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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(80)830 final
Brussels,4December1980
,PROPOSAL FORANESTIMATE OFSUPPLY
ANDDEMANDFORBEEFANDVEALINTHEPROCESSING INDUSTRY
FORTHEPERIOD 1JANUARYTO31DECEMBER 1981
PROPOSAL FORAN
ESTIMATE •
CONCERNING YOUNGMALEBOVINEANIMALSWEIGHING 300KGSORLESS
ANDINTENDED FORFATTENING FORTHEPERIOD 1JANUARYTO31DECEMBER 1981
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
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PROPOSAL FORANESTIMATE 05*SUPPLY
ANDDEMAND FORBEEFANDVEALINTHEPROCESSING INDUSTRY
'FORTHEPERIOD 1JANUARY TO31DECEMBER I98I '

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MMORANIUM
Setoutbelowarethemainpointsofviewexpressed atthe "bilateral consultative
meetingsheld "betweenrepresentatives oftheArgentine ,Australian ,Hungarian ,
NewZealand,PolishandUruguayan governments andtheCommission .
■ARGENTINE -The1000000tonnesoffresh "beefavailable forprocessing was'
excessive andrepresented anincrease ,of13%cSomparedwith1980.
-Estimated Community importrequirements of60p00tonsof"beef (
forprocessing wasconsidered toolowinviewof:
~ a)theenlargement oftheCommunity bytheaccession ofGreece
and ,
b)theestimateof11000tonnesofmeatimportedunderGATT
quotawasfartoohigh.
; -Fromtheinformation supplied bytheCommission itwasnotpossible
, . toestimate therequirements of.theprocessing industry .
-TheCommission shouldtakeallmeasures necessary toensurethatthe
quantity established fortheBalanceSheetiseffectively imported.■
Inparticular thelevyapplicable toimportsundersystem(b)should
beabolished .
-Salesofbeeffromintervention shouldbecarriedoutataprice-
levelwhichwillstillallowimports.
AUSTRALIA -Considered themainobjective istoensurethattheundertakings
givenbytheCommunity ontheBalanceSheetintheMultilateral
TradeNegotiations arefullyimplemented .Intheirviewthathad _
notbeenthecaseinI98O,theinitialyearoftheoperation of
agreements -negotiated ,inthe'Multilateral TradeNegotiations ,,
-They-also -considered theobligations undertheexchange ofletters
hadnotbeenfullycomplied within.sofarastherevasneta
detailed breakdown byeaohindividual .Ifeober a?toeach ,
"country'srequirement ofprocessing beafandq<icfs'iitabj.a .

-The 1000000tonnes offresh beef available forprocessing was
excessive inview of:
;ι" " , ,
a)reduction inoverall Community production
b)enlargement .oftheCommunity byaccession -ofGreece
/c)tonnage used' forprocessing from GATT quota imports toohigh
-They accepted theCommunity requirements forI98I aa60000tonnes
onthebasis that the Community undertook toensure that real import
possibilities were achieved forthe60000tonnes especially with
regard tothebeef imported under "system (b)".
-They consider that ,inaddition toestimating alevel for imports
based onarealistic demand for imported beef forprocessing inall
Member States ,theCommission should administer theBalance Sheet
inamanner consistent with the import quantity established under
.theBalance Sheet inorder topermit access forthe full quantity of
imports established . " .
HUNGARY -The export offrozen manufacturing beef did notform part oftheir
. export programme inI98I .
NEWZEALAND -Considered statistical information provided was inadequate .
-Whilst they only export prime frozen beef totheCommunity they
-considered the estimated import requirements ofbeef for
/ processing of60000tonnes toolowdueto; ■
a)JIOprovision forenlargement oftheCommunity byaccession of
' Greece .
b)theestimate of11000tonnes ofbeef imported under ,theGATT
quota was toohigh . v..
-Theestimate ofa13% ).increase inthesupply offresh Community
meat formanufacturing seems unduly high .~
-Thelevy of45$on "theimports under system (b)hasmade imported
beef unattractive anuncompetitive ,particularly inview ofthe
price atwhich theCommunity beef from intervention stocks has ♦
been made available ./
HUNGARY

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POLAND -The -"exportoffrozenmanufacturing "beefdoesnotformpartof
theirexportprogramme in1981,.
URUGUAY -Considered theestimate ofCommunity importrequirements ofs
60000tonnesof"beefforprocessing wastoolowinviewoft
a)reduction inoverallCommunity production .
b)noincreaseinimportstocovertheenlargement oftheCommunity
bytheaccession ofGreece
c)tonnageof11000tonnesofbeefimportedunderGATTquotais
toohigh. -■ .-.

