CELEX: 
Language: en
Date: 1992-01-14 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 18 December 1991 on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia

14. 1 . 92                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                  No L 8/21
                                                  COMMISSION DECISION
                                                    of 18 December 1991
                 on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana,
                                 Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia
                                                          (92/ 16/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         third countries (5),    as    last  amended     by  Directive
                                                                    91 /497/EEC r6),
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic 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 ACP          The following Member States shall issue on 21 December
States or in the overseas countries and territories (OCT) ('),      1991 import licences concerning beef and veal products,
as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 523/91 (2), and in                expressed in terms of boned meat, originating in certain
particular Article 27 thereof,                                      African, Caribbean and Pacific States, in respect of the
                                                                    quantities and the countries of origin stated :
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC)
No 2377/80 of 4 September 1980 on special detailed rules             Germany :
for the application of the system of import and export              — 21,90 tonnes originating in Madagascar ;
licences in the beef and veal sector (3), as last amended by         United Kingdom :
Regulation (EEC) No 815/91 (4), and in particular
Article 15 (6) (b) (i) thereof,                                     — 80,00 tonnes originating in Botswana,
                                                                    — 610,00 tonnes originating in Namibia.
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 provides for the
possibility of issuing import licences for beef and veal                                        Article 2
products ; whereas, however, imports must take place
within the limits of the quantities specified for each of           Applications for licences may be submitted, in accordance
these exporting non-member countries ;                              with Article 15 (6) (b) (ii) of Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80
                                                                    during the first 10 days of January 1992 in respect of the
Whereas the applications for import licences submitted              following quantities of boned beef and veal :
between 1 and 10 November 1991 , expressed in terms of                   Botswana :                             18 916,00 tonnes,
boned meat, in accordance with Article 15 ( 1 ) (b) of Regu­            Kenya :                                    142,00 tonnes,
lation (EEC) No 2377/80, do not exceed, in respect of                   Madagascar :                             7 579,00 tonnes,
products originating in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar,                    Swaziland :                              3 363,00 tonnes,
Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia, the quantities                         Zimbabwe :                               9 100,00 tonnes,
available from these States ; whereas it is therefore                    Namibia :                              10 500,00 tonnes.
possible to issue import licences in respect of the quanti­
ties requested ;
                                                                                                Article 3
Whereas the remaining quantities, in respect of which               This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
licences may be applied for from 1 January 1992, should
be fixed within the scope of the total quantity of 49 600
tonnes ;
                                                                    Done at Brussels, 18 December 1991 .
Whereas it seems expedient to recall that this Decision is
without prejudice to Council Directive 72/462/EEC of                                               For the Commission
12 December 1972 on health and veterinary inspection
                                                                                                    Ray MAC SHARRY
problems upon importation of bovine, ovine and caprine
animals, swine, fresh meat and meat-based products from                                      Member of the Commission
(') OJ  No  L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85.
(2) OJ  No  L 58, 5. 3. 1991 , p. 1 .
0   OJ  No  L 241 , 13. 9 . 1980, p. 5.                             0 OJ No L 302, 31 . 12. 1972, p. 28.
(4) OJ  No  L 83, 3. 4. 1991 , p. 6.                                (6) OJ No L 268, 24. 9. 1991 , p. 69.