Commission Regulation (EC) No 1380/2006 of 19 September 2006 on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia
Date: 2006-09-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: ACP countries, beef, boned meat, import licence, originating product

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1380/2006

of 19 September 2006

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),

(3)

(4)

The quantities in respect of which licences may be
applied for
from 1 October 2006 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

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),

The following Member States shall issue on 21 September 2006
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:

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:

Germany:

— 100 t originating in Botswana,

— 360 t originating in Namibia;

United Kingdom:

— 500 t originating in Botswana,

— 300 t originating in Namibia.

Article 2

(1)

(2)

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,
imports
Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia. However,
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 to 10 September 2006, expressed in terms of boned
meat,
(EC) No
accordance with Regulation
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

Licence applications may be submitted, pursuant to Article 4(2)
of Regulation (EC) No 2247/2003, during the first 10 days of
October 2006 for the following quantities of boned beef and
veal:

Botswana:

Kenya:

Madagascar:

Swaziland:

Zimbabwe:

Namibia:

Article 3

14 359 t,

142 t,

7 579 t,

3 363 t,

9 100 t,

7 492 t.

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

lation (EC) No 1913/2005 (OJ L 307, 25.11.2005, p. 2).

(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 September 2006.

(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, 19 September 2006.

For the Commission

Jean-Luc DEMARTY
Director-General for Agriculture and
Rural Development