CELEX: 31998D0356
Language: en
Date: 1998-05-18 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 18 May 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) 1205)

L 162/40              EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                                    5. 6. 98
                                                  COMMISSION
                                                COMMISSION DECISION
                                                      of 18 May 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) 1205)
                                                          (98/356/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        Namibia, the quantities available from these States;
                                                                   whereas it is therefore possible to issue import licences in
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              respect of the quantities requested;
Community,
                                                                   Whereas the quantities, in respect of which licences may
                                                                   be applied for from 1 June 1998, should be fixed within
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 of             the scope of the total quantity of 52 100 tonnes;
5 March 1990 on the arrangements applicable to agricul-
tural products and certain goods resulting from the                Whereas it seems expedient to recall that this Decision is
processing of agricultural products originating in the             without prejudice to Council Directive 72/462/EEC of 12
African, Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP) or in the              December 1972 on health and veterinary inspection
overseas countries and territories (OCT) (1), as last              problems on importation of bovine, ovine and caprine
amended by Regulation (EC) No 619/96 (2), and in partic-           animals and swine, fresh meat or meat products from
ular Article 27 thereof,                                           third countries (5), as last amended by Directive
                                                                   97/79/EC (6),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 589/
96 of 2 April 1996 laying down detailed rules for the
application in the beef and veal sector of Council Regula-
tion (EEC) No 715/90 on the arrangements applicable to             HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
agricultural 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), as amended by Regulation                                       Article 1
(EC) No 260/98 (4), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
                                                                   The following Member States shall issue on 21 May 1998
                                                                   import licences for beef and veal products, expressed as
Whereas Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 589/96 provides            boned meat, originating in certain African, Caribbean and
for the possibility of issuing import licences for beef and        Pacific States, in respect of the following quantities and
veal products; whereas, however, imports must take place           countries of origin:
within the limits of the quantities specified for each of
these exporting non-member countries;                              Germany:
                                                                    590,000 tonnes originating in Botswana,
Whereas the applications for import licences submitted
between 1 and 10 May 1998, expressed in terms of boned              20,000 tonnes originating in Namibia.
meat, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 589/96, do             United Kingdom:
not exceed, in respect of products originating in Bots-
wana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and                    880,000 tonnes originating in Botswana,
                                                                    30,000 tonnes originating in Swaziland,
(1)  OJ L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85.
(2)  OJ L 89, 10. 4. 1996, p. 1.
(3)  OJ L 84, 3. 4. 1996, p. 22.                                   (5) OJ L 302, 31. 12. 1972, p. 28.
( 4) OJ L 25, 31. 1. 1998, p. 42.                                  (6) OJ L 24, 30. 1. 1998, p. 31.
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 759,000 tonnes originating in Zimbabwe,                         Zimbabwe:           6 796,000 tonnes,
 715,000 tonnes originating in Namibia.                          Namibia:           10 332,000 tonnes.
                         Article 2                                                     Article 3
Licence applications may be submitted, pursuant to               This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Article 3(3) of Regulation (EC) No 589/96 during the first
10 days of June 1998 for the following quantities of
boned beef and veal:                                             Done at Brussels, 18 May 1998.
   Botswana:           12 751,000 tonnes,
   Kenya:                 142,000 tonnes,                                               For the Commission
   Madagascar:          7 564,000 tonnes,                                                 Franz FISCHLER
   Swaziland:           3 293,000 tonnes,                                           Member of the Commission