31979R1621

28 . 7. 79 No L 190/21 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1621 /79 of 27 July 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 (*), 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 9 (2) thereof, Whereas, since economically important quantities of 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 the Management Committee for Poultrymeat Whereas Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 and Eggs has not delivered an opinion within the provides that the difference between prices on the time limit set by its chairman, world market for the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) of that Regulation and prices for those products within the 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 on which the export refund Whereas it follows 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, shall be as set out in the Annex hereto . trymeat that the refund should be as set out below ;

Whereas, for the other products listed in the Annex to 2. No refund is fixed for any of the products this Regulation, the refund should be limited to an referred to in Article 1 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No amount which would permit Community participa­ 2777/75 not included in the Annex. tion in world trade and would also take account of the nature of these exports and their importance at the Article 2 present time ; Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally, This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 August 1979 . refunds should be calculated on the following basis :

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

Done at Brussels, 27 July 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 . (}) OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p . 90 .

No L 190/22 Official Journal of the European Communities 28 . 7. 79

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 27 July 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' 25.00 b) Plucked and drawn , without heads and feet but with hearts, livers and gizzards , known as '70 % chickens ' 25.00 c) Plucked and drawn , without heads and feet and without hearts , livers and gizzards , known as ' 65 % chickens ' 25.00

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