CELEX: 
Language: en
Date: 1977-09-23 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 16 September 1977 concerning the issue of import licences for beef and veal products originating in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar and Swaziland

23 . 9 . 77                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 244/ 19
                                                      COMMISSION DECISION
                                                         of 16 September 1977
                 concerning the issue of import licences for beef and veal products originating in
                                            Botswana , Kenya, Madagascar and Swaziland
                                                              (77/601 / EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                           wana ; whereas a percentage should consequently be
COMMUNITIES,                                                             fixed for the reduction of the quantities originating in
                                                                         that country,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,
                                                                         HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No
3328 /75 of 1 8 December 1 975 renewing the arrange­                                             Article 1
ments for the reduction of import charges on beef and
veal products originating in the African , Caribbean                     Import licences as provided for in Regulation ( EEC)
and Pacific States ('), as last amended by Regulation                    No 3376/75 for the quantities in respect of which
( EEC) No 2841 /76 ( : ), and in particular Article 3                    applications for licences were submitted from 1 to 10
thereof,                                                                 September 1 977 shall be issued as follows :
Whereas Regulation ( EEC) No 3328 /75 provides that                      — The quantities applied for in respect of Swaziland
import licences may be issued for beef and veal                              and of Madagascar shall be granted in full .
products ; whereas, however, the quantities imported                     — The quantities applied for in respect of Botswana
must remain within the limits laid down for each of                          shall be reduced by 31-76% .
the exporting non-member countries in question ;
                                                                                                 Article 2
Whereas the quantities covered by the licence applica­
tions submitted from 1 to 10 September 1977,                             Applications for licences may be submitted , in accor­
expressed in terms of boned meat, in accordance with                     dance with Article 2 (3) of Regulation ( EEC) No
Article 1 of Commission Regulation ( EEC) No                             3376/ 75, during the first 10 days of October 1977 for
 3376/75 of 23 December 1975 laying down rules for                       the following quantities of beef and veal expressed in
the application of Council Regulation ( EEC) No                          terms of boned meat :
 3328 / 75 (•'), as last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No
3 1 36/76 (4 ), are lower for products originating in                            Kenya                          130-0 tonnes,
 Kenya, Madagascar and Swaziland than the quantities                             Madagascar                 5 756-1 tonnes,
                                                                                 Swaziland                     570-2 tonnes .
available for those States ; whereas it is possible, there­
fore, to issue import licences for all the quantities
applied for and the same time to specify the quanti­                                             Article 3
ties outstanding, in respect of which applications may                   This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
be submitted from 1 October 1977 ;
Whereas Regulation ( EEC) No 3376/ 75 lays down that
                                                                          Done at Brussels, 1 6 September 1 977 .
where the applications for licences exceed the quan­
 tity available for one of the non-member countries
                                                                                                   For the (Commission
 concerned , the Commission shall fix a percentage for
 the reduction of the quantities applied for ; whereas                                               Finn GUNDELACH
 the applications submitted in the period 1 to 10
 September 1977 exceed the quantity available for Bots­                                                 Vice - President
 (') O ) No L 329. 23 . 12 . 1975, p . 4 .
 (-) OJ No I. 327, 26. II . 1976, p . 1 .
 (■"') 0 | No I. 333 , M ). 12 . 1975 , p . 44 .
 (->) O | No L 3 53 . 23 . 12 . 1976 , p . 41 ).