CELEX: 
Language: en
Date: 1991-03-02 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 20 February 1991 on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia

2 . 3 . 91                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                 No L 56/29
                                                    COMMISSION DECISION
                                                       of 20 February 1991
                   on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana,
                                   Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia
                                                           (91 / 108/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           third   countries (*),  as    last  amended     by  Directive
                                                                      91 /69/EEC (6),
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,
                                                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 of
5 March 1990 on the arrangements applicable to agricul­                                          Article 1
tural products and certain goods resulting from the
processing of agricultural products originating in the                The following Member States shall issue on 21 February
African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States or in the                  1991 import licences concerning beef and veal products,
overseas countries and territories (OCT) ('), as last                 expressed in terms of boned meat, originating from
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 297/91 (2), and in parti­              certain African, Caribbean and Pacific States, in respect of
cular Article 27 thereof,                                             the quantities and the countries of origin stated :
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No                        Germany :
2377/80 of 4 September 1980 on special detailed rules for             — 55,00 tonnes originating in Swaziland,
the application of the system of import and export
licences in the beef and veal sector (3), as last amended by           United Kingdom :
Regulation (EEC) No 211 /91 (4), and in particular Article            — 15,01 tonnes originating in Namibia,
 15 (6) (b) (i) thereof,
                                                                      Italy :
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 provides for the                   — 12,50 tonnes originating in Madagascar.
possibility of issuing import licences for beef and veal
products ; whereas, however, imports must take place                                              Article 2
within the limits of the quantities specified for each of
these exporting non-member countries ;                                Applications for licences may be submitted, in accordance
                                                                      with Article 15 (6) (b) (ii) of Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80
Whereas the applications for import licences submitted                during the first 10 days of March 1991 in respect of the
between 1 and 10 February 1991 , expressed in terms of                following quantities of boned beef and veal :
boned meat, in accordance with Article 15 (1 ) (b) of Regu­           — Botswana :                                18 916,00 tonnes,
lation (EEC) No 2377/80, do not exceed, in respect of                 — Kenya :                                      142,00 tonnes,
products originating from Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar,                — Madagascar :                               7 566,50 tonnes,
Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia, the quantities avai­                 — Swaziland :                                3 148,00 tonnes,
lable from these States ; whereas it is therefore possible to         — Zimbabwe :                                 9 100,00 tonnes,
issue import licences in respect of the quantities                    — Namibia :                                 10 484,99 tonnes.
requested ;
                                                                                                  Article 3
Whereas the remaining quantities, in respect of which
licences may be applied for from 1 March 1991 , should                This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
be fixed within the scope of the total quantity of 49 600
tonnes ;
                                                                      Done at Brussels, 20 February 1991 .
Whereas it seems expedient to recall that this Decision is
without prejudice to Council Directive 72/462/EEC of 12                                              For the Commission
December 1972 on health and veterinary inspection
                                                                                                      Ray MAC SHARRY
problems upon importation of bovine, ovine and caprine
animals, swine, fresh meat and meat-based products from                                        Member of the Commission
(') OJ   No L  84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85.
(2) OJ   No L  36, 8 . 2. 1991 , p. 9.
0   OJ   No L  241 , 13. 9. 1980, p. 5.                               f) OJ No L 302, 31 . 12. 1972, p. 28 .
(4) OJ   No L  24, 30. 1 . 1991 , p. 11 .                             («) OJ No L 46, 19. 2. 1991 , p. 37.