31990R1309

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1309/90 of 18 May 1990 fixing the export refunds on beef and veal

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, for granting special export refunds for certain cuts of beef and veal and certain preserved beef and veal products ;

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Whereas it follows from applying those rules and criteria to the foreseeable situation on the market in beef and veal that the refund should be as set out below :

Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, Whereas given the current market situation in the Community and the possibilities of disposal in certain third countries, in particular export refunds on adult male bovine animals of a live weight of at least 300 kilograms Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of and other bovines of a live weight of at least 250 kilo­ 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market grams ; whereas experience gained in recent years has in beef and veal (!), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) shown that it is advisable to treat live pure-bred breeding No 571 /89 (2), and in particular Article 18 thereof, animals of a weight of at least 250 kilograms for females and 300 kilograms for males in an identical manner to other bovine animals, while subjecting them to certain special administrative formalities ; Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,

Whereas export refunds should be granted for certain destinations on certain fresh or chilled meat listed in Whereas Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 Annex I under CN code 0201 , on certain frozen meat provides that the difference between prices on the world listed in Annex I under CN code 0202, on certain meat market for the products listed in Article 1 of that Regula­ or offal listed in Annex I under CN code 0206 and on tion and prices for those products within the Community certain other prepared or preserved meat or offal listed in may be covered by an export refund ; Annex I under CN code 1 602 50 1 0 ;

Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 885/68 (3), as last Whereas, in view of the wide differences in products amended by Regulation (EEC) No 427/77 (4), lays down covered by the CN codes 0201 20 90 700 and general rules for granting export refunds and criteria for 0202 20 90 100 used for refund purposes, the refund fixing the amount of such refunds ; should only be granted on cuts in which the weight of bone does not exceed one third ;

Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 32/82 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3169/87 (6), Regulation (EEC) No Whereas refunds should also be granted on fresh or 1964/82 Q, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3169/87, frozen boned or boneless pieces, even where each piece is and Regulation (EEC) No 2388/84 (8), as last amended by not individually wrapped, and on minced meat, and the Regulation (EEC) No 3988/87 (9), lay down the conditions wording of the tariff subheadings for fresh boned or bone­ less pieces specified ; (') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968, p, 24. (2) OJ No L 61 , 4. 3. 1989, p. 43. 0 OJ No L 156, 4. 7. 1968, p. 2. (4) OJ No L 61,-5. 3. 1977, p. 16. 0 OJ No L 4, 8 . 1 . 1982, p. 11 . Whereas, in the case of meat of bovine animals, boned or (6) OJ No L 301 , 24. 10. 1987, p. 21 . boneless, salted and dried, there are traditional trade flows 0 OJ No L 212, 21 . 7. 1982, p. 48 . (8) OJ No L 221 , 18 . 8 . 1984, p. 28 . to Switzerland ; whereas to allow this trade to continue, O OJ No L 376, 31 . 12. 1987, p. 31 . the refund should be set to cover the difference between

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prices on the Swiss market and export prices in the on fresh boned cuts except in the case of certain boned Member States ; whereas there are possibilities for expor­ beef held by the intervention agencies that is to be ting such meat and smoked dried meat to certain African, expected under . Commission Regulations (EEC) No Near and Middle Eastern countries ; whereas a refund 243/90 0 and (EEC) No 676/90(0 ; should accordingly be set ;

Whereas in certain cases experience has shown that it is often difficult to determine quantities of other meat, as compared with that from the bovine species alone Whereas, in the case of certain other cuts and preserves of contained in prepared or preserved meat covered by CN meat or offal shown in Annex I under CN code code 1602 50 ; whereas products of the bovine species 1602 50 90 Community participation in international alone should accordingly be set apart and a new heading trade may be maintained by granting a refund correspon­ should be created for mixtures of meats or offals ; whereas ding to that at present available ; control over products other than mixtures of meat or offal should be reinforced by marking the granting of refunds on certain of these products conditional on manufacturer under the arrangements provided for in Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 565/80 of 4 March 1980 on Whereas, in the case of other beef and veal products, a the advance payment of export refunds in respect of agri­ refund need not be fixed since Community participation cultural products f), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No in nvorld trade is not significant ; 2026/83 (8) ;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally, in accordance with the opinion of the Management refunds should be calculated on the following basis : Committee for Beef and Veal,

— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­ tion to each other at any given moment within a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regula­ tion (EEC) No 1 676/85 ('), as last amended by Regula­ HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : tion (EEC) No 1636/87 (2),

— for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­ tion to the Community currencies referred to in the Article 1 previous indent and the aforesaid coefficient ;

The list of products on which the export refund referred to in Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 is granted Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (3), and the amount of that refund shall be as set out in the as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 88/90 (4) Annex hereto . establishes the agricultural product nomenclature for the purposes of export refunds ;

Article 2 Whereas, in order to simplify customs export formalities for operators, the refunds for all boned cuts packed indivi­ dually should be harmonized ; whereas therefore the refund on frozen boned cuts should be the same as that This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 May 1990.

(') OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 27, 31 . 1 . 1990, p. 8 . 0 OJ No L 153, 13 . 6. 1987, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 75, 21 . 3. 1990, p. 8 . (3) OJ No L 366, 24. 12. 1987, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 62, 7. 3 . 1980, p. 5. (4) OJ No L 21 , 13. 1 . 1990, p. 23. (") OJ No L 199, 22. 7. 1983, p. 12.

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

Done at Brussels, 18 May 1990 .

For the Commission Ray MAC SHARRY Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

(ECU/100 kg) Product code Destination Q Amount of refund (8)

— Live weight —

0102 10 00 190 01 96,00 0102 10 00 390 01 96,00

0102 90 31 900 02 68,50 03 55,50 04 25,50 0102 90 33 900 02 68,50 03 ■ 55,50 04 25,50 0102 90 35 900 02 86,50 03 73,00 04 34,50 0102 90 37 900 02 86,50 03 73,00 l 04 34,50 l

— Net weight —

0201 10 10 100 02 73,50 03 65,00 04 32,50 0201 10 10 900 02 101,50 03 88,00 04 44,00 0201 10 90 110 (') 02 106,00 03 85,00 04 42,50 0201 10 90 190 02 73,50 03 65,00 04 32,50 l

0201 10 90 910 (') 02 146,50 03 115,00 04 57,50 0201 10 90 990 02 101,50 03 88,00 04 44,00 0201 20 21 000 02 101,50 03 88,00 04 44,00

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(ECU/100 kg) Product code Destination 0 Amount of refund (8)

— Net weight —

0201 20 29 100 (') 02 146,50 03 115,00 04 57,50 0201 20 29 900 02 101,50 03 88,00 04 44,00 0201 20 31 000 02 73,50 03 65,00 04 32,50 0201 20 39 100 (■) 02 106,00 03 85,00 04 42,50 0201 20 39 900 02 73,50 03 65,00 04 32,50 0201 20 51 100 02 129,00 03 110,50 04 56,00 0201 20 51 900 02 73,50 03 65,00 04 32,50 0201 20 59 110 0 02 186,50 03 146,00 l 04 73,00 0201 20 59 190 02 129,00 03 110,50 l 04 56,00 0201 20 59 910 (') 02 106,00 03 85,00 04 42,50 0201 20 59 990 02 73,50 03 65,00 04 32,50 0201 20 90 700 02 73,50 03 65,00 04 32,50 \ 0201 30 00 050 (4) 05 112,00 0201 30 00 100 (2) 02 266,50 03 208,50 04 104,50 06 266,50 0201 30 00 150 02 144,50 03 125,00 04 62,50 06 144,50 07 90,00 0201 30 00 190 C6) 02 102,50 03 84,00 04 42,00 06 102,50 07 90,00

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(ECU/100 kg)

Product code Destination 0 Amount of refund (')

— Net weight —

0202 10 00 100 02 73,50 03 65,00 04 32,50 0202 10 00 900 02 101,50 03 88,00 04 44,00 0202 20 10 000 02 101,50 03 88,00 04 44,00 0202 20 30 000 02 ■ 73,50 03 65,00 04 32,50 0202 20 50 100 02 129,00 03 110,50 04 56,00 0202 20 50 900 02 73,50 03 65,00 04 32,50 0202 20 90 100 02 73,50 03 65,00 04 32,50 0202 30 90 100 (4) 05 112,00 0202 30 90 400 02 144,50 (,0) 03 1 25,00 O 04 62,50 (10) 06 144,50 (,0) 07 90,00 (10) 0202 30 90 500 (6) 02 102,50 03 84,00 04 42,00 06 102,50 07 90,00 0202 30 90 900 07 90,00 0206 10 95 000 02 102,50 03 84,00 04 42,00 06 102,50 0206 29 91 000 02 102,50 03 84,00 04 42,00 06 102,50 0210 20 90 100 08 102,50 09 60,50 0210 20 90 300 02 102,50 0210 20 90 500 (3) 02 102,50 1602 50 10 120 02 1 08,00 (») 03 108,00 (») 04 1 08,00 (9) 1602 50 10 140 02 96,00 (') 03 96,00 (') 04 96,00 0

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(ECU/100 kg)

Product code Destination f) Amount of refund (')

— Net weight —

1602 50 10 160 02 77,00 0 03 77,00 0 04 77,00 0 1602 50 10 180 02 51,00 03 51,00 04 51,00 1602 50 10 240 02 36,00 03 36,00 04 36,00 1602 50 10 260 02 26,00 03 26,00 04 26,00 1602 50 10 280 02 16,00 03 16,00 \ 04 16,00 1602 50 90 120 01 116,00 0 1602 50 90 170 01 73,00 (») 1602 50 90 320 01 103,00 0 1602 50 90 370 01 65,00 0 1602 50 90 520 01 77,00 0 1602 50 90 570 01 48,50 0 1602 50 90 610 01 36,00 1602 50 90 620 01 16,00 1602 50 90 700 01 36,00 1602 50 90 800 01 26,00 1602 50 90 900 01 16,00

(') Entry under this subheading is subject to the submission of the certificate appearing in the Annex to Commis­ sion Regulation (EEC) No 32/82. (2) Entry under this subheading is subject to compliance with the condition laid down in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1964/82. (3) The refund on beef in brine is granted on the net weight of the meat, after deduction of the weight of the brine. (4) OJ No L 336, 29. 12. 1979, p . 44. O OJ No L 221 , 19 . 8 . 1984, p. 28 . (6) The lean bovine meat content excluding fat is determined in accordance with the procedure described in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2429/86 (OJ No L 210, 1 . 8. 1986, p. 39). 0 The destinations are as follows : 01 Third countries, except the German Democratic Republic. 02 North African, Near and Middle East third countries, West, Central East and South African third countries, except Lebanon, Cyprus, Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland and Zimbabwe. 03 European third countries, the Canary Islands, Ceuta, Melilla, Lebanon, Cyprus, Greenland, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Burma, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines, China, North Korea and Hong Kong and the destinations referred to in Article 34 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87 (OJ No L 351 , 14. 12. 1987, p. 1 ), except Austria, Sweden , Switzerland and the German Democratic Republic. 04 Austria, Sweden and Switzerland. 05 The United States of America, carried out in accordance with Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2973/79 (OJ No L 336, 29. 12. 1979, p. 44). 06 French Polynesia and New Caledonia. 07 Canada. 08 North, West, Central, East and South African third countries, except Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swazi­ land and Zimbabwe . 09 Switzerland.

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8) 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. (') The refund is granted only on products manufactured under the arrangement provided for in Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 565/80. (I0) Excluding boneless pieces exported under Regulations (EEC) No 243/90 and (EEC) No 676/90 .

NB : The countries are as defined in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 420/90 (OJ No L 44, 20. 2. 1990, p. 15). The descriptions corresponding to the product codes and the footnotes are set out in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 as amended.