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Language: en
Date: 1987-10-06 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 18 September 1987 on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland and Zimbabwe

No L 283 / 14                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                  6 . 10 . 87
                                                    COMMISSION DECISION
                                                      of 18 September 1987
                    on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana,
                                         Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland and Zimbabwe
                                                           (87/493/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          problems upon importation of bovine animals and swine
                                                                     and fresh meat from third countries (*), as last amended by
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                Directive 86/469/EEC (6),
Economic Community,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                   HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Portugal,
                                                                                                Article 1
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 of
26 February 1985 on the arrangements applicable to agri­            The following Member States shall issue on 21 September
cultural products and certain goods resulting from the               1987 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 1306/87 (2), and in particular Article 22 thereof,
                                                                     1 . Federal Republic of Germany :
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No                          — 270,0 tonnes originating in Zimbabwe,
2377/80 of 4 September 1980 on special detailed rules for                — 61,0 tonnes originating in Swaziland ;
the application of the system of import and export
licences in the beef and veal sector (3), as last amended by         2. United Kingdom :
Regulation (EEC) No 520/87 (4), and in particular Article                — 350,0 tonnes originating in Zimbabwe,
 15 (6) (b) (i) thereof,                                                 — 130,0 tonnes originating in Botswana.
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 provides for the                                             Article 2
possibility of issuing import licences for beef and veal
products ; whereas, however, imports must take place                Applications for licences may be submitted, in accordance
within the limits of the quantities specified for each of           with Article 15 (6) (b) (ii) of Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80
these exporting non-member countries ;                              during the first 10 days of October 1987, in respect of the
                                                                    following quantities of boned beef and veal :
Whereas the applications for import licences submitted              — Botswana :            1 1 294,5   tonnes,
between 1 and 10 September 1987, expressed in terms of              — Kenya :                    142,0  tonnes,
boned meat, in accordance with Article 15 ( 1 ) (b) of Regu­        — Madagascar :            7 579,0   tonnes,
lation (EEC) No 2377/80, do not exceed, in respect of               — Swaziland :             2 281,7   tonnes,
products originating from Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar,              — Zimbabwe :              1 843,0   tonnes .
Swaziland and Zimbabwe, the quantities available from
these States ; whereas it is therefore possible to issue
import licences in respect of the quantities requested ;                                        Article 3
                                                                    This Decision is addressed to the Member States, with the
Whereas the remaining quantities, in respect of which
licences may be applied for from 1 October 1987, should             exception of Portugal.
be fixed within the scope of the total quantity of 30 000
tonnes to which should be added, where appropriate auto­
matically, the additional quantity of 8 100 tonnes referred          Done at Brussels, 18 September 1987.
to in Article 5 (2) and (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 ;
                                                                                                  For the Commission
Whereas it seems expedient to recall that this Decision is                                         Frans ANDRIESSEN
without prejudice to Council Directive 72/462/EEC of 12
December 1972 on the health and veterinary inspection                                                  Vice-President
(') OJ No   L  61 , 1 . 3 . 1985, p. 4.
0   OJ No   L  124, 13 . 5. 1987, p. 5 .
0   OJ No   L  241 , 13 . 9. 1980, p. 5.                            0 OJ No L 302, 31 . 12. 1972, p. 28 .
(4) OJ No   L  52, 21 . 2. 1987, p. 13 .                            (6) OJ No L 275, 26. 9. 1986, p. 36.