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4
COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(81)759 final
Brussels,4December1981
Proposalforan;
Estimate /
concerning youngmalebovineanimalsweighing300kgsorlessand
intendedforfatteningfortheperiod1Januaryto31December1982
Proposalforan
Estimate
ofsupplyanddemandforbeefandvealintheprocessing industry
fortheperiod1Januaryto31December1982
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
C0MC81)759final

Cjcwn T^3
PROPOSAL
Estimate concerning young male bovine animals weighing 300kilograms orless
andintended forfattening for theperiod 1January to31December 1982
THE COUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
Having regard toCouncil Regulation (EEC )No805/68of27June 1968 onthe
common organization ofthemarket inbeef andveal (1),aslast amended by
the1979 ActofAccession ,andinparticular Article 13thereof ,
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS ESTIMATE :
PRELIMINARY REMARK
Article 13 (2)ofRegulation (EEC )No805/68provides that theCouncil shall ,
each year before 1December ,draw uponaproposal from theCommission andby
qualified majority vote ,anestimate oftheyoung male bovine animals which
maybeimported under thesystem laid down under thesaid Article .This
estimate istotake account both oftheforecast supplies ofyoung bovine
animals intended forfattening ;within theCommunity andofCommunity breeders'
requirements .
Inorder toestablish thevolume ofimports tobecarried outunder this
estimate asfrom 1981 ,inaccordance with theCommunity 'sundertaking within
GATT ,consultations areheld between theCommission andrepresentatives ofsome
non-member countries before theannual draft estimate isputforward .
(1)OJNoL148 ,28.06.1968 ,p.24
(2)OJNoL329 ,24.12.1979 ,p.15

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INTRODUCTION
Before drawing upthis estimate ,theCommission held consultations with
representatives ofthefollowing non-member countries ?Hungary ,Poland ,
Yugoslavia .
♦
These consultations included anexchange ofviews onthebeef andveal market
asawhole ,theproduction andconsumption prospects within theCommunity and
onthescope forexports ofyoung male bovine animals bynon-member countries .
This estimate relates totheperiod 1January to31December 1982 .Ithas
been prepared inthelight ofinformation available totheCommission and
onthebasis oftheforeseeable trend for1982 ofsupplies ofandrequirements
foryoung male bovine animals intended forfattening intheCommunity .
1.Assessment ofCommunity supplies for 1982
Inview ofthenumber ofbreeding females (cows andheifers )anticipated
for1982 (about 35897000),same 31570000births ofcalves areexpected
during that year .Production over theyear ofmale calves would therefore
beabout 15785000head ,ofwhich losses ofabout 1190000 (-7.5% )
should beprovided for .Thenetnumber ofyoung bovine animals ofCommunity
origin should therefore beabout 14595 000 in1982 .

Estimated Community requirements for 1982
2.1 .Thenumber ofslaughterings ofmale calves envisaged for1982 ,on
thebasis ofdata collected from Member States ,should beabout
4330 000 head .
2.2 .Thenumber ofmale animals intended forslaughter asfattened young
bulls ofbulls orforbreeding should beabout 6968000head .
2.3 .Thenumber ofmale animals intended forslaughter asbullocks
should beabout 3517 000 head .
2.4 .Inthelight ofinformation provided byMember States andofthe
above ,itisexpected •that in1982 ,therequirements ofCommunity
breeders inyoung male bovine animals forfattening will be
10485 000 head .
2.5 .From considerations set out in2.1 .and 2.4 ,itfollows that the
Community 'soverall requirements inmale calves will be14815 000
head in1982 .
These requirements will only bepartly satisfied byCommunity
supplies ofthese animals which ,asshown in1,amount toabout
14595 000 head .
Theforeseeable Community shortfall for1982 inmale calves for
fattening will therefore bearound 220000head .
CONCLUSION
Onthebasis ofthese considerations setoutabove ,theestimate for
young male bovine animals intended forfattening which maybeimported
in1982 under thearrangements provided forinArticle 13ofRegulation
(EEC )No805/68isfixed at220 000head .
Done at For the Council

