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Language: en
Date: 1988-11-08 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 19 October 1988 on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland and Zimbabwe

8 . 11 . 88                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                No L 303/35
                                                     COMMISSION DECISION
                                                         of 19 October 1988
                     on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana,
                                          Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland and Zimbabwe
                                                             (88/554/EEC)
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           December 1972 on health and veterinary inspection
                                                                       problems upon importation of bovine animals and swine
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                and fresh meat from third countries (*), as last amended by
  Economic Community,                                                   Directive 88/289/EEC (%
  Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and
  Portugal,                                                             HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 of                                           Article 1
  26 February 1985 on the arrangements applicable to                   The following Member States shall issue on 21 October
  agricultural products and certain goods resulting from the            1988 import licences concerning beef and veal products,
  processing of agricultural products originating in the               expressed in terms of boned meat, originating from
 African, Caribbean and Pacific States or in the overseas
                                                                       certain African, Caribbean and Pacific States, in respect of
 countries and territories ('), as last amended by Regulation          the quantities and the countries of origin stated :
 (EEC) No 1821 /87 (2), and in particular Article 22 thereof,
                                                                        United Kingdom :
 Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No
 2377/80 of 4 September 1980 on special detailed rules for             — 78,0 tonnes originating in Zimbabwe ;
 the application of the system of import and export                    Federal Republic of Germany :
 licences in the beef and veal sector (3), as last amended by          — 210,0 tonnes originating in Botswana^
 Regulation (EEC) No 3988/87 (4), and in particular Article
  15 (6) (b) (i) thereof,                                              — 295,0 tonnes originating in Zimbabwe ;
                                                                        The Netherlands :
 Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 provides for the
 possibility of issuing import licences for beef and veal              — 320,0 tonnes originating in Botswana.
 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
 Whereas the applications for import licences submitted                during the first 10 days of November 1988 in respect of
 between 1 and 10 October 1988, expressed in terms of                  the following quantities of boned beef and veal :
 boned meat, in accordance with Article 15 (1 ) (b) of                 — Botswana :                               12 669,724 tonnes,
 Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80, do not exceed, in respect
 of products originating from Botswana, Kenya,                         — Kenya :                                     142,0 tonnes,
 Madagascar, Swaziland and Zimbabwe the quantities                    — Madagascar :                               7 579,0 - tonnes,
 available from these States ; whereas it is therefore                — Swaziland :                                3 363,0 tonnes,
 possible to issue import licences in respect of the                  — Zimbabwe :                                   947,0 tonnes.
 quantities requested ;
                                                                                                   Article 3
Whereas the remaining quantities, in respect of which
 licences may be applied for from 1 November 1988,                    This Decision is addressed to the Member States, with the
should be fixed within the scope of the total quantity of             exception of Portugal.
30 000 tonnes, to which should be automatically added,
where appropriate, the additional quantity of 8 100 tonnes             Done at Brussels, 19 October 1988 .
referred to in Article 5 (2) and (3) of Regulation (EEC) No
486/85 ;                                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                                                      Frans ANDRIESSEN
Whereas it seems expedient to recall that this Decision is
without prejudice to Council Directive 72/462/EEC of 12                                                  Vice-President
0    OJ   No  L 61 , 1 . 3. 1985, p. 4.
(2)  OJ   No  L 172, 30. 6. 1987, p. 102.
(3)  OJ   No  L 241 , 13. 9. 1980, p. 5.                              O OJ No L 302, 31 . 12. 1972, p. 28.
(4)  OJ   No  L 376, 31 . 12. 1987, p. 31 .                           (<j OJ No L 124, 18. 5. 1988, p. 31 .