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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(82)32 final
Brüssels,17Juni1982
Proposalfora
COUNCILDECISION
authorizingtheUnitedKingdomtopermittheIsle
ofManauthoritiestoapplyasystemofspecialimport
licencestosheepmeatandbeefandveal
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
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EXPLANATORY M^RAHDUM
INTROIJU GT10M
The Isle ofMan isone ofthe British Islaads situated inthe middle ofthe Irish
Seajandintheperipheral maritime region ofEurope ,Itisnotpart ofthe
United Kingdom ,,"butitisaBritish Crown depend ency „Ithasalarge degree of
internal self Government "butexternal affairs anddefence aretheresponsibility
oftheUKGovernment® There isapopulation ofapproximately 6$000persons ,
andafurther 50G000tourists visit theislsad daring the suaua-sr months®
TheTreaty ofRome isdeclared toapply totheIsle ofMantotheextent necessary
toensure theimplement ationofthearrangements eetout intheTreaty ofAccession ,,
Thosearrangement 3arelaid dovm inProtocol 3tothat Treaty .
Thebroad effect isthat whilst the island isrequired byCouncil
Regulation 706/73toapply EEOcharges /tariffs ,itneither contributes tonoris
eligible toreceive any "benefits from Commmity funds s
MEAT SECTOR SITUATION
Themain figures concerning production ,consumptions ,exports andimports ofthe
various meats areshown intheAnnex „There was anexpansion of "beef andsheep -
meat production from thetime ofaccession oftheUnited Kingdom totheCommunity
until 1973 ?since whan there has been arapid decrease inproduction® Pork
production followed anopposite trend® In1973 ?lOfoof "beef andsheepmeat
production wasused fordomestic consumption® InI98O this proportion fell to
50fofor "beef andveal ,and64$forsheepmeat ,the "balance being exported ,mainly
totheUnited Kingdom *Only avery small proportion ofpork isexported#
Inthe 'beef oase sunrestricted imports ofcarcase meat have been allowed from theIrish
Republic from May1979s theimport level hasprogressively risen until ithasnow
reached onethird ofthe island® adomestic meat consumptions ,
Some imports ofbeef were authorised from Northern Ireland in1979 and ,from June
1981 onwards ,unrestricted imports have been admitted from this region .
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Inthe sheepmeat case ,the seasonal production pattern does notentirely meet
thedemands arising from thehigh consumption levels reached during thetourist
season .Therefore ,before theintroduction ofthecommon organisation inthe
sheepmeat sector ,imports were only allowed between April andJuly ,andexcess
home production wasexported inthe autumn .Since 20October 1980 unrestricted
imports have been admitted from Ireland ,Northern Ireland andNewZealand in
theframework oftheautolimitation agreement with theCommunity .
Directive 77/98of21December 1976 accords "thesame animal health derogation
tothe Isle ofMan astoNorthern Ireland ,The need tomaintain the Island 's
high animal health status' hasledtotheeffective exclusion ofthird country -
lamb imports from anysource other than NewZealand#
EXISTING MARKETING AND SUPPORT ARRANGEMENTS
Themanagement ofagricultural marketing isinthehands oftheIsle ofMan
Agricultural Marketing Society setupbyStatute in1934® Itisaproducer
organisation runbyproducers freely elected from alltheparish areas ofthe
Island andhasafull–time employed staff® Itsactivities aresplit into separate
entities responsible forPatstock Marketings Milk Marketing andoneforPotatoes .
