12. 6. 93 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 142/55 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1457/93 of 11 June 1993 fixing the export refunds on beef and amending Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 - establishing the nomenclature of agricultural products for export refunds THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in beef and veal (), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 125/93 (3, and in particular Article 18 thereof, Whereas Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 provides that the difference between prices on the world market for the products listed in Article 1 of that Regula- tion and prices . for those products within the Community may be covered by an export refund; Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 885/68 (), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 427/77 (%), lays down general rules for granting export refunds and criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds; Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 32/82 (), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3169/87 (¥), Regulation (EEC) No 1964/82(), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3169/87, 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; Whereas 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; Whereas, given the current market situation in the Community and the possibilities of disposal in certain third countries in particular, export refunds should be () OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24. () OJ No L 18, 27. 1. 1993, p. 1. () OJ No L 156, 4. 7. 1968, p. 2. () O] No L 61, 5. 3. 1977, p. 16. 9 O] No L 4, 8. 1. 1982, p. 11. (9 OJ No L 301, 24. 10. 1987, p. 21. 2 OJ No L 212, 21. 7. 1982, p. 48. () O] No L 221, 18. 8. 1984, p. 28. () OJ No L 370, 19. 12. 1992, p. 16. granted, on the one hand, on bovine animals intended for slaughter of a live weight greater than 220 kilograms and - less than 300 kilograms, on the orther, on adult bovine animals of a live weight of at least 300 kilograms; whereas experience gained in recent years has shown that live pure-bred breeding animals weighing at least 250 kilograms in the case of females and 300 kilograms in that of males should be treated in the same way as other bovine animals, subject to certain special administrative formalities ; ' : Whereas export réfunds 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 160250 10; - - Whereas, in view of the wide differences in products covered by CN codes 0201 20 90 700 and 0202 20 90 100 used for refund purposes, refunds should only be granted on cuts in which the weight of bone does not exceed one third ; Whereas, in the case of meat of bovine animals, boned or boneless, salted and dried, there are traditional trade flows to Switzerland ; whereas, 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 ; whereas there are possibilities for export- ing such meat and also salted, smoked and dried meat to certain African, Near and Middle Eastern countries ; whereas a refund should accordingly be set; Whereas, 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 inter- national trade may be maintained by granting a refund corresponding to that at present available ; Whereas, 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 ;: