CELEX: 32001R0108
Language: en
Date: 2001-01-19 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 108/2001 of 19 January 2001 on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia

20.1.2001               EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                         L 19/7
                                            COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 108/2001
                                                            of 19 January 2001
                on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana, Kenya,
                                            Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                       meat products from third countries (3), as last amended
                                                                                  by Directive 97/79/CE (4),
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1706/98 of 20                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
July 1998 on the arrangements applicable to agricultural prod-
ucts and goods resulting from the processing of agricultural                                           Article 1
products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific
States (ACP States) and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 715/                The following Member States shall issue on 21 January 2001
90 (1), and in particular Article 30 thereof,                             import licences for beef and veal products, expressed as boned
                                                                          meat, originating in certain African, Caribbean and Pacific
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1918/98 of                 States, in respect of the following quantities and countries of
9 September 1998 laying down detailed rules for the applica-              origin:
tion in the beef and veal sector of Council Regulation (EC) No
1706/98 on the arrangements applicable to agricultural prod-              Germany:
ucts and certain goods resulting from the processing of agricul-          — 580 tonnes originating in Botswana,
tural products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific          — 350 tonnes originating in Namibia,
States and repealing Regulation (EC) No 589/96 (2), and in
particular Article 4 thereof,                                             United Kingdom:
Whereas:                                                                  — 1 400 tonnes originating in Botswana,
(1)     Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1918/98 provides for              — 975 tonnes originating in Namibia,
        the possibility of issuing import licences for beef and           — 2 909,950 tonnes originating in Zimbabwe.
        veal products. However, imports must take place within
        the limits of the quantities specified for each of these                                       Article 2
        exporting non-member countries.
                                                                          Licence applications may be submitted, pursuant to Article 3(2)
(2)     The applications for import licences submitted between            of Regulation (EC) No 1918/98, during the first 10 days of
        1 and 10 January 2001, expressed in terms of boned                February 2001 for the following quantities of boned beef and
        meat, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1918/98,              veal:
        do not exceed, in respect of products originating from
        Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe                  Botswana:                           16 936 tonnes,
        and Namibia, the quantities available from those States.          Kenya:                                 142 tonnes,
        It is therefore possible to issue import licences in respect
        of the quantities applied for.                                    Madagascar:                          7 579 tonnes,
(3)     The quantities in respect of which licences may be                Swaziland:                           3 363 tonnes,
        applied for from 1 February 2001 should be fixed                  Zimbabwe:                       6 190,050 tonnes,
        within the scope of the total quantity of 52 100 tonnes.          Namibia:                            11 675 tonnes.
(4)     This Regulation is without prejudice to Council Directive
        72/462/EEC of 12 December 1972 on health and veter-                                            Article 3
        inary inspection problems upon importation of bovine,
        ovine and caprine animals and swine, fresh meat or                This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 January 2001.
                       This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                       Done at Brussels, 19 January 2001.
                                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                                         Franz FISCHLER
                                                                                   Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 215, 1.8.1998, p. 12.                                            (3) OJ L 302, 31.12.1972, p. 28.
(2) OJ L 250, 10.9.1998, p. 16.                                           (4) OJ L 24, 30.1.1998, p. 31.