3.9.97 EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities L241/7
COMMISSION DECISION
of19August1997
onimportlicencesinrespectofbeefandvealproductsoriginatinginBotswana,
Kenya,Madagascar ,Swaziland,ZimbabweandNamibia
(97/601/EC)
thirdcountries(4),aslastamendedbytheActofAcces­
sionofAustria,FinlandandSweden,
HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
Article1
ThefollowingMemberStatesshallissueon21August
1997importlicencesforbeefandvealproducts,expressed
asbonedmeat,originatingincertainAfrican,Caribbean
andPacificStates,inrespectofthefollowingquantities
andcountriesoforigin:
Germany:
—200,000tonnesoriginatinginBotswana,
—30,000tonnesoriginatinginMadagascar ,
—240,000tonnesoriginatinginNamibia.
UnitedKingdom:
—150,000tonnesoriginatinginBotswana,
—10,000tonnesoriginatinginSwaziland,
—200,000tonnesoriginatinginZimbabwe,
—530,000tonnesoriginatinginNamibia.
Article2
Licenceapplicationsmaybesubmitted,pursuantto
Article3(3)ofRegulation(EC)No589/96duringthefirst
10daysofSeptember1997forthefollowingquantitiesof
bonedbeefandveal:THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,
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),andinparticularArticle4
thereof,
WhereasArticle1ofRegulation(EC)No589/96provides
forthepossibilityofissuingimportlicencesforbeefand
vealproducts;whereas,however,importsmusttakeplace
withinthelimitsofthequantitiesspecifiedforeachof
theseexportingnon-membercountries;
Whereastheapplicationsforimportlicencessubmitted
between1and10August1997,expressedintermsof
bonedmeat,inaccordancewithRegulation(EC)No
589/96,donotexceed,inrespectofproductsoriginating
inBotswana,Kenya,Madagascar,Swaziland,Zimbabwe
andNamibiathequantitiesavailablefromtheseStates;
whereasitisthereforepossibletoissueimportlicencesin
respectofthequantitiesrequested;
Whereasthequantities,inrespectofwhichlicencesmay
beappliedforfrom1September1997,shouldbefixed
withinthescopeofthetotalquantityof52100tonnes;
WhereasitseemsexpedienttorecallthatthisDecisionis
withoutprejudicetoCouncilDirective72/462/EECof12
December1972onhealthandveterinaryinspection
problemsonimportationofbovine,ovineandcaprine
animalsandswine,freshmeatormeatproductsfrom10056,000tonnes,
142,000tonnes,—Botswana :
—Kenya:
—Madagascar :
—Swaziland :
—Zimbabwe :
—Namibia:7144,000tonnes,
3168,000tonnes,
6294,659tonnes,
8799,000tonnes.
Article3
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,19August1997.
FortheCommission
KarelVANMIERT
MemberoftheCommission
(<)OJL84,30.3.1990,p.85.
P)OJL89,10.4.1996,p.1.
P)OJL84,3.4.1996,p.22.(4)OJL302,31.12.1972,p.28.