NoL330/30 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 23.12.77
COUNCIL ESTIMATE
of13December 1977
ofsupplyanddemandforbeefandvealintheprocessingindustryfortheperiod
1Januaryto31December1978
(77/798/EEC)
resultofstandinginterventionpurchases.Thequan­
tityofthismeatsatisfyingtherequirements ofmeat
forprocessingcanbeestimatedat172500tonnesof
meatonthebone.
Attheendof1977therewillbeastockofmeatheld
inprivatestorage.Thequantityofthismeatsatisfying
therequirementsforprocessingisestimatedat60000
tonnesexpressedasmeatonthebone.
Witheffectfrom1January1978theCommunitywill
openatariffquotafor38500tonnesofboneless
frozenmeat,whichcorrespondsto50000tonnesof
meatonthebone.
Experiencehasshownthatunderthesequotaarrange­
ments13000tonnesoffrozenmeatexpressedasmeat
onthebonewillbeimportedin1978forprocessing.
In1978thequantityofmeatwhichmaybeimported
intotheCommunityandoriginatingfromBotswana,
Kenya,MadagascarandSwazilandwhichsatisfiesthe
requirements forprocessingisestimatedat11500
tonnesofmeatexpressedasmeatonthebone.THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
805/68of27June1968onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinbeefandveal('),aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No425/77(2),andinparticular
Article14(2)thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
HASADOPTED THISESTIMATE :
Introduction
Thisestimatecoverstheperiod1Januaryto31
December1978.Ithasbeenpreparedinthelightof
information availabletotheCommission andonthe
basisofforecaststhatcanbemadeatpresent.Itis
derivedfromestimatesofdemandintheindustryand
ofCommunitysuppliesofmeatofqualitiesandtypes
ofcutsuitableforindustrialuse,hereinafterreferred
toas'meatforprocessing'.
Demandintheindustryformeatforprocessinghas
beenassessedbythereferencetothequantitiesof
freshandfrozenmeatusedeachyear.
SuppliesofmeatforprocessingwithintheCommu­
nityhavebeenestimatedbyreferencetothequanti­
tiesoffreshmeatnormallyusedforthispurpose.
CHAPTER I
Suppliesofmeatforprocessing
AccordingtoinformationsuppliedtotheCommis­
sionbytheMemberStatesinOctober1977,Commu­
nitysuppliesofhome-produced freshmeatfor
processingfor1978canbeestimatedat788000
tonnesexpressedasmeatonthebone.Thetotalof
788000tonnesincludesanestimateofapproximately
50000tonnesinrespectofcowsslaughteredinaccor­
dancewithRegulation (EEC)No1078/77(3).
Itisalsoestimatedthatattheendof1977the
CommunitywillholdapublicstockofmeatasaCHAPTER II
Industrialdemandformeatforprocessing
AccordingtoinformationsuppliedtotheCommis­
sionbytheMemberStatesinOctober1977,Commu­
nitydemandformeatforprocessingin1978canbe
estimatedat1095000tonnesofmeatexpressedas
meatonthebone.Thisfigureincludesquantities
requiredforthepreparationofpreservedfoodsas
specifiedinArticle14(1)(a)ofRegulation (EEC)No
805/68.Thislatterquantityisestimatedat109000
tonnes.
Conclusion
Theneedsoftheprocessingindustries,including
thoseproducingpreservedfoodsreferredtoin
ChapterIIandcontainingnocharacteristiccompo­
nentsotherthanbeefandjelly,havebeenestimatedat
1095000tonnesofmeatexpressedasmeatonthe
bone.
Thedeficitinmeatforprocessingin1978canbeesti­
matedat50000tonnesofmeatexpressedasmeaton
thebone.(')OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.24.
(2)OJNoL61,5.3.1977,p.1.
(3)OJNoL131,26.5.1977,p.1.

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Inlightoftheexperiencegainedin1977itis
proposedtoapportionthistonnage,inaccordance
withArticle14(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No805/68,so
that:
(a)20000tonnesofmeatintendedforthemanufac­
tureofpreservedfood,whichdoesnotcontain
characteristiccomponentsotherthanbeefand
jelly,shallqualifyforthetotalsuspensionofthe
levy,and
(b)30000tonnesofmeatintendedfortheprocessing
industryforthemanufactureofproductsotherthanthepreservedfoodreferredtoin(a)shall
qualifyforthetotalorpartialsuspensionofthe
levy.
DoneatBrussels,13December1977.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
A.HUMBLET