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Language: en
Date: 1979-03-06 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 19 February 1979 on the issue of import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar and Swaziland

No L 55/ 24                           Official Journal of the European Communities                                 6 . 3 . 79
                                                 COMMISSION DECISION
                                                    of 19 February 1979
               on the issue of import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating
                                 from Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar and Swaziland
                                                         (79/251 / EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
COMMUNITIES,
                                                                                           Article 1
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              The following Member States shall issue, on 21
 Economic Community,                                                February 1979, import licences concerning beef and
                                                                    veal products, expressed in terms of boned meat, origi­
                                                                    nating in certain African , Caribbean and Pacific States,
 Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No                      in respect of the quantities and the countries of origin
3328 /75 of 18 December 1975 renewing the arrange­                  stated :
ments for the reduction of import charges on beef and               1 . United Kingdom :
veal products originating in the African , Caribbean
and Pacific States ('), as last amended by Regulation                   (a) 1 659-4 tonnes originating from Botswana ;
(EEC) No 2993/78 (2), and in particular Article 3                       (b)    69-5 tonnes originating from Swaziland .
thereof,                                                            2. Federal Republic of Germany :
                                                                        (a) 541-4 tonnes originating from Madagascar ;
 Having regard to Commission Regulation ( EEC) No                       (b)    95-0 tonnes originating from Swaziland .
3006/78 of 20 December 1978 laying down detailed                                            Article 2
rules for the application of Regulation (EEC) No
3328 /75 (3), and in particular Article 2 (3) thereof,              Applications for licences may be submitted, in accor­
                                                                    dance with Article 2 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                    3006/78 during the first 10 days of March 1979, in
Whereas Regulation ( EEC) No 3328 /75 provides for                  respect of the following quantities of boned beef and
the possibility of issuing import licences for beef and             veal :
veal products ; whereas, however, imports must take
place within the limits of the quantities specified for             — Botswana : 14 439-3 tonnes,
each of these exporting non-member countries ;                      — Kenya : 130-0 tonnes,
                                                                    — Madagascar : 6 304-7 tonnes,
                                                                    — Swaziland : 2 471-5 tonnes .
Whereas the applications for import licences
submitted between 1 and 10 February 1979 expressed                                          Article 3
 in terms of boned meat in accordance with Article 2
                                                                    This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 3006/78 do not exceed, in
 respect of products originating from Botswana, Kenya,
Madagascar and Swaziland, the quantities available                  Done at Brussels, 19 February 1979 .
 from those States ; whereas it is therefore possible to
                                                                                               For the Commission
 issue import licences in respect of the quantities
 requested and to fix the remaining quantities in                                               Finn GUNDELACH
 respect of which it will be possible to apply for
 licences from 1 March 1979 ,                                                                      Vice-President
(!) OJ No L 329, 23 . 12. 1975, p. 4.
(2) OJ No L 357, 21 . 12. 1978 , p. 5 .
(3 ) OJ No L 357, 21 . 12. 1978 , p . 44.