NoL116/28EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 11.5.96
COMMISSION DECISION
of18April1996
onimportlicencesinrespectofbeefandvealproductsoriginatinginBotswana,
Kenya,Madagascar ,Swaziland,ZimbabweandNamibia
(96/303/EC)
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,whereasthequantitiesinrespectofwhichlicencesmay
beappliedforfrom1May1996,shouldbefixedwithin
thescopeofthetotalquantityof52100tonnes;
WhereasitseemsexpedienttorecallthatthisDecisionis
withoutprejudicetoCouncilDirective72/462/EECof12
December1972onhealthandveterinaryinspection
problemsuponimportationofbovine,ovineandcaprine
animalsandswine,freshmeatormeatproductsfrom
thirdcountries(4),aslastamendedbytheActofAcces­
sionofAustria,FinlandandSweden,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
ThefollowingMemberStatesshallissueon21March
1996importlicencesforbeefandvealproducts,expressed
asbonedmeat,originatingincertainAfrican,Caribbean
andPacificStates,inrespectofthefollowingquantities
andcountriesoforigin:
Germany:
—400,000tonnesoriginatinginBotswana,
—225,000tonnesoriginatinginMadagascar,
—118000tonnesoriginatinginNamibia;
Netherlands :
—300,000tonnesoriginatinginBotswana;
UnitedKingdom:
—930,000tonnesoriginatinginBotswana,
—55,000tonnesoriginatinginSwaziland,
—850,000tonnesoriginatinginNamibia.Whereastheapplicationsforimportlicencessubmitted
between1and10April1996,expressedintermsof
bonedmeat,inaccordancewithRegulation(EC)No
589/96,donotexceed,inrespectofproductsoriginating
fromBotswana,Kenya,Madagascar,Swaziland,Zimbabwe
andNamibiathequantitiesavailablefromtheseStates;
whereasitisthereforepossibletoissueimportlicencesin
respectofthequantitiesrequested;
(')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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Article2
Licenceapplicationsmaybesubmitted,pursuantto
Article3(3)ofRegulation(EC)No589/96duringthefirst
10daysofMay1996forthefollowingquantitiesofboned
beefandveal:Article3
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,18April1996.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommissionBotswana :
Kenya:
Madagascar :
Swaziland :
Zimbabwe :
Namibia:15641,000tonnes,
142,000tonnes,
6817,187tonnes,
3208,000tonnes,
7576,180tonnes,
11545,006tonnes.