Commission Decision of 19 August 1998 on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia (notified under document number C(1998) 2497)
Date: 1998-08-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: ACP countries, beef, boned meat, import licence, originating product, quantitative restriction

L 237/24

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

25. 8. 98

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 19 August 1998

on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana,
Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia

(notified under document number C(1998) 2497)

(98/530/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1706/98 of
20 July 1998 on the arrangements applicable to agricul-
tural products and goods resulting from the processing of
agricultural products originating in the African, Carib-
bean and Pacific States (ACP States) and repealing Regula-
tion (EEC) No 715/90 (1), and in particular Article 30
thereof,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 589/
96 of 2 April 1996 laying down detailed rules for the
application in the beef and veal sector of Council Regula-
tion (EEC) No 715/90 on the arrangements applicable to
agricultural products and certain goods resulting from the
processing of agricultural products originating in the
African, Caribbean and Pacific States or in the overseas
countries and territories (2), as amended by Regulation
(EC) No 260/98 (3), and in particular Article 4 thereof,

concessions vis-(cid:133)-vis

Whereas Regulation (EC) No 1706/98 consolidates the
Community’s
the ACP States
covered by the fourth ACP-EC Convention and its mid-
term review; whereas, however, those concessions do not
alter the concessions governed by Decision No 6/95 of
the ACP-EC Council of Ministers of 20 December 1995
on the transitional measures to be applied from 1 January
1996 (4); whereas Regulation (EC) No 589/96 therefore
continues to apply;

Whereas Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 589/96 provides
for the possibility of issuing import licences for beef and
veal products; whereas, however, imports must take place
within the limits of the quantities specified for each of
these exporting non-member countries;

Whereas the applications for import licences submitted
between 1 and 10 August 1998, expressed in terms of
deboned meat, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No
589/96, do not exceed, in respect of products originating
from Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
and Namibia, the quantities available from those States;
whereas it is therefore possible to issue import licences in
respect of the quantities applied for;

Whereas the quantities in respect of which licences may
be applied for from 1 September 1998 should be fixed
within the scope of the total quantity of 52 100 tonnes;

Whereas this Decision is without prejudice to Council
Directive 72/462/EEC of 12 December 1972 on health
and veterinary inspection problems upon importation of
bovine, ovine and caprine animals and swine, fresh meat
or meat products from third countries (5), as last amended
by Directive 97/79/EC (6),

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The following Member States shall issue on 21 August
1998 import
and veal products,
expressed as deboned meat, originating in certain African,

for beef

licences

(1) OJ L 215, 1. 8. 1998, p. 12.
(2) OJ L 84, 3. 4. 1996, p. 22.
(3) OJ L 25, 31. 1. 1998, p. 42.
(4) OJ L 327, 30. 12. 1995, p. 32.

(5) OJ L 302, 31. 12. 1972, p. 28.
(6) OJ L 24, 30. 1. 1998, p. 31.

25. 8. 98

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 237/25

Caribbean and Pacific States, in respect of the following
quantities and countries of origin:

Germany

(cid:190) 497,000 tonnes originating in Namibia,

United Kingdom

(cid:190) 400,000 tonnes originating in Botswana,
(cid:190) 25,000 tonnes originating in Swaziland,
(cid:190) 820,000 tonnes originating in Zimbabwe,
(cid:190) 500,000 tonnes originating in Namibia.

(cid:190) Botswana:
(cid:190) Kenya:
(cid:190) Madagascar:
(cid:190) Swaziland:
(cid:190) Zimbabwe:
(cid:190) Namibia:

9 571,000 tonnes,
142,000 tonnes,
7 564,000 tonnes,
3 244,000 tonnes,
4 676,000 tonnes,
7 450,000 tonnes.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 19 August 1998.

Licence applications may be submitted, pursuant
to
Article 3(3) of Regulation (EC) No 589/96, during the first
10 days of September 1998 for the following quantities of
deboned beef and veal:

For the Commission

Karel VAN MIERT

Member of the Commission