
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 903/2005 of 15 June 2005 fixing the export refunds on beef and veal 

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal, and in particular Article 33(12) thereof,
Whereas:

(1) Article 33 of Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 provides that the difference between prices on the world market for the products listed in Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those products within the Community may be covered by an export refund.

(2) Commission Regulations (EEC) No 32/82, (EEC) No 1964/82, (EEC) No 2388/84, (EEC) No 2973/79 and (EC) No 2051/96 lay down the conditions for granting special export refunds on certain cuts of beef and veal and certain preserved beef and veal products, and for certain destinations.

(3) 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.

(4) With regard to live animals, for reasons of simplification export refunds should not be granted for categories with insignificant trade with third countries. Moreover, in the light of the general concern of animal welfare, export refunds for live animals for slaughter should be limited as much as possible. Consequently, export refunds for such animals should only be granted for third countries which for cultural and/or religious reasons traditionally import substantial numbers of animals for domestic slaughter. As to live animals for reproduction, in order to prevent any abuse, export refunds for pure-bred breeding animals should be limited to heifers and cows of no more than 30 months of age.

(5) 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 in the Annex under CN code 0202, on some meat or offal listed in the Annex under CN code 0206 and on some other prepared or preserved meat or offal listed in the Annex under CN code 1602 50 10.

(6) In the case of meat of bovine animals, boned or boneless, salted and dried, there are traditional trade flows to Switzerland. To allow this trade to continue, the refund should be set to cover the difference between prices on the Swiss market and export prices in the Member States.

(7) In the case of certain other cuts and preserves of meat or offal shown in the Annex under CN codes 1602 50 31 to 1602 50 80, the Community presence of international trade may be maintained by granting a refund corresponding to that at present available.

(8) In the case of other beef and veal products, a refund need not be fixed since the Community's share of world trade is not significant.

(9) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 establishes the agricultural product nomenclature for the purposes of export refunds. The refunds are set on the basis of the product codes as defined in that nomenclature.

(10) The refunds on all frozen cuts should be brought into line with those on fresh or chilled cuts other than those from adult male bovine animals.

(11) Checks on products covered by CN code 1602 50 should be stepped up by making the granting of refunds on these products conditional on manufacture under the arrangements provided for in Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 565/80 of 4 March 1980 on the advance payment of export refunds in respect of agricultural products.

(12) Refunds should be granted only on products that are allowed to move freely in the Community. Therefore, to be eligible for a refund, products should be required to bear the health mark laid down in Council Directives 64/433/EEC, 94/65/EC and 77/99/EEC, respectively.

(13) Pursuant to Article 6(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1964/82, the special refund is to be reduced if the quantity of boned meat to be exported amounts to less than 95 %, but not less than 85 %, of the total weight of cuts produced by boning.

(14) The negotiations within the framework of the Europe Agreements between the European Community and Romania and Bulgaria aim in particular to liberalise trade in products covered by the common organisation of the market concerned. For these two countries export refunds should therefore be abolished. That abolition should not, however, lead to a differentiated refund for exports to other countries.

(15) The Management Committee for Beef and Veal has not given an opinion within the time limit set by its President,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1 

1. The list of products on which export refunds as referred to in Article 33 of Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 are granted and the amount thereof and the destinations shall be as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
2. The products must meet the relevant health marking requirements of:
— Chapter XI of Annex I to Directive 64/433/EEC,
— Chapter VI of Annex I to Directive 94/65/EC,
— Chapter VI of Annex B to Directive 77/99/EEC.
Article 2 
In the case referred to in the third subparagraph of Article 6(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1964/82 the rate of the refund on products falling within product code 0201 30 00 9100 shall be reduced by EUR 14,00/100 kg.
Article 3 
The fact that no export refund is set for Romania and Bulgaria shall not be deemed to constitute a differentiation of the refund.
Article 4 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 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, 15 June 2005.
For the Commission
Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission
ANNEX
to the Commission Regulation of 15 June 2005 fixing export refunds on beef

