CELEX: 31998D0096
Language: en
Date: 1998-01-20 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION DECISION of 20 January 1998 on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia

27. 1. 98          ¬ EN ¬              Official Journal of the European Communities                                 L 20/35
                                                COMMISSION DECISION
                                                     of 20 January 1998
                 on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana,
                                Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia
                                                          (98/96/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       third countries (4),   as   last   amended   by  Directive
                                                                  96/91/EC (5),
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 of
5 March 1990 on the arrangements applicable to agricul-                                     Article 1
tural products and certain goods resulting from the
processing of agricultural products originating in the            The following Member States shall issue on 21 January
African, Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP) or in the             1998 import licences for beef and veal products, expressed
overseas countries and territories (OCT) (1), as last             as boned meat, originating in certain African, Caribbean
amended by Regulation (EC) No 619/96 (2), and in par-             and Pacific States, in respect of the following quantities
ticular Article 27 thereof,                                       and countries of origin:
                                                                  Germany:
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 589/96
of 2 April 1996 laying down detailed rules for the applica-       — 290,000 tonnes originating in Botswana,
tion in the beef and veal sector of Council Regulation            — 3,000 tonnes originating in Namibia.
(EEC) No 715/90 on the arrangements applicable to agri-
cultural products and certain goods resulting from the            United Kingdom:
processing of agricultural products originating in the            — 540,000 tonnes originating in Botswana,
African, Caribbean and Pacific States or in the overseas          — 250,000 tonnes originating in Namibia.
countries and territories (3), and in particular Article 4
thereof,
                                                                                            Article 2
Whereas Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 589/96 provides
for the possibility of issuing import licences for beef and       Licence applications may be submitted, pursuant to
veal products; whereas, however, imports must take place          Article 3(3) of Regulation (EC) No 589/96 during the first
within the limits of the quantities specified for each of         10 days of February 1998 for the following quantities of
these exporting non-member countries;                             boned beef and veal:
                                                                  —    Botswana:          18 086,000   tonnes,
Whereas the applications for import licences submitted            —    Kenya:                 142,000  tonnes,
between 1 and 10 January 1998, expressed in terms of
                                                                  —    Madagascar:          7 579,000  tonnes,
boned meat, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No
589/96, do not exceed, in respect of products originating         —    Swaziland:           3 363,000  tonnes,
in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe               —    Zimbabwe:            9 100,000  tonnes,
and Namibia, the quantities available from these States;          —    Namibia:           12 747,000   tonnes.
whereas it is therefore possible to issue import licences in
respect of the quantities requested;                                                        Article 3
Whereas the quantities, in respect of which licences may          This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
be applied for from 1 February 1998, should be fixed
within the scope of the total quantity of 52 100 tonnes;
                                                                  Done at Brussels, 20 January 1998.
Whereas it seems expedient to recall that this Decision is
without prejudice to Council Directive 72/462/EEC of 12                                        For the Commission
December 1972 on health and veterinary inspection
                                                                                                 Franz FISCHLER
problems on importation of bovine, ovine and caprine
animals and swine, fresh meat or meat products from                                       Member of the Commission
(1) 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.
(3) OJ L 84, 3. 4. 1996, p. 22.                                   (5) OJ L 13, 16. 1. 1997, p. 26.