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Language: en
Date: 1985-09-04 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 19 August 1985 on the issue of import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland and Zimbabwe

No L 237/20                         Official Journal of the European Communities                               4. 9 . 85
                                               COMMISSION DECISION
                                                   of 19 August 1985
               on the issue of import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating
                           in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland and Zimbabwe
                                                      (85/423/EEC)
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                 72/462/EEC of 12 December 1972 on health and
 COMMUNITIES,                                                   inspection problems upon importation of bovine
                                                                animals and swine and fresh meat from third coun­
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European          tries (4), as last amended by Directive 83/9 1 /EEC f5),
 Economic Community,
 Having Regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                   HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
 486/85 of 26 February 1985 on the arrangements
 applicable to agricultural products and certain goods
 resulting from the processing of agricultural products
                                                                                         Article 1
 originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States
 or in the overseas countries and territories ('), and in
 particular Article 22 thereof,                                The following Member States shall issue, on 21 August
                                                                1985, import licences concerning beef and veal
 Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No
                                                               products, expressed in terms of boned meat, orig­
                                                               inating from certain African, Caribbean and Pacific
 2377/80 of 4 September 1980 on special detailed rules         States, in respect of the quantities and the countries of
 for the application of the system of import and export        origin stated :
licences in the beef and veal sector (2), as amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 552/85 (3), and in particular               1 . Federal Republic of Germany :
Article 15 (6) (b) (i) thereof,
                                                                    86,0 tonnes originating in Botswana ;
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 provides for the                 400,0 tonnes originating in Swaziland.
possibility of issuing import licences for beef and veal
products ; whereas, however, imports must take place           2. United Kingdom :
within the limits of the quantities specified for each of           1 650,0 tonnes originating in Botswana ;
these exporting non-member countries ;                              30,0 tonnes originating in Swaziland.
Whereas the applications for import licences                   3 . Greece :
submitted between 1 and 10 August 1985, expressed in
terms of boned meat, in accordance with Article 15 ( 1 )            8,0 tonnes originating in Botswana.
(b) of Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80, do not exceed, in
                                                               4. Netherlands :
respect of products originating from Botswana, Kenya,
Madagascar, Swaziland and Zimbabwe, the quantities                  6,6 tonnes originating in Swaziland.
available from these States ; whereas it is therefore
possible to issue import licences in respect of the
quantities requested ;                                                                   Article 2
Whereas the remaining quantities, in respect of which          Applications for licences may be submitted, in
licences may be applied for from 1 September 1985,             accordance with Article 15 (6) (b) (ii) of Regulation
should be fixed within the scope of the total quantity         (EEC) No 2377/80 during the first 10 days of
of 30 000 tonnes to which should be added, where               September 1985, in respect of the following quantities
appropriate automatically, the additional quantity of          of boned beef and veal :
8 100 tonnes referred to in Article 5 (2) and (3) of
Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 ;                                                  Botswana :           8 589,8 tonnes
                                                                             Kenya :                 142,0 tonnes
Whereas it seems expedient to recall that this Deci­                         Madagascar :          6 407,2 tonnes
                                                                             Swaziland :           1 862,4 tonnes
sion is without prejudice to Council Directive
                                                                             Zimbabwe :            6 750,0 tonnes
(») OJ No L 61 , 1 . 3 . 1985, p. 4.
0 OJ No L 241 , 13 . 9 . 1980, p. 5.                           (4) OJ No L 302, 31 . 12. 1972, p. 28 .
0 OJ No L 63, 2. 3 . 1985, p. 13 .                             n OJ No L 59, 5. 3 . 1983, p. 34.
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                                                Article 3
          This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
          Done at Brussels, 19 August 1985.
                                                               For the Commission
                                                            Henning CHRISTOPHERSEN
                                                                  Vice-President