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PROPOSAL FOR ACOUNCIL DIRECTIVE
AMENDING DIRECTIVE 76/630/EEC CONCERNING
SURVEYS OFPIG PRODUCTION TO
BEMADE BYMEMBER STATES • ■
(submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission )
COM (79)251 final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
TheCommission ispresenting twoproposals ,inthe form ofaDirective
amending theprovisions relating tostatistical surveys ofpigproduct ion^,
inorder to :
-arrive atadefinition ofpigproduction ;
-extend theperiod forproduction forecasts by2months .
Inview oftheprobable enlargement oftheCommunity ,andtoavoid anymis­
understanding during discussions between national experts ,itseems desirable
that theCouncil text give5a precise definition ofpigproduction .The
definition ,proposed inArticle 1,isalready applied inthebeef andveal
sector andvasformulated bytheCommission inconsultation andperaanent
cooperation with theMember States .
Inorder tointroduce preventive market management measures ,theCommission
must beinformed oflikely production trends forthetwelve months following
thesurvey atleast .
2Initsthird Report in197° ,theCommission indicated that ,since December
1968 forthefirst sixMember States ,andsince December 1973 forthenine
Kember States ,the interpretation ofthe results oflivestock surveys has
been satisfactory with regard todrawing upproduction forecasts and drawing
conclusions about the probable tone ofthe market .Thus the moment seems
tohave come toextend the forecasting period from ten totwelve months .
Thequality ofthe forecasts will bestudied incollaboration with the
Member States pursuant toArticle 9ofDirective 76/630/EEC.
1)Council Directive 76/630/EEC-OJL223of16.8.1976 ,p.4.
2)Commission Report totheCouncil COM (78)508final .

PROPOSAL FORA
COUNCILDIRECTIVE
amendingDirective76/630/EECconcerning
surveysofpigproductiontobemadebyMemberStates
TheCounciloftheEuropeanCommunities ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity
andinparticularArticle43thereof,
RavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropeanParliament^,
WhereasCouncilDirective76/630/EECof20July1976providedforsurveys
2)ofpigproductiontobemadebyMemberStates,
KhereassomeoftheprovisionsofthisDirectivemustbespecifiedmore
preciselyandsupplemented inordertopromotetheharmonization of
forecastsinthepigmeatsector,
KASADOPTEDTÏÏISDIRECTIVE
1)OJîi®C
2)OJK°L223of16.8.1976,p.4.

Article 1
Directive76/630/EECshallbeamendedasfollows:
"Article8
1.MemberStatesshallprovideforecastsofgrossdomesticpigproduction ,
brokendovnbytwo–monthlyperiods,fortheperiods 1Decemberto
30liovember,1At>rilto31Inarchand1Augustto31July.Theperiods
maybealteredinaccordancewiththeprocedureprovidedforinArticle11.
Grossdomesticproductionreferstoallpigsslaughtered ,ofbothdomestic
andforeignorigin,plusthebalanceofexternaltradeinlivepigs.
2.Theforecastsreferredtoinparagraph 1shallbeforwardedtothe
Commission withinthetimelimitstobelaiddowninaccordance withthe
procedureprovidedforinArticle11."
Article2
ThisDirectiveisaddressedtotheMemberStates.
Doneat FortheCouncil