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Agriculture ° Common organization of the markets ° Beef and veal ° Export refunds ° Differentiated refund ° Conditions of granting ° Goods exported but destroyed, as a result of force majeure, prior to importation into the country of destination ° No entitlement to a refund where no rate of refund valid for all non-member countries has been fixed

(Council Regulations No 805/68, No 885/68 and No 565/80; Commission Regulation No 3665/87)

Summary

Regulation No 805/68 on the common organization of the market in beef and veal, Regulation No 885/68 laying down general rules for granting export refunds on beef and veal and criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds, Regulation No 565/80 on the advance payment of export refunds in respect of agricultural products and Regulation No 3665/87 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of export refunds on agricultural products must be interpreted as meaning that, not having fixed a rate valid for all non-member countries for the products concerned, they do not entitle a trader to a differentiated refund for exports of beef to a non-member country in a case where the goods exported were destroyed as a result of force majeure after leaving the customs territory of the Community and prior to importation in the unaltered state into the non-member country of destination.