Allproducers sell their produce tothese Associations twhich then manage their
marketing andpay theproducers®
Toallow free export andimport ofagricultural products ,,those producers who
wish todosoare exempt from therequirements tomarket through these
Associations 8inrespect ofmilk ?potatoes sandlivestock forslaughter Carcase
meat still hastopass through theonly public abattoir ontheIsland which is
operated bytheFatstock Marketing Association (PsM0Aa)oThemarketing
costs ofsuch exports ofcarcase meat arespread among allproducers asthey
represent alowered return totheindustry asawhole® Theinternal marketing
systems ontheIsland areconsidered tobetheresponsibility oftheIsle
ofManGovernment |solong asthey donotinterfere intheability ofindividual
producers toexport their primary product©
However ?thebulk ofthesales of©attle #sheep andpigs arecontrolled bythe
FMA ;inonly afewcases does a,producer sell hisfatstock live forexport to
buyers intheUnited Kingdom orother Member States e
P.eturns toproducers aresupported byvariable premium systems which aresimilar to
that operated intheUK«TheIsle'of Manhastraditionally adopted thesame guaranteed
prioe levels andthesame guarantee although theIsle ofMauiprices arenot
included inarriving attheUK®s weekly average market price onwhich theweekly
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guarantee depends .Theprice paid toproducers bytheAssociation iseither
theUKaverage price ortheguaranteed price intheweek inquestion ,whichever
isthehigher ,less deductions tomeet collection ,slaughtering anddressing
costs ,andtheAssociation 'smarketing andhandling costs which arehigh e
The Island hadasystem ofimport controls onallagricultural products until
thespecial relationship wasagreed with the Community® Progressively these have
"been removed ormodified inline with Community policy ,,
Licences arecurrently issued onrequest without limitations ,andfree ofany
charge ,onimports originating inareas ofcomparable animal health status to
theIsle ofMan eInpractice ,these aretheRepublio ofIreland , Ireland
andNewZealand ,,Thelicences areissued "bytheAnimal Health Department ofthe
Board ofAgriculture ,which isalso responsible fortheadministration and
monitoring ofthearrangements fortheadmission oflicensed imports# Recipients
ofanimport licence areobliged tonotify theBoard ofthearrival ofeach
importation sothat veterinary inspectors canensure that theimport consignment
complies with the conditions ofthelicence *
ISLAND 'SCONCERN
The IoM authorities consider that the IslandA 'sremoteness makes itessential to
maintain aviable Livestock industry andalso tosafeguard incomes for
home producers# Although theproducer would contrive togetsome protection from
theguaranteed price ,thevalue ofthepremiums paid ,toproducers would oeeroded
ifmore oftheIsland 'sdomestic production were forced into exports .The
Island 'sExchequer would also face thehigher cost ofsupport atthelevel
provided forunder thenewregime e
Experience hasshown that theIsland 'sparticular geographic andeconomic position
makes itimpossible tobenefit fromeconomies ofscale inpurchasing andmarketing .
Forexample ,asaresult oftheunrestricted importation ofeggs since 1973 there
hasbeen aregular reduction intheIsland egg-laying flock which hasfallen by59%
from 93000to38000,with afurther fall anticipated by1981 .
PROPOSED MEASURES
Inorder tomeet theIsland 'sconcern about theneed tosafeguard producers'
inoomes within theframework ofitsownagricultural support system ,the
Commission proposes topermit theIsle ofManAuthorities toapply certain trade
mechanisms tooontrol imports ofbeef andsheepmeat aswell ascattle andsheep „
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Duetotheseasonalcharacteristics bothofproductionandconsumptionofmeat
ontheIsland,theAuthorities wouldeffeotimportcontrols "bymeansofimport
licencesforsheepmeatand"beefandvealwhichwouldbedirectlylinkedtothe
varyingtradeneedsduringtheoourseoftheyearattimeswhenhomeproduction
failedtomeetdemand.
TheCommissionconsidersthatthesemeasuresshouldbeappliedinsuchawayas
toensureequalityoftreatmentforallproductsfromCommunityorthirdcountry
origins,andtomaintainasfaraspossiblethetraditionalpatternoftrade.
TheCommissionalsoconsidersthatthesemeasurescannotderogatefromthe
application ofthemeasurestakeninthebasicregulationsinthebeefand
sheepmeatsectorsconcerningtradewiththirdcountries,butaretobeconsidered
assupplemental tothosemeasures.
TheCommissionisoftheopinionthatthosemeasurescanbetakeninaccordance
withArticlesl(2)and5of"th®ProtocolNo3totheActconcerningtheconditions
ofaccessionandtheadjustmentstotheTreatiesof22January1972.Therefore,
theCommissionproposestotheCouncilthepresentdecisionasanauthorisation
giventotheUnitedKingdomtopermittheIsleofManauthoritiestoapplya
systemofspecialimportlicencestosheepmeatandbeefandveal.

