NoL135/8ENIOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 27.5.97
COMMISSION
COMMISSION DECISION
of16May1997
onimportlicencesinrespectofbeefandvealproductsoriginatinginBotswana,
Kenya,Madagascar ,Swaziland,ZimbabweandNamibia
(97/314/EC)
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,meat,inaccordancewithRegulation(EC)No589/96,do
notexceed,inrespectofproductsoriginatinginBot­
swana,Kenya,Madagascar ,Swaziland,Zimbabweand
NamibiathequantitiesavailablefromtheseStates;
whereasitisthereforepossibletoissueimportlicencesin
respectofthequantitiesrequested;HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,
Whereasthequantities,inrespectofwhichlicencesmay
beappliedforfrom1June1997,shouldbefixedwithin
thescopeofthetotalquantityof52100tonnes;HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No715/90of
5March1990onthearrangementsapplicabletoagricul­
turalproductsandcertaingoodsresultingfromthe
processingofagriculturalproductsoriginatinginthe
African,CaribbeanandPacificStates(ACP)orinthe
overseascountriesandterritories(OCT)('),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No619/96(2),andinpar­
ticularArticle27thereof,WhereasitseemsexpedienttorecallthatthisDecisionis
withoutprejudicetoCouncilDirective72/462/EECof12
December1972onhealthandveterinaryinspection
problemsonimportationofbovine,ovineandcaprine
animalsandswine,freshmeatormeatproductsfrom
thirdcountries(4),aslastamendedbytheActofAcces­
sionofAustria,FinlandandSweden, HavingregardtoCommissionRegulation(EC)No589/96
of2April1996layingdowndetailedrulesfortheapplica­
tioninthebeefandvealsectorofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No715/90onthearrangementsapplicabletoagri­
culturalproductsandcertaingoodsresultingfromthe
processingofagriculturalproductsoriginatinginthe
African,CaribbeanandPacificStatesorintheoverseas
countriesandterritories(3),andinparticularArticle4
thereof,
HASADOPTED THISDECISION :
WhereasArticle1ofRegulation(EC)No589/96provides
forthepossibilityofissuingimportlicencesforbeefand
vealproducts;whereas,however,importsmusttakeplace
withinthelimitsofthequantitiesspecifiedforeachof
theseexportingnon-membercountries;Article1
Whereastheapplicationsforimportlicencessubmitted
between1and10May1997,expressedintermsofbonedThefollowingMemberStatesshallissueon21May1997
importlicencesforbeefandvealproducts,expressedas
bonedmeat,originatingincertainAfrican,Caribbeanand
PacificStates,inrespectofthefollowingquantitiesand
countriesoforigin:
(')OJNoL84,30.3.1990,p.85.
I1)OJNoL89,10.4.1996,p.1.
3OJNoL84,3.4.1996,p.22. 4OJNoL302,31.12.1972,p.28.

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Botswana :
Kenya:
Madagascar :
Swaziland :
Zimbabwe :
Namibia :14106tonnes,
142tonnes,
7279tonnes,
3243tonnes,
7048tonnes,
10320tonnes.Germany:
—350tonnesoriginatinginBotswana,
—75tonnesoriginatinginMadagascar,
—80tonnesoriginatinginNamibia.
Denmark:
—15tonnesoriginatinginMadagascar .
UnitedKingdom:
—650tonnesoriginatinginBotswana,
—20tonnesoriginatinginSwaziland,
—785tonnesoriginatinginZimbabwe,
—1000tonnesoriginatinginNamibia.
Article2
Licenceapplicationsmaybesubmitted,pursuantto
Article3(3)ofRegulation(EC)No589/96duringthefirst
10daysofJune1997forthefollowingquantitiesof
bonedbeefandveal:Article3
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,16May1997.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission