8.4.97 IEN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL93/47
COMMISSION DECISION
of19March1997
onimportlicencesinrespectofbeefandvealproductsoriginatinginBotswana,
Kenya,Madagascar ,Swaziland,ZimbabweandNamibia
(97/233/EC)
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,December1972onhealthandveterinaryinspection
problemsonimportationofbovine,ovineandcaprine
animalsandswine,freshmeatormeatproductsfrom
thirdcountries(4),aslastamendedbytheActofAcces­
sionofAustria,FinlandandSweden,
HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No715/90of
5March1990onthearrangementsapplicabletoagricul­
turalproductsandcertaingoodsresultingfromthe
processingofagriculturalproductsoriginatinginthe
African,CaribbeanandPacificStates(ACP)orinthe
overseascountriesandterritories(OCT)('),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No619/96(2),andinpar­
ticularArticle27thereof,Article1
HavingregardtoCommissionRegulation(EC)No589/96
of2April1996layingdowndetailedrulesfortheapplica­
tioninthebeefandvealsectorofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No715/90onthearrangementsapplicabletoagri­
culturalproductsandcertaingoodsresultingfromthe
processingofagriculturalproductsoriginatinginthe
African,CaribbeanandPacificStatesorintheoverseas
countriesandterritories(3),inparticularArticle4thereof,
WhereasArticle1ofRegulation(EC)No589/96provides
forthepossibilityofissuingimportlicencesforbeefand
vealproducts;whereas,however,importsmusttakeplace
withinthelimitsofthequantitiesspecifiedforeachof
theseexportingnon-membercountries;ThefollowingMemberStatesshallissueon21March
1997importlicencesforbeefandvealproducts,expressed
asbonedmeat,originatingincertainAfrican,Caribbean
andPacificStates,inrespectofthefollowingquantities
andcountriesoforigin:
Germany:
—500,000tonnesoriginatinginBotswana,
—31,500tonnesoriginatinginMadagascar ,
—100,000tonnesoriginatinginNamibia,
UnitedKingdom:
—850,000tonnesoriginatinginBotswana;
—410,000tonnesoriginatinginZimbabawe ,
—800,000tonnesoriginatinginNamibia,
—45,000tonnesoriginatinginSwaziland.
Article2
Licenceapplicationsmaybesubmitted,pursuantto
Article3(3)ofRegulation(EC)No589/96duringthefirst
10daysofApril1997forthefollowingquantitiesof
bonedbeefandveal:Whereastheapplicationsforimportlicencessubmitted
between1and10March1997,expressedintermsof
bonedmeat,inaccordancewithRegulation (EC)No
589/96,donotexceed,inrespectofproductsoriginating
inBotswana,Kenya,Madagascar,Swaziland,Zimbabwe
andNamibiathequantitiesavailablefromtheseStates;
whereasitisthereforepossibletoissueimportlicencesin
respectofthequantitiesrequested;
Whereasthequantities,inrespectofwhichlicencesmay
beappliedforfrom1April1997,shouldbefixedwithin
thescopeofthetotalquantityof52100tonnes;Botswana :
Kenya:
Madagascar :
Swaziland :
Zimbabwe :
Namibia:16656,000tonnes,
142,000tonnes,
7429,000tonnes,
3263,000tonnes,
8533,000tonnes,
11800,000tonnes.WhereasitseemsexpedienttorecallthatthisDecisionis
withoutprejudicetoCouncilDirective72/462/EECof12
(')OJNoL84,30.3.1990,p.85.
(2)OJNoL89,10.4.1996,p.1.
(3)OJNoL84,3.4.1996,p.22. (4)OJNoL302,31.12.1972,p.28.

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Article3
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,19March1997.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission