CELEX: 
Language: en
Date: 1981-03-18 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 20 February 1981 on the issue of import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar and Swaziland

No L 72/ 12                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                18 . 3 . 81
                                                   COMMISSION DECISION
                                                      of 20 February 1981
               on the issue of import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating
                                     in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar and Swaziland
                                                           (81 / 148/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        veal products, expressed in terms of boned meat, origi­
COMMUNITIES,                                                          nating in certain African, Caribbean and Pacific States,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 in respect of the quantities and the countries of origin
                                                                      stated :
Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                          1 . Germany :
435/80 of 18 February 1980 on the arrangements
applicable to agricultural products and certain goods                     (a) 298-2 tonnes originating in Madagascar,
resulting from the processing of agricultural products                    (b) 3-2 tonnes originating in Swaziland ;
originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific
States or in the overseas countries and territories ( !), as          2. France :
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3486/80 (2), and in
particular Article 23 thereof,                                            28-0 tonnes originating in Madagascar ;
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No                       3 . United Kingdom :
486/80 of 28 February 1980 laying down detailed
rules for the application in beef and veal of Regula­                     45-2 tonnes originating in Swaziland.
tion (EEC) No 435/80 (3), and in particular Article 2
(3) thereof,
                                                                                              Article 2
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 435/80 provides for
the possibility of issuing import licences for beef and
veal products ; whereas, however, imports must take                   Applications for licences may be submitted, in accor­
place within the limits of the quantities specified for               dance with Article 2 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No
each of these exporting non-member countries ;                        486/80 during the first 10 days of March 1981 , in
                                                                      respect of the following quantities of boned beef and
Whereas the applications for import licences                          veal :
submitted between 1 and 10 February 1981 , expressed
in terms of boned meat, in accordance with Article 2                           Botswana :              18 916-0 tonnes,
( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 486/80, do not exceed, in                         Kenya :                    142-0 tonnes,
respect of products originating in Boswana, Kenya,                             Madagascar :             7 261-8 tonnes,
Madagascar and Swaziland, the quantities available                             Swaziland :              3 314-6 tonnes.
from these States ; whereas it is therefore possible to
issue import licences in respect of the quantities
requested ; whereas, in the case of Botswana, Decision                                        Article 3
80/354/EEC of 7 March 1980 (4) currently subjects
imports to health measures ;                                          This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Whereas the quantities, in respect of which it will be
 possible to apply for licences from 1 March 1981 ,
should be fixed,
                                                                       Done at Brussels, 20 February 1981 .
 HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
                                                                                                 For the Commission
                            Article 1
                                                                                                   Poul DALSAGER
The following Member States shall issue on 23
 February 1981 import licences concerning beef and                                          Member of the Commission
 (!)  OJ No L  55, 28 . 2. 1980, p. 4.
 (2)  OJ No L  365, 31 . 12. 1980, p. 2.
 (3)  OJ No L  56, 29 . 2. 1980, p. 22.
 (4)  OJ No L  79, 26. 3 . 1980, p . 23 .