CELEX: 31999D0286
Language: en
Date: 1999-04-19 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 19 April 1999 on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia (notified under document number C(1999) 956)

30. 4. 1999          EN                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                  L 113/21
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                                         (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)
                                                  COMMISSION
                                                COMMISSION DECISION
                                                      of 19 April 1999
                 on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana,
                                Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia
                                      (notified under document number C(1999) 956)
                                                         (1999/286/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        Whereas the applications for import licences submitted
                                                                   between 1 and 10 April 1999, expressed in terms of
                                                                   deboned meat, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No
                                                                   1918/98, do not exceed, in respect of products originating
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Community,                                                         and Namibia, the quantities available from those States;
                                                                   whereas it is therefore possible to issue import licences in
                                                                   respect of the quantities applied for;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1706/98 of
20 July 1998 on the arrangements applicable to agricul-            Whereas the quantities in respect of which licences may
tural products and goods resulting from the processing of          be applied for from 1 May 1999 should be fixed within
agricultural products originating in the African, Carib-           the scope of the total quantity of 52 100 tonnes;
bean and Pacific States (ACP States) and repealing Regula-
tion (EEC) No 715/90 (1), and in particular Article 30             Whereas this Decision is without prejudice to Council
thereof,                                                           Directive 72/462/EEC of 12 December 1972 on health
                                                                   and veterinary inspection problems on importation of
                                                                   bovine, ovine and caprine animals and swine, fresh meat
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1918/               or meat products from third countries (3), as last amended
98 of 9 September 1998 laying down detailed rules for the          by Directive 97/79/EC (4),
application in the beef and veal sector of Council Regula-
tion (EC) No 1706/98 on the arrangements applicable to
agricultural products and certain goods resulting from the
processing of agricultural products originating in the
African, Caribbean and Pacific States and repealing Regu-          HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
lation (EC) No 589/96 (2), and in particular Article 4
thereof,
                                                                                              Article 1
Whereas Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1918/98                    The following Member States shall issue on 21 April 1999
provides for the possibility of issuing import licences for        import licences for beef and veal products, expressed as
beef and veal products; whereas, however, imports must             deboned meat, originating in certain African, Caribbean
take place within the limits of the quantities specified for       and Pacific States, in respect of the following quantities
each of these exporting non-member countries;                      and countries of origin:
(1) OJ L 215, 1.8.1998, p. 12.                                     (3) OJ L 302, 31.12.1972, p. 28.
(2) OJ L 250, 10.9.1998, p. 16.                                    (4) OJ L 24, 30.1.1998, p. 31.
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Germany:                                                          Botswana:           15 681,000 tonnes,
 790,000 tonnes originating in Botswana,                         Kenya:                  142,000 tonnes,
                                                                  Madagascar:            7 579,00 tonnes,
 500,000 tonnes originating in Namibia.
                                                                  Swaziland:            3 253,000 tonnes,
United Kingdom:                                                   Zimbabwe:             6 863,000 tonnes,
 800,000 tonnes originating in    Botswana,                      Namibia:            10 495,000 tonnes.
 950,000 tonnes originating in    Zimbabwe,
 590,000 tonnes originating in    Namibia,                                           Article 3
 40,000 tonnes originating in     Swaziland.                   This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
                        Article 2                               Done at Brussels, 19 April 1999.
Licence applications may be submitted, pursuant to                                      For the Commission
Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1918/98, during the
                                                                                           Franz FISCHLER
first 10 days of May 1999 for the following quantities of
deboned beef and veal:                                                              Member of the Commission