this Regulation, the refund should be limited to an included in the Annex . amount which, while permitting of Community parti­ cipation in international trade, takes account of the Article 2 nature of these exports and their importance at the present time ; This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 1978 .

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

Done at Brussels, 13 April 1978 .

For the Commission

Finn GUNDELACH

Vice-President

0 ) 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 101 /24 Official Journal of the European Communities 14. 4. 78

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 13 April 1978 fixing the export refunds on poultrymeat for the period beginning 1 May 1978

(u.a. / 100 kg )

CCT Description 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) ( x ), 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 ' 15-00 b ) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet but with hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '70 % chickens ' 15-00 c) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet and without hearts, livers and gizzards, known as ' 65 % chickens' 15.00

(') 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 ).