KŒMORAHDUM
Inaccordancewiththeundertakings madewithintheMulti-lateral Tariff
Negotiations ,theCommissionheldbilateralconsultations withYugoslavia,Hungary
andPolandontheestimateconcerningyougmale"bovineanimalsintendedfor
fatteningfor1982;theresultsareasfollows:
1*TheYugoslavianrepresentatives informedtheCommissionthattheywishedto
exportaquantityof80000headin1982ontheusualterms,namelya70%
reductioninthelevy.
2,TheHungarianrepresentatives statedthattheircountrywouldheableto
supplyupto10000headofunfattenedanimalsforexporttotheCommunity
in1982.
3.ThePolishrepresentatives announcedthatabout150000headofunfattened
animalswould"beavailableforexportin1982,40%ofwhichcouldbeexported
duringthefirstsixmonthsandSofoduringthesecondhalfoftheyear.The
Polishrepresentatives requestedthatthisquantitybeallowedtoconstitute
aquotareservedforPolandwithinthecontextofthequarterlybalancesheets.
Finally,theyexpressedthewishthatthewholeofthisquantitycouldbe
exportedandthattheestimatecouldenterintoforcefromthebeginningof
theyear.

FINANCIAL STATEMENTVI/5645 /81-EN
DATE I6.11.1981
1.BUDGETLINSCOIICHUJED «100 1899.1 Mio ECU
2.ACTION iProposed estimate foryoung male cattle forfattening fortheperiod
1.1 to31.12.1982
3.LEGAL BASIS IArticle 13ofCouncil Regulation 805/68
4.OBJECTIVES iDrawing upanestimate cfavailability and requirements inthe
Community in1982 foryoung male cattle forfattening
5.FINANCIAL CONSEQUENCE
5.0EXPENDITURE
-CHARGED TOTHEECBUDGET
(RU'UIJ 16/1NTERVENTI ON'S)
-CHARGED TONATIONAL ADKINISTR .
–CJ[ARCED TOOTHER NATIONAL GROUPS
5.1 RECEIPTS
■-0/TORES0UHC1S OFT!!E EC
(LEVIES/XKJMWSXÍOÍX&ÍJ XX
-NATIONALFOR THEMARKETING YEAR
-21.5 Mio ECU(1)CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR-LL__FOLLOWING FINANCIAL YEAR
-21.5 Mio ECU
YEAR
5.0.1 PLURI ANNUAL PATTERN OFEXPENDITURE
5.1.1 PLURI ANNUAL PATTERN OFRECEIPTS° YEAR YEAR
Measure restricted to1982
5.2METHOD OFCALCULATION
Maximum imports of220.000 head ,including :
-60.000 from Yugoslavia (average weight 250 kg)
-160.000 from other countries (average weight 200 kg)
Reduction oflevy :
-Yugoslavia 70% of615.78 ECU/t=431.05 x15000 t
-Other countries 60% of779.99 ECU/t=467.99 x32000 t15000 t
32000 t
6.5 Mio ECU
15.0 Mio ECU
21.5Mio ECU
S6.0FINANCING POSSIBLE KITHCREDITS INSCRIBED INRELEVANT CHAPTER OFCURRSNT BUDGST ?
(1982 )YES/MX
6·1χkWfôfô mXMKXKwxxmχχ YES/NO
6·2 , YES/NO
6·*)ϊΜMM χχκχκχ Mχ YES/NO
COÆ-BiTS «
(1)Asthis amounts toextension ofanexisting measure ,thedraft estimate wiII
not create anew category ofloss oflevies .
■ ·

Proposed
Estimateofsupplyanddemandfor"beefandvealintheprocessing
industryfortheperiod1Januaryto31December1982
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)NO805/68of27JuneI968onthe
commonorganizationofthemarketinbeefandveal(l),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No2966/80(2),andinparticularArticle14(2)thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
HASADOPTEDTHISESTIMATE:
Foreword
Article14(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No805/68providesthateachyearbefore
1December,theCouncil,actingbyaqualifiedmajorityonaproposalfromthe
Commission,shalldrawupanestimateofmeatwhichmaybeimportedunderthe
arrangements laiddowninthatArticle,Thisestimateshalltakeaccount,on
theonehand,oftheexpectedCommunitysuppliesofmeatofaqualityandtypeof
cutsuitableforindustrialuseand,ontheother,ofindustrialneed.
Thisestimateshallmentionseparatelythequalitiesofmeat
(a)intendedforthemanufactureofpreservedfoodwhichdoesnotcontain
characteristic componentsotherthanbeefandjelly;
(b)intendedfortheprocessingindustryforthemanufactureofproductsother
thanpreservedfoodreferredtoin(a).
(1)OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.24.
(2)OJNoL307,18.11.1980,p.5.
(

