CELEX: 31997D0314
Language: en
Date: 1997-05-16 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION DECISION of 16 May 1997 on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia

No L 135/8          EN I             Official Journal of the European Communities                                   27. 5. 97
                                                  COMMISSION
                                                 COMMISSION DECISION
                                                        of 16 May 1997
                   on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana,
                                 Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia
                                                          (97/314/EC)
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       meat, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 589/96, do
                                                                    not exceed, in respect of products originating in Bot­
                                                                   swana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and
                                                                    Namibia the quantities available from these States;
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            whereas it is therefore possible to issue import licences in
  Community,                                                       respect of the quantities requested;
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 of           Whereas the quantities, in respect of which licences may
  5 March 1990 on the arrangements applicable to agricul­          be applied for from 1 June 1997, should be fixed within
  tural products and certain goods resulting from the              the scope of the total quantity of 52 100 tonnes;
  processing of agricultural products originating in the
 African, Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP) or in the
 overseas countries and territories (OCT) ('), as last             Whereas it seems expedient to recall that this Decision is
 amended by Regulation (EC) No 619/96 (2), and in par­            without prejudice to Council Directive 72/462/EEC of 12
 ticular Article 27 thereof,                                       December 1972 on health and veterinary inspection
                                                                   problems on 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 Commission Regulation (EC) No 589/96            sion of Austria, Finland and Sweden,
 of 2 April 1996 laying down detailed rules for the applica­
 tion in the beef and veal sector of Council Regulation
 (EEC) No 715/90 on the arrangements applicable to agri­
 cultural 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 (3), and in particular Article 4
 thereof,
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Whereas Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 589/96 provides
 for the possibility of issuing import licences for beef and
veal products; whereas, however, imports must take place
within the limits of the quantities specified for each of                                     Article 1
these exporting non-member countries;
                                                                  The following Member States shall issue on 21 May 1997
Whereas the applications for import licences submitted            import licences for beef and veal products, expressed as
between 1 and 10 May 1997, expressed in terms of boned            boned meat, originating in certain African, Caribbean and
                                                                  Pacific States, in respect of the following quantities and
                                                                  countries of origin:
(') OJ No L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85.
I1) OJ No L 89, 10. 4. 1996, p. 1 .
 3 OJ No L 84, 3. 4. 1996, p. 22.                                  4 OJ No L 302, 31 . 12. 1972, p. 28 .
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Germany:                                                           Botswana:             14 106 tonnes,
— 350 tonnes originating in Botswana,                             Kenya:                    142 tonnes,
— 75 tonnes originating in Madagascar,                            Madagascar:             7 279 tonnes,
— 80 tonnes originating in Namibia.                               Swaziland :             3 243 tonnes,
Denmark:                                                          Zimbabwe :              7 048 tonnes,
                                                                  Namibia:               10 320 tonnes.
— 15 tonnes originating in Madagascar.
United Kingdom:
                                                                                      Article 3
— 650 tonnes originating in Botswana,
— 20 tonnes originating in Swaziland,                          This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
— 785 tonnes originating in Zimbabwe,
— 1 000 tonnes originating in Namibia.
                                                               Done at Brussels, 16 May 1997.
                          Article 2
Licence applications may be submitted, pursuant to                                      For the Commission
Article 3 (3) of Regulation (EC) No 589/96 during the first                                Franz FISCHLER
10 days of June 1997 for the following quantities of
boned beef and veal :                                                               Member of the Commission