CELEX: 31997D0687
Language: en
Date: 1997-10-20 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION DECISION of 20 October 1997 on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia

L 291 /38             EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                                24 . 10 . 97
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                                                   COMMISSION
                                                  COMMISSION DECISION
                                                      of 20 October 1997
                  on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana,
                                  Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia
                                                          (97/687/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
                                                                   and Namibia, the quantities available from these States;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              whereas it is therefore possible to issue import licences in
Community,                                                         respect of the quantities requested;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 of             Whereas the quantities, in respect of which licences may
5 March 1990 on the arrangements applicable to agricul­            be applied for from 1 November 1997, should be fixed
tural products and certain goods resulting from the                within the scope of the total quantity of 52 100 tonnes;
processing of agricultural products originating in the             Whereas it seems expedient to recall that this Decision is
African, Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP) or in the
overseas countries and territories (OCT)('), as last               without prejudice to Council Directive 72/462/EEC of 12
                                                                   December 1972 on health and veterinary inspection
amended by Regulation (EC) No 619 /96 (2), and in par­
ticular Article 27 thereof,                                        problems on importation of bovine, ovine and caprine
                                                                   animals and swine, fresh meat or meat products from
                                                                   third countries (4), as last amended by Directive
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 589/96              96/91 /EC 0,
of 2 April 1996 laying down detailed rules for the applica­
tion in the beef and veal sector of Council Regulation
(EEC) No 715/90 on the arrangements applicable to agri­
cultural products and certain goods resulting from the             HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
processing of agricultural products originating in the
African, Caribbean and Pacific States or in the overseas
                                                                                             Article 1
countries and territories (3), and in particular Article 4
thereof,
                                                                   The following Member States shall issue on 21 October
Whereas Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 589/96 provides             1997 import licences for beef and veal products, expressed
                                                                   as boned meat, originating in certain African, Caribbean
for the possibility of issuing import licences for beef and        and Pacific States, in respect of the following quantities
veal products; whereas, however, imports must take place           and countries of origin :
within the limits of the quantities specified for each of
these exporting non-member countries;                               United Kingdom:
Whereas the applications for import licences submitted             — 600,000 tonnes originating in Botswana,
between 1 and 10 October 1997, expressed in terms of               — 1 620,000 tonnes originating in Zimbabwe,
boned meat, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No
                                                                   — 392,000 tonnes originating in Namibia,
589/96, do not exceed, in respect of products originating
                                                                   — 5,000 tonnes originating in Swaziland.
(') OJ L 84, 30 . 3 . 1990, p . 85 .
(2) OJ L 89, 10 . 4. 1996, p. 1 .                                  o OJ L 302, 31 . 12. 1972, p. 28 .
P) OJ L 84, 3. 4. 1996, p. 22.                                      5 OJ L 13, 16. 1 . 1997, p. 26.
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                          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 November 1997 for the following quantities of
boned beef and veal :
— Botswana:               9 176,000 tonnes,                     Done at Brussels, 20 October 1997 .
— Kenya:                    142,000 tonnes,
— Madagascar:             7 144,000 tonnes,
                                                                                         For the Commission
— Swaziland :             3 163,000 tonnes,
                                                                                            Franz FISCHLER
— Zimbabwe :              2 974,659 tonnes,
— Namibia :               7 957,000 tonnes .                                         Member of the Commission