EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 17.3.2001 L79/25
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 533/2001
of 16 March 2001
on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana, Kenya, Mada-
gascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1706/98 of 20
July1998onthearrangementsapplicabletoagriculturalprod-ucts and goods resulting from the processing of agriculturalproducts originating in the African, Caribbean and PacificStates (ACP States) and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 715/90(
1), and in particular Article 30 thereof,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1918/98 of
9 September 1998 laying down detailed rules for the applica-tion in the beef and veal sector of Council Regulation (EC) No1706/98 on the arrangements applicable to agricultural prod-uctsandcertaingoodsresultingfromtheprocessingofagricul-turalproductsoriginatingintheAfrican,CaribbeanandPacificStates and repealing Regulation (EC) No 589/96(
2), and in
particular Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1)Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1918/98 provides for
the possibility of issuing import licences for beef andveal products. However, imports must take place withinthe limits of the quantities specified for each of theseexporting non-member countries.
(2)The applications for import licences submitted between1 and 10 March 2001, expressed in terms of bonedmeat, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1918/98,do not exceed, in respect of products originating fromBotswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabweand Namibia, the quantities available from those States.Itisthereforepossibletoissueimportlicencesinrespectof the quantities applied for.
(3)The quantities in respect of which licences may beapplied for from 1 April 2001 should be fixed withinthe scope of the total quantity of 52100 tonnes.(4)ThisRegulationiswithoutprejudicetoCouncilDirective72/462/EECof12December1972onhealthandveter-inary inspection problems upon importation of bovine,ovine and caprine animals and swine, fresh meat ormeat products from third countries(
3), as last amended
by Directive 97/79/CE(4),
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The following Member States shall issue on 21 March 2001
importlicencesforbeefandvealproducts,expressedasbonedmeat, originating in certain African, Caribbean and PacificStates, in respect of the following quantities and countries oforigin:
United Kingdom:
— 1600 tonnes originating in Botswana,— 200 tonnes originating in Namibia,— 490 tonnes originating in Zimbabwe.
Article 2
Licenceapplicationsmaybesubmitted,pursuanttoArticle3(2)
of Regulation (EC) No 1918/98, during the first 10 days ofApril2001forthefollowingquantitiesofbonedbeefandveal:
Botswana: 13786tonnes,
Kenya: 142tonnes,Madagascar: 7579tonnes,Swaziland: 3363tonnes,Zimbabwe: 5100,050tonnes,Namibia: 11110tonnes.
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 March 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 16 March 2001.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 215, 1.8.1998, p. 12. (3) OJ L 302, 31.12.1972, p. 28.
(2) OJ L 250, 10.9.1998, p. 16. (4) OJ L 24, 30.1.1998, p. 31.