CELEX: 31997D0547
Language: en
Date: 1997-07-16 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION DECISION of 16 July 1997 on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia

14. 8 . 97          EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 224/21
                                                 COMMISSION DECISION
                                                       of 16 July 1997
                  on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana,
                               Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia
                                                         (97/547/EC)
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                      HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                                           Article 1
 Community,
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 of          The following Member States shall issue on 21 July 1997
 5 March 1990 on the arrangements applicable to agricul­          import licences for beef and veal products, expressed as
 tural products and certain goods resulting from the              boned meat, originating in certain African, Caribbean and
 processing of agricultural products originating in the           Pacific States, in respect of the following quantities and
African, Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP) or in the             countries of origin :
 overseas countries and territories (OCT) ('), as last
                                                                  Germany:
 amended by Regulation (EC) No 619/96 (2), and in par­
 ticular Article 27 thereof,                                     — 1 350,000 tonnes originating in Botswana,
                                                                 — 45,000 tonnes originating in Madagascar.
 Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 589/96
of 2 April 1996 laying down detailed rules for the applica­       United Kingdom:
tion in the beef and veal sector of Council Regulation
(EEC) No 715/90 on the arrangements applicable to agri­          —   1 850,000 tonnes originating in Botswana,
cultural products and certain goods resulting from the           —   60,000 tonnes originating in Swaziland,
 processing of agricultural products originating in the          —   470,000 tonnes originating in Zimbabwe,
African, Caribbean and Pacific States or in the overseas         —   401,000 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 August 1997 for the following quantities of
                                                                 boned beef and veal :
these exporting non-member countries;
                                                                     Botswana:            10 406,000 tonnes,
Whereas the applications for import licences submitted
between 1 and 10 July 1997, expressed in terms of boned              Kenya:                  142,000 tonnes,
meat, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 589/96, do               Madagascar:           7 174,000 tonnes,
not exceed, in respect of products originating in Bot­               Swaziland :           3 178,000 tonnes,
swana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and                    Zimbabwe :            6 494,659 tonnes,
 Namibia the quantities available from these States;
whereas it is therefore possible to issue import licences in         Namibia:              9 569,000 tonnes.
respect of the quantities requested;
                                                                                           Article 3
Whereas the quantities, in respect of which licences may
be applied for from 1 August 1997, should be fixed               This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
within the scope of the total quantity of 52 100 tonnes;
Whereas it seems expedient to recall that this Decision is
                                                                 Done at Brussels, 16 July 1997.
without prejudice to Council Directive 72/462/EEC of 12
 December 1972 on health and veterinary inspection
problems on importation of bovine, ovine and caprine                                          For the Commission
animals and swine, fresh meat or meat products from                                             Franz FISCHLER
third countries (4), as last amended by the Act of Acces­
sion of Austria, Finland and Sweden,                                                     Member of the Commission
(■) OJ No L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85.
(2) OJ No L 89, 10 . 4. 1996, p. 1 .
b) OJ No L 84, 3. 4. 1996, p. 22.
h) OJ No L 302, 31 . 12. 1972, p. 28 .