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COUNCIL ESTIMATE

of 21 December 1982

concerning beef and veal intended for the processing industry for the period 1 January to 31 December 1983

(83/16/EEC)

THE COUNCIL 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 (1), as last amended by the 1979 Act of Accession, and in particular Article 14 (2) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

HAS ADOPTED THIS ESTIMATE:

INTRODUCTION

This estimate covers the period 1 January to 31 December 1983. It has been prepared in the light of information available to the Commission and on the basis of current forecasts. It is derived from estimates of demand in the industry and of Community supplies of meat of qualities and types of cut suitable for industrial use, hereinafter referred to as 'meat for processing'.

Demand in the industry for meat for processing has been assessed by the reference to the quantities of fresh and frozen meat used each year.

Community supplies of meat for processing have been estimated by reference to the quantities of fresh and frozen meat normally used for this purpose.

CHAPTER I

Supplies of meat for processing

According to information supplied to the Commission by the Member States in September 1982, Community supplies of home-produced fresh meat for processing for 1983 can be estimated at 1 026 000 tonnes of meat on the bone.

It is also estimated that at the end of 1982 the Community will hold a public stock of meat as a result of standing intervention purchases. The quantity of this meat satisfying the requirements of meat for processing can be estimated at 46 000 tonnes of meat on the bone.

With effect from January 1983 the Community is to open a tariff quota for 50 000 tonnes of boned frozen meat, which corresponds to 65 000 tonnes of meat on the bone.

Experience shows that under this quota 6 900 tonnes of frozen meat on the bone will be imported in 1983 for processing.

In 1983 the quantity of meat to be imported into the Community and originating in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar or Swaziland which satisfies the requirements for processing may be estimated at 4 100 tonnes of meat on the bone.

For 1983 the total available supplies intended for processing will thus be as follows:

1.2 // // (tonnes) // - fresh meat: // 1 026 000 // - frozen meat taken over at intervention: // 46 000 // - frozen meat imported under GATT quota: // 6 900 // - frozen meat imported under arrangements of the ACP Convention: // 4 100 1 083 000

CHAPTER II

Industrial demand for meat for processing

According to information supplied to the Commission by the Member States in September 1982, Community demand for meat for processing in 1983 can be estimated at 1 143 000 tonnes of meat on the bone. This figure includes quantities required for the preparation of preserved foods as specified in Article 14 (1) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68. This latter quantity is estimated at 126 000 tonnes.

CONCLUSION

The needs of the processing industries, including those producing preserved foods referred to in Chapter II and containing no characteristic components other than beef and jelly, have been estimated at 1 143 000 tonnes of meat on the bone.

The tonnage of the supplies available from the total of Community production in 1983, plus stocks in store at the end of 1982 suitable for processing and imports under the different special arrangements suitable for processing has been estimated at 1 083 000 tonnes of meat on the bone.

The deficit in meat for processing for 1983 may be estimated and rounded up at 60 000 tonnes of meat on the bone.

It has been decided to apportion this tonnage, as required by Article 14 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68, so that:

(a) 30 000 tonnes of meat intended for the manufacture of preserved food which does not contain characteristic components other than beef and jelly shall qualify for the total suspension of the levy; and

(b) 30 000 tonnes of meat intended for the processing industry for the manufacture of products other than the preserved food referred to in (a) shall qualify for the total or partial suspension of the levy.

Done at Brussels, 21 December 1982.

For the Council

The President

O. MOELLER

(1) OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24.