
Article 1 

1. Without prejudice to other Community provisions and in particular Regulation (EC) No 800/1999, export refunds shall only be granted on the products listed in Annex I hereto where:
(a) they meet the conditions laid down in Annex I hereto; and
(b) box 44 of the export declaration bears the words ‘goods complying with Regulation (EC) No 903/2008’.
2. For the purposes of this Regulation, products manufactured for human consumption and suitable therefor by reason of the raw materials used, their preparation under satisfactory hygienic conditions and their packaging shall be deemed to be of sound and fair marketable quality within the meaning of Article 21 of Regulation (EC) No 800/1999.
Article 2 
When the checks referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 2090/2002 are conducted, the checks on the products covered by this Regulation shall entail:

((a)) an organoleptic examination; and
((b)) physical and chemical analyses using the methods laid down in Annex II hereto.
Article 3 
Regulation (EC) No 2331/97 is repealed.
References to the repealed Regulation shall be construed as references to this Regulation and shall be read in accordance with the correlation table in Annex IV.
Article 4 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 17 September 2008.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO
ANNEX I
CN code Description Product code Conditions
1601 00 Sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal or blood; food preparations based on these products:  
– Other:  
1601 00 91 – – Sausages, dry or for spreading, uncooked  
– – – Not containing poultrymeat or offal 1601 00 91 9120 
(a) protein content by weight: minimum 16 % of net weight

(b) no addition of extraneous water

(c) proteins other than animal proteins are prohibited

– – – Other 1601 00 91 9190 
(a) protein content by weight: minimum 12 % of net weight

(b) no addition of extraneous water

(c) proteins other than animal proteins are prohibited

1601 00 99 – – Other:  
– – – In containers which also contain preserving liquid, not containing poultrymeat or offal 1601 00 99 9110 
(a) animal protein content by weight: minimum 10 % of net weight

(b) collagen/protein ratio: maximum 0,30

(c) extraneous water content by weight: maximum 25 % of net weight

– – – In containers which also contain preserving liquid 1601 00 99 9190 
(a) animal protein content by weight: minimum 8 % of net weight

(b) collagen/protein ratio: maximum 0,45

(c) extraneous water content by weight: maximum 33 % of net weight

– – – Other, not containing poultrymeat or offal 1601 00 99 9110 
(a) animal protein content by weight: minimum 10 % of net weight

(b) collagen/protein ratio: maximum 0,30

(c) extraneous water content by weight: maximum 10 % of net weight

– – – Other: 1601 00 99 9190 
(a) animal protein content by weight: minimum 8 % of net weight

(b) collagen/protein ratio: maximum 0,45

(c) extraneous water content by weight: maximum 23 % of net weight

ex 1602 Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood:  
– Of swine:  
ex 1602 41 – – Hams and cuts thereof:  
ex 1602 41 10 – – – Of domestic swine:  
– – – – Cooked, containing by weight 80 % or more of meat and fat:  
– – – – – In immediate packings with a net weight of 1 kg or more 1602 41 10 9110 Water/protein ratio in meat maximum 4,3
– – – – – In immediate packings with a net weight of less than 1 kg 1602 41 10 9130 Water/protein ratio in meat maximum 4,3
ex 1602 42 – – Shoulders and cuts thereof:  
ex 1602 42 10 – – – Of domestic swine:  
– – – – Cooked, containing by weight 80 % or more of meat and fat:  
– – – – – In immediate packings with a net weight of 1 kg or more 1602 42 10 9110 Water/protein ratio in meat maximum 4,5
– – – – – In immediate packings with a net weight of less than 1 kg 1602 42 10 9130 Water/protein ratio in meat maximum 4,5
ex 1602 49 – – Other, including mixtures:  
– – – Of domestic swine:  
– – – – Containing by weight 80 % or more of meat or meat offal, of any kind, including fats of any kind or origin:  
ex 1602 49 19 – – – – – Other:  
– – – – – – Cooked, containing by weight 80 % or more of meat and fat:  
– – – – – – – Not containing the meat or offal of poultry:  
– – – – – – – – Containing a product composed of clearly recognisable pieces of muscular meat which, due to their size are not identifiable as having been obtained from hams, shoulders, loins or collars, together with small particles of visible fat and small quantities of jelly deposits 1602 49 19 9130 Water/protein ratio in meat maximum 4,5
ANNEX II
1. 
The protein content is taken to mean the nitrogen content multiplied by the factor 6.25. The nitrogen content must be determined according to ISO method 937-1978.

2. 
The water content must be determined according to ISO method 1442-1973.

3. 
The extraneous water content is given by the formula: a – 4b, in which:

awater content,bprotein content.

4. 
The collagen content is taken to mean the hydroxyproline content multiplied by the factor 8. The hydroxyproline content must be determined according to ISO method 3496-1978.

ANNEX III
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2331/97 (OJ L 323, 26.11.1997, p. 19).
Commission Regulation (EC) No 739/98 (OJ L 102, 2.4.1998, p. 22).
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2882/2000 (OJ L 333, 29.12.2000, p. 72).
Commission Regulation (EC) No 507/2002 (OJ L 79, 22.3.2002, p. 12).
ANNEX IV
Regulation (EC) No 2331/97 This Regulation
Articles 1 and 2 Articles 1 and 2
Article 3 —
— Article 3
Article 4 Article 4
Annexes I and II Annexes I and II
— Annex III
— Annex IV