31997R2333

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2333/97 of 25 November 1997 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 as regards the pigmeat sector in the agricultural product nomenclature for export refunds

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in pigmeat (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 (2), and in particular Article 13 (12) thereof,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1490/97 (4), has established an agricultural product nomenclature for export refunds; whereas the nomenclature must be amended so as to limit grants of the export refund in respect of certain processed products within headings 16 01 and 16 02 to products that do not contain poultrymeat; whereas the nomenclature should also be simplified by removing those products for which refunds are no longer granted;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Pigmeat,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Sector 6 of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 is amended as follows:

1. The data relating to CN codes 16 01 and 16 02 are hereby replaced by those in the Annex hereto.

2. The chapter 19 codes are deleted.

3. Footnote 5 is deleted.

4. Footnote 8 is replaced by the following:

'(8) Grant of the refund is subject to compliance with the conditions laid down in Commission Regulation (EC) No 2331/97 (OJ L 323, 26. 11. 1997, p. 19). At the time of the conclusion of custom export formalities, the exporter shall declare in writing that the products in question fulfil those conditions.`

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 December 1997.

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

Done at Brussels, 25 November 1997.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 282, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 349, 31. 12. 1994, p. 105.

(3) OJ L 366, 24. 12. 1987, p. 1.

(4) OJ L 202, 30. 7. 1997, p. 24.

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