THE ISLE OFMAN BOAHD OFAGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES
CARCASE MEAT STATISTICS INKILOGRAMS •
1)TOTAL PRODUCTION
Year CATTLE SHEEP PIGS TOTAL
1973 1,762,950 990,735 412 ,146 3,165,861
1974 2,322 ,685 1,070,390 385,264 3.779 .339
1975 2,812,993 1,101,907 304 ,751 4,219,686
1976 2,472.515 871 ,884 334,494' 3,678.893
1977 2,481,631 881 ,928 335 ,579 3,699,138
1978 2.404,073 ' 811,191 389,335 3,604,599
1979 2,259,175 806 ,568 396,596 3,462,339
3.930 2,133,976 894,808 456,982 3,485 ,766
1961
(Jnn-Oct )1,937,995 706,898 337,873 3,002,771
2)HOME USE (LOCAL PRODUCTIF !)
Year CATTLE SHEEP PIGS TOTAL
1973 1,237,586 683,432 412,146 2,333,164
1974 1,458,699 535,624 386 ,264 2,480 ,587
1975 1,493 ,843 675 ,387 304,781 2,474,011
1976 1,496,226 Soi ,536 334,494 2,400 ,2zo
ír¿77 1,456 ,782 556 ,678 335 ,579 2,359 ,039
1978 1,513,988 529,454 389,335 2,437,777
1979 1,272,704 ,290 396 ,596 2,149,590
1980 1,065 ,368 573,596 450 ,565 2,089,63 0
1981
I(Jan-Oct )883 ,424 322,668 322,979 1,529,071
3)EXPORT
Year CATTLE SHEEP PIGS TOTAL
1973 525,394 307 ,303– 832,697
1974 863,986 434 .766 - 1,298,752
1975 τ οï55 426 ,520- 1,745 ,675
1976 975,289 302 ,343 - 1,278 ,637
1977 1,024 ,849 315 ,250- 1,340,099
1978 885,085 261 ,737 .– 1,166,822
1979 986,471 326,278- 1,312,749
1980 ],058 ,608 321 ,212 6S315 1,396 ,136
1981
(Jan-Oct )1,054 ,5/1 364,230 14,899 1,453 ,700

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4)IN!PORT
YEAR BEEF (Origin ) LAMB (Origin ) PORK (Origin )TOTAL
1973 55,849 (N.Z. ) 12,233 (N.Z. ) 46,100 (N.I. &R.I. ) 114,232
1974 45,473 (N.Z. ) 40 ,899 (N.Z. ) 35 ,751 (N.I. àR.I. ) 122 ,123
1975 9,631 (N.Z. ) 11,636 (N.Z. ) 51,404 (M.I. ¿·R.I.· ) 72,6 /1
1976 28,361 (N.Z. ) 25,375 (N.Z. ) 22,360 (N.I. &R.I.J 76 ,116
1977 7,751 (N.Z. ) 19,016 (N.Z. ) 40 ,360 (N.I. <?<r..I.) 67 ,127
1976 23,443 (N.Z. ) 16,919 (N.Z. ) 41.923 (N.I. &R.I. ) 82 ,290
1979 412,064 (R.I. )
29,806 (N.I. )111,369 (N.Z. )83,282 (R.I. )
15,630 (N.I. )652,151
1980 498,302 (R.I. ) 55,402 (N.Z. ) 39,967 (R.I. )
19,567 (N.I. )613,238
1981 ·.
