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Ref. Ares(2016)739623 - 11/02/2016
Ref. Ares(2018)644344 - 02/02/2018
EUROPEAN COMMISSION 
Directorate-General for Trade 
Directorate D - Sustainable Development; Economic Partnership Agreements - African, Caribbean 
and Pacific; Agri-food and Fisheries 
Agriculture, Fisheries, Sanitary and Phytosanitary Market Access, Biotechnology 
Brussels, 11 February 2016 
Trade.dga1.d.3
 (2016) 815076 
Minutes meeting Miguel Ceballos Baron – Copa-Cogeca on beef market access in 
EU-Mercosur and TTIP negotiations (21/01/2016) 
Participants
Copa-Cogeca
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; Arnaud Petit, Director; 
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Commission:  Miguel  Ceballos  Baron  (Deputy-Head  of  Cabinet  Malmström), 
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 (TRADE D3) 
Report
Copa-Cogeca  enquired  over  the  state  of  play  over  a  prospective  EU-Mercosur  deal 
impact  on  the  EU  beef  market,  recalling  that  since  the  beginning  of  the  EU-Mercosur 
negotiations,  in  2000,  the  world  has  changed  substantially.  Copa-Cogeca  highlights  a 
27% drop of beef consumption in the EU over the last twenty years, as well as reduction 
of EU beef imports. This means that for Copa-Cogeca the 300,000 t envelope agreed in 
2008  is  no  longer  up-to-date  and  it  needs  to  be  revisited  downwards.  Copa-Cogeca 
mentioned that DG AGRI is already working on this recalculation. 
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Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË - Tel. +32 22991111 
Office: 
 - Tel. direct line 
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