NoL16/96(ENl OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 18.1.97
COMMISSION DECISION
of19December 1996
onimportlicencesinrespectofbeefandvealproductsoriginatinginBotswana,
Kenya,Madagascar ,Swaziland,ZimbabweandNamibia
(97/40/EC)
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,WhereasitseemsexpedienttorecallthatthisDecisionis
withoutprejudicetoCouncilDirective72/462/EECof12
December1972onhealthandveterinaryinspection
problemsonimportationofbovine,ovineandcaprine
animalsandswine,freshmeatormeatproductsfrom
thirdcountries(4),aslastamendedbytheActofAcces­
sionofAustria,FinlandandSweden,HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,
HASADOPTED THISDECISION :HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No715/90of
5March1990onthearrangementsapplicabletoagricul­
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),inparticularArticle4thereof,Article1
ThefollowingMemberStatesshallissueon21December
1996importlicencesforbeefandvealproducts,expressed
asbonedmeat,originatingincertainAfrican,Caribbean
andPacificStates,inrespectofthefollowingquantities
andcountriesoforigin:
Germany:
—170,000tonnesoriginatinginBotswana;
UnitedKingdom:
—21,000tonnesoriginatinginBotswana,
—24,200tonnesoriginatinginSwaziland,
—1720,000tonnesoriginatinginZimbabwe ,
—1082,000tonnesoriginatinginNamibia.WhereasArticle1ofRegulation(EC)No589/96provides
forthepossibilityofissuingimportlicencesforbeefand
vealproducts;whereas,however,importsmusttakeplace
withinthelimitsofthequantitiesspecifiedforeachof
theseexportingnon-member countries;
Article2
Licenceapplicationsmaybesubmitted,pursuantto
Article3(3)ofRegulation(EC)No589/96duringthefirst
10daysofJanuary1997forthefollowingquantitiesof
bonedbeefandveal:Whereastheapplicationsforimportlicencessubmitted
between1and10December1996,expressedintermsof
bonedmeat,inaccordancewithRegulation (EC)No
589/96,donotexceed,inrespectofproductsoriginating
inBotswana,Kenya,Madagascar ,Swaziland,Zimbabwe
andNamibiathequantitiesavailablefromtheseStates;
whereasitisthereforepossibletoissueimportlicencesin
respectofthequantitiesrequested; Botswana :
Kenya:
Madagascar :
Swaziland :
Zimbabwe :
Namibia :18916,000tonnes,
142,000tonnes,
7579,000tonnes,
3363,000tonnes,
9100,000tonnes,
13000,000tonnes.Whereasthequantitiesinrespectofwhichlicencesmay
beappliedforfrom1January1997,shouldbefixed
withinthescopeofthetotalquantityof52100tonnes;
(')OJNoL84,30.3.1990,p.85.
(2)OJNoL89,10.4.1996,p.1.
3OJNoL84,3.4.1996,p.22. (4)OJNoL302,31.12.1972,p.28.

18.1.97 IEN NoL16/97 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
Article3
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,19December1996.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission