CELEX: 31997D0802
Language: en
Date: 1997-11-19 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION DECISION of 19 November 1997 on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia

28 . 11 . 97       r en 1              Official Journal of the European Communities                                  L 326/43
                                                   COMMISSION
                                                  COMMISSION DECISION
                                                     of 19 November 1997
                   on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana,
                                   Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia
                                                           (97/802/EC)
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       whereas it is therefore possible to issue import licences in
                                                                    respect of the quantities requested;
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             Whereas the quantities, in respect of which licences may
  Community,                                                        be applied for from 1 December 1997, should be fixed
                                                                    within the scope of the total quantity of 52 100 tonnes;
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 of            Whereas it seems expedient to recall that this Decision is
  5 March 1990 on the arrangements applicable to agricul­           without prejudice to Council Directive 72/462/EEC of 12
 tural products and certain goods resulting from the                December 1972 on health and veterinary inspection
  processing of agricultural products originating in the            problems on importation of bovine, ovine and caprine
 African, Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP) or in the              animals and swine, fresh meat or meat products from
 overseas countries and territories (OCT) ('), as last              third countries (4), as last amended by Directive
 amended by Regulation (EC) No 619/96 (2), and in par­              96/91 /EC n,
 ticular Article 27 thereof,
 Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 589/96
                                                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
 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
 cultural products and certain goods resulting from the                                       Article 1
 processing of agricultural products originating in the
 African, Caribbean and Pacific States or in the overseas           The following Member States shall issue on 21 November
 countries and territories (3), and in particular Article 4         1997 import licences for beef and veal products, expressed
 thereof,
                                                                    as boned meat, originating in certain African, Caribbean
                                                                    and Pacific States, in respect of the following quantities
                                                                    and countries of origin :
 Whereas Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 589/96 provides
 for the possibility of issuing import licences for beef and        Germany:
 veal products; whereas, however, imports must take place
 within the limits of the quantities specified for each of         — 260,000 tonnes originating in Botswana,
 these exporting non-member countries;
                                                                   — 180,000 tonnes originating in Namibia.
Whereas the applications for import licences submitted              United Kingdom:
between 1 and 10 November 1997, expressed in terms of
boned meat, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No                  — 520,000 tonnes originating in Botswana,
 589/96, do not exceed, in respect of products originating         — 300,000 tonnes originating in Zimbabwe,
in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe                — 288,000 tonnes originating in Namibia,
and Namibia, the quantities available from these States;
                                                                   — 10,000 tonnes originating in Swaziland.
(') OJ L 84, 30 . 3. 1990, p. 85 .
(2) OJ L 89, 10 . 4. 1996, p. 1 .                                  (4) OJ L 302, 31 . 12. 1972, p. 28 .
0 OJ L 84, 3 . 4. 1996, p. 22.                                     0 OJ L 13, 16. 1 . 1997, p. 26.
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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 December 1997 for the following quantities of
boned beef and veal :
— Botswana:               8 396,000 tonnes,                     Done at Brussels, 19 November 1997.
— Kenya:                    142,000 tonnes,
— Madagascar:             7 144,000 tonnes,
                                                                                         For the Commission
— Swaziland:              3 153,000 tonnes,
                                                                                            Franz FISCHLER
— Zimbabwe :              2 674,659 tonnes,
— Namibia:                7 489,000 tonnes.                                          Member of the Commission