31979R0972

No L 122/ 14 Official Journal of the European Communities 18 . 5. 79

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 972/79 of 17 May 1979 fixing the export refunds on poultrymeat

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 % , a rate of exchange based on Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 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 ( 1), as amended relation to the Community currencies referred to by Regulation (EEC) No 369/76 (2), and in particular in the previous indent ; the first sentence of the fifth subparagraph of Article Whereas, since economically important quantities of 9 (2) thereof, other poultrymeat products are not being exported, Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary there is no need to fix a refund for these at present ; Committee, Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 652/79 of 29 Whereas Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 March 1 979 (4) laid down the coefficient for expressing amounts, fixed in units of account, in provides that the difference between prices on the ECU ; world market for the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) of that Regulation and prices for those products within Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation the Community may be covered by an export refund ; are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ ment Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs, Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2779/75 of 29 October 1975 (3), lays down general rules for granting export refunds and criteria for fixing the amount of HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : such refunds ; Article 1 Whereas it follows from applying these rules and criteria to the present situation on the market in poul­ 1 . The list of products on which the export refund trymeat that the refund should be as set out below ; referred to in Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 is granted, and the amount of that refund, Whereas, for the other products listed in the Annex to shall be as set out in the Annex hereto . this Regulation, the refund should be limited to an amount which would permit Community participa­ 2. No refund is fixed for any of the products tion in world trade and would also take account of the referred to in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No nature of these exports and their importance at the 2777/75 not included in the Annex . present time ; Article 2 Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally, refunds should be calculated on the following basis : This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 June 1979.

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

Done at Brussels, 17 May 1979 .

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 . P) Ol No L 282, 1.11 . 1975, p. 90 . (4) OJ No L 84, 4. 4. 1979, p. 1 .

18 . 5 . 79 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 122/ 15

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 17 May 1979 fixing the export refunds on poultrymeat

CCT Description Refund heading No

ECU/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 :

For export to European third countries ( including the Canary Islands) ('), to Jordan , to third countries of Africa and to other third countries on the Mediterranean or on the Persian Gulf, to third countries of the Arabian Pen­ insula ( 2) and Cuba :

A. Whole poultry :

I. Fowls : a) Plucked and gutted, with heads and feet, known as ' 83 % chickens' 27.00 b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet but with hearts, livers and gizzards , known as '70 % chickens ' 27.00 c) Plucked and drawn , without heads and feet and without hearts , livers and gizzards, known as ' 65 % chickens ' 27.00 B. Poultry cuts (excluding offals) :

II. Unboned (bone-in ) : a ) Halves or quarters : 1 . Of fowls 20.00 b ) Whole wings , with or without tips 15-00 d) Breasts and cuts of breasts : 3 . Of other poultry (other than geese or tur­ keys) 28-00 e) Legs and cuts of legs : 3 . Of other poultry ( other than geese or tur­ keys) 26-00

(') 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 , Umm al Qawain , Fujairah , Ras al Khaimah), Republic of Yemen ( Yemen North ) and Democratic Popular Republic of Yemen ( Yemen South).