CELEX: 32000D0740
Language: en
Date: 2000-11-17 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 17 November 2000 on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia (notified under document number C(2000) 3399)

25.11.2000              EN                      Official Journal of the European Communities                                       L 298/29
                                                          COMMISSION DECISION
                                                           of 17 November 2000
                on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana, Kenya, Mada-
                                              gascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia
                                              (notified under document number C(2000) 3399)
                                                                (2000/740/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,                                                                                              Article 1
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1706/98 of 20                  The following Member States shall issue on 21 November
July 1998 on the arrangements applicable to agricultural prod-             2000 import licences for beef and veal products, expressed as
ucts and goods resulting from the processing of agricultural               boned meat, originating in certain African, Caribbean and
products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific                 Pacific States, in respect of the following quantities and coun-
States (ACP States) and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 715/                 tries of origin:
90 (1), and in particular Article 30 thereof,
                                                                           Germany:
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1918/98 of                  — 257 tonnes originating in Botswana;
9 September 1998 laying down detailed rules for the applica-
tion in the beef and veal sector of Council Regulation (EC) No             United Kingdom:
1706/98 on the arrangements applicable to agricultural prod-               — 488 tonnes originating in Botswana,
ucts and certain goods resulting from the processing of agricul-           — 504 tonnes originating in Namibia,
tural products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific
States and repealing Regulation (EC) No 589/96 (2), and in                 — 38,2 tonnes originating in Swaziland.
particular Article 4 thereof,
                                                                                                        Article 2
Whereas:
                                                                           Licence applications may be submitted, pursuant to Article 3(2)
(1)     Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1918/98 provides for               of Regulation (EC) No 1918/98, during the first 10 days of
        the possibility of issuing import licences for beef and            December 2000 for the following quantities of boned beef and
        veal products. However, imports must take place within             veal:
        the limits of the quantities specified for each of these
        exporting non-member countries.                                    Botswana:                                          7 701 tonnes,
                                                                           Kenya:                                               142 tonnes,
(2)     The applications for import licences submitted between
                                                                           Madagascar:                                        7 579 tonnes,
        1 and 10 November 2000, expressed in terms of boned
        meat, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1918/98,               Swaziland:                                       2 794,8 tonnes,
        do not exceed, in respect of products originating from             Zimbabwe:                                            835 tonnes,
        Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe                   Namibia:                                           4 697 tonnes.
        and Namibia, the quantities available from those States.
        It is therefore possible to issue import licences in respect
        of the quantities applied for.                                                                  Article 3
(3)     The quantities in respect of which licences may be                 This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
        applied for from 1 December 2000 should be fixed
        within the scope of the total quantity of 52 100 tonnes.
                                                                           Done at Brussels, 17 November 2000.
(4)     This Decision is without prejudice to Council Directive
        72/462/EEC of 12 December 1972 on health and veter-
        inary inspection problems on importation of bovine,                                                 For the Commission
        ovine and caprine animals and swine, fresh meat or
                                                                                                               Franz FISCHLER
        meat products from third countries (3), as last amended
        by Directive 97/79/EC (4),                                                                       Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L  215, 1.8.1998, p. 12.
(2) OJ L  250, 10.9.1998, p. 16.
(3) OJ L  302, 31.12.1972, p. 28.
(4) OJ L  24, 30.1.1998, p. 31.