Proposed .- ■
Estimate ofsupplyanddemandforbeefandvealintheprocessing
industry fortheperiod 1Januaryto31December 1981
THECOUNCIL' OPTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropean Economic [Community ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No805/68of27June1968onthecommon
brganization ofthemarketinbeefandvealv,aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)» 5v.w(2).... ..._...,_v.. '■■-* '
=fro2966/80*,andinparticular Article14(2)thereof, ',
Havingregardtotheproposal fromtheCommission ,
HASADOPTED THISESTIMATE :
•– ■ Foreword -
Article14(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No805/68providesthateachyearbefore
1December ,theCouncil,actingbyaqualified majority onaproposal fromthe
Commission ,shalldrawupan.estimate ofmeatwhichmaybeimported underthe
arrangements laiddowninthatArticle.Thisestimateshalltakeaccount,onthe
onehand,oftheexpected Community supplies ofmeatofaquality andtypeof
cutsuitable forindustrial useand,ontheother,ofindustrial need.
Thisestimateshallmentionseparately thequalities of.meat
(a)intendedforthemanfuacture ofpreserved foodwhichdoesnotcontaincharac­
teristic components otherthanbeefandjelly;
(b)intendedfortheprocessing industryforthemanufacture ofproductsother
x A.thanpreserved foodreferredtoin(a).
m
(1)OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.24.
(2)OJNoL307/18.11.1980 p.5

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Introduction
1.Intheestablishment ofthelevelofimportsintheBalanceSheetsof"beeffor
processing putforwardfortheyearsfollowing 1980/thebalancesheetwillb«
<drawnupandadministered bytheCommission inconformity withtheCommitment
assumedbytheCommunity intheGATTexchange oflettersinsuchawayasto
ensuretheregularsupplyoftheCommunity marketandpermitanincrease inimports
inproportion totheincrease inCommunity consumption takingintoaccountthe
foreseeable expansion ofthemarket,andwiththeexpectation thattheannuallevel
ofimportsoffrozenbeeffortheprocessing industry underthebalanoesheet
willincrease ,yearbyyear,inproportion totheincreaseinCommunity consumption
overthecurrentlevelofimportsatthetimeofthe1979exchange ofletters.
2.Theannualpresentation ofthedraftBalanceSheetswillbepreceded bycon­
sultations betweentheCommission andcertainthirdcountries .Theobjectives
ofthesemeetingswillbetohaveanexchange ofviewsonthewholesituation
ofthebeefmarketintheEEC.andinthirdcountries aswellastheforecasts
ofproduction andconsumption ,toproceedwithananalysis bybothsidesofthe
elements whichwouldhelptoestablish theestimates ofCommunity needsfor
frozenbeefforprocessing andtoexchange information concerning exportpossi­
bilities . <
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Consultations wereundertaken bytheCommission withrepresentatives ofthe
Argentine ,Australian ,Hungarian ,HewZealand ,Polish,andUruguayan

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Thisestimate coverstheperiod1Januaryto31December I98I.Ithasbeen
preparedinthelightofinformation available totheCommission andonthe
basisofcurrentforecasts .Itisderived fromestimates ofdemandinthe
industry andofCommunity supplies ofmeatofcpialities andtypesofcutsuitable
forindustrial use,hereinafter referredto,as"meatforprocessing ".
Demandintheindustryformeatfor-processing hasbeenassessed bythereference
tothequantities offreshandfrozenmeatusedeachyear.
Community suppliesofmeatforprocessing havebeenestimated byreference to•
thequantities offVeshandfrozenmeatnormallyusedforthispurpose.
.y-"" ChaptierI
Supplies ofmeatforprocessing
According toinformation suppliedtotheCommission bytheMemberStatesin
September I98O,Community supplies ofhome-produced freshmeatforprocessing
for1981canbeestimated at1000000tonnesofmeatonthebone.
v » ',
Itisalsoestimated thatattheendofI98OtheCommunity willholdapublic
stockofmeatasaresultofstanding intervention purchases .Thequantity of
thismeatsatisfying therequirements ofmeatforprocessing canbeestimated
at70000tonnesofmeatonthebone.
WitheffectfromJanuaryI98ItheCommunity istoopenatariff .quota.for50000
tonnesofbonedfrozenmeat,whichcorresponds to65000tonnesofmeatonthe
bone.
Experience showsthatunderthisquota11000tonnesoffrozenmeatonthebone
willbeimportedinI98Iforprocessing ,,
InI98Ithequantityofmeatto"beimportedintotheCcvjnunity andoriginating
fromBotswana ,Kenya,Madagascar orSwaziland which '\p.-?iestheretirements
forprocessing isestimated at4000tonr.esofmeatonthebone,.
ForI98Ithetotalavailable suppliessuitableforprocessing willthusbeas
follows :

