L 61/20 Official Journal of the European Communities 2.3.2002 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 405/2002 of 1 March 2002 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 12541999 of 17 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 Council Regulation (EEC) No 234[79 of 5 February 1979 on the procedure for adjusting the Common Customs Tariff nomenclature used for agricultural products (%), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3209/89 (¥, and in partic- ular Article 2(1) 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)  Regulation (EEC) No 32/82 (%), as last amended by Regu- lation (EC) No 744/2000 (%), Regulation (EEC) No 1964/ 82 (), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2772/ 2000 (%), and Regulation (EEC) No 2388/84 (%), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3661/92 ('), lay down the conditions for granting special export refunds on certain cuts of beef and veal and certain preserved beef and veal products. (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)  Given the current market situation in the Community and the possibilities of disposal in certain third countries in particular, export refunds should be granted, on the one hand, on bovine animals intended for slaughter of a live weight greater than 220 kilograms and less than () O] L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21. () O] L 315, 1.12.2001, p. 29. () O] L 34, 9.2.1979, p. 2. () O] L 312, 27.10.1989, p. 5. () O] L 4, 8.1.1982, p. 11. (9 O] L 89, 11.4.2000, p. 3. () O] L 212, 21.7.1982, p. 48. (% O] L 321, 19.12.2000, p. 35. () O] L 221, 18.8.1984, p. 28. (% O] L 370, 19.12.1992, p. 16. 300 kilograms, and, on the other on adult bovine animals of a live weight of at least 300 kilograms. (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 view of the wide differences in products covered by CN codes 0201 20 90 9700 and 0202 20 90 9100 used for refund purposes, refunds should only be granted on cuts in which the weight of bone does not exceed one third. (7)  In the case of meat of bovine animals, boned or bone- less, 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. (8)  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 share of international trade may be maintained by granting a refund corre- sponding to that at present available. (9)  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. (10) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2556/2001 ('), estab- lishes the agricultural product nomenclature for the purposes of export refunds. (11)  In order to simplify customs export formalities for oper- ators, 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. () O] L 366, 26.12.1987, p. 1. 0] 11 (%) O] L 348, 31.12.2001, p. 1.