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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
or.theexperience ;tnr.c»in.thesurveys .andestimates made
"bytheMemberStates
inthefieldofpi^production
-ReportpresentedbytheCommissiontotheCouncilandthe
EuropeanParliamentinapplicationofArticle10ofthe
CouncilDirectiveof20July1976(76/630/EEC)/^
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"PendingarevisedversionofArticle8ofthe"basicDirective,theCommission
considersthc.tthecurrentsituationwithregardtotheharmonization ofBurvey
rethodsand-drawingupforecastsisadequateforprovidingaconstantflowof
£Oodinformation onthestateofthepigpopulationandshort-termtrendsinpic
production.
T'leproposalforArticle8involvesintroducingintotheCouncil'stexttheprecise
definitionofproductionandextendingtheforecastingperiodfrom10to12months,
vhichcorrespondsexactlytotheworkcarriedoutinconstantcollaboration "by
tv>eI'emberStatesandEUROSTAT.
TheCommission'sdepartmentswouldliketohavelonger–termforecastsonthebasis
ofbreeders'intentionsregardingthefuturedevelopmentoftheirstock.Inorder
tomeetthisrecjuirement ,theCommissionistoproposeto'theCouncilthatas
partoftheCommunitysurveysonpigpopulationallkeepersofsowsshouldbe
askedtostatethenumberofbreedinganimalstheyintendtohave4»8,and12
monthsafterthedateofeachsurvey."
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Article10oftheDirectiveadoptedbytheCouncilon20July1976(76/630/ESC)
leysdov.nthat: ." -
"3verythreeyears,startingin1978,theCommissionshallsubmittotheEuropean
parliamentandtheCouncilareportontheexperiencegainedinsurveyingand
forecastingpigproduction."
Thepresentreportontheexperiencegainedduringtheperiod1976–1978isthe
thirdsuchreportsincethefirstCommunitysurveywascarriedoutbytheITember
2)StatesinthefieldofpigproductioninDecember1968.TheCommissionhere
stressesthemainpointsoftheworkingdocumentdrawnupbyitsdepartments ,
vhichgaverisetoanexchangeofviewsbetweentheMemberStatesinJune1978as
partoftheactivitiesoftheCommitteeforAgricultural Statistics.
1.Experiencegained
2.TheCommissionproposals
1)OJ-IJoL223of16.8.1978,page4.
2)FirstreportSBC(7l)-4735finalof10.1.1972.
Secondret>ortCOM(75)-698finalof12.1.1976.

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1.T"nor:'encer;p.iiied:
-Overtheperiodtherehasbeennochange_inthesurveytechniquesusedbythe
:emberStates.However,Francehasintroducedsamplingofholdingstskenfrom
theCommunitysurveyonthestructureofagricultural holdingsin1975*Proper
interpretation oftheresultsofthesesamplestvrveyshasnotbeenveryeasy
butthis'finallyseemstohavebeenachievedfollowingtherepetitionofthe
rivthsurveyofthistypeinDecember1977*
-JurceordancewithArticle5°fbasicDirective,estimatesofsamplingerrors
;recommunicatedregularlybytheFederalRepublicofGermany,butlessfrequently
bytheotherI'emberStatesonaccountofthedifficulties ofcomputerprogramming
'forerrorcalculations .Suitablemeasuresformakingapermanentimprovementin
thesamplingfrajnehavebeenlimitedinFranceandItalyonaccountoftheheavy
burdenofnationalstatistical programmes.
-ITithregardtothetransmissionofmonthlyslaughteringstatistics,certain
'■'emberStateshavedifficulties inkeepingtothetimelimitofsixweeksafter
theendofthemonthconcerned;infuture,reliableprovisionaldatawithinthe
timelimitsetbytheCouncilhavebeenpromisedbyItaly,theNetherlands and.
Ireland.Itisalwayspossibleatanymomenttoreplaceprovisionalvaluesby
definitivevaluesintheEUROSTATdatabank,sothattheCommission'sdepartments
haveconstantaccesstorecentdataonthemarketsituation.
-Theexperiencegainedshowsthatthereisnoprospectofreducingthetimetaken
totransmitsurveyresultsandforecasts,sincethetimeslaiddownbytheCouncil
areactuallynecessaryforprocessinga.ndpreparingthedata.Thesetimelimits
arenowexceededbytheMemberStatesonlyinveryexceptionalcases(strikes,com­
puterfailure).Attheendofthesixthweekfollowingthesurveymonth,EUROSTAT
isinapositiontoinformtheCommission'sdepartmentsoftheprobablesurvey
results.
-Underasystemofconsultation andpermanentcollaboration withtheKemberStates,
theresultsofsurveysandforecastsandtheirsignificanceareexaminedjointly
aftereachsurveyonpigpopulation.Theindividualinformation oneachherdis
confidential andthewhole-resultsandinterpretation –isthesubjectofa
communiquetothepress,i.e.totheagriculturalprofession,generallyinthe
courseoftheeighth.weekfollowingthesurveymonth,asrequestedby"theCommittee
onAgricultureof-theEuropeanParliament"'''.
2)EP44824/fin.of14June1976.