Freshmeats ■ ,1000OQOtonnes
ïrozenmegttakenoveratintervention: . 70000tonnes
Frozenmeatimported ,underGATTquota: .11000tonnes
'Frozenm-sat .importedunderAoC=P.agreement : AqoOtonnes
- . 1085000tonnes
, ChapterII
Industrial demandformeatforprocessing
According toinformation suppliedtotheCoiaiuissionbytheMemberStatesin
September 1980,Coramnity demandformeatforprocessing in1981canbeestimated
at1145000tonnesofmeatonthebone.Thisfigureincludesquantities required
forthepreparation ofpreserved foodsasspecifiedinArticle14(l)(a)of
Regulation (EEC)'Bo805/68.Thislatterquantityisestimatedat118000tonnes.
Conclusion
Theneedsoftheprocessing industries fincludingthoseproducing preserved foods
referredtoinChapterIIandcontaining nocharacteristic components otherthan
beefandjelly,havebeenestimated at1145000tonnesofmeatonthebone.
Thetonnageofthesuppliesavailable fromthetotalofhomeproduction in1981,
plusstocksinstoreattheendofI98Osuitableforprocessing and.imports
underthedifferentspecialarrangements suitableforprocessing hasbeenestimated
at1085000tonnesofmeatonthebone.
Thedeficitinmeatforprocessing inI98I'canbeestimated at60000tonnesof
meatonthebone. /•
Itisproposedtoapportionthistonnage,asrequiredbyArticle14(l)ofRegulation .
(EEC)Ho805/68,sothat:
(a)30000tonnesofmeatintendedforthemanufacture ofpreserved foodwhich
ddesnotcontaincharacteristic components otherthanbeefandjellyshall
qualifyforthetotalsuspension ofthelevy,and
(b)30000tonnesofmeatintendedfortheprocessing industryforthemanufacture
ofproductsotherthanthepreserved foodreferredtoin(a)shallqualify
forthetotalorpartialsuspension ofthelevy.

FINANCIAL STATEMENT
|Date:11.11.1980
.BU05STHIADINOi190 APPROPRIATIONS :1.520MEUA
1981
2.TITLE:Proposalforanestimateofsupplyanddemandforbeefandvealinthe
processingindustryfortheperiod1januaryto31december1981
3.LEGALBASIS:Article14OF*CouncilRegulation 805/68
AIMSOFPROJECT:Estimationoftheshortfallinprocessing meatintheCommunity
for1981andasproposition ofthequantitiesofbeefforwhichatotalor
partialsuspensionof,thelevywouldbeapplied. -
S.FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS
5.0EXPENDITURE
-CHARGED TOTHEECBUDGET
(REFUNDS/INTERVENTIONS )
~NATIONAL ADMINISTRATION
-OTHER
5.1RECEIPTS
-OWNRESOURCES OFTHEEC
(LEviEs/ousxoexXMxaex)
-NATIONAL
5.0.1ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE
5.1,1ESTIMATED RECEIPTSPERIODOF12MONTHS
1983CURRENTFINANCIAL YEAR
-41,7MEUAFOLLOWING FINANCIAL YEAR
(1982 >
1984-8,3MEUA
5.2METHODOFCALCULATION
30.000twithtotalsuspensionofthelevyof1.106Ecu/t
30.000twith55%suspensionofthelevyjof1.106Rcu/t
Totalleviesnotcollected
pfwhich5/6in1981and1/6in198233.18M.Ecu
18.25MEcu
51.43MEcu
50,00M.EUA
6.0CANTHEPROJECTBEFINANCEDFROMAPPROPRIATIONS ENTEREDINTHERELEVANTCHAPTEROFTHE1931BUDGET?
YESttXiX
6.1OW<x%x*XXx*x>exjcwxaoxacix XFY-.-'S>ESxixxKtiexaBSxofxJWEXOUXEROS?..-SXESÍK:'
xoexsoc
6.2*KXX^XX*XlXlXO(%5Ç«(KlX«6ClX>5K»80ejí.5tfíÇX ?
6.3WILLFUTUREbuogetAPPROPRIATIONS DENECESSARY ?
OBSERVATIONS :YES/M
Thisdoesnotconcernanewmeasure,butasystemwhichwasalreadyapplied
inpreviousyears.Thereforethedraftbudgetfor1981tak^sitintoaccount ,

