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COLLECTION RELIEEDES
DOCUMENTS "COM"
COM(77)467
Vol.1977/0148

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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(77)467final.
Brussels,4October1977*
REPORTFROMTHECOMMISSION TOTHECOUNCIL
ontheapplication toexportedproductsofCouncilRegulation
(ESC)Ho.2967/76layingdowncommonstandardsforthewater
contentoffrozenanddeep-frozen chickens,hensandcocks
COM(77)467final.

Report»from"theCommission ■
■totheCouncil -onthe
applicationtoexportedproductsofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No.2967/76layingdowncommonstandardsforthe
watercontentoffrozen.anddeep-frozenchickens,hens
andcocks.
Introduction
1.InearlyJuly1977CommissiontransmittedtotheCouncila
proposition (COM(77)335)"tomodifyCouncilRegulation(EEC)No.2967/
* *>•76inthefollowingmanner-
a)postpone "by3monthstheentiyintoforceofthevariouselements
oftheCouncilRegulation.
b)Clarifythetextwithregardtotheapplicationoftheregulationto
exportedproducts(forlatestversionofthistextseeR173T/l/77
(AGRI475rev.l)).
Part(a)ofthisproposition wasadopted "bytheCouncilof19July
1977»buttheCouncilrequestedtheCommissiontoprepareadocument
ν···,
ontheimplications ofapplyingtheregulationtoexports.
"2.Asaresultofthisrequest,theCommissionsubmitsthisnotetothe
Council,takingintoaccounttheremarksofnationalexpertsata
meetingheldon17August1977inBrussels.
Production andExports
3.TheEECproducesapproximately 2.5OO.COOtonnesofchickensandhens,
•ofwhichsome150.000isexported.
*1
In1976,themainimporterswereintheUiddle-E?«st -butoutletswere
alsofoundiritheUSSRajldCuba.'
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TheUSSRisre-establishing itsproductionandthereforeEastern
Europeancountrieswilllookincreasingly 'totife'Middle-rEast foroutlets
•wherecompetition fromArgehtihe,-BrazilandtheU.S.A.isalready

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evident.Theevolutionduringthefirsthalfof1977indicatesthat
thiscompetitionismorefierce,butthatcommunityexportshave
increasedconsiderablyincomparisonwiththe*sameperiodoftheprevious
year. •/•»•.*' .''
Aslong,however,astheMiddle-East hasinsufficient indigenous
production,therewillbeanoutletinthatareaforexports.
TheWatercontent
4.Verylxttlerealevidenceexistsofthewatercontentoffrozenand
deep-frozenchickensandhens,soldininternational markets.
Expertopinion ^suggeststhat-innormalttfade10-12>istypical,
whereasCouncilRegulationwouldlimitthisto6-7*4%withtolerances
normallyallowedforbiologicalmateriel.Inpractice,forthoseMember
Stateswhichuptonowallowedawatercontentgreaterthanthatfixed,
this,willrepresentareductioninsaleableweightofproductofabout
4
5.Itisnot,however,asimple'questionofwatercontent.Thecostof
productiondependsonvariationsinalltheelementsinvolved,suchas
rawmaterialprices,feedprices,labourcost?,investmentwrite-off,
interestratesandsoon.The-differences betweenEECproductioncosts
andthoseofthirdcountriesdependnotonlyonevidentcosts,butalso
onsubsidylevelsandnationalcommercialpolicies.Inthesecircum­
stances,itisnotpossibletqtakealltheseelementsintoconsideration
individually .
6.Followinganewconsultation withexperts,theCommissionmaintainsthe
viewthattheCouncilRegulationshouldbeappliedtoexportedproducts
withoutderogation.Thisregulationwillmakemorecertainthedefence
1 ,ofthequalityofcommunityproductsininternational competition on
''thirdcountrymarkets.Inaddition,anyderogationwouldmakeitvery
difficultinpractice *<tosupervisethe;distinction ;betweenproducts
destinedfortheinternalmarketandthoseforexport;thiswould
requireabattoirstomaintain2coolingandfreezinglineswhichin
itselfis"acauseofadditionalcoast.,...

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7.Where considered necessary ,refunds aredetermined inrelation tothe
global differences inoffer prions from EECsuppliers andfrom third
*
country sources ,taking into account alltheelements wich enter into
the formation of .such offere . .-
8.Theclarification ofthetext ofCouncil Regulation (EEC)No.2$6l/l6
with regard toexports remaines necessary toavoid confusion inits
interpretation ,and -subsequent legal difficulties .
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