1999/223/EC: Commission Decision of 19 March 1999 on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia (notified under document number C(1999) 743)
Date: 1999-03-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: ACP countries, beef, import licence, originating product, quantitative restriction

26. 3. 1999

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 82/51

COMMISSION DECISION

of 19 March 1999

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

(notified under document number C(1999) 743)

(1999/223/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 1918/
98 of 9 September 1998 laying down detailed rules for the
application in the beef and veal sector of Council Regula-
tion (EC) No 1706/98 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 and repealing Regu-
lation (EC) No 589/96 (2), and in particular Article 4
thereof,

Whereas Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1918/98
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 March 1999, expressed in terms of
deboned meat, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No
1918/98, do not exceed, in respect of products originating
in 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 April 1999 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 on importation of

bovine, ovine and caprine animals and swine, fresh meat
or meat products from third countries (3), as last amended
by Directive 97/79/EC (4),

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

licences

The following Member States shall issue on 21 March
1999 import
and veal products,
expressed as deboned meat, originating in certain African,
Caribbean and Pacific States, in respect of the following
quantities and countries of origin:

for beef

Germany

— 325,000 tonnes originating in Botswana,

— 40,000 tonnes originating in Namibia.

United Kingdom

— 350,000 tonnes originating in Botswana,

— 460,000 tonnes originating in Zimbabwe,

— 50,000 tonnes originating in Namibia,

— 40,000 tonnes originating in Swaziland.

Article 2

Licence applications may be submitted, pursuant
to
Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1918/98, during the
first 10 days of April 1999 for the following quantities of
deboned beef and veal:

— Botswana:

— Kenya:

— Madagascar:

— Swaziland:

— Zimbabwe:

— Namibia:

17 271,000 tonnes,

142,000 tonnes,

7 579,000 tonnes,

3 293,000 tonnes,

7 813,000 tonnes,

11 585,000 tonnes.

(1) OJ L 215, 1. 8. 1998, p. 12.
(2) OJ L 250, 10. 9. 1998, p. 16.

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

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Official Journal of the European Communities

26. 3. 1999

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 19 March 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission