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No L 209 / 56 Official Journal of the European Communities 31 . 7. 87

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2303/87 of 30 July 1987 fixing the export refunds on poultrymeat

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, tion (EEC) No 1 676/85 (*), as last amended by Regla­ tion (EEC) No 1636/87 0 ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the Economic Community, arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of these currencies recorded for a given period in rela­ Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and tion to the Community currencies referred to in the Portugal, previous indent and the aforesaid coefficient ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 634/86 of 28 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the February 1986 laying down specific rules on export market in poultrymeat ('), as last amended by Regulation refunds in the poultrymeat sector following the accession (EEC) No 1475/86 (2), and in particular the first sentence of Portugal and amending Regulation (EEC) No 189/86 (f) of the fifth subparagraph of Article 9 (2) thereof, established the principle that no Community refund should be granted on poultrymeat products originating in Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee, Portugal ;

Whereas Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are provides that the difference between prices on the world in accordance with the opinion of the Management market for the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) of that Committee for Poultry meat and Eggs, 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 for which, when they are Whereas it follows from applying these rules and criteria exported, the export refund referred to in Article 9 of to the present situation on the market in poultrymeat that Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 is granted, and the amount the refund should be fixed at an amount which would of that refund shall be as shown in the Annex herero. permit Community participation in world trade and 2. The refund referred to in paragraph 1 shall not be would also take account of the nature of these exports and granted in respect of exports to Portugal from 1 March their importance at the present time ; 1986 . Whereas if the refund system is to operate normally, 3 . The refund referred to in paragraph 1 shall not be refunds should be calculated on the following basis : granted in respect of exports of products originating in — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­ Portugal. tion to each other at any given moment within a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central Article 2 rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Council Regula This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August 1987.

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

Done at Brussels , 30 July 1987 . For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

(') OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975 , p . 77 . (4) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 133 , 21 . 5 . 1986, p . 39 . o OJ No L 153, 13 . 6. 1987, p. 1 . o OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p . 90 . H OJ No L 60, 1 . 3. 1986, p. 15.

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ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 30 July 1987 fixing the export refunds on poultrymeat

CCT heading Description Refund No

ECU/ 100 units

01.05 Live poultry, that is to say, fowls, ducks, geese, turkeys and guinea fowls :

For all exports except to the United States of America :

A. Of a weight not exceeding 185 g, known as 'chicks':

I. Turkeys and geese 8,40 II . Other 4,20

ECU/ 100 kg

B. Other :

I. Fowls 24,00

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 all exports except to the United States of America :

A. Whole poultry :

I. Fowls : a) Plucked and gutted, with heads and feet, known as ' 83 % chickens' 37,00 b) Plucked and drawn , without heads and feet but with hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '70 % chickens' 37,00 c) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet and without hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '65 % chickens ' 37,00

II . Ducks : a) Plucked, bled, not drawn or gutted with heads and feet, known as ' 85 % ducks' 55,00 b) Plucked and drawn without heads and feet, with hearts, livers and gizzards known as '70 % ducks' 55,00 c) Plucked and drawn without heads and feet, without hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '63 % ducks' 55,00

IV. Turkeys :

a) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet but with necks, hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '80 % turkeys' 37,00 b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet and without necks, hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '73 % turkeys' 37,00

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CCT heading Description Refund No

ECU/ 100 kg

02.02 B. Poultry cuts (excluding offals) : (cont'd) I. Boned or boneless : b) Of turkeys : — Homogenized meat, including mechanically recovered meat : — In the proportion of water : protein not exceeding 4,3 and in the proportion of fat content : protein not exceeding 1,2 (') 20,00 — Other 0,00 — Other 74,00 c) Of other poultry : — Homogenized meat, including mechanically recovered meat : - — In the proportion of water : protein not exceeding 4,3 and in the proportion of fat content : protein not exceeding 1,2 (') 20,00 — Other 0,00 — Other 74,00 II . Unboned (bone-in) : l

a) Halves or quarters :

1 . Of fowls 43,00 \

2. Of ducks 55,00 \

4. Of turkeys 38,00

b) Whole wings, with or without tips 25,00

d) Breasts and cuts of breasts : \

2. Of turkeys 58,00 3 . Of other poultry 58,00

e) Legs and cuts of legs : 2. Of turkeys aa) Drumsticks and cuts of drumsticks 30,00 bb) Other 53,00 3 . Of other poultry 55,00 ex g) Other : turkey wingcuts comprising either the humerus or the radius and/or ulna, without the wing tip 25,00

16.02 Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal : For all exports except to the United States of America : B. Other : I. Poultrymeat or offal : a) Containing 57 % or more by weight of poultrymeat (2)

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CCT heading Description Refund No

16.02 1 . Containing uncooked meat or offal ; mixtures of (cont 'd) cooked meat or offal and uncooked meat or offal : ex bb) Other : Fowls, whole ; cuts thereof (excluding offals) as described under subheadings 02.02 B I c) (excluding homogenized meat, including mechanically recovered meat), 02.02 B II a) 1 , 02.02 B II d) 3 and 02.02 Bile) 3 . 29,00

(') water, protein and fat contents shall be determined in accordance with recognized ISO (International Organiza­ tion for Standardization) methods as set out below : Water : ISO 1442-1973 Protein : Multiplication of the nitrogen content, determined in accordance with ISO 937-1978, by the factor 6,25 Fat : ISO 1443-1973 . (2) For the purpose of determining the percentage of poultrymeat the weight of any bones shall be disregarded.