CELEX: 
Language: en
Date: 1978-03-15 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 17 February 1978 concerning the issue of import licences for beef and veal products originating in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar and Swaziland

No L 73/36                             Official Journal of the European Communities                             15. 3 . 78
                                                 COMMISSION DECISION
                                                    of 17 February 1978
               concerning the issue of import licences for beef and veal products originating in
                                      Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar and Swaziland
                                                        (78/281 /EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    that country as well as the remaining quantities for
COMMUNITIES,                                                      which applications may be submitted from 1 March
                                                                  1978 ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
3328 /75 of 18 December 1975 renewing the arrange­                                       Article 1
ments for the reduction of import charges on beef and
veal products originating in the African , Caribbean              Import licences as provided for in Regulation (EEC)
and Pacific States ('), as last amended by Regulation             No 3376/75 for the quantities in respect of which
(EEC) No 2570/77 (2), and in particular Article 3                 applications for licences were submitted from 1 to 10
thereof,                                                          February 1978 shall be issued as follows :
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No                   the quantities applied for in respect of Swaziland shall
3376/75 of 23 December 1975 laying down rules for                 be reduced by 1-93 % .
the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No
3328/75 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                                      Article 2
2771 /77 (4), and in particular the second subparagraph           Applications for licences may be submitted, in accor­
of Article 2 (2) thereof,
                                                                  dance with Article 2 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 3328/75 provides for                  3376/75, during the first 10 days of March 1978, for
the possibility of issuing import licences for beef and           the following quantities of boned beef and veal :
veal products ; whereas, however, the quantities                          Kenya                      130-0 tonnes,
imported must remain within the limits laid down for                      Madagascar               6 898-9 tonnes.
each of the exporting non-member countries in ques­
tion ;                                                                                   Article 3
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 3376/75 lays down that                This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
where the applications for licences exceed the quan­
tity available for one of the non-member countries                Done at Brussels, 17 February 1978 .
concerned the Commission shall fix a percentage for
the reduction of the quantities applied for ; whereas                                       For the Commission
the applications submitted in the period 1 to 10
February 1978 exceed the quantity available for Swazi­                                       Finn GUNDELACH
land ; whereas a percentage should consequently be
fixed for the reduction of the quantities originating in                                        Vice-President
(i) OJ No   L 329, 23 . 12.  1975, p. 4.
 2  OJ No  L  300, 24.  11 . 1977, p. 1.
(3) OJ No   L 333, 30 . 12.  1975, p. 44.
 4) OJ No  L  320, 15 . 12 . 1977, p. 17.