CELEX: 31999D0536
Language: en
Date: 1999-07-20 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 20 July 1999 on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia (notified under document number C(1999) 2223) (Text with EEA relevance)

L 206/22              EN                        Official Journal of the European Communities                                      5. 8. 1999
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                                                   (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)
                                                            COMMISSION
                                                          COMMISSION DECISION
                                                               of 20 July 1999
              on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana, Kenya, Mada-
                                              gascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia
                                              (notified under document number C(1999) 2223)
                                                           (Text with EEA relevance)
                                                                 (1999/536/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                (3)     Whereas the quantities in respect of which licences may
                                                                                   be applied for from 1 August 1999 should be fixed
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                              within the scope of the total quantity of 52 100 tonnes;
Community,
                                                                           (4)     Whereas this Decision is without prejudice to Council
                                                                                   Directive 72/462/EEC of 12 December 1972 on health
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1706/98 of 20
                                                                                   and veterinary inspection problems on importation of
July 1998 on the arrangements applicable to agricultural prod-
                                                                                   bovine, ovine and caprine animals and swine, fresh meat
ucts and goods resulting from the processing of agricultural
                                                                                   or meat products from third countries (3), as last
products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific
                                                                                   amended by Directive 97/79/EC (4),
States (ACP States) and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 715/
90 (1), and in particular Article 30 thereof,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1918/98 of                  HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
9 September 1998 laying down detailed rules for the applica-
tion in the beef and veal sector of Council Regulation (EC) No
1706/98 on the arrangements applicable to agricultural prod-                                            Article 1
ucts and certain goods resulting from the processing of agricul-
tural products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific           The following Member States shall issue on 21 July 1999
States and repealing Regulation (EC) No 589/96 (2), and in                 import licences for beef and veal products, expressed as
particular Article 4 thereof,                                              deboned meat, originating in certain African, Caribbean and
                                                                           Pacific States, in respect of the following quantities and coun-
                                                                           tries of origin:
(1)     Whereas Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1918/98
        provides for the possibility of issuing import licences for        Germany:
        beef and veal products; whereas, however, imports must             — 250 tonnes originating in Botswana,
        take place within the limits of the quantities specified for
        each of these exporting non-member countries;                      — 200 tonnes originating in Namibia.
                                                                           United Kingdom:
(2)     Whereas the applications for import licences submitted             — 485 tonnes originating in Botswana,
        between 1 and 10 July 1999, expressed in terms of
                                                                           — 535 tonnes originating in Zimbabwe,
        deboned meat, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No
        1918/98, do not exceed, in respect of products origin-             — 820 tonnes originating in Namibia,
        ating in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland,                   — 60 tonnes originating in Swaziland,
        Zimbabwe and Namibia, the quantities available from
        those States; whereas it is therefore possible to issue            Belgium:
        import licences in respect of the quantities applied for;          — 75 tonnes originating in Zimbabwe.
(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.
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                                                             Article 2
           Licence applications may be submitted, pursuant to Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1918/98, during the
           first 10 days of August 1999 for the following quantities of deboned beef and veal:
           —    Botswana:                      11 546 tonnes,
           —    Kenya:                             142 tonnes,
           —    Madagascar:                      7 579 tonnes,
           —    Swaziland:                       3 123 tonnes,
           —    Zimbabwe:                        5 340 tonnes,
           —    Namibia:                         7 400 tonnes.
                                                             Article 3
           This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
           Done at Brussels, 20 July 1999.
                                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                                        Franz FISCHLER
                                                                                  Member of the Commission