CELEX: 31999D0588
Language: en
Date: 1999-08-18 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 18 August 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) 2758)

24. 8. 1999            EN                       Official Journal of the European Communities                                       L 223/31
                                                          COMMISSION DECISION
                                                             of 18 August 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) 2758)
                                                                (1999/588/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 August 1999
                                                                           import licences for beef and veal products, expressed as
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1706/98 of 20                  deboned meat, originating in certain African, Caribbean and
July 1998 on the arrangements applicable to agricultural prod-             Pacific States, in respect of the following quantities and coun-
ucts and goods resulting from the processing of agricultural               tries of origin:
products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific
States (ACP States) and repealing Regulation (EEC) No                      Germany:
715/90 (1), and in particular Article 30 thereof,                          — 1 050 tonnes originating in Botswana,
                                                                           — 500 tonnes originating in Namibia.
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1918/98 of                  United Kingdom:
9 September 1998 laying down detailed rules for the applica-               — 600 tonnes originating in Botswana,
tion in the beef and veal sector of Council Regulation (EC) No
1706/98 on the arrangements applicable to agricultural prod-               — 955 tonnes originating in Zimbabwe,
ucts and certain goods resulting from the processing of agricul-           — 650 tonnes originating in Namibia,
tural products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific           — 40 tonnes originating in Swaziland.
States and repealing Regulation (EC) No 589/96 (2), and in                 Belgium:
particular Article 4 thereof,                                              — 100 tonnes originating in Zimbabwe.
(1)     Whereas Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1918/98                                                 Article 2
        provides for the possibility of issuing import licences for
        beef and veal products; whereas, however, imports must             Licence applications may be submitted, pursuant to Article 3(2)
        take place within the limits of the quantities specified for       of Regulation (EC) No 1918/98, during the first 10 days of
        each of these exporting non-member countries;                      September 1999 for the following quantities of deboned beef
                                                                           and veal:
(2)     Whereas the applications for import licences submitted             — Botswana:                          9 896 tonnes,
        between 1 and 10 August 1999, expressed in terms of                — Kenya:                               142 tonnes,
        deboned meat, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No
                                                                           — Madagascar:                        7 579 tonnes,
        1918/98, do not exceed, in respect of products origin-
        ating in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland,                   — Swaziland:                         3 083 tonnes,
        Zimbabwe and Namibia, the quantities available from                — Zimbabwe:                          4 285 tonnes,
        those States; whereas it is therefore possible to issue            — Namibia:                           6 250 tonnes.
        import licences in respect of the quantities applied for;
(3)     Whereas the quantities in respect of which licences may                                         Article 3
        be applied for from 1 September 1999 should be fixed
        within the scope of the total quantity of 52 100 tonnes;           This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
(4)     Whereas this Decision is without prejudice to Council              Done at Brussels, 18 August 1999.
        Directive 72/462/EEC of 12 December 1972 on health
        and veterinary inspection problems on 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.