CELEX: 
Language: en
Date: 1991-05-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 21 May 1991 on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia

30. 5. 91                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                No L 135/57
                                                   COMMISSION DECISION
                                                         of 21 May 1991
                    on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana,
                                   Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia
                                                           (91 /275/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           third countries (%     as    last  amended     by   Directive
                                                                      91 /69/EEC (6),
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community,                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 of                                          Article 1
 5 March 1990 on the arrangements applicable to agricul­
                                                                     The following Member States shall issue on 21 May 1991
tural products and certain goods resulting from the
processing of agricultural products originating in the
                                                                      import licences concerning beef and veal products,
African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States or in the                 expressed in terms of boned meat, originating in certain
overseas countries and territories (OCT) ('), as last                African, Caribbean and Pacific States, in respect of the
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 523/91 (2), and in                     quantities and the countries of origin stated :
 particular Article 27 thereof,                                       Germany :
                                                                     — 620,00 tonnes originating in Botswana,
 Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No                     — 175,00 tonnes originating in Swaziland ;
2377/80 of 4 September 1980 on special detailed rules for
the application of the system of import and export                     United Kingdom :
licences in the beef and veal sector (3), as last amended by         — 821,00 tonnes originating in Botswana,
Regulation (EEC) No 815/91 (4), and in particular Article            — 93,80 tonnes originating in Zimbabwe,
 15 (6) (b) (i) thereof,                                             — 848,00 tonnes originating in Namibia ;
                                                                      Netherlands :
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 provides for the
possibility of issuing import licences for beef and veal             — 533,60 tonnes originating in Botswana.
products ; whereas, however, imports must take place
within the limits of the quantities specified for each of                                        Article 2
these exporting non-member countries ;                               Applications for licences may be submitted, in accordance
                                                                     with Article 15 (6) (b) (ii) of Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80
Whereas the applications for import licences submitted               during the first 10 days of June 1991 in respect of the
between 1 and 10 May 1991 , expressed in terms of boned              following quantities of boned beef and veal :
meat, in accordance with Article 15 (1 ) (b) of Regulation                Botswana :                             14 697,80 tonnes,
(EEC) No 2377/80, do not exceed, in respect of products                   Kenya :                                   142,00 tonnes,
originating in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland,                    Madagascar :                            7 566,50 tonnes,
Zimbabwe and Namibia, the quantities available from                       Swaziland :                             2 888,00 tonnes,
these States ; whereas it is therefore possible to issue                  Zimbabwe :                              8 998,71 tonnes,
import licences in respect of the quantities requested ;                  Namibia :                               8 709,99 tonnes.
Whereas the remaining quantities, in respect of which                                            Article 3
licences may be applied for from 1 June 1991 , should be
fixed within the scope of the total quantity of 49 600               This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
tonnes ;
                                                                     Done at Brussels, 21 May 1991 .
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
                                                                                                     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 46, 19 . 2. 1991 , p. 37.