30.1.97fENl OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL27/43
COMMISSION DECISION
of20January1997
onimportlicencesinrespectofbeefandvealproductsoriginatinginBotswana,
Kenya,Madagascar ,Swaziland,ZimbabweandNamibia
(97/88/BC)
problemsuponimportationofbovine,ovineandcaprine
animalsandswine,freshmeatormeatproductsfrom
thirdcountries(4),aslastamendedbytheActofAcces­
sionofAustria,FinlandandSweden,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,
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,ThefollowingMemberStatesshallissueon21January
1997importlicencesforbeefandvealproducts,expressed
asbonedmeat,originatingincertainAfrican,Caribbean
andPacificStates,inrespectofthefollowingquantities
andcountriesoforigin:
Denmark:
—15,000tonnesoriginatinginMadagascar ;
Germany:
—13,500tonnesoriginatinginBotswana,
—160,000tonnesoriginatinginSwaziland;
UnitedKingdom:
—750,000tonnesoriginatinginBotswana,
—50,000tonnesoriginatinginSwaziland,
—220,000tonnesoriginatinginNamibia.WhereasArticle1ofRegulation (EC)No589/96provides
forthepossibilityofissuingimportlicencesforbeefand
vealproducts;whereas,however,importsmusttakeplace
withinthelimitsofthequantitiesspecifiedforeachof
theseexportingnon-membercountries;
Whereastheapplicationsforimportlicencessubmitted
between1and10January1997,expressedintermsof
bonedmeat,inaccordancewithRegulation (EC)No
589/96,donotexceed,inrespectofproductsoriginating
inBotswana,Kenya,Madagascar ,Swaziland,Zimbabwe
andNamibiathequantitiesavailablefromtheseStates;
whereasitisthereforepossibletoissueimportlicencesin
respectofthequantitiesrequested;Article2
Licenceapplicationsmaybesubmitted,pursuantto
Article3(3)ofRegulation(EC)No589/96duringthefirst
10daysofFebruary1997forthefollowingquantitiesof
bonedbeefandveal:Whereasthequantities,inrespectofwhichlicencesmay
beappliedforfrom1February1997,shouldbefixed
withinthescopeofthetotalquantityof52100tonnes;Botswana :
Kenya:
Madagascar :
Swaziland :
Zimbabwe :
Namibia :18152,500tonnes,
142,000tonnes,
7564,000tonnes,
3153,000tonnes,
9100,000tonnes,
12780,000tonnes.WhereasitseemsexpedienttorecallthatthisDecisionis
withoutprejudicetoCouncilDirective72/462/EECof12
December1972onhealthandveterinaryinspection
(')OJNoL84,30.3.1990,p.85.
I1)OJNoL89,10.4.1996,p.1.
3OJNoL84,3.4.1996,p.22. 4)OJNoL302,31.12.1972,p.28.

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Article3
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,20January1997.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission