CELEX: 31998D0609
Language: en
Date: 1998-10-19 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 19 October 1998 on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia (notified under document number C(1998) 3184)

29. 10. 98           EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                                  L 290/55
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                                        (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)
                                                 COMMISSION
                                               COMMISSION DECISION
                                                   of 19 October 1998
                 on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana,
                                Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia
                                     (notified under document number C(1998) 3184)
                                                         (98/609/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       Whereas the applications for import licences submitted
                                                                  between 1 and 10 October 1998, expressed in terms of
                                                                  deboned meat, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             1918/98, do not exceed, in respect of products originating
Community,                                                        from Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
                                                                  and Namibia, the quantities available from those States;
                                                                  whereas it is therefore possible to issue import licences in
                                                                  respect of the quantities applied for;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1706/98 of
20 July 1998 on the arrangements applicable to agricul-
tural products and goods resulting from the processing of         Whereas the quantities in respect of which licences may
agricultural products originating in the African, Carib-          be applied for from 1 November 1998 should be fixed
bean and Pacific States (ACP States) and repealing Regula-        within the scope of the total quantity of 52 100 tonnes;
tion (EEC) No 715/90 (1), and in particular Article 30
thereof,                                                          Whereas this Decision is without prejudice to Council
                                                                  Directive 72/462/EEC of 12 December 1972 on health
                                                                  and veterinary inspection problems upon importation of
                                                                  bovine, ovine and caprine animals and swine, fresh meat
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1918/
                                                                  or meat products from third countries (3), as last amended
98 of 9 September 1998 laying down detailed rules for the
                                                                  by Directive 97/79/EC (4),
application in the beef and veal sector of Council Regula-
tion (EC) No 1706/98 on the arrangements applicable to
agricultural products and certain goods resulting from the
processing of agricultural products originating in the
African, Caribbean and Pacific States and repealing Regu-         HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
lation (EC) No 589/96 (2), and in particular Article 4
thereof,
                                                                                             Article 1
Whereas Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1918/98                   The following Member States shall issue on 21 October
provides for the possibility of issuing import licences for       1998 import licences for beef and veal products,
beef and veal products; whereas, however, imports must            expressed as deboned meat, originating in certain African,
take place within the limits of the quantities specified for      Caribbean and Pacific States, in respect of the following
each of these exporting non-member countries;                     quantities and countries of origin:
(1) OJ L 215, 1. 8. 1998, p. 12.                                  (3) OJ L 302, 31. 12. 1972, p. 28.
(2) OJ L 250, 10. 9. 1998, p. 16.                                 (4) OJ L 24, 30. 1. 1998, p. 31.
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Germany                                                         — Swaziland:             3 214,000 tonnes,
— 560,000 tonnes originating in Botswana;                       — Zimbabwe:              3 456,000 tonnes,
United Kingdom                                                  — Namibia:               5 670,000 tonnes.
— 140,000 tonnes originating in Botswana,
— 650,000 tonnes originating in Zimbabwe,                                             Article 3
— 310,000 tonnes originating in Namibia.
                                                                This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
                        Article 2
Licence applications may be submitted, pursuant to
Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1918/98, during the          Done at Brussels, 19 October 1998.
first 10 days of November 1998 for the following quant-
ities of deboned beef and veal:
— Botswana:               7 661,000 tonnes,                                             For the Commission
— Kenya:                    142,000 tonnes,                                                Franz FISCHLER
— Madagascar:             7 564,000 tonnes,                                         Member of the Commission