31992R2316

No L 222/50 Official Journal of the European Communities 7. 8 . 92

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2316/92 of 6 August 1992 fixing the export refunds on beef

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, of females and 300 kilograms in that of males should be trated in the saame way as other bovine animals, subject to certain special administrative formalities ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Whereas export refunds should be granted for certain destinations on some fresh or chilled meat listed in the Annex under CN code 0201 , on some frozen meat listed Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of in the Annex under CN code 0202, on some meat or offal 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market listed in the Annex under CN code 0206 and on some in beef and veal ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) other prepared or preserved meat or offal listed in the No 2066/92 (2), and in particular Article 18 thereof, Annex under CN code 1602 50 10 ;

Whereas Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 Whereas, in view of the wide differences in products provides that the difference between prices on the world covered by CN codes 0201 20 90 700 and 0202 20 90 100 market for the products listed in Article 1 of that Regula­ used for refund purposes, refunds should only be granted tion and prices for those products within the Community on cuts in which the weight of bone does not exceed one may be covered by an export refund ; third ;

Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 885/68 (3), as last Whereas a minimum content of lean bovine meat should amended by Regulation (EEC) No 427/77 (4), lays down be fixed for boneless cuts wrapped individually and general rules for granting export refunds and criteria for covered by CN codes 0201 30 and 0202 30 ; fixing the amount of such refunds ;

Whereas refunds should also be granted on fresh or Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 32/82 Q, as last amended frozen boned or boneless pieces, even where each piece is by Regulation (EEC) No 3169/87 (*), Regulation (EEC) No not individually wrapped, and on minced meat, and the 1964/82 Q, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3169/87, wording of the tariff subheadings for fresh boned or bone­ and Regulation (EEC) No 2388/84 (8), as last amended by less pieces specified ; Regulation (EEC) No 3988/87 (9), lay down the conditions for granting special export refunds on certain cuts of beef and veal and certain preserved beef and veal products ; Whereas, in the case of meat of bovine animals, boned or boneless, salted and dried, there are traditional trade flows to Switzerland ; whereas, to allow this trade to continue, Whereas it follows from applying those rules and cnteria the refund should be set to cover the difference between to the foreseeable situation on the market in beef and veal prices on the Swiss market and export prices in the that the refund should be as set out below ; Member States ; whereas there are possibilities for export­ ing such meat and also salted, smoked and dried meat to certain African, Near and Middle Eastern countries ; Whereas, given the current market situation in the whereas a refund should accordingly be set ; Community and the possibilities of disposal in certain third countries in particular, export refunds should be granted on adult male bovine animals of a live weight of Whereas, in the case of certain other cuts and preserves of meat or offal shown in the Annex under CN code at least 300 kilograms and other bovine animals of a live weight of at least 250 kilograms ; whereas experience 1602 50 90, the Community share of international trade may be maintained by granting a refund corresponding to gained in recent years has shown that live pure-bred bree­ ding animals weighing at least 250 kilograms in the case that at present available ;

(') OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24. Whereas, in the case of other beef and veal products, a 0 OJ No L 215, 30. 7. 1992, p. 49. 0 OJ No L 156, 4. 7. 1968, p. 2. refund need not be fixed since the Community's share of (4) OJ No L 61 , 5. 3. 1977, p. 16. world trade is not significant ; 0 OJ No L 4, 8 . 1 . 1982, p. 11 . (0 OJ No L 301 , 24. 10. 1987, p. 21 . f) OJ No L 212, 21 . 7. 1982, p. 48 . («) OJ No L 221 , 18. 8 . 1984, p. 28. Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally, 0 OJ No L 376, 31 . 12. 1987, p. 31 . refunds should be calculated using the following basis :

