CELEX: 32000D0007
Language: en
Date: 1999-12-20 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 20 December 1999 on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia (notified under document number C(1999) 4947)

L 3/30                 EN                       Official Journal of the European Communities                                    6. 1. 2000
                                                          COMMISSION DECISION
                                                           of 20 December 1999
               on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana, Kenya, Mada-
                                              gascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia
                                              (notified under document number C(1999) 4947)
                                                                  (2000/7/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,                                                                                             Article 1
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1706/98 of 20                  The following Member States shall issue on 21 December 1999
July 1998 on the arrangements applicable to agricultural prod-             import licences for beef and veal products, expressed as boned
ucts and goods resulting from the processing of agricultural               meat, originating in certain African, Caribbean and Pacific
products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific                 States, in respect of the following quantities and countries of
States (ACP States) and repealing Regulation (EEC) No                      origin:
715/90 (1), and in particular Article 30 thereof,                          Germany:
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1918/98 of                  — 9,9 tonnes originating in Botswana,
9 September 1998 laying down detailed rules for the applica-               — 242 tonnes originating in Namibia.
tion in the beef and veal sector of Council Regulation (EC) No
1706/98 on the arrangements applicable to agricultural prod-               United Kingdom:
ucts and certain goods resulting from the processing of agricul-           — 95,1 tonnes originating in Namibia.
tural products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific
States and repealing Regulation (EC) No 589/96 (2), and in                                             Article 2
particular Article 4 thereof,
                                                                           Licence applications may be submitted, pursuant to Article 3(2)
(1)     Whereas Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1918/98
                                                                           of Regulation (EC) No 1918/98, during the first 10 days of
        provides for the possibility of issuing import licences for
                                                                           January 2000 for the following quantities of boned beef and
        beef and veal products; whereas, however, imports must
                                                                           veal:
        take place within the limits of the quantities specified for
        each of these exporting non-member countries;                      — Botswana:                                      18 916 tonnes,
(2)     Whereas the applications for import licences submitted             — Kenya:                                            142 tonnes,
        between 1 and 10 December 1999, expressed in terms                 — Madagascar:                                     7 579 tonnes,
        of boned meat, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No               — Swaziland:                                      3 363 tonnes,
        1918/98, do not exceed, in respect of products origin-             — Zimbabwe:                                       9 100 tonnes,
        ating in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland,
                                                                           — Namibia:                                       13 000 tonnes.
        Zimbabwe and Namibia, the quantities available from
        those States; whereas it is therefore possible to issue
        import licences in respect of the quantities applied for;                                      Article 3
(3)     Whereas the quantities in respect of which licences may            This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
        be applied for from 1 January 2000 should be fixed
        within the scope of the total quantity of 52 100 tonnes;
(4)     Whereas this Decision is without prejudice to Council              Done at Brussels, 20 December 1999.
        Directive 72/462/EEC of 12 December 1972 on health
        and veterinary inspection problems upon importation of                                             For the Commission
        bovine, ovine and caprine animals and swine, fresh meat
                                                                                                              Franz FISCHLER
        or 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.