CELEX: 31996D0395
Language: en
Date: 1996-06-19 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION DECISION of 19 June 1996 on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia

3 . 7. 96         I EN I               Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 164/ 15
                                                    COMMISSION DECISION
                                                          of 19 June 1996
                   on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana,
                                  Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia
                                                             (96/395/EC)
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         Whereas it seems expedient to recall that this Decision is
                                                                      without prejudice to Council Directive 72/462/EEC of 12
                                                                      December 1972 on health and veterinary inspection
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               problems upon importation of bovine, ovine and caprine
  Community,
                                                                      animals and swine, fresh meat or meat products from
                                                                      third countries (4), as last amended by the Act of Acces­
                                                                      sion of Austria, Finland and Sweden,
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 of
  5 March 1990 on the arrangements applicable to agricul­
  tural products and certain goods resulting from the
  processing of agricultural products originating in the
 African, Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP) or in the
  overseas countries and territories (OCT) ('), as last               HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
  amended by Regulation (EC) No 619/96 (2), and in parti­
 cular Article 27 thereof,
  Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 589/96                                          Article 1
 of 2 April 1996 laying down detailed rules for the applica­
 tion in the beef and veal sector of Council Regulation
 (EEC) No 715/90 on the arrangements applicable to agri­             The following Member States shall issue on 21 June 1996
 cultural products and certain goods resulting from the              import licences for beef and veal products, expressed as
 processing of agricultural products originating in the              boned meat, originating in certain African, Caribbean and
 African, Caribbean and Pacific States or in the overseas            Pacific States, in respect of the following quantities and
 countries and territories (3), in particular Article 4 thereof,     countries of origin:
 Whereas Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 589/96 provides             Germany:
 for the possibility of issuing import licences for beef and
 veal products; whereas, however, imports must take place            — 350,000 tonnes originating in Botswana,
 within the limits of the quantities specified for each of
 these exporting non-member countries;                               — 60,000 tonnes originating in Madagascar,
                                                                     — 450,000 tonnes originating in Namibia;
Whereas the applications for import licences submitted
 between 1 and 10 June 1996, expressed in terms of boned             Netherlands:
 meat, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 589/96, do
 not exceed, in respect of products originating from Bots­           — 100,000 tonnes originating in Botswana;
wana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and
 Namibia the quantities available from these States;
whereas it is therefore possible to issue import licences in
respect of the quantities requested;                                 United Kingdom:
                                                                     — 785,000 tonnes originating in Botswana,
Whereas the quantities in respect of which licences may              — 84,000 tonnes originating in Swaziland,
be applied for from 1 July 1996, should be fixed within
the scope of the total quantity of 52 100 tonnes;                    — 759,000 tonnes originating in Zimbabwe,
                                                                     — 700,000 tonnes originating in Namibia.
(') OJ No L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85.
 2 OJ No L 89, 10. 4. 1996, p. 1 .
(3) OJ No L 84, 3. 4. 1996, p. 22.                                   0 OJ No L 302, 31 . 12. 1972, p. 28.
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                          Article 2                                                    Article 3
Licence applications may be submitted, pursuant to              This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Article 3 (3) of Regulation (EC) No 589/96 during the first
10 days of July 1996 for the following quantities of boned
beef and veal :
— Botswana:              12 136,000 tonnes,                     Done at Brussels, 19 June 1996.
— Kenya:                    142,000 tonnes,
— Madagascar:             6 644,187 tonnes,
                                                                                         For the Commission
— Swaziland:              3 064,000 tonnes,
                                                                                           Franz FISCHLER
— Zimbabwe:               6 017,180 tonnes,
— Namibia:                8 635,006 tonnes.                                          Member of the Commission