ESTIMATE PROPOSAL
CONCERNING YOUNGKALEBOVINE ANIMALS WEIGHING 300KGSORLIES
ANDINTENDED FORFATTENING FORTHEPERIOD1JANUARY TO31DECEMBER 1981

MEMORANDUM
Inaccordance with the undertakings made within the Multilateral Tariff
Negotiations ,theCommission held bilateral consultations with Yugoslavia ,
* • »
Hungary andPoland ontheestimate concerning young male bovine animals
r
intended forfattening for 1981 ;theresults areasfollows : i
^ ' V
1.TheYugoslavian representatives informed theCommission that -that country
hadupto100000head ofyoung cattle available forexport in1981 .In
these circumstances ,Yugoslavia requested anincrease inthe quantity from
48000head fixed for1980 to70000head for 1981 ,ontheusual terms ,
namely a70%reduction inthelevy .
2?TheHungarian representatives disclosed that some 15-20 000head of
iunfattened animals were available for export.'
3.The Polish representatives stated that ,onaccount ofthe shortage of
fodder inPoland ,theavailability o'fyoung cattle for export would increase
in .1981 .Afigure ofabout 200000head wasforecast forexport .Poland
' f
showed aninterest inanincreased level ofexports within ,the estimate ,
"furthermore ,itwashoped that thepresent rate oflevy (^0%)could be
lowered .
I

PROPOSAL
Estimate concerning youngmale "bovineanimalsweighing 300kgsorless
'andintended ,forfatteningfortheperiod1Januaryto31December
1981 - - .
THECOUNCIL OPTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No805/68of27June1968onthecommon
1organization oftl*emarketin"beefandveal,aslastamended "byRegulation (EEC)
9No2916/791inparticular Article13thereof,
Havingregardtotheproposal fromtheCommission .
5
■■HASADOPTED THISESTIMATE :
PRELIMINARY REMARK '
IArticle13(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No805/68providesthattheCouncilshall,each
year "before1December ,drawuponaproposal fromtheCommission and"byaualified
majority vote,anestimate oftheyoungmale "bovineanimalswhichmay"beimported
underthesystemlaiddownunderthesaidArticle.Thisestimateistotakeaccount
"bothoftheforecast supplies ofyoung "bovineanimalsintendedforfattening within
theCommunity andofCommunity "breedersRequirements . .
'' '/
Inordertoestablish th6volumeofimportstobecarriedoutunderthisestimate
asfrom1981,inaccordance witty'theCommunity*' ?undertaking withinGATT,'consultations
areheldbetweentheCommission -andrepresentatives ofsomenon-member countries
beforetheannualdraftestimateisputforward.
0JNoL148,28.6.1968 ,-p.24 - ■.
20JNoL329,24,12.1979 ,P.15

