Commission Decision of 17 May 2000 on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia (notified under document number C(2000) 1271)
Date: 2000-05-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Africa, Madagascar, beef, import licence, originating product

L 127/60

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

27.5.2000

COMMISSION DECISION

of 17 May 2000

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

(notified under document number C(2000) 1271)

(2000/357/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

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 agricultural prod-
ucts and goods resulting from the processing of agricultural
products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific
States (ACP States) and repealing Regulation (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 applica-
tion in the beef and veal sector of Council Regulation (EC) No
1706/98 on the arrangements applicable to agricultural prod-
ucts and certain goods resulting from the processing of agricul-
tural products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific
States and repealing Regulation (EC) No 589/96 (2), and in
particular Article 4 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1918/98 provides for
the possibility of issuing import licences for beef and
veal products. However, imports must take place within
the limits of the quantities specified for each of these
exporting non-member countries.

The applications for import licences submitted between
1 and 10 May 2000, expressed in terms of boned meat,
in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1918/98, do not
exceed,
in respect of products originating from Bots-
wana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and
Namibia, the quantities available from those States. It is
therefore possible to issue import licences in respect of
the quantities applied for.

The quantities in respect of which licences may be
applied for from 1 June 2000 should be fixed within the
scope of the total quantity of 52 100 tonnes.

This Decision is without prejudice to Council Directive
72/462/EEC of 12 December 1972 on health and veter-
inary 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),

Article 1

The following Member States shall
issue on 21 May 2000
import licences for beef and veal products, expressed as boned
meat, originating in certain African, Caribbean and Pacific
States, in respect of the following quantities and countries of
origin:

Germany:
— 620 tonnes originating in Botswana,
— 200 tonnes originating in Namibia;

United Kingdom:
— 600 tonnes originating in Botswana,
— 470 tonnes originating in Namibia,
— 15 tonnes originating in Swaziland,
— 705 tonnes originating in Zimbabwe.

Article 2

Licence applications may be submitted, pursuant to Article 3(2)
of Regulation (EC) No 1918/98, during the first 10 days of
June 2000 for the following quantities of boned beef and veal:

— Botswana:
— Kenya:
— Madagascar:
— Swaziland:
— Zimbabwe:
— Namibia:

15 726 tonnes,
142 tonnes,
7 579 tonnes,
3 133 tonnes,
6 610 tonnes,
10 275 tonnes.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 17 May 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(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.