OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL164/15 3.7.96 IENI
COMMISSION DECISION
of19June1996
onimportlicencesinrespectofbeefandvealproductsoriginatinginBotswana,
Kenya,Madagascar ,Swaziland,ZimbabweandNamibia
(96/395/EC)
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,WhereasitseemsexpedienttorecallthatthisDecisionis
withoutprejudicetoCouncilDirective72/462/EECof12
December1972onhealthandveterinaryinspection
problemsuponimportationofbovine,ovineandcaprine
animalsandswine,freshmeatormeatproductsfrom
thirdcountries(4),aslastamendedbytheActofAcces­
sionofAustria,FinlandandSweden,HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No715/90of
5March1990onthearrangementsapplicabletoagricul­
turalproductsandcertaingoodsresultingfromthe
processingofagriculturalproductsoriginatinginthe
African,CaribbeanandPacificStates(ACP)orinthe
overseascountriesandterritories(OCT)('),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No619/96(2),andinparti­
cularArticle27thereof,HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
HavingregardtoCommissionRegulation(EC)No589/96
of2April1996layingdowndetailedrulesfortheapplica­
tioninthebeefandvealsectorofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No715/90onthearrangementsapplicabletoagri­
culturalproductsandcertaingoodsresultingfromthe
processingofagriculturalproductsoriginatinginthe
African,CaribbeanandPacificStatesorintheoverseas
countriesandterritories(3),inparticularArticle4thereof,
WhereasArticle1ofRegulation(EC)No589/96provides
forthepossibilityofissuingimportlicencesforbeefand
vealproducts;whereas,however,importsmusttakeplace
withinthelimitsofthequantitiesspecifiedforeachof
theseexportingnon-membercountries;Article1
ThefollowingMemberStatesshallissueon21June1996
importlicencesforbeefandvealproducts,expressedas
bonedmeat,originatingincertainAfrican,Caribbeanand
PacificStates,inrespectofthefollowingquantitiesand
countriesoforigin:
Germany:
—350,000tonnesoriginatinginBotswana,
—60,000tonnesoriginatinginMadagascar,
—450,000tonnesoriginatinginNamibia;
Netherlands :
—100,000tonnesoriginatinginBotswana;
UnitedKingdom:
—785,000tonnesoriginatinginBotswana,
—84,000tonnesoriginatinginSwaziland,
—759,000tonnesoriginatinginZimbabwe,
—700,000tonnesoriginatinginNamibia.Whereastheapplicationsforimportlicencessubmitted
between1and10June1996,expressedintermsofboned
meat,inaccordancewithRegulation(EC)No589/96,do
notexceed,inrespectofproductsoriginatingfromBots­
wana,Kenya,Madagascar,Swaziland,Zimbabweand
NamibiathequantitiesavailablefromtheseStates;
whereasitisthereforepossibletoissueimportlicencesin
respectofthequantitiesrequested;
Whereasthequantitiesinrespectofwhichlicencesmay
beappliedforfrom1July1996,shouldbefixedwithin
thescopeofthetotalquantityof52100tonnes;
(')OJNoL84,30.3.1990,p.85.
2OJNoL89,10.4.1996,p.1.
(3)OJNoL84,3.4.1996,p.22. 0OJNoL302,31.12.1972,p.28.

NoL164/16EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 3.7.96
Article2
Licenceapplicationsmaybesubmitted,pursuantto
Article3(3)ofRegulation(EC)No589/96duringthefirst
10daysofJuly1996forthefollowingquantitiesofboned
beefandveal:Article3
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,19June1996.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission—Botswana :
—Kenya:
—Madagascar :
—Swaziland :
—Zimbabwe :
—Namibia:12136,000tonnes,
142,000tonnes,
6644,187tonnes,
3064,000tonnes,
6017,180tonnes,
8635,006tonnes.