31979R2943

No L 334/32 28 . 12 . 79 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2943 /79 of 27 December 1979 fixing the export refunds on beef and veal

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN listed in the Annex under subheading ex 02.01 A II a) COMMUNITIES, and of certain frozen meat listed in the Annex under subheading ex 02.01 A II b) and of certain other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal listed in the Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Annex under subheading 16.02 B III b) 1 aa) ; Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No Whereas, in the case of meat of bovine animals, 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization boned or boneless, salted and dried, there are tradi­ of the market in beef and veal (*), as last amended by tional trade flows to Switzerland ; whereas, to the Regulation (EEC) No 2916/79 (2), and in particular the extent necessary to allow this trade to continue, the first sentence of Article 1 8 (5) thereof, refund must be fixed at an amount which will cover the difference between prices on the Swiss market and Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary export prices in the Member States ; Committee,

Whereas Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 Whereas, in the case of certain other cuts and provides that the difference between prices on the preserves of meat or offals shown in the Annex under world market for the products listed in Article 1 of subheading 16.02 B III b) 1 bb), Community participa­ that Regulation and prices for those products within tion in international trade may be ensured by granting the Community may be covered by an export refund ; a refund which takes account of the refund hitherto granted to exporters ; Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 885/68 of 28 June 1968 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 427/77 (4), lays down general rules for granting Whereas, in the case of other beef and veal products, a export refunds and criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds ; refund need not be fixed since Community participa­ tion in world trade in these products is not signifi­ cant : Whereas it follows from applying these rules and criteria to the foreseeable situation on the market in beef and veal that the refund should be as set out below ; Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally, refunds should be calculated on the following basis :

Whereas the current market situation in the Commu­ nity and sales outlets, particularly in non-member — in the case of currencies which are maintained in countries, leads to granting export refunds on adult relation to each other at any given moment within bovine animals of a live weight of at least 300 kilo­ a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on grams ; whereas experience gained in recent years has their effective parity, shown that it is advisable to treat live pedigree breeding animals of a weight of at least 300 kilograms in an identical manner to other bovine animals, while — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the subjecting them to certain special administrative arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each formalities ; of these currencies recorded for a given period in relation to the Community currencies referred to in the previous indent ; Whereas it is necessary to grant refunds for the export to certain destinations of certain fresh or chilled meat

(M OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 24. Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation (2) OJ No L 329, 24. 12. 1979 , p. 15 . (3) OJ No L 156, 4. 7. 1968 , p. 2. are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ (<) OJ No L 61 , 5 . 3 . 1977, p. 16. ment Committee for Beef and Veal,

28 . 12. 79 No L 334/33 Official Journal of the European Communities

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 805/68 is granted and the amount of that refund shall be as set out in the Annex hereto. Article 1 Article 2 The list of products on which the export refund This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January referred to in Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 1980 .

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

Done at Brussels, 27 December 1979 .

For the Commission

Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President

No L 334/34 Official Journal of the European Communities 28 . 12 . 79

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 27 December 1979 fixing the export refunds on beef and veal

(ECU/ 100 kg)

CCT heading No Description Refund

— Live weight — ex 01.02 A Live domestic animals of the bovine species : I. Pure-bred breeding animals : ( a) Adult bovine animals with a live weight equal to or greater than 300 kg 64.075 II. Other than pure-bred breeding animals : ( a ) Adult bovine animals with a live weight equal to or greater than 300 kg 64-075

— Net weight —

:x 02.01 A II Meat of bovine animals : a) Fresh or chilled : 1 . Carcases, half-carcases or ' compensated' quarters : ( aa) The front part of a carcase or of a half-carcase com­ prising all the bones and the scrag, neck and shoulder but with more than 10 ribs : — For export to North African , Near and Middle East countries, within the meaning of Regulation ( EEC ) No 2566/79 (») 95.000 — For export to European third countries ( 2 ), and to West, Central , East and South African countries , within the meaning of Regulation ( EEC ) No 2566/79 88.000 — Other third countries, except the United States of America 72.500

( bb ) Other : — For export to North African , Near and Middle East countries, within the meaning of Regulation ( EEC ) No 2566/79 ( ! ) 129.500 — For export to European third countries ( 2 ), and to West, Central , East and South African countries , within the meaning of Regulation ( EEC ) No 2566/79 122.500 — Other third countries, except the United States of America 103.000 2 . Separated or unseparated forequarters : — For export to North African , Near and Middle East countries, within the meaning of Regulation ( EEC ) No 2566/79 H 95.000 — For export to European third countries ( 2 ), and to West, Central , East and South African countries , within the meaning of Regulation ( EEC ) No 2566/79 88.000 — Other third countries, except the United States of America 72.500'

3 . Separated or unseparated hindquarters : — For export to North African , Near and Middle East countries , within the meaning of Regulation ( EEC ) No 2566 /79 (') 164.000 — For export to European third countries ( 2 ), and to West, Central , East and South African countries , within the meaning of Regulation ( EEC ) No 2566/79 157-000 — Other third countries, except the United States of America 133.500

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(ECU/100 Ikg.

CCT heading No Description Refund

— Net weight ex 02.01 A II 4 . Other : (cont'd) ( aa) Unboned ( bone-in) : — For export to North African, Near and Middle East countries, within the meaning of Regulation ( EEC ); No 2566/79 (») 95 WO — For export to European third countries (2), and to West, Central, East and South African countries , within the meaning of Regulation ( EEC ) No 2566/79 88.000 — Other third countries, except the United States of America 72.500

ex (bb ) Boned or boneless, excluding the thin flanks and the shin : ( 11 ) Each piece individually wrapped : — For export to North African , Near and Middle East countries, within the meaning of Regulation ( EEC) No 2566/79 ( J ) 141.194 — For export to European third countries (2), and to West, Central, Bast and South African countries, within the meaning of Regulation ( EEC ) No 2566/79 134.104 — Other third countries, except the United States of America 1 1 3-037

b) Frozen :

1 . Carcases, half-carcases or ' compensated' quarters : ( aa ) The front part of a carcase or of a half-carcase com­ prising all the bones and the scrag, neck and shoulder but with more than 10 ribs : — For export to North African, Near and Middle East countries, within the meaning of Regulation (EEC ) No 2566/79 (*) 82.000 — For export to European third countries (2), and to West, Central , East and South African countries , within the meaning of Regulation ( EEC) No 2566/79 75.000

( bb) Other : — For export to North African, Near and Middle East countries, within the meaning of Regulation ( EEC ) No 2566/79 (») 101.500 — For export to European third countries ( 2 ), and to West, Central , East and South African countries, within the meaning of Regulation ( EEC ) No 2566/79 94.500

2 . Separated or unseparated forequarters : — For export to North African, Near and Middle East countries, within the meaning of Regulation ( EEC) No' 2566/79 H 82.000 — For export to European third countries (2), and to West, Central, East and South African countries, within the meaning of Regulation ( EEC) No 2566/79 75.000

3 . Separated or unseparated hindquarters : — For export to North African , Near and Middle East countries , within the meaning of Regulation (EEC) No 2566/79 (») 121:-000 — For export to European third countries ( 2), and to West, Central , East and South African countries, within the meaning of Regulation ( EEC ) No 2566/79 114.000

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(ECU/100 kg;

CCT heading No Description Refund

— Net weight — ex 02.01 A II 4 . Other : ( cont'd) ( aa ) Unboned ( bone-in) : — For export to North African , Near and Middle East countries , within the meaning of Regulation No 2566/79 (*) 82.000 — For export to European third countries ( 2 ), and to West, Central, East and South African countries, within the meaning of Regulation ( EEC ) No 2566/79 75.000 ex ( bb) Boned or boneless, excluding the thin flanks and the shin : ( 11 ) Each piece individually wrapped : — For export to the United States of America 0 — For export to North African, Near and Middle East countries , within the meaning 97.000 of Regulation ( EEC ) No 2566/79 (*) — For export to European third countries ( 2 ), and to West, Central, East and South African countries , within the meaning of Regulation ( EEC ) No 2566/79 90.000

(22 ) Other : 0 — For export to the United States of America

ex 02.06 C I a ) 2 Meat of bovine animals, boned or boneless, salted and dried : 64-679 — For export to Switzerland

ex 16.02 B III b ) 1 Other preparations and preserves containing bovine meat or offals, except those finely homogenized (3) : ex ( aa ) Uncooked, containing by weight the following percentages of bovine meats (excluding offal and fat) : ( 11 ) 80 % or more of meat : — For export to North African, Near and Middle East countries, within the meaning of Regulation ( EEC ) No 2566/79 (») 98.880 — For export to European third countries ( 2), and to West, Central , East and South African countries, within the meaning of Regulation ( EEC) No 2566/79 91.880 (22) 60 °/o or more, but less than 80 % of meat : — For export to African , Near and Middle East and European third countries, within the meaning of Regulation ( EEC ) No 2566/79 ( J ) ( 2 ) 55.007

(33 ) 40 %> or more, but less than 60 % of meat : — For export to African , Near and Middle East and European third countries, within the meaning of Regulation ( EEC ) No 2566/79 ( x ) (2) 37-478

ex ( bb ) Other, containing by weight the following percentages of bovine meats (excluding offal and fat) : ( 11 ) 80 °/o or more of meat 45.336 (22 ) 60 °/o or more, but less than 80 % of meat 27.201 (33 ) 40 °/o of more, but less than 60 °/o of meat 18.134 (44) 20 °/o or more, but less than 40 % of meat 9.067

(') OJ No L 294 , 21 . 11 . 1979 , p. 5 . (2) Within the meaning of this Regulation those destinations mentioned in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 192/75 (OJ No L 25, 31 . 1 . 1975, p. 1) are also to be understood as European third countries . (3) The products which contain a small quantity of visible pieces of meat are also excluded. NB : Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 885/68 provides that no export refunds shall be granted on products imported from third countries and re-exported to third countries.