31978R2412

No L 292/ 14 18 . 10 . 78 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2412/78 of 17 October 1978 fixing the export refunds on poultrymeat for the period beginning 1 November 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 % , a 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 1975 (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 1 November 1978 . present time ;

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

Done at Brussels, 17 October 1978 .

For 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 .

18 . 10. 78 No L 292/ 15 Official Journal of the European Communities

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 17 October 1978 fixing the export refunds on poultrymeat for the period beginning 1 November 1978

CCT Description Refund heading No 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) H , 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' 22.00 b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet but with hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '70 % chickens ' 22.00 c) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet and without hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '65 % chickens' 22.00

(') 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).