CELEX: 
Language: en
Date: 1994-08-31 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 18 August 1994 on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia

No L 225/34                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                 31 . 8 . 94
                                                  COMMISSION DECISION
                                                       of 18 August 1994
                   on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana,
                                  Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia
                                                           (94/596/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        within the scope of the total quantity of 57 242 tonnes,
                                                                   fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 578/94 (*) ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              Whereas it seems expedient to recall that this Decision is
Community,                                                         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
                                                                   and fresh meat from third countries (6), as last amended by
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 of             Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601 /92 f),
5 March 1990 on the arrangements applicable to agricul­
tural 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 ('), as last amended by Regulation
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
(EC) No 235/94 (2), in particular Article 27 thereof,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No                                              Article 1
2377/80 of 4 September 1980 on special detailed rules for
the application of the system of import and export
licences in the beef and veal sector (3), as last amended by       The following Member States shall issue on 21 August
Regulation (EC) No 1084/94 (4), and in particular Article           1994 import licences concerning beef and veal products,
15 (6) (b) (i) thereof,                                            expressed in terms of boned meat, originating from
                                                                   certain African, Caribbean and Pacific States, in respect of
                                                                   the quantities and the countries of origin stated :
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 provides for the
possibility of issuing import licences for beef and veal            Germany :
products ; whereas, however, imports must take place
within the limits of the quantities specified for each of          — 190,00 tonnes originating in Botswana,
these exporting non-member countries ;                             — 120,00 tonnes originating in Madagascar,
                                                                   — 35,00 tonnes originating in Namibia ;
Whereas the applications for import licences submitted              Netherlands :
between 1 and 10 August 1994, expressed in terms of
boned meat, in accordance with Article 15 ( 1 ) (b) of Regu­
lation (EEC) No 2377/80, do not exceed, in respect of              — 90,00 tonnes originating in Botswana,
products originating in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar,               — 120,98 tonnes originating in Madagascar ;
Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia the quantities
available from these States ; whereas it is therefore
possible to issue import licences in respect of the quanti­          United Kingdom :
ties requested ;
                                                                   — 300,00 tonnes originating in Botswana,
                                                                   — 25,00 tonnes originating in Swaziland,
Whereas the quantities, in respect of which licences may           — 605,00 tonnes originating in Zimbabwe,
be applied for from 1 September 1994, should be fixed
                                                                   — 815,00 tonnes originating in Namibia.
(') OJ No  L  84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85.
(2) OJ No  L  30, 3. 2. 1994, p. 12.                                0 OJ No L 74, 17. 3. 1994, p. 6.
(3) OJ No  L  241 , 13. 9 . 1980, p. 5.                             (6) OJ No L 302, 31 . 12. 1972, p. 28.
(4) OJ No  L  120, 11 . 5. 1994, p. 30.                             0 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 September 1994 in respect of
the following quantities of boned beef and veal :
— Botswana :                                  8 821,00 tonnes      Done at Brussels, 18 August 1994.
— Kenya :                                       142,00 tonnes
— Madagascar :                                6 501,72 tonnes
                                                                                            For the Commission
— Swaziland :                                 2 816,00 tonnes
— Zimbabwe :                                                                                  Rene STEICHEN
                                              2 710,00 tonnes
— Namibia :                                   3 925,00 tonnes .                         Member of the Commission