lOTRODUCTION
Ν ' -
Beforedrawing upthisestimate ,theCommission heldconsultations with
reperesentatives ofthefollowing non-member countries :Hungary ,Poland,
Yugoslavia . ,
Theseconsultations included anexchange ofviewsonthe"beefandvealmarket vas'
awhole,theproduction ^undconsumption prospects withintheCommunity andonthe
scopeforexportsofyoungmal^,'"bovineanimals "bynon-member countries .*'
ThisestimaterelatestotheperiodIJanuaryto31December I98I/Ithas"been
prepared inthelightofinformation available totheCommission andontheforeseeable
trendforI98Iofsupplies ofandrequirements foryoungmalebovineanimalsintended
forfattening intheCommunity . .
-:CHAPTER I
Assessment ofCommunity supplies for1981
Inviewofthenumberofbreedingfemales (cowsandheifers)anticipated forI98I
(about35,897,000 ),some28,340,000 birthsofcalvesareexpectedduringthatyear.
Production overtheyearofmalecalveswouldtherefore beabout14,170,000 head*
CHAPTERII..-
Estimated Community requirements for1981 "' ■
. •
Thenumberofslaughterings !ofmalecalvesevisagedforI98I,onthebasisofdata
collected fromMemberStates,shouldbeabout3,600,000 head. ;
Thenumberofmaleanimalsintendedforbreeding shouldbeabout750,000head.

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2.In-thelightofinformation provided layMemberStatesandofpastexperience ,
itisexpectedthatin1981therequirements ofcommunity breedersforyoungmale
"bovineanimalsforfattening willToe10,055,000 head,including animalslostand
animalsputtopasture.
3.Theconsiderations setoutinpoint1and2suggestthattheCommunity' ^overall
requirements formalecalveswill "be14,405,000 headinI98I.
Theserequirements willonly,hepartlysatisfied "byCommunity supplies ofthese
animalswhich,asshowninChapterl,amounttoabout14,170,000 heado..
Theforeseeable Community shortfall inI98Iformalecalvesforfattening will
therefore bearound235,000head.
* '
CONCLUSION
Onthebasisoftheseconsiderations ,theestimateforyoungmalebovineanimals
intendedforfattening whichmaybeimportedinI98Iunderthearrangements provided
forinArticle13ofRegulation (EEC)No805/68isfixedat235»000head.
DoneatBrussels , FortheCouncil

FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Date :21.11.i960
1.BUDGET HEADING 100 APPROPRIATIONS :1.902 ,050EUA
1981
2.TITLE :Proposal foranestimate ofabalance sheet foryoung male bovine animals
forfattening fortheperiod 1.1 .to31.L2.198l . .
J.LEGAL BASIS : Article 13ofCounoil Reg.805/68.
AIMSOFPROJECT : establishment ofanestimate of ,thebalance sheet ofCommunity
availibility andneeds in1981 ofyoung male bovine animals forfattening .
5.FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS
5.0 EXPENDITURE
-CHARGED TOTHE ECBUDGET
(REFUNDS /INTERVENTIONS )
-NATIONAL ADMINISTRATION
"OTHER
5.1 RECEIPTS ,
-OWN RESOURCES OFTHE EC
(LEVIES /CUSTOMS DUTIES )
-NATIONALPERIOD OF12MONTHS
-21MUCE(l )CURRENT FRMANCIAL YEAR FINANCIAL
(81 )
-17,5MUCE(2 )FOLLOWING FINANCIAL YEAR
<82 )
-3,5MaGE(2 )...
5.0.1 ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE
5.1.1 ESTIMATED RECEIPTSsa [haine limited to1981
5.2 METHOD OFCALCULATION
–Maximum imports 235»000 hea,d ofwhich :
–60,000 from Yugoslavia (average weight 250kg) 015»000 T
–175,000 from other countries (average weight 200kg)m35»000 T
Reduction oflevy ;
.-Yugoslavia 70$of559*44 ECU/T=391.61 x15,000 »,5,874 MECU
–Other countries 60$of .708.62 ECU/T=425.17x35,000 .>14.881 " .
Maximum total loss oflevy . B20.755 MECU
»+21Î-7JCE .Maximum total loss oflevy
6.0 CAN THEPROJECT BEFINANCED FROM APPROPRIATIONS ENTERED INTHERELEVANT CHAPTER OFTHE CURRENT BUDGET ?
YES/KQCX
6.1
.0.2 ?
XESOHX
6.3 WILL FUTURS BUDGET APPROPRT IAXIONS BENECESSARY ?
OBSERVAT 10' .j:YES /NO
(l)Since :this isacontinuation ofanexisting scheme ,thedraft balance shee -
will notcreate anewcategory oflosses oflevies .
(2)Pollowing thepresent rythm ofpayment itisassumed that l/6oftheamount
will bepaid inthe1982 financial year . " (