CELEX: 31976D0513
Language: en
Date: 1976-05-20 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 20 May 1976 concerning the issue of import licences for beef and veal products originating in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar and Swaziland

No L 147/20                          Official Journal of the European Communities                                5. 6. 76
                                                 COMMISSION DECISION
                                                       of 20 May 1976
              concerning the issue of import licences for beef and veal products originating in
                                      Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar and Swaziland
                                                         (76/51 3/EEC)
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    concerned the Commission shall fix a percentage for
 COMMUNITIES,                                                      the reduction of the quantities applied for ; whereas
                                                                   the applications submitted in the period 1 to 10 May
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              1976 exceed the quantity available for Botswana and
 Economic Community,                                               Swaziland ; whereas a percentage should therefore be
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      fixed for the reduction of the quantities originating in
 3328/75 of 18 December 1975 renewing the arrange­                 these countries,
 ments for the reduction of import charges on beef and
 veal products originating in the African , Caribbean              HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
 and Pacific States ('), as amended by Regulation (EEC)
 No 11 79/76 (2),                                                                         Article 1
 Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No                   1 . Import licences as provided for in Regulation
 3376/75 of 23 December 1975 laying down rules for                 (EEC) No 3376/75 for the quantities in respect of
 the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No.                   which applications for licences were submitted from 1
 3328 /75 renewing the arrangements for the reduction              to 10 May 1976 shall be ' issued as follows :
 of import charges on beef and veal products origi­                — the quantities applied for in respect of Botswana
 nating in the African , Caribbean and Pacific States (3),             shall be reduced by 8-36 % ,
 and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 2
(2) thereof,                                                       — the quantities applied for in respect of Swaziland
                                                                       shall be reduced by 17 08 % .
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 3328/75 provides that
 import licences may be used for beef and veal                                            Article 2
 products ; whereas, however, the quantities imported
 must remain within the limits laid down for each of               Applications for licences may be submitted in accor­
 the exporting non-member countries ; whereas the                  dance with Article 2 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No
initial quantity of beef and veal originating in Bots­             3376/75, during the first 10 days of June 1976 for the
wana, has been increased by Council Regulation                     following quantities of boned beef and veal :
(EEC) No 1179/76 of 18 May 1976 ;                                       Kenya                        65 0 metric tons.
Whereas, in the period 1 to 10 May 1976, no applica­
tions for licences, expressed in terms of boned meat,                                     Article 3
 in accordance with Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No               This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
3376/75, were submitted in respect of products origi­
nating in Kenya ; whereas it is possible, therefore, to
fix the remaining quantities in respect of which appli­            Done at Brussels, 20 May 1976.
cations for licences may be submitted with effect from
 1 June 1976 ;                                                                              For the Commission
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 3376/75 lays down that                                             P.J. LARDINOIS
where the applications for licences exceed the quan­
tity available for one of the non-member countries                                       Member of the Commission
(•) OJ No L 329, 23 . 12. 1975, p. 4.
(2) OJ No L 132, 21 . 5. 1976, p. 1 .
H OJ No L 333, 30. 12. 1975, p. 44.