8.8.96 IENIOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL198/47
COMMISSION DECISION
of18July1996
onimportlicencesinrespectofbeefandvealproductsoriginatinginBotswana,
Kenya,Madagascar ,Swaziland,ZimbabweandNamibia
(96/485/EC)
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,Whereasthequantitiesinrespectofwhichlicencesmay
beappliedforfrom1August1996,shouldbefixed
withinthescopeofthetotalquantityof52100tonnes;
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,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 :
Article1HavingregardtoCommissionRegulation(EC)No589/96
of2April1996layingdowndetailedrulesfortheapplica­
tioninthebeefandvealsectorofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No715/90onthearrangementsapplicabletoagri­
culturalproductsandcertaingoodsresultingfromthe
processingofagriculturalproductsoriginatinginthe
African,CaribbeanandPacificStatesorintheoverseas
countriesandterritories(3),inparticularArticle4thereof,ThefollowingMemberStatesshallissueon21July1996
importlicencesforbeefandvealproducts,expressedas
bonedmeat,originatingincertainAfrican,Caribbeanand
PacificStates,inrespectofthefollowingquantitiesand
countriesoforigin:
WhereasArticle1ofRegulation(EC)No589/96provides
forthepossibilityofissuingimportlicencesforbeefand
vealproducts;whereas,however,importsmusttakeplace
withinthelimitsofthequantitiesspecifiedforeachof
theseexportingnon-membercountries;Germany:
—980,000tonnesoriginatinginBotswana,
—241,930tonnesoriginatinginMadagascar ,
—900000tonnesoriginatinginNamibia;
Whereastheapplicationsforimportlicencessubmitted
between1and10July1996,expressedintermsofboned
meat,inaccordancewithRegulation(EC)No589/96,do
notexceed,inrespectofproductsoriginatingfromBots­
wana,Kenya,Madagascar ,Swaziland,Zimbabweand
NamibiathequantitiesavailablefromtheseStates;
whereasitisthereforepossibletoissueimportlicencesin
respectofthequantitiesrequested;UnitedKingdom:
—1250,000tonnesoriginatinginBotswana,
—110,000tonnesoriginatinginSwaziland,
—1600,000tonnesoriginatinginZimbabwe ,
—1400,000tonnesoriginatinginNamibia.
(')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.

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Article2
Licenceapplicationsmaybesubmitted,pursuantto
Article3(3)ofRegulation(EC)No589/96duringthefirst
10daysofAugustforthefollowingquantitiesofboned
beefandveal:Article3
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,18July1996.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission—Botswana :
—Kenya:
—Madagascar :
—Swaziland :
—Zimbabwe :
—Namibia:9906,000tonnes,
142,000tonnes,
6402,257tonnes,
2954,000tonnes,
4417,180tonnes,
6335,006tonnes.