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Language: en
Date: 1987-03-31 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 19 March 1987 on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland and Zimbabwe

No L 88 /48                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                    31 . 3 . 87
                                                   COMMISSION DECISION
                                                       of 19 March 1987
                  on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana,
                                       Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland and Zimbabwe
                                                          (87/21 4/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                  HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Portugal,
                                                                                                Article 1
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 of              The following Member States shall issue on 21 March
26 February 1985 on the arrangements applicable to agri­            1987 import licences concening beef and veal product,
cultural products and certain goods resulting from the              expressed in terms of boned meat, originating from
processing of agricultural products originating in the              certain African, Caribbean and Pacific States, in respect of
African, Caribbean and Pacific States or in the overseas
                                                                    the quantities and the countries of origin stated :
countries and territories ('), as last amended by Regulation
(EEC) No 73/87 (2), and in particular Article 22 thereof,           1 . Federal Republic of Germany :
                                                                        — 300,0 tonnes originating in Zimbabwe,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No                         — 35,0 tonnes originating in Swaziland,
2377/80 of 4 September 1980 on special detailed rules for               — 100,0 tonnes originating in Botswana ;
the application of the system of import and export
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               — 50,0 tonnes originating in Zimbabwe,
15 (6) (b) (i) thereof,                                                 — 50,0 tonnes originating in Botswana.
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 provides for the                                             Article 2
possibility of issuing import licences for beef and veal
products ; whereas, however, imports must take place                Applications for licences may be submitted, in accordance
within the limits of the quantities specified for each of           with Article 15 (6) (b) (ii) of Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80
these exporting non-member countries ;                              during the first 10 days of April 1987, in respect of the
                                                                    following quantities of oned beef and veal :
Whereas the applications for import licences submitted              — Botswana :                         17 694,0 tonnes,
between 1 and 10 March 1987, expressed in terms of                  — Kenya :                               142,0 tonnes,
boned meat, in accordance with Article 15 (1 ) (b) of Regu­         — Madagascar :                        7 579,0 tonnes,
lation (EEC) No 2377/80, do not exceed, in respect of               — Swaziland :                         2 823,0 tonnes,
products originating from Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar,              — Zimbabwe :                          7 003,0 tonnes.
Swaziland and Zimbabwe, the quantities available from
these States ; whereas it is therefore possible to issue                                        Article 3
import licences in respect of the quantities requested ;
                                                                    This Decision is addressed to the Member States, with the
Whereas the remaining quantities, in respect of which               exception of Portugal.
licences may be applied for from 1 April 1987, should be
fixed within the scope of the total quantity of 30 000
tonnes to which should be added, where appropriate auto­            Done at Brussels, 19 March 1987.
 matically, the additional quantity of 8 100 tonnes referred
                                                                                                   For the Commission
 to in Article 5 (2) and (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 ;
                                                                                                    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 11 , 13. 1 . 1987, p. 23.
 0 OJ No L 241 , 13. 9. 1980, p. 5.                                  0 OJ No L 302, 31 . 12. 1972, p. 28.
 (j OJ No L 52, 21 . 2. 1987, p. 13.                                 M OJ No L 275, 26. 9. 1986, p. 36.