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Language: en
Date: 1987-11-28 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 19 November 1987 on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland and Zimbabwe

No L 338 /36                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                  28 . 11 . 87
                                                      COMMISSION DECISION
                                                        of 19 November 1987
                   on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana,
                                           Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland and Zimbabwe
                                                              (87/559/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                            December 1972 on health and veterinary inspection
                                                                       problems upon importation of bovine animals and swine
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                  and fresh meat from third countries (*), as last amended by
Economic Community,                                                    Directive 86/469/EEC (%
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and
Portugal,                                                              HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 of
                                                                                                   Article 1
26 February 1985 on the arrangements applicable to agri­
cultural products and certain goods resulting from the                 The following Member States shall issue on 21 November
processing of agricultural products originating in the                  1987 import licences concerning beef and veal products,
African, Caribbean and Pacific States or in the overseas
                                                                       expressed in terms of boned meat, originating from
countries and territories ('), as last amended by Regulation           certain African, Caribbean and Pacific States, in respect of
(EEC) No 1306/87 (2), and in particular Article 22 thereof,            the quantities and the countries of origin stated :
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No                         1 . Federal Republic of Germany :
2377/80 of 4 September 1980 on special detailed rules for
the application of the system of import and export                          — 47,6 tonnes originating in Zimbabwe ;
licences in the beef and veal sector (3), as last amended by            2. United Kingdom :
Regulation (EEC) No 520/87 (4), and in particular Article
 15 (6) (b) (i) thereof,                                                    — 95,2 tonnes originating in Zimbabwe,
                                                                            — 50,0     tonnes originating in Botswana.
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 provides for the
 possibility of issuing import licences for beef and veal                                           Article 2
 products ; whereas, however, imports must take place
within the limits of the quantities specified for each of               Applications for licences may be submitted, in accordance
 these exporting non-member countries ;                                 with Article 15 (6) (b) (ii) of Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80
                                                                        during the first 10 days of December 1987, in respect of
 Whereas the applications for import licences submitted                 the following quantities of boned beef and veal :
 between 1 and 10 November 1987, expressed in terms of
                                                                        — Botswana :                     10 794,5 tonnes,
 boned meat, in accordance with Article 15 ( 1 ) (b) of Regu­
 lation (EEC) No 2377/80, reduce broadly the quantity                   — Kenya :                           142,0 tonnes,
 available   for Zimbabwe ; whereas            nevertheless  it is      — Madagascar :                    7 579,0 tonnes,
 possible to deliver import certificates to the extent of a             — Swaziland :                     2 281,7 tonnes,
 third of the quantity available for each request, so that in
 consequence each request can be accepted to the extent
 of 47,6 tonnes ;                                                                                   Article 3
                                                                        This Decision is addressed to the Member States, with the
 Whereas the remaining quantities, in respect of which
 licences may be applied for from 1 December 1987,                      exception of Portugal.
 should be fixed within the scope of the total quantity of
 30 000 tonnes, to which should be added, where appro­
                                                                         Done at Brussels, 19 November 1987.
 priate automatically, the additional quantity of 8 100
 tonnes referred to in Article 5 (2) and (3) of Regulation
 (EEC) No 486/85 ;                                                                                     For the Commission
                                                                                                        Frans ANDRIESSEN
 Whereas it seems expedient to recall that this Decision is
 without prejudice to Council Directive 72/462/EEC of 12                                                   Vice-President
  (') OJ No  L  61 , 1 . 3. 1985, p. 4.
  (2) OJ No  L  124, 13. 5. 1987, p. 5.
  (3) OJ No  L  241 , 13 . 9 . 1980, p. 5 .                              0 OJ No L 302, 31 . 12. 1972, p. 28 .
  (4) OJ No  L  52, 21 . 2. 1987, p. 13 .                                 6 OJ No L 275, 26. 9 . 1986, p. 36.