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Estimateofsupplyanddemandforbeefandvealintheprocessingindustryfor
theperiod1Januaryto31December1977
(77/64/EEC)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
805/68of27June1968onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinbeefandveal('),aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No568/76(2),andinparticular
Article14(2)thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,CHAPTER I
Industrialdemandformeatforprocessing
AccordingtoinformationsuppliedtotheCommis­
sionbytheMemberStatesinOctober1976,Commu­
nitydemandformeatforprocessingin1977canbe
estimatedat1090000tonnesofmeatonthebone.
Thisfigureincludesquantitiesrequiredfortheprepa­
rationofpreservedfoodsasspecifiedinArticle14(2)
ofRegulation (EEC)No805/68.
Thelatterquantities,estimatedat105000tonnes,can
becoveredundernormalmarketconditionsby
Communityproductionandbyimportsoffrozen
meatfromthirdcountriesnotsubjecttolevypursuant
toArticle14(3)(a)ofRegulation(EEC)No805/68.
However,itshouldbenotedthatthisparticulararran­
gementhasbeensuspendedsince2May1974by
Commission Regulation (EEC)No1063/74of30
April1974suspendingthespecialimportarrange­
mentsforfrozenmeatintendedforthemanufacture
ofcertainpreservedfoods(3).HASADOPTED THISESTIMATE :
Introduction
Thisestimatecoverstheperiodfrom1Januaryto31
December1977.Ithasbeendrawnupinthelightof
information availabletotheCommission andonthe
basisofforecaststhatcanbemadeatpresent.Itis
derivedfromestimatesofdemandintheindustryand
ofCommunitysuppliesofmeatofqualitiesandtype?
ofcutsuitableforindustrialuse,hereinafterreferred
toas'forprocessing'.
Demandintheindustryformeatforprocessinghas
beenassessedbyreferencetothequantitiesoffresh
andfrozenmeatusedeachyear.
Communitysuppliesofmeatforprocessinghavebeen
estimatedbyreferencetothequantitiesoffreshmeat
normallyusedforthispurpose.CHAPTER II
Suppliesofmeatforprocessing
AccordingtoinformationsuppliedtotheCommis­
sionbytheMemberStatesinOctober1976,Commu­
nitysuppliesofhome-produced freshmeatfor
processingfor1977canbeestimatedat750000
tonnesofmeatonthebone.
Moreover,attheendof1976,thereexistsinthe
Community apublicstockofmeatasaresultof
(')OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.24.
(2)OJNoL67,15.3.1976,p.28. (J)OJNoL119,1.5.1974,p.70.

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PartoftheseneedscanbemetoutofCommunity
productionin1977,stocksinstoreattheendof1976
andimportsundertheGATTquotaandthe
ACP-EECConvention ,representing atotalof
1015000tonnesofmeatontheboneofmeatsatis­
fyingtherequirementsofmeatforprocessing.
Thedeficitofmeatforprocessingfor1977canthere­
forebeestimatedat75000tonnes.standinginterventionpurchasesandastockofmeat
heldinprivatestorageunderRegulations (EEC)No
1204/76(!)and(EEC)No1500/76(2).Thetotalquan­
tityofthismeatsatisfyingtherequirements ofmeat
forprocessingcanbeestimatedat250000tonnesof
meatonthebone.
Finally,importstobeeffectedin1977underthe
GATTquotaandtheACP-EECConventionrepresent
approximately 15000tonnesofmeatontheboneof
meatsatisfyingtherequirements ofmeatfor
processing .
Conclusion
Theneedsoftheprocessingindustries,including
thoseproducingpreservedfoodsasreferredtoin
ChapterIwhichcontainnocharacteristiccomponents
otherthanbeefandjelly,havebeenestimatedat
1090000tonnesofmeatonthebone.DoneatBrussels,21December1976.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
A.P.L.M.M.vanderSTEE
(')OJNoL33,22.5.1976,p.28.
(2)OJNoL167,26.6.1976,p.31.