INTRODUCTION
Theannual presentation ofthedraft Balance Sheets ispreceded layconsultations
"between theCommission andcertain third countries .The objectives ofthese
meetings aretohave anexchange ofviews onthewhole situation ofthe "beef market
inthe EECandinthird countries s,swell astheforecasts ofproduction and
consumption ,inorder toproceed with ananalysis "by "both sides oftheelements
which would help toestablish theestimates ofCommunity needs forfrozen beef
forprocessing andtoexchange information concerning fexport possibilities .
Consultations were undertaken bytheCommission with representatives ofthe
Argentine ,Australian ,Hungarian ,NewZealand ,Polish ,Rumanian andUruguayan
governments .

ChanterI
Suppliesofmeatforprocessing
Accordingtoinformationsupplied ,totheCommission "bytheMemberStatesin
September1981,Communitysuppliesofhome-produced freshmeatforprocessing
for1982can"beestimatedat1000000tonnesofmeatonthe"bone.
Itisalsoestimatedthatattheendof1981theCommunitywillholdapublic
stockofmeatasaresultofstandingintervention purchases.Thequantityof
thismeatsatisfyingtherequirements ofmeatforprocessingcanbeestimated
at68000tonnesofmeatonthebone.
WitheffectfromJanuary1982theCommunityistoopenatariffquotafor
50000tonnesofbonedfrozenmeat,whichcorrespondsto65000tonnesofmeat
onthebone.
Experience showsthatunderthisquota11000tonnesoffrozenmeatonthebone
willbeimportedin1982forprocessing.
In1982thequantityofmeattobeimportedintotheCommunityandoriginating
fromBotswana,Kenya,MadagascarorSwazilandwhichsatisfiestherequirements
forprocessingisestimatedat9000tonnesofmeatonthebone.
For1982thetotalavailablesuppliessuitableforprocessingwillthusbeas
follows;
Freshmeat: 1000000tonne
Frozenmeattakenoveratintervention : 68000tonne
FrozenmeatimportedunderGATTquota: 11000tonne
FrozenmeatimportedtinderA.C.P.agreement: 9000tonne1000000tonnes
68000tonnes
11000tonnes
9000tonnes
1088000tonnes

CHAPTERII
Industrial domanflformoatforprooaaninre
AccordingtoinformationsuppliedtotheCommission "bytheMemberStatesinSeptember
1981,Communitydemandformeatforprocessingin1982can"beestimatedat1148000
tonnesofmeatonthebone.Thisfigureincludesquantitiesrequiredforthe
preparationofpreservedfoodsasspecifiedinArticle14(l)(a)ofRegulation(EEC)
No805/68.Thislatterquantityisestimatedat126000tonnes.
CONCLUSION
1.Thearrangements forbeefresultingfromthe1973-79Multilateral Trade
Negotiations betweentheCommunityandthemainsuppliersofthismeat(°)provide
that,intheestablishment ofthelevelofimportsinthebalancesheetsof
beefforprocessingputforwardfortheyearsfollowingI98O,thebalancesheet
istobedrawnupandadministered bytheCommissioninconformitywiththe
CommitmentassumedbytheCommunityintheGATTexchangeoflettersinsucha.
wayastoensuretheregularsupplyoftheCommunitymarketandpermitan
increaseinimportsinproportiontotheincreaseinCommunityconsumption
talcingintoaccounttheforeseeableexpansionofthemarket,andwiththe
expectationthattheannuallevelofimportsoffrozenbeefforthe
processingindustryunderthebalancesheetwillincrease,yearbyyear,in
proportiontotheincreaseinCommunityconsumption ,overthecurrentlevel
ofimportsatthetimeofthe1979exchangeofletters.
2.Thisestimatecoverstheperiod1Januaryto31December1982.Ithasbeen
preparedinthelightofinformationavailabletotheCommissionandonthe
basisofcurrentforecasts.Itisderivedfromestimatesofdemandinthe
industryandofCommunitysuppliesofmes,tofqualitiesandtypesofcut
suitableforindustrialuse,hereinafterreferredtoas'meatforprocessing'.
Demandintheindustryformeatforprocessinghasbeenassessedbythereference
tothequantitiesoffreshandfrozenmeatusedeachyear.
(#)OJNoL71.17.3.1980,pp152etseq

Communitysuppliesofmeatforprocessinghave"beenestimated "byreferenceto
thequantitiesoffreshandfrozenmeatnormallyusedforthispurpose.
TheCommissiondoesnotconsiderthattherewill"beagrowthintheestimated
consumptionin1982.
TheCommissionthereforeproposesthatthequantityforimportunderthe
balancesheetin1982should "besetat60000tonnes.
Itisproposedtoapportionthistonnage,asrequired "byArticle14(l)of
Regulation (EEC)No805/68,so-that:
(a)30000tonnesofmeatintendedforthemanufactureofpreservedfoodwhich
doesnotcontaincharacteristic componentsotherthanbeefandjellyshall
qualifyforthetotalsuspensionofthelevy,and
(*b)30000tonnesofmeatintendedfortheprocessingindustryforthemanu­
factureofproductsotherthanthepreservedfoodreferredtoin(a)
shallqualifyfor'thetotalorpartialsuspensionofthelevy.

MEMORANDUM
Set out "below arethemain points ofview expressed atthe Bilateral consultative
meetings held "between representatives oftheArgentine ,Australian ,Hungarian ,
NewZealand ,Polish andUruguayan governments andtheCommission .Anumber of
these delegations considered that theinformation available wasnotsufficiently
detailed foranalysis .
ARGENTINE –The1000000tonnes offresh "beef available forprocessing was
excessive and did not take account of :
(a)foreseen expansion inthemarket with increased consumption ;
("b)reduction inproduction ;
(c)theenlargement oftheCommunity with theaccession ofGreece .
–Theavailability of68000tonnes ofbeef from intervention stocks
forprocessing wasconsidered toohigh .
-Theprovision of11000tonnes from theGATT quota and9000tonnes
from theACParrangements wasexcessive .
I
-Itwasconsidered that thetotal availability ofbeef suitable for
processing would notexceed 1058000tonnes .
–Attention wasdrawn tothe fact that therequirements ofthe
processing industry didnotreflect thegeneral increase incon­
sumption forthebeef sector asawhole .
–Intheopinion oftheArgentine thebalance sheet for1982 should be
80000 tonnes .
–TheCommission should ensure that thereduction inlevy under the
"system (b)"isfixed atalevel toensure allthetotal quantity
isimported .
T

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–Inview of "theforecast insreas© mbeef consumption coupled with
thereduotion inproduction intheCommunity ,thedemand forbeef
forprocessing should "beincreased above 1145000tonnes andthe
availability offresh beef should beless than 1000000 tonnes «
–With the1981 year endstocks ofbeef held inintervention likely
tobeless than theprevious year ,thetonnage ofbeef available
forprocessing inI982 should besubstantially less than '70000
tonnes ,
–Thebeef imported under the GATT quota andACParrangements isnot
used forprocessing 8
–Totake account oftheaccession ofGreece tothe Community the
requirements ofbeef forprocessing should beincreased .
–In .theopinion ofAustralia thebalance sheet for1982 should be
fixed at80–100 000 tonnes .
–The Commission should administer the balance sheet insuch amanner
that will permit entry forthefull quantity ofimports established .
–Theexport offrozen manufacturing beef didnotform part oftheir
export programme in1982#
–The exchange ofletters between NewZealand andtheCommunity
provides forthequantity offrozen beef imported toincrease in
proportion tothegrowth inCommunity beef consumption .NewZealand
would expect toseetherequirements forimports offrozen beef
forprocessing toincrease infuture years inaccordance with the
trends forecast .
–Itwasdifficult toreconcile anincreased consumption combined with
afall inproduction resulting inthesame amount offresh beef
being available forprocessing (i.e. 1000000tonnes )asinthe
previous year .

