CELEX: 31998D0408
Language: en
Date: 1998-06-18 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 18 June 1998 on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia (notified under document number C(1998) 1584)

27. 6. 98             EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                                  L 184/47
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                                         (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)
                                                  COMMISSION
                                                COMMISSION DECISION
                                                      of 18 June 1998
                  on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana,
                                 Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia
                                      (notified under document number C(1998) 1584)
                                                          (98/408/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        Whereas the applications for import licences submitted
                                                                   between 1 and 10 June 1998, expressed in terms of boned
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              meat, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 589/96, do
Community,                                                         not exceed, in respect of products originating in Bots-
                                                                   wana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 of             Namibia, the quantities available from these States;
5 March 1990 on the arrangements applicable to agricul-            whereas it is therefore possible to issue import licences in
tural products and certain goods resulting from the                respect of the quantities requested;
processing of agricultural products originating in the
African, Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP) or in the              Whereas the quantities, in respect of which licences may
overseas countries and territories (OCT) (1), as last              be applied for from 1 July 1998, should be fixed within
amended by Regulation (EC) No 619/96 (2), and in partic-           the scope of the total quantity of 52 100 tonnes;
ular Article 27 thereof,
                                                                   Whereas it seems expedient to recall that this Decision is
                                                                   without prejudice to Council Directive 72/462/EEC of 12
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 589/                December 1972 on health and veterinary inspection
96 of 2 April 1996 laying down detailed rules for the              problems on importation of bovine, ovine and caprine
application in the beef and veal sector of Council Regula-         animals and swine, fresh meat or meat products from
tion (EEC) No 715/90 on the arrangements applicable to             third countries (5), as last amended by Directive
agricultural products and certain goods resulting from the         97/79/EC (6),
processing of agricultural products originating in the
African, Caribbean and Pacific States or in the overseas
countries and territories (3), as amended by Regulation
(EC) No 260/98 (4), and in particular Article 4 thereof,           HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Whereas Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 589/96 provides
for the possibility of issuing import licences for beef and                                   Article 1
veal products; whereas, however, imports must take place
within the limits of the quantities specified for each of          The following Member States shall issue on 21 June 1998
these exporting non-member countries;                              import licences for beef and veal products, expressed as
                                                                   boned meat, originating in certain African, Caribbean and
(1)  OJ L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85.
(2)  OJ L 89, 10. 4. 1996, p. 1.
(3)  OJ L 84, 3. 4. 1996, p. 22.                                   (5) OJ L 302, 31. 12. 1972, p. 28.
( 4) OJ L 25, 31. 1. 1998, p. 42.                                  (6) OJ L 24, 30. 1. 1998, p. 31.
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Pacific States, in respect of the following quantities and          Botswana:         11 221,000  tonnes,
countries of origin:                                                Kenya:               142,000  tonnes,
Germany:                                                            Madagascar:        7 564,000  tonnes,
 800,000 tonnes originating in Botswana,                           Swaziland:         3 283,000  tonnes,
 400,000 tonnes originating in Namibia.                            Zimbabwe:          5 866,000  tonnes,
United Kingdom:                                                     Namibia:           9 597,000  tonnes.
 730,000 tonnes originating in      Botswana,
                                                                                        Article 3
 10,000 tonnes originating in       Swaziland,
 930,000 tonnes originating in      Zimbabwe,                    This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
 335,000 tonnes originating in      Namibia.
                         Article 2                                Done at Brussels, 18 June 1998.
Licence applications may be submitted, pursuant to                                        For the Commission
Article 3(3) of Regulation (EC) No 589/96 during the first
                                                                                            Franz FISCHLER
10 days of July 1998 for the following quantities of boned
beef and veal:                                                                        Member of the Commission