CELEX: 31996D0667
Language: en
Date: 1996-11-20 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION DECISION of 20 November 1996 on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia

No L 308 /58        EN                  Official Journal of the European Communities                                29 . 11 . 96
                                                    COMMISSION DECISION
                                                       of 20 November 1996
                  on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana,
                                  Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia
                                                             (96/667/EC)
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          third countries (4), as last amended by the Act of Acces­
                                                                      sion of Austria, Finland and Sweden,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Community,                                                           HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 of                                          Article 1
 5 March 1990 on the arrangements applicable to agricul­
 tural products and certain goods resulting from the                  The following Member States shall issue on 21 November
 processing of agricultural products originating in the               1996 import licences for beef and veal products, expressed
 African, Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP) or in the                as boned meat, originating in certain African, Caribbean
 overseas countries and territories (OCT) ('), as last                and Pacific States, in respect of the following quantities
 amended by Regulation (EC) No 619/96 (2), and in parti­              and countries of origin :
 cular Article 27 thereof,
                                                                      Germany:
 Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 589/96                — 120,000 tonnes originating in Madagascar,
 of 2 April 1996 laying down detailed rules for the applica­          — 130,000 tonnes originating in Namibia;
 tion in the beef and veal sector of Council Regulation
                                                                      United Kingdom:
 (EEC) No 715/90 on the arrangements applicable to agri­
 cultural products and certain goods resulting from the              — 800,000 tonnes originating in Botswana,
 processing of agricultural products originating in the              — 30,000 tonnes originating in Swaziland,
African, Caribbean and Pacific States or in the overseas             — 700,000 tonnes originating in Zimbabwe,
 countries and territories (3), in particular Article 4 thereof,     — 340,000 tonnes originating in Namibia.
Whereas Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 589/96 provides                                          Article 2
for the possibility of issuing import licences for beef and
veal products; whereas, however, imports must take place              Licence applications may be submitted, pursuant to
within the limits of the quantities specified for each of            Article 3 (3) of Regulation (EC) No 589/96 during the first
these exporting non-member countries;                                 10 days of November 1996 for the following quantities of
                                                                     boned beef and veal :
Whereas the applications for import licences submitted               — Botswana:                7 596,000   tonnes,
between 1 and 10 November 1996, expressed in terms of                — Kenya:                      142,000  tonnes,
boned meat, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No
                                                                     — Madagascar:              5 868,307   tonnes,
589/96, do not exceed, in respect of products originating
                                                                     — Swaziland :              2 854,000   tonnes,
from Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
and Namibia the quantities available from these States;              — Zimbabwe :               3 067,180   tonnes,
whereas it is therefore possible to issue import licences in         — Namibia :                3 825,006   tonnes.
respect of the quantities requested;
                                                                                                Article 3
Whereas the quantities in respect of which licences may              This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
be applied for from 1 December 1996, should be fixed
within the scope of the total quantity of 52 1 00 tonnes;
                                                                     Done at Brussels, 20 November 1996 .
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                                                     Franz FISCHLER
problems on importation of bovine, ovine and caprine
animals and swine, fresh meat or meat products from                                           Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85.
I1) OJ No L 89, 10. 4. 1996, p. 1 .
P) OI No L 84, 3 . 4. 1996, p. 22.                                   (4) OJ No L 302, 31 . 12. 1972, p. 28 .