Product code Destination Unit of measurement Refunds
0102 10 10 9140 B00 EUR/100 kg live weight 42,4
0102 10 30 9140 B00 EUR/100 kg live weight 42,4
0102 90 71 9000 B11 EUR/100 kg live weight 32,8
0201 10 00 9110 B02 EUR/100 kg net weight 57,2
B03 EUR/100 kg net weight 34,4
039 EUR/100 kg net weight 18,8
0201 10 00 9120 B02 EUR/100 kg net weight 26,8
B03 EUR/100 kg net weight 8,0
039 EUR/100 kg net weight 9,2
0201 10 00 9130 B02 EUR/100 kg net weight 77,6
B03 EUR/100 kg net weight 45,2
039 EUR/100 kg net weight 26,8
0201 10 00 9140 B02 EUR/100 kg net weight 36,8
B03 EUR/100 kg net weight 11,2
039 EUR/100 kg net weight 12,8
0201 20 20 9110 B02 EUR/100 kg net weight 77,6
B03 EUR/100 kg net weight 45,2
039 EUR/100 kg net weight 26,8
0201 20 20 9120 B02 EUR/100 kg net weight 36,8
B03 EUR/100 kg net weight 11,2
039 EUR/100 kg net weight 12,8
0201 20 30 9110 B02 EUR/100 kg net weight 57,2
B03 EUR/100 kg net weight 34,4
039 EUR/100 kg net weight 18,8
0201 20 30 9120 B02 EUR/100 kg net weight 26,8
B03 EUR/100 kg net weight 8,0
039 EUR/100 kg net weight 9,2
0201 20 50 9110 B02 EUR/100 kg net weight 98,4
B03 EUR/100 kg net weight 57,2
039 EUR/100 kg net weight 32,8
0201 20 50 9120 B02 EUR/100 kg net weight 46,8
B03 EUR/100 kg net weight 14,0
039 EUR/100 kg net weight 15,6
0201 20 50 9130 B02 EUR/100 kg net weight 57,2
B03 EUR/100 kg net weight 34,4
039 EUR/100 kg net weight 18,8
0201 20 50 9140 B02 EUR/100 kg net weight 26,8
B03 EUR/100 kg net weight 8,0
039 EUR/100 kg net weight 9,2
0201 20 90 9700 B02 EUR/100 kg net weight 26,8
B03 EUR/100 kg net weight 8,0
039 EUR/100 kg net weight 9,2
0201 30 00 9050 400 EUR/100 kg net weight 18,8
404 EUR/100 kg net weight 18,8
0201 30 00 9060 B02 EUR/100 kg net weight 36,8
B03 EUR/100 kg net weight 10,4
039 EUR/100 kg net weight 12,0
809, 822 EUR/100 kg net weight 29,6
0201 30 00 9100 B08, B09 EUR/100 kg net weight 137,6
B03 EUR/100 kg net weight 81,6
039 EUR/100 kg net weight 48,0
809, 822 EUR/100 kg net weight 122,0
220 EUR/100 kg net weight 164,0
0201 30 00 9120 B08 EUR/100 kg net weight 75,6
B09 EUR/100 kg net weight 70,4
B03 EUR/100 kg net weight 45,2
039 EUR/100 kg net weight 26,4
809, 822 EUR/100 kg net weight 66,8
220 EUR/100 kg net weight 98,4
0202 10 00 9100 B02 EUR/100 kg net weight 26,8
B03 EUR/100 kg net weight 8,0
039 EUR/100 kg net weight 9,2
0202 10 00 9900 B02 EUR/100 kg net weight 36,8
B03 EUR/100 kg net weight 11,2
039 EUR/100 kg net weight 12,8
0202 20 10 9000 B02 EUR/100 kg net weight 36,8
B03 EUR/100 kg net weigh 11,2
039 EUR/100 kg net weight 12,8
0202 20 30 9000 B02 EUR/100 kg net weight 26,8
B03 EUR/100 kg net weight 8,0
039 EUR/100 kg net weight 9,2
0202 20 50 9100 B02 EUR/100 kg net weight 46,8
B03 EUR/100 kg net weight 14,0
039 EUR/100 kg net weight 15,6
0202 20 50 9900 B02 EUR/100 kg net weight 26,8
B03 EUR/100 kg net weight 8,0
039 EUR/100 kg net weight 9,2
0202 20 90 9100 B02 EUR/100 kg net weight 26,8
B03 EUR/100 kg net weight 8,0
039 EUR/100 kg net weight 9,2
0202 30 90 9100 400 EUR/100 kg net weight 18,8
404 EUR/100 kg net weight 18,8
0202 30 90 9200 B02 EUR/100 kg net weight 36,8
B03 EUR/100 kg net weight 10,4
039 EUR/100 kg net weight 12,0
809, 822 EUR/100 kg net weight 29,6
0206 10 95 9000 B02 EUR/100 kg net weight 36,8
B03 EUR/100 kg net weight 10,4
039 EUR/100 kg net weight 12,0
809, 822 EUR/100 kg net weight 29,6
0206 29 91 9000 B02 EUR/100 kg net weight 36,8
B03 EUR/100 kg net weight 10,4
039 EUR/100 kg net weight 12,0
809, 822 EUR/100 kg net weight 29,6
0210 20 90 9100 039 EUR/100 kg net weight 18,4
1602 50 10 9170 B02 EUR/100 kg net weight 18,0
B03 EUR/100 kg net weight 12,0
039 EUR/100 kg net weight 14,0
1602 50 31 9125 B00 EUR/100 kg net weight 70,8
1602 50 31 9325 B00 EUR/100 kg net weight 63,2
1602 50 39 9125 B00 EUR/100 kg net weight 70,8
1602 50 39 9325 B00 EUR/100 kg net weight 63,2
1602 50 39 9425 B00 EUR/100 kg net weight 24,0
1602 50 39 9525 B00 EUR/100 kg net weight 24,0
1602 50 80 9535 B00 EUR/100 kg net weight 14,0








NB: The product codes and the ‘A’ series destination codes are set out in Commision Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (OJ L 366, 24.12.1987, p. 1) as amended.The numeric destination codes are set out in Commission Regulation (EC) No 750/2005 (OJ L 126, 19.5.2005, p. 12).The other destinations are defined as follows:B00all destinations (third countries, other territories, victualling and destinations treated as exports from the Community) with the exception of Romania and Bulgaria.B02B08, B09 and destination 220.B03Ceuta, Melilla, Iceland, Norway, Faroe Islands, Andorra, Gibraltar, Holy See, Albania, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Kosovo, Montenegro, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the communes of Livigno and Campione d'Italia, Helgoland, Greenland, stores and provisions (destinations referred to in Articles 36 and 45, and if appropriate in Article 44, of Commission Regulation (EC) No 800/1999, as amended (OJ L 102, 17.4.1999, p. 11)).B08Turkey, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Russia, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Israel, West Bank/Gaza Strip, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Yemen, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Myanmar (Burma), Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Philippines, China, North Korea, Hong Kong.B09Sudan, Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Chad, Cape Verde, Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, São Tomé and Príncipe, Gabon, Congo, Congo (Democratic Republic), Rwanda, Burundi, Saint Helena and dependencies, Angola, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, Uganda, Tanzania, Seychelles and dependencies, British Indian Ocean Territory, Mozambique, Mauritius, Comoros, Mayotte, Zambia, Malawi, South Africa, Lesotho.B11Lebanon and Egypt.