-There arestill long delays with regard +r> +■ •..regard tothetime limits forproviding ,every
t'.oyears ,centralized results bysizec^Wr ,™ •v,eCateeory ofpigherds .AlltheTender
States have been asked tomate anPffn»4+«10il6ff0rt tokeePtothelimit of15tfarch laid
dovn bytheCouncil .
–Thestatistical section ofthe renrjT +iiicm.r . ,,rep°rtdlBcusses thecoherence andsignificance
oftheresults ofsurveys and forprici+c . J.inorder todevelop harmonization between
themethods ofinterpretation used bvthpMPmT,0-o++ «j.UeaoyxneMember States .Atanyrate ,thematerial
provided bytheI'ember States isreliiKlo =v„q -ij •andshould improve inquality asfurther
experience isgained .
.1.T*eCommission nronosals
Aslongasthere isnointegration ofnational statistical systems ,itdoesnot
seer ,necessary tofurther develop ,within therestricted framework ofthesurveys
onpigpopulation alone ,theharmonization oftheconditions ,forcarrying out
statistical vorkvhich already provides agoodunderstanding ofshort-term
production trends .
Inviewoftheprobable enlargement oftheCommunity ,andinorder toavoid
rnymisunderstanding inthefuture ,itwould beveryuseful tointroduce into
theCouncil texts firstly theprecise definition ofpigproduction andsecondly
theprinciple offorecasting overaperiod of12months instead of10months
aehitherto -this means arevision ofArticle 8ofthebasic Directive to
reflect closely theworkcarried outbyEUROSTAT overthepastthree years in
constant collaboration with theMember States .
I
Inorder tomeettherequirement sofpreventive market management ,talcing account
oftheprobable pattern ofproduction overoneortwoyears ,theCommission 's
departments x'ould welcome theextension offorecasts forpigproduction beyond
12months fromthedateofthesurvey .Itwould appear tobepossible toextend
"the'pipeline' effect^byasking breeders ,under Directive 630/76,about their
intentions onthefuture development oftheir breeding herd .Tothis end,all
keepers ofsowscovered bytheCommunity surveys aretobeasked tostate the
nunber ofbreeding sows they intend tohave in4,8and12months .Inorder to
1)The"pipeline "effect corresponds totheproduction already initiated as
adirect result ofthelevel o'fstock andthetypes ofanimal recorded at
thetime ofthesurvey .

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rr.eet this requirement ,theCommission istopropose toParliament andthe
Council asuitable extension ofthe "basic directive .Theinterpretation of
theresults v-ould naturally hecoordinated byEUROSTAT inclose 'cooperation
v.ith.the i'lember States andtheCommission 'sdepartments .
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