CELEX: 31996D0561
Language: en
Date: 1996-09-18 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION DECISION of 18 September 1996 on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia

No L 245/ 18        EN                  Official Journal of the European Communities                                     26. 9 . 96
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                                             (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)
                                                     COMMISSION
                                                    COMMISSION DECISION
                                                       of 18 September 1 996
                   on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana,
                                  Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia
                                                             (96/561 /EC)
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           boned meat, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No
                                                                        589/96, do not exceed, in respect of products originating
                                                                        from Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 and Namibia the quantities available from these States;
  Community,                                                            whereas it is therefore possible to issue import licences in
                                                                        respect of the quantities requested;
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 of
  5 March 1990 on the arrangements applicable to agricul­              Whereas the quantities in respect of which licences may
  tural products and certain goods resulting from the                   be applied for from 1 October 1996, should be fixed
  processing of agricultural products originating in the               within the scope of the total quantity of 52 1 00 tonnes;
 African, Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP) or in the
 overseas countries and territories (OCT)('), as last
 amended by Regulation (EC) No 619/96 (2), and in parti­               Whereas it seems expedient to recall that this Decision is
 cular Article 27 thereof,                                             without prejudice to Council Directive 72/462/EEC of 12
                                                                       December 1972 on health and veterinary inspection
                                                                       problems on importation of bovine, ovine and caprine
 Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 589/96                 animals and swine, fresh meat or meat products from
 of 2 April 1996 laying down detailed rules for the applica­           third countries (4), as last amended by the Act of Acces­
 tion in the beef and veal sector of Council Regulation                sion of Austria, Finland and Sweden,
 (EEC) No 715/90 on the arrangements applicable to agri­
 cultural products and certain goods resulting from the
 processing of agricultural products originating in the
 African, Caribbean and Pacific States or in the overseas
 countries and territories (3), in particular Article 4 thereof,
                                                                       HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Whereas Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 589/96 provides
 for the possibility of issuing import licences for beef and
veal products; whereas, however, imports must take place                                          Article 1
within the limits of the quantities specified for each of
these exporting non-member countries;
                                                                      The following Member States shall issue on 21 September
                                                                       1 996 import licences for beef and veal products, expressed
Whereas the applications for import licences submitted                as boned meat, originating in certain African, Caribbean
between 1 and 10 September 1996, expressed in terms of                and Pacific States, in respect of the following quantities
                                                                      and countries of origin :
(') 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.                                    (4) OJ No L 302, 31 . 12. 1972, p. 28 .
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Germany:                                                           Botswana:          8 646,000 tonnes,
— 105,000 tonnes originating in Madagascar                         Kenya:               142,000 tonnes,
                                                                  Madagascar:         6 162,257 tonnes,
Denmark:                                                          Swaziland :         2 884,000 tonnes,
                                                                  Zimbabwe :          4 317,180 tonnes,
— 15,000 tonnes originating in Madagascar
                                                                   Namibia:           5 135,006 tonnes.
United Kingdom:
                                                                                      Article 3
— 300,000 tonnes originating in Botswana
— 430,000 tonnes originating in Namibia.                       This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
                          Article 2                            Done at Brussels, 18 September 1996.
Licence applications may be submitted, pursuant to                                      For the Commission
Article 3 (3) of Regulation (EC) No 589/96 during the first                               Franz FISCHLER
10 days of October 1996 for the following quantities of
boned beef and veal :                                                               Member of the Commission