«239,742 (R.I. )
140,984 (N.I. )49,710 (N.Z. ) 85,890 (N.I. ) 276,584
5)TOTAL ISLAND MEAT CONSUMPTION
YEAR BEEF LAMB PORK TOTAL
1973 1,293,435 695,715 458,246 2,447,296
1974 1,504,172 676 ,523 422,045 2,602 ,74C
1975 1,503.474 687,023 35o ,185 2,54b ,
1076 1,524,587 594,911 356,874 2,476 ,3"'2
1&77 1,464 ,533 585,694 375,939 2.426 ,
£@78 1.542,436 546,373 431,253 2,5.?C .06'
Î979 1,714,574 591,659 495,508 2,801 ,741
1980 1,563,670 628,998 510,200 2.702 ,66-J
Ì981 (Jan-
Oct)1,205,409 372,378 378,657 1,956,444
6)MONTHLY IMPORT COMPARISON OFBEEF ,LAMB ANDPORK 1979,1980 and1981
MONTHBEEF LAMB PORK
1979 1980 1981 1979 1980 1981 1979 j1980 1981
Jan ι 49,469 38,092 NIL - NIL NIL NIL
Feb 35,398 21 ,054 NIL NIL 4,751 NIL
March 29,774 33,390 NIL NIL 6,731 NIL
April >59,612 41 ,260 33,973 13,369 9,102 NIL 31 ,259 7,0¿4 NIL
May 30,932 37,395 24,957 55 ,000 30,716 31 ,339 1,179 1,099 NIL
June 73,983 36,105 38,030 21 ,840 7,730 8.103 11 ,232 5,409 6,111·
July 73,155 60,259 49,182 21 ,160 7,854 10,218 16,920 10,108 22 ,5551
August 64 ,497 42,433 32,154 NIL NIL NIL 9.588 7,574 4.823·
Sept 37,617 59 ,200 23,907 NIL NIL NIL 5,580·*»–▼ I1s–νηInXL . I
October 32 ,337 28 ,656 26,746 NIL NIL MIL 4,952 NIL 8,141
November 42,501 32 ,702 32,614 NIL NIL NIL 6,555 NIL 119,448
Dece .Tiber 27 ,236 45 ,651 26,127 NIL NIL NIL 11,647 16,827 10,763
441 ,870 498,302 380,726 111,369 55,402 49,710 98,912 59 ,534 85,890
3*,ι1ίιΙί··<ΜΙ ·"1
23rd November 1981 .

MonthlyComparisonofMarketPricesforallLiveCattleincludingCowsin
NorthernIrelandandintheRepublicofIreland
inUKX/lOOkgliveweight
Month NorthernIreland RepublicofIreland
1981 1982 1981 1982
January 73.2701
92o363 64.930 80e339
February 75®639 92.152 65.146 81.394
March 81,509 93.138 70«,092 84.295
April 82.442 72.896
Kay 83-465 71.075
June 83®009 70,406
July 78.138 70«890
August 77«286 72.239
September 80.275 73o333
October 79»335 74.644
November 83.991 74.340
December 88.369 75*435
Φ 8056I 71190
-thedifferenceinpricesmaybeexplained "bytheMCAchargedonRSI."beef
importedintoW®I.(about10UKU/lOOkgliveweightin1981asan.average)„
–thefactthatasignificantproportionofthetotalimportsof"beefonthe
IsleofManin1981wasfromH„Iooriginisduetos
i)lesstransportcostsfromNeI.(10pence/kg)thanfromR.I.(l5~20p/kg).
ii)pricedifferencesforcertainqualitiesrequested "bythetrade(like
steersofgoodquality)whichappearto"belessthantheaverage
differences recorded "betweenN.I.andR,I«
(For1981thaaveragepriceforSteersI(R.I®)is78766UK£/100kg
andforSteersL(N.I.)843?8UK£/l00kg.)
iii)UKMCAtobepaidonIrishbeefintroducedintheIsleofMan(directly
orthroughaGBport)#

PROPOSAL FOR A
COUNCIL DECISION
authorising theUnited Kingdom topermit the Isle of
Manauthorities toapply asystem ofspeoial import licences to
sheepmeat said "beef andveal
THECOUNCIL OPTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Communities ,
Having regard toProtocol No3totheActofAccession of1972 ,and in
particular Article 1(2)andthesecond paragraph ofArticle 5thereof .
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ,
Whereas Community i*ules concerning trade with third countries inagricultural
products subject toacommon organisation ofthemarket apply totheIsle of
Maninaccordance with Article l(2)of Protocol No3totheActof
Accession andwith Counci IRegulation (EEC )No706/73 (1);
Whereas livestock production isatraditional activity onthe Isle ofKanand
plays acentral part intheIsland 'sagriculture ;
Whereas prior totheintroduction ofthecommon organisation ofthemarket insheep -
meat andgoatmeat within theCommunity theIsle ofKan ,aspart ofitslocal
market organisation ,applied certain mechanisms tocontrol imports ofsheep -
meat into theIsland inorder toensure that theneed tosupply therequire­
ments ofthetrade could bemetwhilst avoiding distortions inthe
pattern ofsheep production andindirectly incattle production ontheIsland
and initsownagricultural support system ;
(1)OJNoL 68,15.3.1973 ,p.1

VJhereas intheoontext ofthetrade arrangements with certain third countries pursuant
tothecommon organization ofthemarket which apply totheIsle ofMan,
subject totheCommunity provisions which govern therelationship between the
Island and theCommunity ,itisdesirable topermit theIsland authorities
toapply certain measures inorder toprotect itsownproduction andtheworking
ofitsownagricultural support system ;
Whereas therefore theUnited Kingdom should "bepermitted toauthorise theIsle
ofKanGovernment toapply asystem ofspecial licences forimports ofsheepmeat
andbeef andveal originating inthird countries and inMember States ofthe
Community ,without prejudice tothe measures concerning trade with third
countries provided forbyCouncil Regulations (EEC )No805/68(2)andNo1837 /80(3),
HAS DECIDED ASFOLLOWS :
Article 1
1.Inorder tolimit imports theUnited Kingdom may authorise theIsle of
KanGovernment toapply asystem ofspecial import licences toproducts of
thesheepmeat and beef andveal sectors 9falling %vithin subheadings 01.02 A,
02s01AII,01«04 .and02„01 AIVoftheCommon Customs Tariff .
2«This system shall beapplied without prejudice totheapplication ofthe .
measures provided forinTitle IIofRegulations (EEC)Wo805/68and (EEC)NO1837/80O
3.This system shall beapplied insuch awayastoensure equality oftreatment
forallproducts from ,whatever source andforallimporters ofmeat ,while maintaining
asfaraspossible thetraditional patterns oftrade 'and taking account ofthe
Communities *rules astoanimal health#
4oTheUnited Kingdom shall inform theCommission ofthemeasures taken in
pursuance ofparagraph 1.
Article 2
This Deoisicn isaddressed totheUnited Kingdom *
Done atBrussels . For theCouncil
(2)OJNoL148,2S.6o1968 ,p.24.
(3)OJKoL183,16.7.1980 ,pe1.

PIMAMCIAl.6TATRIVÎEWTL
Oate7.1.1982
1.BUDGETHEADING:100(receipts)APPROPRIATIONS
19821.899,1MioEcu
2.TITLE:DraftCouncilDecisionauthorising theUnitedKingdomGovernment
topermittheIsleofManauthorities toapplyasystemofspecialimport
licencestosheepmea't andbeefandveal.
IWLIIUMIIIHLLILINIIIMIM ..it–J–mt~NRNRN–RRNRRIIT"T7NRTT»T~MGI»I'WIITF«»ITRNTWRRI^-NTTRWRIIR>WI MIMITJIIIRRIMMRINwiiNNNMIR F^R.R»'Article1(2)and5oftheProtocol N63totheActconcerningthe
EGALBASIS:conditionsofaccession andtheadjustments totheTreatiesof3.LEGALBASIS
22.1.1972 ;Regulation (EEC)N°706/73.
AIMSOFPROJECT:ThisdraftDecisionaimsatprotectingthelevelofproducers'
incomesintheIsleofManbythemeansofimportlicences.
5.FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS
-CHARGEDTOTHEECBUDG£
<REFUNDS/1NTERVENLKWS ) (REFUNDS/INTERVENJJFLFLS )
-NATIONAL^DHÎNISTRATIOA
-0-NATIONAL NISTRATION
5.1RECEIPTS
-OWNRESOURCES OFTHEEC
(LEVIES/CUSTOMSOUTIES)
-NATIONALPERIODOF12MONTHS
(1)CURRENTFINANCIAL YEAR
(1)FOLLOWING FINANCIAL YEAR
(83>
(1)
S.1.1ESTIMATED RECEIPTS
5.2METHODOFCALCULATION
YES/NO
*XXiXXKXK)MroX0KX)M<>(tt!«m*Q(^XiXXKWXroMtXmrøm)f)<rømrøM(ftX
YES/NO
|Wx-mmmmyxmmm*sœm*xxYES/N0
YCS/NO
OBSERVATIONS :
(1)Asreceiptsfromcustomsdutiesandagricultural leviesonimportstothe
IsleofMandonotformpartofthebudgetoftheCommunity,thisproposal
doesnotaffectthe"ownresources"
arecomparatively low.Inadditionthequantities involved