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— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­ gen/protein ratio in terms of the meat content of such tion to each other at any given moment within a band products ; of 2,25 %, a rate of exchange based on their central Whereas the introduction of a collagen/protein ratio for rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in products covered by CN code 1602 50 90 in respect of the last subparagraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regu­ their meat content has meant that products containing at lation (EEC) No 1676/85 ('), as last amended by Regu­ least 40 % but less than 60 % meat and with a collagen/ lation (EEC) No 2205/90 (2), protein ratio of less than 0,35 could not qualify for a refund ; whereas this gap should consequently be filled ; — for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an average of the ecu rates published in the Official Whereas refunds on female animals should vary depen­ Journal of the European Communities, C series, over ding on their age in order to prevent abuses in the export a period to be determined, multiplied by the factor of certain pure-bred breeding animals ; referred to in the preceding indent ; Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1432/92 Q, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2015/92 (8), prohibits Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (3), trade between the Community and the Republics of as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1271 /92 (4); Serbia and Montenegro ; whereas that prohibition does establishes the agricultural product nomenclature for the not apply to certain cases given in the limitative enumera­ purposes of export refunds ; tion in Articles 2 and 3 of that Regulation ; whereas account should be taken of this when the refunds are fixed ; whereas, moreover, so as not to penalize the chari­ Whereas, in order to simplify customs export formalities table organizations which have continued to supply for operators, the refunds on all frozen cuts should be humanitarian aid despite the abolition of refunds on 20 brought in line with those on fresh or chilled cuts other June 1992, this new measure should be applied retrospec­ than those from adult male bovine animals ; tively ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are Whereas experience has shown that in certain cases it is in accordance with the opinion of the Management often difficult to determine the relevant quantities of beef, Committee for Beef and Veal, veal and other meat contained in prepared or preserved meat covered by CN code 1602 50 ; whereas exclusively HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : beef and veal products should accordingly be set apart and a new heading should be created for mixtures of Article 1 meats or offals ; whereas checks on products other than mixtures of meat or offal should be stepped up by making The list of products on which export refunds as referred the granting of refunds on these products conditional on to in Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 are manufacture under the arrangements provided for in granted and the amount thereof shall be as set out in the Annex hereto. Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 565/80 of 4 March 1980 on the advance payment of export refunds in Article 2 respect of agricultural products (*), as amended by Regula­ tion (EEC) No 2026/83 (<) ; This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. Whereas the analytical criteria for preparations and preserves covered by CN code 1 602 50 90 should be The conditions for the granting of refunds referred to in supplemented by fixing in particular a maximum colla­ footnote (,0) shall apply from 20 June 1992.

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

Done at Brussels, 6 August 1992.

For the Commission Ray MAC SHARRY Member of the Commission

(') OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 . f) OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9 . (3) OJ No L 366, 24. 12. 1987, p. 1 . (4) OJ No L 137, 20. 5. 1992, p. 7. (4 OJ No L 62, 7. 3. 1980, p. 5. 0 OJ No L 151 , 3. 6. 1992, p. 4. 0 OJ No L 199, 22. 7. 1983, p. 12. (8) OJ No L 205, 22. 7. 1992, p. 2.

No L 222/52 Official Journal of the European Communities 7. 8 . 92

ANNEX

(ECU/100 kg)

Product code Destination F) Refund (8) ('»)

— Live weight —

010210 00 120 01 96,00 010210 00 130 02 85,50 03 55,50 04 25,50 010210 00 390 01 96,00 0102 90 31 900 02 85,50 03 55,50 04 25,50 0102 90 33 900 02 85,50 03 55,50 04 25,50 0102 90 35 900 02 101,50 03 73,00 04 34,50 0102 90 37 900 02 101,50 03 73,00 04 34,50

— Net weight —

0201 10 10 100 02 92,00 03 65,00 04 32,50 0201 10 10 900 02 126,50 03 88,00 04 44,00 0201 1090 nor 02 124,50 03 85,00 04 42,50 0201 10 90 190 02 92,00 03 65,00 04 32,50 0201 10 90 910 (' 02 171,50 03 115,00 04 57,50 0201 10 90 990 02 126,50 03 88,00 04 44,00 0201 20 21 000 02 126,50 03 88,00 04 44,00

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(ECU/100 kg) Product code Destination f) Refund (»)(10)

