CELEX: 
Language: en
Date: 1994-03-04 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 17 February 1994 on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia

No L 61 /24                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                    4. 3 . 94
                                                    COMMISSION DECISION
                                                       of 17 February 1994
                   on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana,
                                   Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia
                                                            (94/ 138/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
                                                                      problems upon importation of bovine animals and swine
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 and fresh meat from third countries (*), as last amended by
Community,                                                            Regulation (EEC) No 1601 /92 (*),
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                   HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
processing of agricultural products originating in the
African, Caribbean and Pacific States or in the overseas
countries and territories ('), as last amended by Regulation
(EC) No 235/94 (2), in particular Article 27 thereof,
                                                                                              Article 1
                                                                      The following Member States shall issue on 21 February
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No
2377/80 of 4 September 1980 on special detailed rules for             1994 import licences concerning beef and veal products,
the application of the system of import and export                    expressed in terms of boned meat, originating in certain
licences in the beef and veal sector (3), as last amended by          African, Caribbean and Pacific States, in respect of the
Regulation (EEC) No 2867/93 (4), and in particular Article            quantities and the countries of origin stated :
 15 (6) (b) (i) thereof,
                                                                      Federal Republic of Germany :
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 provides for the                   —     15,00 tonnes originating in Madagascar,
possibility of issuing import licences for beef and veal              — 690,00 tonnes originating in Zimbabwe,
products ; whereas, however, imports must take place
within the limits of the quantities specified for each of             — 45,00 tonnes originating in Namibia ;
these exporting non-member countries ;
                                                                      French Republic :
Whereas the applications for import licences submitted                — 1 5,00 tonnes originating in Madagascar ;
between 1 and 10 February 1994, expressed in terms of
boned meat, in accordance with Article 15 (1 ) (b) of Regu­           Kingdom of the Netherlands :
lation (EEC) No 2377/80, do not exceed, in respect of
products originating in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar,                  — 100,00 tonnes originating in Botswana,
Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia the quantities
available from these States ; whereas it is therefore                 — 30,00 tonnes originating in Madagascar,
possible to issue import licences in respect of the quanti­
ties requested ;                                                      — 45,00 tonnes originating in Namibia ;
                                                                       United Kingdom :
Whereas the quantities, in respect of which licences may              — 65,00 tonnes originating in Swaziland,
be applied for from 1 March 1994, should be fixed within
the scope of the total quantity of 52 100 tonnes ;                    — 630,00 tonnes originating in Zimbabwe,
                                                                      — 395,00 tonnes originating in Namibia.
(') OJ No   L  84, 30. 3 . 1990, p. 85.
0   OJ No   L  30, 3. 2. 1994, p. 12.
(3) OJ No   L  241 , 13. 9 . 1980, p. 5.                              0 OJ No L 302, 31 . 12. 1972, p. 28.
(4) OJ No   L  262, 21 . 10. 1993, p. 26.                             (6) OJ No L 173, 27. 6. 1992, p. 13.
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                            Article 2                                                    Article 3
Applications for licences may be submitted, in accordance         This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
with Article 15 (6) (b) (ii) of Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80
during the first 10 days of March 1994 in respect of the
following quantities of boned beef and veal :
— Botswana :                                18 136,00 tonnes      Done at Brussels, 17 February 1994.
— Kenya :                                       142,00 tonnes
— Madagascar :                                7 498,00 tonnes
                                                                                           For the Commission
— Swaziland :                                 3 282,00 tonnes
                                                                                              Rene STEICHEN
— Zimbabwe :                                  2 638,00 tonnes
— Namibia :                                 1 1 775,00 tonnes.                         Member of the Commission