Commission Regulation (EC) No 2157/2004 of 16 December 2004 on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia
Date: 2004-12-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Botswana, Eswatini, Kenya, Madagascar, Namibia, Zimbabwe, beef, import licence, originating product

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2157/2004

of 16 December 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,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

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),

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 agricultural
products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States
(ACP States) and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1706/98 (2),

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 5 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 originating in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar,
Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia. However,
imports
must
the quantities
take place within the limits of
specified for
exporting non-member
countries.

each of

these

in

The applications for import licences submitted between
1 and 10 December 2004, expressed in terms of boned
(EC) No
accordance with Regulation
meat,
2247/2003, do not exceed, in respect of products origi-
nating from Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland,
Zimbabwe and Namibia, the quantities available from
those States.
is therefore possible to issue import
licences in respect of the quantities applied for.

It

The quantities in respect of which licences may be
applied for
from 1 January 2005 should be fixed
within the scope of the total quantity of 52 100 t.

This Regulation 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 (4),

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The following Member States shall issue on 21 December 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:

— 183,5 t originating in Botswana,

— 104 t originating in Namibia;

Germany:

— 196,5 t originating in Botswana,

— 15,3 t 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
January 2005 for the following quantities of boned beef and
veal:

Botswana:

Kenya:

Madagascar:

Swaziland:

Zimbabwe:

Namibia:

Article 3

18 916 t,

142 t,

7 579 t,

3 363 t,

9 100 t,

13 000 t.

(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. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1118/2004 (OJ L 217, 17.6.2004, p. 10).

This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 December 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, 16 December 2004.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ
Director-General for Agriculture and
Rural Development