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COM(75)698final.
Brussels,12January1976
REPORT
ontheexperiencegainedinthesurveysandforecastsofpigproduction
tobecarriedout"bytheMemberStates,submittedtotheCouncilbythe
CommissioninaccordancewithArticle6oftheCouncilDirectiveof
July1972(72/281/SEC)
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(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
COM(75)698final

ArticleCoftheCouncilDirectiveof31July1972(72/281/EEC)statess
"Everythreeyears,startingin1975»"theCommissionshallsubmittothe
Councilareportontheexperiencegained,insurveyingandforecastingpig
production ."
Thisreportcoverstheexperiencegainedduringthe1972to1975periodof
applicationofthebasicDirectiveof27March1963(08/lol/EEO),ascomplemented
bythedirectivereferredtoabove,concerningsurveysofpigproductiontobe
2)madebyMcmberStates
Itthusconstitutes thesecondreportontheexperiencegainedintheestimates
andforecastsofpigpi'oductiontobemadebytheMemberStates.TheCommission
notesthemainpointspresentedbelow:
1-Exp_erience ^ained
2•Commissionproposais
1.Expériencegained:
-Theperiodunderconsideration coversthefirstapplication ofthedirective
bythethreenewMemberStates,inAugust1973in"thecaseofDenmarkandin
December1973inthecaseoftheUnitedKingdomandIreland.
-TheFederalRepublicofGermanyundertookitsfirstintermediate surveyunder
theCommunitysysteminApril1974»thusharmonizingitslegislation withthe
Councildirectivesome18monthslater(Article1,Paragraph3ofthebasic
Directive).
-FranceintroducedinApril1974-thesystemofcarryingouttheintermediate
surveysbycorrespondance ,andcontinuedwiththisprocedurefortheApriland
Augustsurveys.
-InaccordancewithArticle5of"thebasicDirective ,estimatesofsamplingerrors
arecomrraicated regularlybytheFederalRepublicofGermanyandFrance,the
resultsbeingwithintheintendedmarginoferror.Francehasbeenseekinga
scientificandtechnicalsolutionsince1974whichwillmakeitpossibleto
linkthesamplingsystemofthesurveysintopigstockswiththatofthemultpie-
objectiveagricultural surveys.
1)0JNoL179of7.8.1972,p.845(SpecialEdition)
2)O.JWjfL76of28.3.19^1p»63(SpecialEdition)
3)FirstReportjSEC(71)-4735final-of10.1.1972

–TheCommissionobtainedforthefirsttimeinDecember1973the"breakdownofthe
resultsofthesurveysbysize-of-herdclasses.However,onthe"basisofArticle2,
Paragraph2,someMemberStatesprovidedtheresultsbrokendownbysize-of-herd
classfromasurveyotherthanthatofDecember1973(Netherlands,Belgium,
Luxembourg :basedonMay;Denmark:basedonJune)#
-Withregardtotheharmonization ofmonthlyslaughteringstatistics,fromthe
endof1975onwardstheCommissionisprovidedwithreliableinformation whichis
homogeneousforallMemberStatesandisbasedontotalslaughterings .Someofthe
statistics,however,arestillinitiallyworkedoutfromprovisionalfigures(Italy,
Ireland)andsubsequently firmedupbyfinalones#
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–Withregardtotheforecastsonthesupplyofpigsforfattening,thepopulations
1)andthe"pipeline"-type'productionforecastsareexaminedthreetimesayearby
theCommissionaspartofitsconsultation andpermanentcooperation vriththeMember
States.Fromautumn1975onwards,theCommission'sworkingsub-groupisgivenfore­
castsfor12monthsaheadinsteadofthetenmonthsinitiallyprovidedforby
Article7ofthebasicDirective#
–Thestandardization ofthemethodshasbecomesufficientlyreliable,makingit
possiblefortheCommissiontosetupmodel"pipeline"forecastsduring1975«The
managementoftheseshort-termmodelswillallowtheconsistencyoftheresults
ofthesurveysandtheforecastsbycountrytobefollowedsystematically .This
workshouldalsomakeitpossibletodiscoveranyteohiiicalproblemsarisingout
ofimplementation ofthesurveysandthedrawing-upoftheforecasts.
2.Commissionproposais
TheCommissionwillproposethatArticle2,Paragraph2,ofthesupplementary
Directive(72/281/EEC)shallcontinuetoapplyinitswidestsensebeyond1975'•
itisnotinfactnecessaryforthebiennialbreakdownoftheresultsbysize-of-
herdtobemadeonthebasisoftheDecembersurvey,providedthattheother
nationalsurveyiscarriedoutduringthereferenceyear,i.e.1975»1977»1979»
etc...
Attheendofarunning-inperiodofsixyears,experiencehasshownthatthe
deadlingeforthesubmissionofresultsareexceededbyMemberStatesonlyinvery
exceptionalcircumstances .
1)The"pipeline"effectcorrespondstotheproductionalreadyundertakenresulting
directlyfromthepopulationlevelandthetypesofanimalrecordedatthetime
ofthesurvey.

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IntheinterestsofmarketmanagementtheCommissionwouldconsidermakinga
formalproposalforashorteningefthemaximumdeadlinesquotedinArticles
6and7ofDirective68/161/EECandArticle3ofDirective72/281/EEC.
Onagenerallevel,theCommissionwillproposethatfuturetechnicalprocedures
forapplyingthetwoDirectives(68/161/EECand72/281/EEC)beundertakenbymeans
ofalessonerousprocedure,i»e«followinganOpinionoftheStandingCommittee
forAgriculturalStatisticssetupbytheCouncilDecisionof31July1972»
Suchproceduresmightcoverextensionoftheforecastingperiod,thedeadlines
forsubmissionofresultsandanyotherreasonabletechnicalchanges#
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