Commission Regulation (EC) No 770/2005 of 20 May 2005 on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia
Date: 2005-05-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: ACP countries, beef, boned meat, import licence, originating product, quantitative restriction

21.5.2005

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 770/2005

of 20 May 2005

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 agri-
cultural 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,

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

licences

issue on 21 May 2005
The following Member States shall
import
for beef and veal products, expressed as
boned meat, originating in certain African, Caribbean and
Pacific States,
the following quantities and
countries of origin:

in respect of

United Kingdom:

— 30 t originating in Botswana,

— 800 t originating in Namibia;

Whereas:

Germany:

(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

The applications for import licences submitted between
1 and 10 May 2005, expressed in terms of boned meat,
in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2247/2003, do
not exceed,
in respect of products originating from
Botswana, 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 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

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21. Regulation as last amended by
L 328,

(EC) No 1899/2004 (OJ

Commission Regulation
30.10.2004, p. 67).

— 350 t originating in Botswana,

— 425 t originating in Namibia.

Article 2

Licence applications may be submitted, pursuant to Article 4(2)
of Regulation (EC) No 2247/2003, during the first 10 days of
May 2005 for the following quantities of boned beef and veal:

Botswana:

Kenya:

Madagascar:

Swaziland:

Zimbabwe:

Namibia:

15 606 t,

142 t,

7 579 t,

3 337 t,

9 100 t,

9 125 t.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 May 2005.

(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).

(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 May 2005.

For the Commission

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