NoL308/58EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 29.11.96
COMMISSION DECISION
of20November 1996
onimportlicencesinrespectofbeefandvealproductsoriginatinginBotswana,
Kenya,Madagascar ,Swaziland,ZimbabweandNamibia
(96/667/EC)
thirdcountries(4),aslastamendedbytheActofAcces­
sionofAustria,FinlandandSweden,
HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
Article1
ThefollowingMemberStatesshallissueon21November
1996importlicencesforbeefandvealproducts,expressed
asbonedmeat,originatingincertainAfrican,Caribbean
andPacificStates,inrespectofthefollowingquantities
andcountriesoforigin:
Germany:
—120,000tonnesoriginatinginMadagascar ,
—130,000tonnesoriginatinginNamibia;
UnitedKingdom:
—800,000tonnesoriginatinginBotswana,
—30,000tonnesoriginatinginSwaziland,
—700,000tonnesoriginatinginZimbabwe,
—340,000tonnesoriginatinginNamibia.
Article2
Licenceapplicationsmaybesubmitted,pursuantto
Article3(3)ofRegulation(EC)No589/96duringthefirst
10daysofNovember1996forthefollowingquantitiesof
bonedbeefandveal:THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No715/90of
5March1990onthearrangements applicabletoagricul­
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
between1and10November1996,expressedintermsof
bonedmeat,inaccordancewithRegulation (EC)No
589/96,donotexceed,inrespectofproductsoriginating
fromBotswana,Kenya,Madagascar ,Swaziland,Zimbabwe
andNamibiathequantitiesavailablefromtheseStates;
whereasitisthereforepossibletoissueimportlicencesin
respectofthequantitiesrequested;
Whereasthequantitiesinrespectofwhichlicencesmay
beappliedforfrom1December1996,shouldbefixed
withinthescopeofthetotalquantityof52100tonnes;
WhereasitseemsexpedienttorecallthatthisDecisionis
withoutprejudicetoCouncilDirective72/462/EECof12
December1972onhealthandveterinaryinspection
problemsonimportationofbovine,ovineandcaprine
animalsandswine,freshmeatormeatproductsfrom—Botswana :
—Kenya:
—Madagascar :
—Swaziland :
—Zimbabwe :
—Namibia :7596,000tonnes,
142,000tonnes,
5868,307tonnes,
2854,000tonnes,
3067,180tonnes,
3825,006tonnes.
Article3
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,20November1996.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission
(')OJNoL84,30.3.1990,p.85.
I1)OJNoL89,10.4.1996,p.1.
P)OINoL84,3.4.1996,p.22. (4)OJNoL302,31.12.1972,p.28.