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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(76)677 final
Brussels.14December 1976
Proposed
Estimateofsupplyanddemandforbeefand
vealintheprocessingindustryfortheperiod
1Januaryto31December1977
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
C0M(76)677final

Proposed
Estimateofsupplyanddemandforbeef
andvealintheprocessingindustryfor
theperiod1Januaryto31December1977
THECOUNCIL0?THEEUaOES/JTC0IMJ1TITI33 , -.
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)ITo803/68of27June1968onthe
(1)commonorganization ofthe'marketinbeefandv*alv',aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No568/76^^tandinparticularArtiole14(2)thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
HASADOPTEDTHISESTIMATE:
Foreword
Thefirstandsecondsubparagraphs ofArticle14(2)ofRegulation(EEC)ITo
805/68providethateachyearbeforo31DecembertheCouncil,actingin
accordancewiththevotingprocedurelaiddowninArticle43(2)oftheTreaty
onaproposalfroiatheCommission ,shalldrawupanestimateofthemeat
intendedfortheprocessingindustry,takingaccountontheonehandofexpected
Communitysuppliesofmeatofaqualityandtypeofcutsuitableforindustrialuse
andontheotherofindustrialneeds,includingtheneeds"ofindustriesproducing
preservedfoodswhichareincludedinArticle1(c)andwhichdonotcontain
characteristic componentsotherthanbeefandjelly.»
Ifthesituationsorer£uireD,thisestimatemaybealteredinaocordanoewith
thesameprocedure.
(1)OJNoL140,28.6.1968,p.24.
(2)OJNoL67,15.3.1976,p.9.

Introduction
Thio estimate covers theperiod 1January to31December 1977 *This has "been
prepared ,intholight ofinformation available totheCommission andonthe
"basis offorecasts that can "bemade atpresent . Itisderived from estimates
ofdemand intheindustry andofCommunity supplies ofmeat ofqualities and
types ofcutsuitable forindustrial use ,hereinafter referred toasHmeat for
processing *•
Demand intheindustry formeat forprocessing hasbeen assessed byreference
tothequantities offresh andfrozen meat usod each year .
Community supplies ofmoat forprocessing have been estimated byreference to
thequantities offresh andfrozen meat normally used forthis purpose .
Chapter I
Supplies ofirrat for processing ..
According toinformation supplied totheConcussion bytheMember States in "
October 1976 ,Community supplies ofhorae-produccd fresh meat forprocessing
for 1977 canbeestimated at760 500tonnes ofmeat onthebone .
Itisalso estimated that attheendof197^"theCommunity will hold apublic
stock ofmoat asaresult ofstanding intervention purchases .Thequantity
ofthis inert r-atisfying therequirements ofmeat forprocessing canbeestimated
at139 tonnes ofmeat onthe bone .
Attheendof1976 there will beactoclc ofmeat held inprivate storage under
Commission Regulations (EEC)Uos120.j/76^,and1500/76^,which provide for
thegranting ofprivate storage aidforbeof .
Thequantity ofthis meat satisfying therequirements forprocessing is
estimated at12' ">000 tonnes ofmeat onthebone .
With effoct from January 1977 "thoCommunity v/illopen atariff quota for38500
tonnes ofboneless frozen meat ,which corresponds to50000 tonnes of
meat onthe bone .
(3)0JNoL133,22.5.1976 ,p.28.
(4)OJIJoL167,26.6.1976 ,p.31.

Experience ohowathatunderthisquotao$00tonnesoffrozenmeat
onthehonewillheimportedin1977forprocessing.
Ini977thequantityofmeattoheimportedintotheCommunityandoriginating
fromBotswana,Kenya,MadagascarandSwazilandwhichsatisfiestherequirements
forprocessingisestimatedat6000tonnesofmeatonthebone.
For1977thetotalavailablesupplieswillthusheasfollows:–
F.!'<AS!Imeat:
Frozenmeatforprocessingtakenoverat
intervention :
Frozenmeatforprocessingresultingfrom
privatestorageaidcontracts:
Frozenmeatimportedforprocessingunder
GATTquota:
Frozenmeatimportedforprocessingunder
A.C.T.agreement:76O500'tonnes
139000tonnes
126000tonnes
8500-tonnes
6000tonnes
1040000tonnés
a&scaasasasaaaaBBsa .
Thetotalof1040000tonnestakesnoaccountofpossiblesupplementary suppliesof
cow"beefwhichwillresultiftheConsaiissions *proposalforMapremiumsystem
forthenon-marketing ofmilkandmilkproductsandfortheconversionof
dairycowherds*1isacceptedfor1977*
II
Industrial demandformeatforprocessing
(a)AccordingtoinformationsuppliedtotheCommission "bytheMemberStates
inGetohor19761Communitydemandformeatforprocessingin1977canhe
estimatedat1090000tonnesofmeatonthe"bone.Thisfigure
includes?quantitiesrequiredforthepreparationofpreservedfoodsas
specifiedinArticle14(2)ofRegulation(E3C)NOCO5/68.

(b)Thelatterquantities,estimatedat105000tonnes,can.becovered
undernormalmarketconditions "byhomeproductionandimportsoffrozen
neatfromthirdcountriesnotsubjecttolevypursuanttoArticle14(3)(a)
ofRegulation(EEC)No805/68.
(c)However,itshouldhenotedthatthisparticulararrangementreferredtoin
ChapterII(h)hasbeensuspendedsince2Hay1974"byCommissionRegulation
(EEC)Ho1063/74^*^of30April1974suspendingthespecialimportarrange­
mentsforfrozenmeatintendedforthemanufactureofcertainpreserved
foods.
(3)CTT*oL119»1.5.1974,p.70.

Conclu r.io.n
Theneeds oftheproceoning industries ,including those producing preserved
food3referred toinChapter II(a)andcontaining nocharacteristic components
other than beef andjelly ,have "been estimated at 10^0000tonnes ofmeat
onthe bon •
Thetonnage ofthesupplies available from thetotal ofhome production in
1977 I>lu3 stocks instore ,euitablc fortheprocessing industry ,in1976 and
imports ,suitable fortheprocessing industry ,under theGATT quota andACP
a£reo:neni has1>?tnestimated at1040000tonnes ofmeat onthebone .
Tho Conroissiri-ts' propose ,!on "beef andveal tratio arrangements with third
courrfc^ioo (which isunder conaidcration bytheCouncil )does notprovide for
aspecial separate system forimport offrozen "beef which isused forthe
processing cfpreserves which donotcontain characteristic components other
than beef ordjrtlly (Article 14(2)ofRegulation (EEC)NoC05/6C).
Provided that there will benospecial separate sys.tem forimport
offrozen "beef which isused fortheprocessing ofpreserves which donot
contain characteristic components other than beef andjelly (Article 14(2 )
ofRegulation (EEC)No805/68),thedefioit inmeat forprocessing in1977
can beestimated at50000tonnes .