CELEX: 
Language: en
Date: 1991-12-06 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 18 November 1991 on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia

6 . 12. 91                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                No L 335/23
                                                  COMMISSION DECISION
                                                    of 18 November 1991
                  on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana,
                                 Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia
                                                         (91 /622/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        third countries (*), as       last amended      by   Directive
                                                                   91 /497/EEC (6),
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 of
5 March 1990 on the arrangements applicable to agricul­                                        Article 1
tural products and certain goods resulting from the
processing of agricultural products originating in the ACP         The following Member States shall issue on 21 November
States or in the overseas countries and territories (OCT) ('),     1991 import licences concerning beef and veal products,
as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 523/91 (2), and in               expressed in terms of boned meat, originating in certain
particular Article 27 thereof,                                     African, Caribbean and Pacific States, in respect of the
                                                                   quantities and the countries of origin stated :
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC)                        Germany :
No 2377/80 of 4 September 1980 on special detailed rules           — 5,00 tonnes originating in Swaziland ;
for the application of the system of import and export
licences in the beef and veal sector (3), as last amended by        United Kingdom :
Regulation (EEC) No 815/91 (4), and in particular                  — 149,06 tonnes originating in Botswana,
Article 15 (6) (b) (i) thereof,                                    — 48,01 tonnes originating in Zimbabwe,
                                                                   — 300,00 tonnes originating in Namibia.
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 provides for the
possibility of issuing import licences for beef and veal
products ; whereas, however, imports must take place                                           Article 2
within the limits of the quantities specified for each of
these exporting non-member countries ;                             Applications for licences may be submitted, in accordance
                                                                   with Article 15 (6) (b) (ii) of Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80
                                                                   during the first 10 days of December 1991 in respect of
Whereas the applications for import licences submitted             the following quantities of boned beef and veal :
between 1 and 10 November 1991 , expressed in terms of
                                                                   — Botswana :                                 7 359,74 tonnes,
boned meat, in accordance with Article 15 (1 ) (b) of Regu­
lation (EEC) No 2377/80, do not exceed, in respect of              — Kenya :                                      142,00 tonnes,
products originating in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar,               — Madagascar :                               7 469,30 tonnes,
Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia, the quantities                    — Swaziland :                                2 386,10  tonnes,
available from these States ; whereas it is therefore              — Zimbabwe :                                 7 304,60 tonnes,
                                                                   — Namibia :                                  2 212,79 tonnes.
possible to issue import licences in respect of the quanti­
ties requested ;
                                                                                               Article 3
Whereas the remaining quantities, in respect of which
                                                                   This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
licences may be applied for from 1 December 1991 ,
should be fixed within the scope of the total quantity of
49 600 tonnes ;
                                                                   Done at Brussels, 18 November 1991 .
Whereas it seems expedient to recall that this Decision is
without prejudice to Council Directive 72/462/EEC of                                             For the Commission
12 December 1972 on health and veterinary inspection
                                                                                                   Ray MAC SHARRY
problems upon importation of bovine, ovine and caprine
animals, swine, fresh meat and meat-based products from                                     Member of the Commission
(') OJ  No  L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85.
(2) OJ  No  L 58, 5. 3. 1991 , p. 1 .
0   OJ  No  L 241 , 13. 9. 1980, p. 5.                             (5) OJ No L 302, 31 . 12. 1972, p. 28.
(4) OJ  No  L 83, 3. 4. 1991 , p. 6.                               («) OJ No L 268, 24. 9. 1991 , p. 69.