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Estimateofsupplyanddemandforbeefandvealintheprocessingindustryfor
theperiod1Januaryto31December1976
(76/84/EEC)
CHAPTER I THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
805/68of27June1968onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinbeefandveal('),aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No1855/74(2),andinparticular
Article14(2)thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,Industrialdemandformeatforprocessing
AccordingtoinformationsuppliedtotheCommis­
sionbytheMemberStatesinOctober1975,Commu­
nitydemandformeatforprocessingin1976canbe
estimatedat1045150metrictonsofmeatonthe
bone.Thisfigureincludesquantitiesrequiredforthe
pieparationofpreservedfoodsasspecifiedinArticle
14(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No805/68.
Thelatterquantities,estimatedat96050metrictons,
canbecoveredundernormalmarketconditionsby
importsoffrozenmeatfromthirdcountriesnot
subjecttolevypursuanttoArticle14(3)(a)ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No805/68.
However,itshouldbenotedthatthisparticular
arrangementhasbeensuspendedsince2May1974by
CommissionRegulation (EEC)No1063/74of30
April1974suspendingthespecialimportarrange­
>mentsforfrozenmeatintendedforthemanufacture
ofcertainpreservedfoods(3).HASADOPTEDTHISESTIMATE :
Introduction
Thisestimatecoverstheperiodfrom1Januaryto31
December1976.Ithasbeendrawnupinthelightof
information availabletotheCommission andonthe
basisofforecaststhatcanbemadeatpresent.Itis
derivedfromestimatesofdemandintheindustryand
ofCommunitysuppliesofmeatofqualitiesandtypes
ofcutsuitableforindustrialuse,hereinafterreferred
toas'meatforprocessing'.
Demandintheindustryformeatforprocessinghas
beenassessedbyreferencetothequantitiesoffresh
andfrozenmeatusedeachyear.
Communitysuppliesofmeatforprocessinghavebeen
estimatedbyreferencetothequantitiesoffreshmeat
normallyusedforthispurpose.CHAPTER II
Suppliesofmeatforprocessing
AccordingtoinformationsuppliedtotheCommis­
sionbytheMemberStatesinOctober1975,Commu­
nitysuppliesofhome-produced freshmeatfor
processingfor1976canbeestimatedat762130
metrictonsofmeatonthebone.
(')OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.24.
(2)OJNoL19.5,18.7.1974,p.14. (>)OJNoL119,1.5.1974,p.70.

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Moreover,attheendof1975,thereexistedinthe
Community apublicstockofmeatasaresultof
standinginterventionpurchasesandastockofmeat
heldinprivatestorageunderRegulation (EEC)No
1860/75('),(EEC)No2086/75(2)and(EEC)No
2711/75(3).Thetotalquantityofthismeatsatisfying
therequirements ofmeatforprocessingcanbeesti­
matedat271220metrictonsofmeatonthebone.TheseneedscanbemetoutofCommunityproduc­
tionin1976,stocksinstoreattheendof1975and
importsundertheGATTquotaandtheACP-EEC
Convention ,representing atotalof1047120metric
tonsofmeatonthebone.
Thedeficitofmeatforprocessingfor1976canthere­
forebeestimatedatzerometrictons.
Conclusion
Theneedsoftheprocessingindustries,including
thoseproducingpreservedfoodsasreferredtoin
ChapterIwhichcontainnocharacteristiccomponents
otherthanbeefandjelly,havebeenestimatedat
1045150metrictonsofmeatonthebone.DoneatBrussels,19January1976.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
J.HAMILIUS
(')OJNoL188,19.7.1975,p.30.
(2)OJNoL211,9.8.1975,p.7.
(3)OJNoL274,25.10.1975,p.14.