Commission Regulation (EC) No 733/2004 of 20 April 2004 on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia
Date: 2004-04-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Botswana, Eswatini, Kenya, Madagascar, Namibia, Zimbabwe, beef, import licence, originating product

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 733/2004

of 20 April 2004

on import

licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana, Kenya,

Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

ovine and caprine animals and swine,
meat products from third countries (4),

fresh meat or

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 of 17
May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef
and veal (1),

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2286/2002 of 10
December 2002 on the arrangements applicable to agricultural
products and goods resulting from the processing of agri-
cultural products originating in the African, Caribbean and
Pacific States (ACP States) and repealing Regulation (EC) No
1706/98 (2), and in particular Article 5 thereof,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2247/2003
of 19 December 2003 laying down detailed rules for the appli-
cation in the beef and veal sector of Council Regulation (EC)
No 2286/2002 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 (ACP States) (3), and in particular Article 4
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 2247/2003 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 April 2004, expressed in terms of boned meat,
in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2247/2003, do
not exceed, in respect of products originating from Bot-
swana, 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 May 2004 should be fixed within the
scope of the total quantity of 52 100 tonnes.

This Regulation is without prejudice to Council Directive
72/462/EEC of 12 December 1972 on health and veter-
inary inspection problems upon importation of bovine,

Article 1

The following Member States shall
issue on 21 April 2004
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:

United Kingdom:

— 250 tonnes originating in Botswana,

— 800 tonnes originating in Namibia;

Germany:

— 100 tonnes originating in Botswana,

— 120 tonnes originating in Namibia.

Article 2

Licence applications may be submitted, pursuant to Article 3(2)
of Regulation (EC) No 2247/2003, during the first 10 days of
May 2004 for the following quantities of boned beef and veal:

Botswana:

Kenya:

Madagascar:

Swaziland:

Zimbabwe:

Namibia:

17 256 tonnes,

142 tonnes,

7 579 tonnes,

3 299 tonnes,

9 100 tonnes,

11 045 tonnes.

Article 3

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1782/2003 (OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 348, 21.12.2002, p. 5.
(3) OJ L 333, 20.12.2003, p. 37.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 April 2004.

(4) OJ L 302, 31.12.1972, p. 28. Directive as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 807/2003 (OJ L 122, 16.5.2003, p. 36).

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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 20 April 2004.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ

Agriculture Director-General