TheproportionofbeefimportedundertheGATTquotaandACP
arrangements goingtoth«aanuffeoturing induetrywasoon*id«r«d
undulyhigh.
%
Itwascontendedthatinthepastthequantityof"beefsuitablefor
processingwhichwaspurchasedfromintervention stockshadbeen
substantially lowerthar.estimated.Onthisbasistheestimate
(68000tonnes)for..i:o_shouldbesignificantly reduced.
Therequirements offrozenbeeffortheprocessingindustryshould
behigherin1982thaninI98I.
TheCommunityshouldtakeaccountoftheaccessionofGreece.
Thebalancesheetfor1982shouldbefixedatthehighestlevel
possible.
Theexportoffrozehmanufacturing beefdoesnotformpartoftheir
exportprogrammein1982.
Takingaccountoftheincreasedconsumptionandreducedproduction
intheCommunity,theavailabilityoffreshbeefforprocessing
(i.e.1000000tonnes)shouldbereduced.
Thetonnagesofbeefgoingtoprocessingwhichisimportedunderthe
GATTquotaandACParrangements areexcessive.
Itisconsideredthatthetotalavailablebeefsuitablefor
processingshouldbereducedbelow1088000tonnes.
For1982thecurrentbalancesheetof60000tonnesshouldbeincreased:
(a)bytheincreaseinCommunityconsumptioninaccordancewith
thearragementbetweentheEECandUruguay,and
(b)theamountbywhichthetotalavailabilityofbeefsuitablefor
processinghasbeenreduced,referredtoabove.

VI/5253 /81-EN
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
BATE i 11.11.1981
1.BUDGET UNS CONCERNE !)s 1QQ
Wi4IWi»IMII)l>illllHII»l'll mWüliUI ,WMil IIWUHi■UlJWiUriMlljilMHlWr899 ,1MioECU(1982)
2.ACTION «
Draft estimate ofsupply aria demand forbeef andveal intheprocessing
industry fortheperiod 1.1 to31.12.1982 .
3.LEGAL BASIS IArticle 14ofCouncil Regulation 805/68
4.OBJECTIVES S .'
Estimate oftheEECdeficit inmeat forprocessing for1981 andproposal for
thequantities ofbeef andveal forwhich total orpartial Levy suspension
would apply .
5.FINANCIAL CONSEQUENCE
5.0EXPENDITURE
–CI¡ARCED TOTUB ECBUDGET
(REPUU IS/1NTERVENTI ONS)
-CHAH CED TONATIONAL ASKINISTS .
-CHARCED TOOTHER NATIONAL CROUPS
5.1RECEIPTS
-OWN RESOURCES OFT!!E EC
(LEVIES /CMarøSS^SXCSK^X .
-NATIONALFOR THE MARKETING YEARCURRENT^AÎÎCXAL YEARFOLLOWING FINANCIAL TEAR
<83 )
-62.2 Mio ECU -51.8 Mio ECU -10.4 Mio ECU
YEAH Ο·Ο·ΒΟ4«·ΒΒ·Β·Ο
<YEAR YEAR
5.0.1 PLURIAMiUAL PATTERS OFEXPENDITURE
5.1.1 PLURIANNUAL PATTERN OFRECEIPTS
5.2KETiiOD OFCALCULATION
30000 twith total suspension oflevy of1338 ECU/t
30000 twith suspension of55% ofthe levy of1338 ECU/t
Total levies not charged
ofwhich 5/6in1982 and 1/6in1983 .=40.1 Mio ECU
=22.1 Mio ECU
=62.2 Mio ECU
6.0FINANCING POSSIBLE WITH CREDITS INSCRIBED INRELEVANT CHAPTER OFCURRENT BUDGET ? .
^ CTyol )YES/XK
6.1ίχmximimxxM .M m>PÎJCKXX äxsok >?XΧ YE3/N0
6.2NMrørøiXrøXiKrøærøC X3CÔ«COîQC3îXXXX YES/NO I
^Appropriations tobeentered infuture' budgetsYEC^ICK
CCWKENTS I
This isnot anewmeasure but asystem which wasalready applied inprevious
years .The1982 budget therefore takes account ofit.