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COMMISSION
COMMISSION DECISION
of 19 August 1998
on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana,
Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia
(notified under document number C(1998) 2497)
(98/530/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1706/98 of
20 July 1998 on the arrangements applicable to agricul-tural products and goods resulting from the processing ofagricultural products originating in the African, Carib-bean and Pacific States (ACP States) and repealing Regula-tion (EEC) No 715/90 (
1), and in particular Article 30
thereof,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 589/
96 of 2 April 1996 laying down detailed rules for theapplication in the beef and veal sector of Council Regula-tion (EEC) No 715/90 on the arrangements applicable toagricultural products and certain goods resulting from theprocessing of agricultural products originating in theAfrican, Caribbean and Pacific States or in the overseascountries and territories (
2), as amended by Regulation
(EC) No 260/98 (3), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Whereas Regulation (EC) No 1706/98 consolidates the
Community’s concessions vis--vis the ACP States
covered by the fourth ACP-EC Convention and its mid-term review; whereas, however, those concessions do notalter the concessions governed by Decision No 6/95 ofthe ACP-EC Council of Ministers of 20 December 1995on the transitional measures to be applied from 1 January1996 (
4); whereas Regulation (EC) No 589/96 therefore
continues to apply;Whereas Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 589/96 provides
for the possibility of issuing import licences for beef andveal products; whereas, however, imports must take placewithin the limits of the quantities specified for each ofthese exporting non-member countries;
Whereas the applications for import licences submitted
between 1 and 10 August 1998, expressed in terms ofdeboned meat, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No589/96, do not exceed, in respect of products originatingfrom Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabweand Namibia, the quantities available from those States;whereas it is therefore possible to issue import licences inrespect of the quantities applied for;
Whereas the quantities in respect of which licences may
be applied for from 1 September 1998 should be fixedwithin the scope of the total quantity of 52 100 tonnes;
Whereas this Decision is without prejudice to Council
Directive 72/462/EEC of 12 December 1972 on healthand veterinary inspection problems upon importation ofbovine, ovine and caprine animals and swine, fresh meator meat products from third countries (
5), as last amended
by Directive 97/79/EC (6),
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The following Member States shall issue on 21 August
1998 import licences for beef and veal products,expressed as deboned meat, originating in certain African,
(1) OJ L 215, 1. 8. 1998, p. 12.
(2) OJ L 84, 3. 4. 1996, p. 22.
(3) OJ L 25, 31. 1. 1998, p. 42. (5) OJ L 302, 31. 12. 1972, p. 28.
(4) OJ L 327, 30. 12. 1995, p. 32. (6) OJ L 24, 30. 1. 1998, p. 31.
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Caribbean and Pacific States, in respect of the following
quantities and countries of origin:
Germany¾497,000 tonnes originating in Namibia,
United Kingdom¾400,000 tonnes originating in Botswana,
¾25,000 tonnes originating in Swaziland,
¾820,000 tonnes originating in Zimbabwe,
¾500,000 tonnes originating in Namibia.
Article 2
Licence applications may be submitted, pursuant to
Article 3(3) of Regulation (EC) No 589/96, during the first10 days of September 1998 for the following quantities ofdeboned beef and veal:¾Botswana: 9 571,000 tonnes,
¾Kenya: 142,000 tonnes,
¾Madagascar: 7 564,000 tonnes,
¾Swaziland: 3 244,000 tonnes,
¾Zimbabwe: 4 676,000 tonnes,
¾Namibia: 7 450,000 tonnes.
Article 3
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 19 August 1998.
For the Commission
Karel VAN MIERT
Member of the Commission