27.12.73 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL356/83
Estimateofsupplyanddemandforbeefandvealintheprocessing industryforthe
period1Januaryto31December 1974
(73/439/EEC)
industrial use,hereinafter referredtoas'meatfor
processing '.
Demandintheindustryformeatforprocessing has
beenassessedbyreferencetothequalitiesoffresh
andfrozenmeatusedeachyear.
Community suppliesofmeatforprocessing have
beenestimated byreferencetothequantities offresh
meatnormallyusedforthispurpose .THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing the
EuropeanEconomic Community ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
805/68(*)of27June1968onthecommon
organization ofthemarketinbeefandveal,aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No187/73(2),andin
particular Article14(2)thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
HEREBY ADOPTS THISESTIMATE :ChapterI
Industrialdemandformeatforprocessing
According toinformation supplied tothe
Commission bytheMemberStatesinOctober1973
Community demandformeatforprocessing in1974
canbeestimated at1003100metrictonsofmeaton
thebone.Thisfigureincludesquantitiesrequiredfor
thepreparation ofpreserved foodsasspecifiedin
Article14(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No805/68.
Thelatterquantities ,estimated at106940metric
tons,canbecoveredentirelybyimportsoffrozen
meatfromthirdcountries notsubjecttolevy
pursuanttoArticle14(3)(a)ofRegulation (EEC)No
805/68.
Community demandformeatforprocessing other
thanthatrequiredforthepreparation ofpreserved
foodsmentioned abovearethusestimated ,for1974
at:
1003100—106940=896160metrictons.Preliminary
Thefirstandsecondsubparagraphs ofArticle14(2)
ofRegulation (EEC)No805/68providethat
'eachyearbefore31December theCouncil,acting
inaccordance withthevotingprocedure laid
downinArticle43(2)oftheTreatyona
proposalfromtheCommission ,shalldrawupan
estimateofthemeatintendedfortheprocessing
industry,takingaccount,ontheonehand,of
expected Community suppliesofmeatofa
qualityandtypeofcutsuitableforindustrial use
and,ontheother,ofindustrialmeat,including
theneedsofindustryproducing preserved foods
whichareincludedinArticle1(c)andwhichdo
notcontaincharacteristic components otherthan
beefandjelly.
Ifthesituationsorequires,thisestimatemaybe
alteredinaccordance withthesameprocedure.'
Introduction
Thisestimatecoverstheperiodfrom1Januaryto31
December 1974.Itisderivedfromestimates of
demandintheindustryandofCommunity supplies
ofmeatofqualitiesandtypesofcutsuitableforChapterII
Suppliesofmeatforprocessing
According toinformation supplied tothe
Commission bytheMemberStatesinOctober1973
Community suppliesofmeatforprocessing for1974,
bothhomeproduced andimported fromthird
countriesundertermsotherthanthespecialterms
providedforinArticle14(1)ofRegulation (EEC)
No805/68,canbeestimatedat693445metrictons
ofmeatonthebone.(»)OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.24.
(2)OJNoL25,30.1.1973,p.23.

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Conclusion meattobecoveredduring1974byimportsoffrozen
meatisthus202715metrictons,roundedoffto
200000metrictons,ofmeatonthebone.
DoneatBrussels,11December 1973.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
lbFREDERIKSENDeducting fromtheneedsoftheprocessing
industries ,estimated at1003100metrictons,the
estimated demand of106940metrictonsinthe
preservedfoodindustries ,which,pursuanttoArticle
14(3)(a)ofRegulation (EEC)No805/68are
coveredbyimportsoffrozenmeatnotsubjectto
levy,netdemandwillbe896160metrictonsfor
1974.
Totalsuppliesofmeatforprocessing canbe
estimated at693445metrictons;thedeficitofsuch