— Net weight —

0201 20 29 100 (') 02 171,50 03 115,00 04 57,50 0201 20 29 900 02 126,50 03 88,00 04 44,00 0201 20 31 000 02 92,00 03 65,00 04 32,50 0201 20 39 100 (') 02 124,50 03 85,00 04 42,50 0201 20 39 900 02 92,00 03 65,00 04 32,50 l 0201 20 51 100 02 161,00 03 110,50 l 04 56,00 0201 20 51 900 02 92,00 03 65,00 04 32,50 0201 20 59 1 10 (') 02 218,50 03 146,00 04 73,00 0201 20 59 190 02 161,00 03 110,50 04 56,00 0201 20 59 910 0 02 124,50 03 85,00 04 42,50 0201 20 59 990 02 92,00 03 65,00 04 32,50 0201 20 90 700 02 92,00 03 65,00 04 32,50 0201 30 00 050 (4) 05 112,00 0201 30 00 100 (2) 02 312,00 03 208,50 04 104,50 06 266,50 0201 30 00 1 50 0 02 165,00 03 125,00 04 62,50 06 144,50 07 90,00

No L 222/54 Official Journal of the European Communities 7 . 8 . 92

(ECU/100 kg)

Product code Destination f) Refund («)(10)

— Net weight

0201 30 00 190 0 02 128,00 03 84,00 04 42,00 06 102,50 07 90,00 0202 10 00 100 02 92,00 03 65,00 04 32,50 0202 10 00 900 02 126,50 03 88,00 04 44,00 0202 20 10 000 02 126,50 03 88,00 04 44,00 0202 20 30 000 02 92,00 03 65,00 04 32,50 0202 20 50 100 02 161,00 03 110,50 04 56,00 0202 20 50 900 02 92,00 03 65,00 04 32,50 0202 20 90 100 02 92,00 03 65,00 04 32,50 0202 30 90 100 (<) 05 112,00 0202 30 90 400 («) 02 165,00 03 125,00 04 62,50 06 144,50 07 90,00 0202 30 90 500 (*) 02 128,00 03 84,00 04 42,00 l 06 102,50 07 90,00 0202 30 90 900 07 90,00 0206 10 95 000 02 128,00 03 84,00 04 42,00 06 102,50 0206 29 91 000 02 128,00 03 84,00 04 42,00 06 102,50 0210 20 90 100 08 102,50 09 60,50 0210 20 90 300 02 128,00

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(ECU/100 kg)

Product code Destination f) Refund («) (10)

— Net weight —

0210 20 90 500 0 02 128,00 1602 50 10 120 02 134,50 0 03 108,00 0 04 108,00 0 1602 50 10 140 02 11 9,50 (') 03 96,00 0 04 96,00 O 1602 50 10 160 02 96,00 0 03 77,00 0 04 77,00 0 1602 50 10 170 02 63,50 0 03 51,00 (») 04 51,00 0 1602 50 10 190 02 63,50 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 90 125 01 116,00 O 1602 50 90 135 01 73,00 0 1602 50 90 195 01 36,00 1602 50 90 325 01 103,00 0 1602 50 90 335 01 65,00 O 1602 50 90 395 01 36,00 1602 50 90 425 01 77,00 0 1602 50 90 435 01 48,50 O 1602 50 90 495 01 36,00 1602 50 90 505 01 36,00 1602 50 90 525 01 77,00 (0 1602 50 90 535 01 48,50 0 1602 50 90 595 01 36,00 1602 50 90 615 01 36,00 1602 50 90 625 01 16,00 1602 50 90 705 01 36,00 1602 50 90 805 01 26,00 1602 50 90 905 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. 0 OJ No L 221 , 19. 8. 1984, p. 28. (*) 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.

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(") The destinations are as follows : 01 Third countries. 02 North African, Near and Middle East third countries, West, Central East and South African third countries, except Cyprus, Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia. 03 European third countries, Ceuta, Melilla, 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, except Austria, Sweden and Switzerland. 04 Austria, Sweden and Switzerland. 05 The United States of America, carried out in accordance with Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2973/79. 06 French Polynesia and New Caledonia. 07 Canada. 08 North, West, Central, East and Southern African third countries, except Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swazi­ land, Zimbabwe and Namibia. 09 Switzerland. (®) 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) Refunds for exports to the Republics of Serbia and Montenegro may only be granted for humanitarian aid supplied by charitable organizations fulfilling the conditions laid down in Article 2 (a) and Article 3 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1432/92.

NB : The countries are as defined in Commission amended Regulation (EEC) No 3518/91 . The descriptions corresponding to the product codes and the footnotes are set out in Commis­ sion Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 as amended.