CELEX: 31999D0768
Language: en
Date: 1999-11-18 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 18 November 1999 on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia (notified under document number C(1999) 3905)

L 303/26              EN                        Official Journal of the European Communities                                   26. 11. 1999
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                                                   (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)
                                                           COMMISSION
                                                          COMMISSION DECISION
                                                           of 18 November 1999
              on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana, Kenya,
                                           Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia
                                              (notified under document number C(1999) 3905)
                                                                (1999/768/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                        those States; whereas it is therefore possible to issue
                                                                                   import licences in respect of the quantities applied for;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                      (3)     Whereas the quantities in respect of which licences may
Community,                                                                         be applied for from 1 December 1999 should be fixed
                                                                                   within the scope of the total quantity of 52 100 tonnes;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1706/98 of 20                  (4)     Whereas this Decision is without prejudice to Council
July 1998 on the arrangements applicable to agricultural prod-                     Directive 72/462/EEC of 12 December 1972 on health
ucts and goods resulting from the processing of agricultural                       and veterinary inspection problems upon importation of
products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific                         bovine, ovine and caprine animals and swine, fresh meat
States (ACP States) and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 715/                         or meat products from third countries (3), as last
90 (1), and in particular Article 30 thereof,                                      amended by Directive 97/79/EC (4),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1918/98 of
9 September 1998 laying down detailed rules for the applica-               HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
tion in the beef and veal sector of Council Regulation (EC) No
1706/98 on the arrangements applicable to agricultural prod-
ucts and certain goods resulting from the processing of agricul-                                        Article 1
tural products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific
States and repealing Regulation (EC) No 589/96 (2), and in                 The following Member States shall issue on 21 November
particular Article 4 thereof,                                              1999 import licences for beef and veal products, expressed as
                                                                           boned meat, originating in certain African, Caribbean and
                                                                           Pacific States, in respect of the following quantities and coun-
(1)     Whereas Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1918/98                    tries of origin:
        provides for the possibility of issuing import licences for
        beef and veal products; whereas, however, imports must
        take place within the limits of the quantities specified for
        each of these exporting non-member countries;                      Germany:
                                                                           — 155 tonnes originating in Botswana,
                                                                           — 30 tonnes originating in Namibia.
(2)     Whereas the applications for import licences submitted
        between 1 and 10 November 1999, expressed in terms                 United Kingdom:
        of boned meat, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No               — 500 tonnes originating in Botswana,
        1918/98, do not exceed, in respect of products origin-
        ating in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland,                   — 1 050 tonnes originating in Zimbabwe,
        Zimbabwe and Namibia, the quantities available from                — 295 tonnes originating in Namibia.
(1) OJ L 215, 1.8.1998, p. 12.                                             (3) OJ L 302, 31.12.1972, p. 28.
(2) OJ L 250, 10.9.1998, p. 16.                                            (4) OJ L 24, 30.1.1998, p. 31.
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                          Article 2                                                             Article 3
Licence applications may be submitted, pursuant to Article 3(2)       This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
of Regulation (EC) No 1918/98, during the first 10 days of
December 1999 for the following quantities of boned beef and
veal:
— Botswana:                                      7 836 tonnes,        Done at Brussels, 18 November 1999.
— Kenya:                                            142 tonnes,
— Madagascar:                                    7 579 tonnes,
— Swaziland:                                     3 039 tonnes,                                      For the Commission
— Zimbabwe:                                      1 275 tonnes,                                         Franz FISCHLER
— Namibia:                                       3 830 tonnes.                                  Member of the Commission