CELEX: 31998D0239
Language: en
Date: 1998-03-19 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 19 March 1998 on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia

27. 3. 98             EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                                   L 94/21
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                                         (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)
                                                  COMMISSION
                                                COMMISSION DECISION
                                                     of 19 March 1998
                  on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana,
                                 Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia
                                                          (98/239/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        Whereas the applications for import licences submitted
                                                                   between 1 and 10 March 1998, expressed in terms of
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              boned meat, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 589/
Community,                                                         96, do not exceed, in respect of products originating in
                                                                   Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and
                                                                   Namibia, the quantities available from these States;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 of             whereas it is therefore possible to issue import licences in
5 March 1990 on the arrangements applicable to agricul-            respect of the quantities requested;
tural products and certain goods resulting from the
processing of agricultural products originating in the             Whereas the quantities, in respect of which licences may
African, Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP) or in the              be applied for from 1 April 1998, should be fixed within
overseas countries and territories (OCT) (1), as last              the scope of the total quantity of 52 100 tonnes;
amended by Regulation (EC) No 619/96 (2), and in partic-
ular Article 27 thereof,
                                                                   Whereas it seems expedient to recall that this Decision is
                                                                   without prejudice to Council Directive 72/462/EEC of 12
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 589/                December 1972 on health and veterinary inspection
96 of 2 April 1996 laying down detailed rules for the              problems on importation of bovine, ovine and caprine
application in the beef and veal sector of Council Regula-         animals and swine, fresh meat or meat products from
tion (EEC) No 715/90 on the arrangements applicable to             third countries (5), as last amended by Directive 97/
agricultural products and certain goods resulting from the         79/EC (6),
processing of agricultural products originating in the
African, Caribbean and Pacific States or in the overseas
countries and territories (3), as amended by Regulation
(EC) No 260/98 (4), and 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                                   Article 1
veal products; whereas, however, imports must take place
within the limits of the quantities specified for each of
these exporting non-member countries;                              The following Member States shall issue on 21 March
                                                                   1998 import licences for beef and veal products,
                                                                   expressed as boned meat, originating in certain African,
(1)  OJ L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85.
(2)  OJ L 89, 10. 4. 1996, p. 1.
(3)  OJ L 84, 3. 4. 1996, p. 22.                                   (5) OJ L 302, 31. 12. 1972, p. 28.
( 4) OJ L 25, 31. 1. 1998, p. 42.                                  (6) OJ L 24, 30. 1. 1998, p. 31.
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Caribbean and Pacific States, in respect of the following         Botswana:         16 571,000  tonnes,
quantities and countries of origin:                               Kenya:               142,000  tonnes,
Germany:                                                          Madagascar:        7 564,000  tonnes,
 550,000 tonnes originating in Botswana,                         Swaziland:         3 338,000  tonnes,
                                                                  Zimbabwe:          8 180,000  tonnes,
United Kingdom:
                                                                  Namibia:          11 947,000  tonnes.
 380,000 tonnes originating in     Botswana,
 10,000 tonnes originating in      Swaziland,                                        Article 3
 645,000 tonnes originating in     Zimbabwe,
                                                                This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
 450,000 tonnes originating in     Namibia.
                         Article 2                              Done at Brussels, 19 March 1998.
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 April 1998 for the following quantities of
boned beef and veal:                                                                Member of the Commission