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Language: en
Date: 1987-02-20 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 19 January 1987 on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland and Zimbabwe

20 . 2. 87                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                 No L 51 /43
                                                   COMMISSION DECISION
                                                       of 19 January 1987
                   on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana,
                                        Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland and Zimbabwe
                                                          (87/ 125/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         and fresh meat from third countries (*), as last amended by
                                                                    Directive 86/469/EEC (%
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,
                                                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and
Portugal,                                                                                       Article 1
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 of              The following Member States shall issue on 21 January
26 February 1985 on the arrangements applicable to agri­            1987 import licences concerning beef and veal products,
cultural products and certain goods resulting from the              expressed in terms of boned meat, originating from
processing of agricultural products originating in the              certain African, Caribbean and Pacific States, in respect of
African, Caribbean and Pacific States or in the overseas
                                                                    the quantities and the countries of origin stated :
countries and territories ('), as last amended by Regulation
(EEC) No 73/87 (2), and in particular Article 22 thereof,           1 . Federal Republic of Germany :
                                                                        — 250,0 tonnes originating in Zimbabwe,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No
2377/80 of 4 September 1980 on special detailed rules for               — 230,0 tonnes originating in Swaziland,
the application of the system of import and export                      — 10,0 tonnes originating in Botswana ;
licences in the beef and veal sector (3), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 3815/85 (4), and in particular Article          2. United Kingdom :
15 (6) (b) (i) thereof,                                                 200,0 tonnes originating in Zimbabwe.
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 provides for the                                             Article 2
possibility of issuing import licences for beef and veal
products ; whereas, however, imports must take place                Applications for licences    may be submitted, in accordance
within the limits of the quantities specified for each of           with Article 15 (6) (b) (ii) of Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80
these exporting non-member countries ;                              during the first 10 days     of February 1987, in respect of
                                                                    the following quantities     of boned beef and veal :
Whereas the applications for import • licences submitted
                                                                    — Botswana :                    18 906,0  tonnes/
between 1 and 10 January 1987, expressed in terms of
boned meat, in accordance with Article 15 (1 ) (b) of Regu­         — Kenya :                           142,0 tonnes,
lation (EEC) No 2377/80, do not exceed, in respect of               — Madagascar :                    7 579,0 tonnes,
products originating from Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar,              — Swaziland :                     3 133,0 tonnes,
Swaziland and Zimbabwe, the quantities available from               — Zimbabwe :                      7 650,0 tonnes.
these States ; whereas it is therefore possible to issue
import licences in respect of the quantities requested ;
                                                                                                Article 3
Whereas the remaining quantities, in respect of which
licences may be applied for from 1 February 1987, should            This Decision is addressed to the Member States, with the
be fixed within the scope of the total quantity of 30 000           exception of Portugal.
tonnes to which should be added, where appropriate auto­
matically, the additional quantity of 8 100 tonnes referred
to in Article 5 (2) and (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 ;         Done at Brussels, 19 January 1987.
Whereas it seems expedient to recall that this Decision is                                        For the Commission
without prejudice to Council Directive 72/462/EEC of 12                                            Frans ANDRIESSEN
December 1972 on health and veterinary inspection
problems upon importation of bovine animals and swine                                                  Vice-President
(') OJ  No L  61 , 1 . 3. 1985, p. 4.
(2) OJ  No L  11 , 13. 1 . 1987, p. 23.
(3) OJ  No L  241 , 13 . 9. 1980, p. 5.                             (*) OJ No L 302, 31 . 12. 1972, p. 28 .
(<  OJ  No L  368, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 11                             (6) OJ No L 275, 26. 9. 1986, p. 36.