CELEX: 31996D0625
Language: en
Date: 1996-10-18 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION DECISION of 18 October 1996 on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia

31 . 10. 96       I EN I               Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 279/39
                                                    COMMISSION DECISION
                                                        of 18 October 1996
                   on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana,
                                  Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia
                                                             (96/625/EC)
   THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        third countries (4), as last amended by the Act of Acces­
                                                                      sion of Austria, Finland and Sweden,
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
   Community,
                                                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
   Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 of
   5 March 1990 on the arrangements applicable to agricul­                                       Article 1
  tural products and certain goods resulting from the
   processing of agricultural products originating in the             The following Member States shall issue on 21 October
  African, Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP) or in the               1996 import licences for beef and veal products, expressed
  overseas countries and territories (OCT) ('), as last               as boned meat, originating in certain African, Caribbean
  amended by Regulation (EC) No 619/96 (2), and in parti­             and Pacific States, in respect of the following quantities
  cular Article 27 thereof,                                           and countries of origin :
                                                                      Germany:
  Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 589/96
  of 2 April 1996 laying down detailed rules for the applica­        — 193,950 tonnes originating in Madagascar
  tion in the beef and veal sector of Council Regulation              United Kingdom:
  (EEC) No 715/90 on the arrangements applicable to agri­
  cultural products and certain goods resulting from the             — 250,000 tonnes originating in Botswana
  processing of agricultural products originating in the             — 840,000 tonnes originating in Namibia
 African , Caribbean and Pacific States or in the overseas           — 550,000 tonnes originating in Zimbabwe.
 countries and territories (3), in particular Article 4 thereof,
                                                                                                Article 2
 Whereas Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 589/96 provides
 for the possibility of issuing import licences for beef and         Licence applications may be submitted, pursuant to
 veal products; whereas, however, imports must take place            Article 3 (3) of Regulation (EC) No 589/96 during the first
 within the limits of the quantities specified for each of           10 days of November 1996 for the following quantities of
 these exporting non-member countries;                               boned beef and veal:
                                                                     — Botswana:                8 396,000  tonnes,
 Whereas the applications for import licences submitted
 between 1 and 10 October 1996, expressed in terms of                — Kenya:                     142,000  tonnes,
 boned meat, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No                   — Madagascar:              5 968,307  tonnes,
 589/96, do not exceed, in respect of products originating           — Swaziland:               2 884,000  tonnes,
 from Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe               — Zimbabwe :               3 767,180  tonnes,
 and Namibia the quantities available from these States;             — Namibia:                 4 295,006  tonnes.
 whereas it is therefore possible to issue import licences in
 respect of the quantities requested;                                                           Article 3
 Whereas the quantities in respect of which licences may             This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
 be applied for from 1 November 1996, should be fixed
within the scope of the total quantity of 52 100 tonnes;
                                                                     Done at Brussels, 18 October 1996.
Whereas it seems expedient to recall that this Decision is
without prejudice to Council Directive 72/462/EEC of 12                                           For the Commission
 December 1972 on health and veterinary inspection                                                   Franz FISCHLER
 problems on importation of bovine, ovine and caprine
animals and swine, fresh meat or meat products from                                           Member of the Commission
(') 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 .