CELEX: 31996D0512
Language: en
Date: 1996-08-20 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION DECISION of 20 August 1996 on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia

23 . 8 . 96         EN                  Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 214/25
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                                             (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)
                                                     COMMISSION
                                                    COMMISSION DECISION
                                                         of 20 August 1996
                   on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana,
                                  Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia
                                                             (96/51 2/EC)
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           boned meat, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No
                                                                        589/96, do not exceed, in respect of products originating
                                                                        from Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 and Namibia the quantities available from these States;
  Community,                                                           whereas it is therefore possible to issue import licences in
                                                                       respect of the quantities requested;
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 of
  5 March 1990 on the arrangements applicable to agricul­              Whereas the quantities in respect of which licences may
  tural products and certain goods resulting from the                  be applied for from 1 September 1996, should be fixed
  processing of agricultural products originating in the               within the scope of the total quantity of 52 100 tonnes;
 African, Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP) or in the
  overseas countries and territories (OCT) ('), as last
  amended by Regulation (EC) No 619/96 (2), and in parti­              Whereas it seems expedient to recall that this Decision is
 cular Article 27 thereof,                                             without prejudice to Council Directive 72/462/EEC of 12
                                                                       December 1972 on health and veterinary inspection
                                                                       problems upon importation of bovine, ovine and caprine
  Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 589/96                animals and swine, fresh meat or meat products from
 of 2 April 1996 laying down detailed rules for the applica­           third countries (4), as last amended by the Act of Acces­
 tion in the beef and veal sector of Council Regulation                sion of Austria, Finland and Sweden,
 (EEC) No 715/90 on the arrangements applicable to agri­
 cultural 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), in particular Article 4 thereof,
                                                                       HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
 Whereas Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 589/96 provides
 for the possibility of issuing import licences for beef and
 veal products; whereas, however, imports must take place
                                                                                                  Article 1
within the limits of the quantities specified for each of
 these exporting non-member countries;
                                                                      The following Member States shall issue on 21 August
Whereas the applications for import licences submitted                 1996 import licences for beef and veal products, expressed
between 1 and 10 August 1996, expressed in terms of                   as boned meat, originating in certain African, Caribbean
                                                                      and Pacific States, in respect of the following quantities
                                                                      and countries of origin :
(') OJ No L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85.
\2) OJ No L 89, 10. 4. 1996, p. 1 .
 3) OJ No L 84, 3. 4. 1996, p. 22.                                    (4) OJ No L 302, 31 . 12. 1972, p. 28 .
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Germany:                                                        10 days of September 1996 for the following quantities of
                                                                boned beef and veal :
— 200,000 tonnes originating in Botswana,
                                                                — Botswana:            8 946,000 tonnes,
— 120,000 tonnes originating in Madagascar,
                                                                — Kenya:                 142,000 tonnes,
—    70,000 tonnes originating in Namibia;
                                                                — Madagascar:          6 282,257 tonnes,
Netherlands:                                                    — Swaziland:           2 884,000 tonnes,
                                                                — Zimbabwe:            4 317,180 tonnes,
— 320,000 tonnes originating in Botswana;
                                                                — Namibia:             5 565,006 tonnes.
United Kingdom:
                                                                                       Article 3
—   440,000   tonnes originating  in Botswana,
—    70,000   tonnes originating  in Swaziland,                 This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
—   100,000   tonnes originating  in Zimbabwe,
—   700,000   tonnes originating  in Namibia.                   Done at Brussels, 20 August 1996.
                          Article 2                                                      For the Commission
                                                                                           Erkki LIIKANEN
Licence applications may be submitted, pursuant to
Article 3 (3) of Regulation (EC) No 589/96 during the first                           Member of the Commission