CELEX: 32000D0644
Language: en
Date: 2000-10-18 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 18 October 2000 on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia (notified under document number C(2000) 2860)

L 271/38                EN                      Official Journal of the European Communities                                   24.10.2000
                                                          COMMISSION DECISION
                                                            of 18 October 2000
                   on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana, Kenya,
                                            Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia
                                              (notified under document number C(2000) 2860)
                                                                (2000/644/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                                                       Article 1
Community,
                                                                           The following Member States shall issue on 21 October 2000
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1706/98 of 20                  import licences for beef and veal products, expressed as boned
July 1998 on the arrangements applicable to agricultural prod-             meat, originating in certain African, Caribbean and Pacific
ucts and goods resulting from the processing of agricultural               States, in respect of the following quantities and countries of
products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific                 origin:
States (ACP States) and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 715/
90 (1), and in particular Article 30 thereof,                              Germany:
                                                                           — 650 tonnes originating in Botswana,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1918/98 of
9 September 1998 laying down detailed rules for the applica-               — 827 tonnes originating in Namibia;
tion in the beef and veal sector of Council Regulation (EC) No             United Kingdom:
1706/98 on the arrangements applicable to agricultural prod-
ucts and certain goods resulting from the processing of agricul-           —   680 tonnes originating in Botswana,
tural products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific           —   580 tonnes originating in Namibia,
States and repealing Regulation (EC) No 589/96 (2), and in                 —   20 tonnes originating in Swaziland,
particular Article 4 thereof,                                              —   750 tonnes originating in Zimbabwe.
Whereas:
                                                                                                       Article 2
(1)     Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1918/98 provides for
                                                                           Licence applications may be submitted, pursuant to Article 3(2)
        the possibility of issuing import licences for beef and
                                                                           of Regulation (EC) No 1918/98, during the first 10 days of
        veal products. However, imports must take place within
                                                                           November 2000 for the following quantities of boned beef and
        the limits of the quantities specified for each of these
                                                                           veal:
        exporting non-member countries.
                                                                           — Botswana:                                       8 446 tonnes,
(2)     The applications for import licences submitted between             — Kenya:                                            142 tonnes,
        1 and 10 October 2000, expressed in terms of boned
                                                                           — Madagascar:                                     7 579 tonnes,
        meat, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1918/98,
        do not exceed, in respect of products originating from             — Swaziland:                                      2 833 tonnes,
        Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe                   — Zimbabwe:                                         835 tonnes,
        and Namibia, the quantities available from those States.           — Namibia:                                        5 201 tonnes.
        It is therefore possible to issue import licences in respect
        of the quantities applied for.
                                                                                                       Article 3
(3)     The quantities in respect of which licences may be
        applied for from 1 November 2000 should be fixed                   This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
        within the scope of the total quantity of 52 100 tonnes.
(4)     This Decision is without prejudice to Council Directive            Done at Brussels, 18 October 2000.
        72/462/EEC of 12 December 1972 on health and veter-
        inary inspection problems on importation of bovine,                                                For the Commission
        ovine and caprine animals and swine, fresh meat or
                                                                                                              Franz FISCHLER
        meat products from third countries (3), as last amended
        by Directive 97/79/EC (4),                                                                      Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L  215, 1.8.1998, p. 12.
(2) OJ L  250, 10.9.1998, p. 16.
(3) OJ L  302, 31.12.1972, p. 28.
(4) OJ L  24, 30.1.1998, p. 31.