CELEX: 31996D0108
Language: en
Date: 1996-01-19 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION DECISION of 19 January 1996 on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland and Zimbabwe

1 . 2. 96         [ EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 25/59
                                                  COMMISSION DECISION
                                                       of 19 January 1996
                   on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana,
                                      Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland and Zimbabwe
                                                           (96/ 108/EC)
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        Whereas it seems expedient to recall that this Decision is
                                                                     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 the Treaty establishing the European              animals and swine, fresh meat or meat products from
  Community,                                                         third countries (4), as last amended by the Act of Acces­
                                                                     sion of Austria, Finland and Sweden,
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 of
  5 March 1990 on the arrangements applicable to agricul­
  tural products and certain goods resulting from the
  processing of agricultural products originating in the ACP
 States or in the overseas countries and territories (OCT) ('),
  as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2484/94 (2), and in          HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
  particular Article 27 thereof,
 Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No                                                 Article 1
  1636/95 of 5 July 1995 temporarily adapting the special
 import arrangements in the beef sector provided for in
 Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 with the view to the imple­
 mentation of the Agreement on Agriculture concluded                 The following Member States shall issue on 21 January
 during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotia­             1996 import licences for beef and veal products, expressed
 tions (3), and in particular Article 4 thereof,                     as boned meat, originating in certain African, Caribbean
                                                                     and Pacific States, in respect of the following quantities
                                                                     and countries of origin :
Whereas Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1636/95
 provides for the possibility of issuing import licences for         Germany :
beef and veal products ; whereas, however, imports must
 take place within the limits of the quantities specified for
each of these exporting third countries ;                           — 30,000 tonnes originating in Botswana,
                                                                    — 75,000 tonnes originating in Madagascar ;
Whereas the applications for import licences submitted
between 1 and 10 January 1996, expressed in terms of                 Netherlands :
boned meat, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No
 1636/95, do not exceed, in respect of products originating         — 50,000 tonnes originating in Botswana,
from Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland and
Zimbabwe the quantities available from these States ;               — 3,813 tonnes originating in Madagascar ;
whereas it is therefore possible to issue import licences in
respect of the quantities requested ;
                                                                     United Kingdom :
Whereas the quantities in respect of which licences may             — 630,000 tonnes originating in Botswana,
be applied for from 1 February 1996, should be fixed
within the scope of the total quantity of 39 100 tonnes ;           — 30,000 tonnes originating in Swaziland,
                                                                    — 180,000 tonnes originating in Zimbabwe.
(') OJ No L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85.
0 OJ No L 265, 15. 10. 1994, p. 3.
 3 OJ No L 155, 6. 7. 1995, p. 25.                                  (4) OJ No L 302, 31 . 12. 1972, p. 28 .
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                         Article 2                                                     Article 3
Licence applications may be submitted, pursuant to              This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Article 3 (3) of Regulation (EC) No 1636/95 during the
first 10 days of February 1996 for the following quantities
of boned beef and veal :
                                                                Done at Brussels, 19 January 1996.
— Botswana :            18 206,000  tonnes,
— Kenya :                  142,000  tonnes,
                                                                                         For the Commission
— Madagascar :           7 500,187  tonnes,
                                                                                           Franz FISCHLER
— Swaziland :            3 333,000  tonnes,
— Zimbabwe :             8 920,000  tonnes.                                          Member of the Commission