CELEX: 31996D0189
Language: en
Date: 1996-02-20 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION DECISION of 20 February 1996 on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland and Zimbabwe

9 . 3 . 96          EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 60 /27
                                                  COMMISSION DECISION
                                                     of 20 February 1996
                   on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana,
                                      Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland and Zimbabwe
                                                           (96/ 189/EC)
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        Whereas the quantities in respect of which licences may
                                                                     be applied for from 1 March 1996, should be fixed within
                                                                     the scope of the total quantity of 39 100 tonnes;
  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, ovine and caprine
                                                                     animals and swine, fresh meat or meat products from
                                                                     third countries (4), as last amended by the Act of Acces­
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 of             sion of Austria, Finland and Sweden,
  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 (ACP) or in the
 overseas countries and territories (OCT) ('), as last
                                                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
 amended by Regulation (EC) No 2916/95 (2), and in parti­
 cular Article 27 thereof,
                                                                                                Article 1
 Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No
  1636/95 of 5 July 1995 temporarily adapting the special            The following Member States shall issue on 21 February
 import arrangements in the beef sector provided for in              1996 import licences for beef and veal products, expressed
 Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 with the view to the imple­              as boned meat, originating in certain African, Caribbean
 mentation of the Agreement on Agriculture concluded                 and Pacific States, in respect of the following quantities
 during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotia­             and countries of origin :
 tions (3), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
                                                                     Germany:
                                                                     — 55,000 tonnes originating in Botswana,
 Whereas Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1636/95                    — 205,000 tonnes originating in Madagascar;
 provides for the possibility of issuing import licences for
 beef and veal products; whereas, however, imports must
                                                                     Denmark:
 take place within the limits of the quantities specified for
 each of these exporting non-member countries;
                                                                    — 15,000 tonnes originating in Madagascar;
                                                                     Greece:
Whereas the applications for import licences submitted
between 1 and 10 February 1996, expressed in terms of               — 10,000 tonnes originating in Zimbabwe;
boned meat, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No
 1636/95, do not exceed, in respect of products originating          United Kingdom:
from Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland and
Zimbabwe the quantities available from these States;
                                                                    — 180,000 tonnes originating in Botswana,
whereas it is therefore possible to issue import licences in
respect of the quantities requested;                                —     10,000 tonnes originating in Swaziland,
                                                                    — 592,820 tonnes originating in Zimbabwe.
(') OJ No L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85.
(2) OJ No L 305, 19. 12. 1995, p. 49.
(3) OJ No L 155, 6. 7. 1995, p. 25.                                 (4) OJ No L 302, 31 . 12. 1972, p. 28 .
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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 1636/95 during the
first 10 days of March 1996 for the following quantities of
boned beef and veal:
                                                               Done at Brussels, 20 February 1996.
— Botswana:            17 971,000 tonnes,
— Kenya:                  142,000 tonnes,
                                                                                        For the Commission
— Madagascar:           7 280,187 tonnes,
— Swaziland:            3 323,000 tonnes,                                                 Franz FISCHLER
— Zimbabwe:             8 317,180 tonnes.                                           Member of the Commission