19.12.2000 Official Journal of the European Communities L 321/35 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2772/2000 of 18 December 2000 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1964/82 laying down the conditions for granting special export refunds on certain cuts of boned meat of bovine animals THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 12541999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal (), and in particular Article 33(12) thereof, Whereas: (1)  Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1964/82 (3, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1470/2000 (*), lays down the conditions for granting special export refunds on certain cuts of boned meat of adult bovine animals. (2)  The current rules require that all cuts produced by the boning of hindquarters, with the exception of fillet, must be exported. However, in line with the general trend on the market, the option of not exporting fillet should be extended to other cuts from hindquarters with a view to achieving better prices within the Community, without thereby jeopardising the goal of freeing the Community market. (3)  Since the rate of the special refund corresponds to the average level of support for all cuts obtained from hind- quarters, the decision not to export certain hindquarter cuts means that the refund needs to be adjusted, the amount of such adjustment being calculated by reference to the value of the cuts most affected. (4)  Some points in the text need clarifying and other tech- nical details need updating, in particular to replace the references to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87 of 27 November 1987 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of export refunds on agricultural products (¥, as last amended by Regula- tion (EC) No 604/98 (°), by references to Commission Regulation (EC) No 800/1999 (°), as amended by Regu- lation (EC) No 1557/2000 ("), which replaced it. (5)  The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Regulation (EEC) No 1964/82 is hereby amended as follows: 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21. 212, 21.7.1982, p. 48. 165, 6.7.2000, p. 16. 351, 14.12.1987, p. 1. 80, 18.3.1998, p. 19. 102, 17.4.1999, p. 11. 179, 18.7.2000, p. 6. STS B LLoLeene e 3 Slelrlslewe 1. The last sentence of Article 2(1) is deleted. . Article 5 is replaced by the following: ‘Article 5 1.  Customs formalities for export from the Community for supplies as referred to in Article 36 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 800/1999 (*) or for products placed under the procedure referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 565/80 shall be completed in the Member State in which the declaration as referred to in Article 2 is accepted. 2. In box 11 of the “boned meat certificate” the customs authorities shall enter the reference numbers and dates of the declarations referred to in Article 5(4) of Regulation (EC) No 800/1999. Where the arrangement provided for in Article 5 of Regula- tion (EEC) No 565/80 is utilised, the customs authorities shall enter the reference numbers and dates of the payment declarations provided for in Article 26(2) of Regulation (EC) No 800/1999. Where necessary, those particulars may be entered on the reverse side of the certificates and certified by the customs authorities. 3. After customs formalities covering cuts for export are completed, the “boned meat certificate” shall be sent by administrative channels to the agency responsible for paying the export refunds. (" OJ L 102, 17.4.1999, p. 11. . Article 6 is replaced by the following: ‘Article 6 1. Except in cases of force majeure, special refunds shall be granted subject to the export of the total quantity of cuts produced by boning performed under supervision in accordance with Article 2(3) and that are shown in the certificate(s) provided for in Article 4(1). 2.  However, operators shall be authorised not to export the total quantity of cuts produced by boning hindquarters. If the quantity to be exported amounts to at least 95 % of the total weight of cuts produced by boning performed under supervision in accordance with Article 2(3), the special refund shall be payable.