NoL245/18EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 26.9.96
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COMMISSION
COMMISSION DECISION
of18September 1996
onimportlicencesinrespectofbeefandvealproductsoriginatinginBotswana,
Kenya,Madagascar ,Swaziland,ZimbabweandNamibia
(96/561/EC)
bonedmeat,inaccordancewithRegulation (EC)No
589/96,donotexceed,inrespectofproductsoriginating
fromBotswana,Kenya,Madagascar,Swaziland,Zimbabwe
andNamibiathequantitiesavailablefromtheseStates;
whereasitisthereforepossibletoissueimportlicencesin
respectofthequantitiesrequested;
Whereasthequantitiesinrespectofwhichlicencesmay
beappliedforfrom1October1996,shouldbefixed
withinthescopeofthetotalquantityof52100tonnes;
WhereasitseemsexpedienttorecallthatthisDecisionis
withoutprejudicetoCouncilDirective72/462/EECof12
December1972onhealthandveterinaryinspection
problemsonimportationofbovine,ovineandcaprine
animalsandswine,freshmeatormeatproductsfrom
thirdcountries(4),aslastamendedbytheActofAcces­
sionofAustria,FinlandandSweden,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No715/90of
5March1990onthearrangementsapplicabletoagricul­
turalproductsandcertaingoodsresultingfromthe
processingofagriculturalproductsoriginatinginthe
African,CaribbeanandPacificStates(ACP)orinthe
overseascountriesandterritories(OCT)('),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No619/96(2),andinparti­
cularArticle27thereof,
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;
Whereastheapplicationsforimportlicencessubmitted
between1and10September1996,expressedintermsofHASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
Article1
ThefollowingMemberStatesshallissueon21September
1996importlicencesforbeefandvealproducts,expressed
asbonedmeat,originatingincertainAfrican,Caribbean
andPacificStates,inrespectofthefollowingquantities
andcountriesoforigin:
(')OJNoL84,30.3.1990,p.85.
(2)OJNoL89,10.4.1996,p.1.
3)OJNoL84,3.4.1996,p.22. (4)OJNoL302,31.12.1972,p.28.

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8646,000tonnes,
142,000tonnes,
6162,257tonnes,
2884,000tonnes,Botswana :
Kenya:
Madagascar :
Swaziland :
Zimbabwe :
Namibia :Germany:
—105,000tonnesoriginatinginMadagascar
Denmark:
—15,000tonnesoriginatinginMadagascar
UnitedKingdom:
—300,000tonnesoriginatinginBotswana
—430,000tonnesoriginatinginNamibia.4317,180tonnes,
5135,006tonnes.
Article3
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,18September1996. Article2
Licenceapplicationsmaybesubmitted,pursuantto
Article3(3)ofRegulation(EC)No589/96duringthefirst
10daysofOctober1996forthefollowingquantitiesof
bonedbeefandveal:FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission