CELEX: 31997D0149
Language: en
Date: 1997-02-18 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION DECISION of 18 February 1997 on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia

No L 58 /46         EN                  Official Journal of the European Communities                                    27. 2. 97
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                                             (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)
                                                     COMMISSION
                                                    COMMISSION DECISION
                                                        of 18 February 1997
                   on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana,
                                  Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia
                                                             (97/ 149/EC)
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          boned meat, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No
                                                                        589/96, do not exceed, in respect of products originating
                                                                       in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                and Namibia the quantities available from these States;
  Community,                                                           whereas it is therefore possible to issue import licences in
                                                                       respect of the quantities requested;
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 of
 5 March 1990 on the arrangements applicable to agricul­               Whereas the quantities, in respect of which licences may
 tural products and certain goods resulting from the                   be applied for from 1 March 1997, should be fixed within
 processing of agricultural products originating in the                the scope of the total quantity of 52 100 tonnes;
 African, Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP) or in the
 overseas countries and territories (OCT) ('), as last
 amended by Regulation (EC) No 619/96 (2), and in par­                 Whereas it seems expedient to recall that this Decision is
 ticular Article 27 thereof,                                           without prejudice to Council Directive 72/462/EEC of 12
                                                                       December 1972 on health and veterinary inspection
                                                                       problems on importation of bovine, ovine and caprine
 Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 589/96                 animals and swine, fresh meat or meat products from
 of 2 April 1996 laying down detailed rules for the applica­           third countries (4), as last amended by the Act of Acces­
 tion in the beef and veal sector of Council Regulation                sion of Austria, Finland and Sweden,
 (EEC) No 715/90 on the arrangements applicable to agri­
 cultural products and certain goods resulting from the
 processing of agricultural products originating in the
 African, Caribbean and Pacific States or in the overseas
 countries and territories (3), 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
veal products; whereas, however, imports must take place                                          Article 1
within the limits of the quantities specified for each of
these exporting non-member countries;
                                                                      The following Member States shall issue on 21 February
Whereas the applications for import licences submitted                 1997 import licences for beef and veal products, expressed
between 1 and 10 February 1997, expressed in terms of                 as boned meat, originating in certain African , Caribbean
                                                                      and Pacific States, in respect of the following quantities
                                                                      and countries of origin :
(') OJ No L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85.
I1) OJ No L 89, 10. 4. 1996, p. 1 .
b) OJ No L 84, 3. 4. 1996, p. 22.                                     (4) OJ No L 302, 31 . 12. 1972, p. 28 .
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Germany:                                                           Botswana:         18 006,000 tonnes,
                                                                   Kenya:               142,000  tonnes,
— 90,000 tonnes originating in Madagascar;
                                                                  Madagascar:         7 460,500  tonnes,
                                                                  Swaziland :         3 308,000  tonnes,
 United Kingdom:                                                  Zimbabwe :          8 943,000  tonnes,
— 157,000 tonnes originating in Zimbabawe,                        Namibia :          12 700,000  tonnes.
— 80,000 tonnes originating in Namibia,
                                                                                      Article 3
— 5,000 tonnes originating in Swaziland.
                                                               This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
                          Article 2
                                                               Done at Brussels, 18 February 1997.
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 March 1997 for the following quantities of
boned beef and veal :                                                               Member of the Commission