CELEX: 31997D0286
Language: en
Date: 1997-04-18 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION DECISION of 18 April 1997 on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia

No L 115/24        ( EN                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                    3 . 5. 97
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                                           (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)
                                                    COMMISSION
                                                  COMMISSION DECISION
                                                         of 18 April 1997
                  on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana,
                                 Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia
                                                            (97/286/ EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           boned meat, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No
                                                                      589/96, do not exceed, in respect of products originating
                                                                      in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                and Namibia the quantities available from these States;
 Community,                                                          whereas it is therefore possible to issue import licences in
                                                                      respect of the quantities requested;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 of
 5 March 1990 on the arrangements applicable to agricul­             Whereas the quantities, in respect of which licences may
 tural products and certain goods resulting from the                 be applied for from 1 May 1997, should be fixed within
 processing of agricultural products originating in the               the scope of the total quantity of 52 100 tonnes;
African , Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP) or in the
 overseas countries and territories (OCT) ('), as last
 amended by Regulation (EC) No 619/96 (2), and in par­               Whereas it seems expedient to recall that this Decision is
 ticular Article 27 thereof,                                         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
 Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 589/96               animals and swine, fresh meat or meat products from
of 2 April 1996 laying down detailed rules for the applica­          third countries (4), as last amended by the Act of Acces­
 tion in the beef and veal sector of Council Regulation              sion of Austria, Finland and Sweden,
(EEC) No 715/90 on the arrangements applicable to agri­
cultural products and certain goods resulting from the
 processing of agricultural products originating in the
African, Caribbean and Pacific States or in the overseas
countries and territories (3), in particular Article 4 thereof,
                                                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Whereas Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 589/96 provides
for the possibility of issuing import licences for beef and
veal products; whereas, however, imports must take place                                        Article 1
within the limits of the quantities specified for each of
these exporting non-member countries;
                                                                     The following Member States shall issue on 21 April 1997
                                                                     import licences for beef and veal products, expressed as
Whereas the applications for import licences submitted               boned meat, originating in certain African, Caribbean and
between 1 and 10 April 1997, expressed in terms of                   Pacific States, in respect of the following quantities and
                                                                     countries of origin :
(') OJ No L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85.
(2) OJ No L 89, 10. 4. 1996, p. 1 .
H OJ No L 84, 3. 4. 1996, p. 22.                                     (*) OJ No L 302, 31 . 12. 1972, p. 28 .
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Germany:                                                           Botswana :            15 106 tonnes,
                                                                  Kenya:                    142 tonnes,
— 50 tonnes originating in Botswana,
                                                                  Madagascar:             7 369 tonnes,
— 60 tonnes originating in Madagascar,                            Swaziland :             3 263 tonnes,
                                                                  Zimbabwe :              7 833 tonnes,
United Kingdom:
                                                                  Namibia:               11 400 tonnes .
— 1 500 tonnes originating in Botswana,
— 700 tonnes originating in Zimbabwe,                                                 Article 3
— 400 tonnes originating in Namibia.                           This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
                          Article 2                            Done at Brussels, 18 April 1997.
Licence applications may be submitted, pursuant to                                      For the Commission
Article 3 (3) of Regulation (EC) No 589/96 during the first                                Franz FISCHLER
10 days of May 1997 for the following quantities of boned
beef and veal :                                                                     Member of the Commission