L 162/52 Official Journal of the European Union 1.7.2003 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1165/2003 of 30 June 2003 fixing the export refunds on beef and veal THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, (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 Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 of 17 under CN code 1602 50 10. May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal (), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2345/2001 (3, and in particular Article 33(12) thereof, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, (6)  In the case of meat of bovine animals, boned or bone- Whereas: less, salted and dried, there are traditional trade flows to Switzerland. To allow this trade to continue, the refund (1)  Article 33 of Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 provides SEOUISd be set t(l)< coverdthe d1fferen§e beree}T p&ces bon that the difference between prices on the world market ';e Wwiss market and export prices in the Member for the products listed in Article 1 of that Regulation tates. and prices for those products within the Community may be covered by an export refund. (7)  In the case of certain other cuts and preserves of meat @ Comrgi;si(l))n Regullat.ion (EEQ) No 32/82 (34)’ as klm or offal shown in the Annex under CN codes amended by Regulation S(EC) 1\110 744/2?103 (b), Regula— 1602 50 31 to 1602 50 80, the Community presence of tion (EEC) No 1964/82 (), as last amended by Regula- international trade may be maintained by granting a tion (EC) No 2772/2000 (%), Regulation (EEC) No 2388/ fund dine to that at ¢ availabl 84 ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3661/ refund cotresponding to that at present avarabre. 92 (%), Regulation (EEC) No 297379 (), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3434/87 (%), and Regulation (EC) No 2051/96 ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2333/96 (/12), lay down the conditi)(’)ns gfor granting (8) In the case qf oth.er beef and veal Products, a refund special export refunds on certain cuts of beef and veal need not be flxe.d. since the Community's share of world and certain preserved beef and veal products. trade is not significant. (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 (99  Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 118/2003 (), estab- lishes the agricultural product nomenclature for the (4)  With regard to live animals, for reasons of simplification purposes of export refunds. export refunds should no longer be granted for cate- gories with insignificant trade with third countries. Moreover, in light of the general concern of animal welfare, export refunds for live animals for slaughter (10) should be limited as much as possible. Consequently, export refunds for such animals should only be granted for third countries which for cultural andfor 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. In order to simplify customs export formalities for operators, 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 1 Ez; 8} i %?(5) %ig%gg? g %; arrangements provided for in Article 4 of Council Regu- () OJL 4, 81.1982, p. 11. lation (EEC) No 565/80 of 4 March 1980 on the () OJ L 89, 11.4.2000, p. 3. advance payment of export refunds in respect of agricul- () 8] i %%% %é;zlgg(z)op 4;5- tural products (**), as last amended by Commission E’; o} L 221,18.8.1984 ioP’zg_S' Regulation (EC) No 444/2003 (). () OJ L 370, 19.12.1992, p. 16. () OJ L 336, 29.12.1979, p. 44. (%) O] L 366, 24.12.1987, p. 1. (%) OJ L 327, 18.11.1987, p. 7. () O] L 20, 24.1.2003, p. 3. (") OJ L 274, 26.10.1996, p. 18. () OJ L 62,7.3.1980, p. 5. () OJ L 317, 6.12.1996, p. 13. () OJ L 67, 12.3.2003, p. 3.