NoL174/52EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 2.7.97
COMMISSION DECISION
of19June1997
onimportlicencesinrespectofbeefandvealproductsoriginatinginBotswana,
Kenya,Madagascar ,Swaziland,ZimbabweandNamibia
(97/411/EC)
HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
Article1
ThefollowingMemberStatesshallissueon21June1997
importlicencesforbeefandvealproducts,expressedas
bonedmeat,originatingincertainAfrican,Caribbeanand
PacificStates,inrespectofthefollowingquantitiesand
countriesoforigin:
Germany:
—250tonnesoriginatinginBotswana,
—60tonnesoriginatinginMadagascar .
TheNetherlands :
—100tonnesoriginatinginBotswana.
UnitedKingdom:
—150,000tonnesoriginatinginBotswana,
—5,000tonnesoriginatinginSwaziland,
—83,341tonnesoriginatinginZimbabwe,
—350,000tonnesoriginatinginNamibia.
Article2
Licenceapplicationsmaybesubmitted,pursuantto
Article3(3)ofRegulation(EC)No589/96duringthefirst
10daysofJuly1997forthefollowingquantitiesofboned
beefandveal:THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No715/90of
5March1990onthearrangements applicabletoagricul­
turalproductsandcertaingoodsresultingfromthe
processingofagriculturalproductsoriginatinginthe
African,CaribbeanandPacificStates(ACP)orinthe
overseascountriesandterritories(OCT)('),aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EC)No619/96(2),andinpar­
ticularArticle27thereof,
HavingregardtoCommissionRegulation(EC)No589/96
of2April1996layingdowndetailedrulesfortheapplica­
tioninthebeefandvealsectorofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No715/90onthearrangementsapplicabletoagri­
culturalproductsandcertaingoodsresultingfromthe
processingofagriculturalproductsoriginatinginthe
African,CaribbeanandPacificStatesorintheoverseas
countriesandterritories(3),andinparticularArticle4
thereof,
WhereasArticle1ofRegulation(EC)No589/96provides
forthepossibilityofissuingimportlicencesforbeefand
vealproducts;whereas,however,importsmusttakeplace
withinthelimitsofthequantitiesspecifiedforeachof
theseexportingnon-membercountries;
Whereastheapplicationsforimportlicencessubmitted
between1and10June1997,expressedintermsofboned
meat,inaccordancewithRegulation (EC)No589/96,do
notexceed,inrespectofproductsoriginatinginBot­
swana,Kenya,Madagascar ,Swaziland,Zimbabweand
NamibiathequantitiesavailablefromtheseStates;
whereasitisthereforepossibletoissueimportlicencesin
respectofthequantitiesrequested;
Whereasthequantities,inrespectofwhichlicencesmay
beappliedforfrom1July1997,shouldbefixedwithin
thescopeofthetotalquantityof52100tonnes;
WhereasitseemsexpedienttorecallthatthisDecisionis
withoutprejudicetoCouncilDirective72/462/EECof12
December1972onhealthandveterinaryinspection
problemsonimportationofbovine,ovineandcaprine
animalsandswine,freshmeatormeatproductsfrom
thirdcountries(4),aslastamendedbytheActofAcces­
sionofAustria,FinlandandSweden,—Botswana :
—Kenya:
—Madagascar :
—Swaziland :
—Zimbabwe :
—Namibia :13606,000tonnes,
142,000tonnes,
7219,000tonnes,
3238,000tonnes,
6954,659tonnes,
9970,000tonnes.
Article3
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,19June1997.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission
(')OJNoL84,30.3.1990,p.85.
(2)OJNoL89,10.4.1996,p.1.
P)OJNoL84,3.4.1996,p.22.
(4)OJNoL302,31.12.1972,p.28.