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Language: en
Date: 1989-01-11 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 20 December 1988 on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland and Zimbabwe

11 . 1 . 89                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                 No L 8/ 13
                                                   COMMISSION DECISION
                                                     of 20 December 1988
                  on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana,
                                       Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland and Zimbabwe
                                                           (89/16/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         be fixed within the scope of the total quantity of 30 000
                                                                    tonnes, to which should be added, where appropriate,
                                                                    automatically the additional quantity of 8 100 tonnes
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               referred to in Article 5 (2) and (3) of Regulation (EEC) No
Economic Community,                                                 486/85 :
                                                                    Whereas it seems expedient to recall that this Decision is
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                 without prejudice to Council Directive 72/462/EEC of 12
Portugal,                                                           December 1972 on health and veterinary inspection
                                                                    problems upon importation of bovine animals and swine
                                                                    and fresh meat from third countries (*), as last amended by
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 of              Directive 88/289/EEC (*),
26 February 1985 on the arrangements applicable to
agricultural products and certain goods resulting from the
processing of agricultural products originating in the
African, Caribbean and Pacific States or in the overseas
countries and territories ('), as last amended by Regulation
(EEC) No 1821 /87 (2), and in particular Article 22 thereof,
                                                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No
2377/80 of 4 September 1980 on special detailed rules for
the application 6f the system of import and export                                            Article 1
licences in the beef and veal sector (3), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 3182/88 (4), and in particular Article
 15 (6) (b) (i) thereof,                                            The following Member States shall issue on 21 December
                                                                     1988 import licences concerning beef and veal products,
                                                                    expressed in terms of boned meat, originating in certain
whereas Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 provides for the                 African, Caribbean and Pacific States, in respect of the
possibility of issuing import licences for beef and veal            quantities and the countries of origin stated :
products ; whereas, however, imports must take place
within the limits of the quantities specified for each of
these exporting non-member countries ;                               United Kingdom :
                                                                    — 280,0 tonnes originating in Botswana,
Whereas the applications for import licences submitted
between 1 and 10 November 1988, expressed in terms of               — 425,0 tonnes originating in Zimbabwe ;
boned meat, in accordance with Article 15 (1 ) (b) of
Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80, do not exceed, in respect
of products originating in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar,              Germany :
Swaziland and Zimbabwe, the quantities available from
these States ; whereas it its therefore possible to issue          — 130,0 tonnes originating in Botswana,
import licences in respect of the quantities requested ;
                                                                    — 95,0 tonnes originating in Zimbabwe,
Whereas the remaining quantites, in respect of which                 The Netherlands :
licences may be applied for from 1 January 1989, should
                                                                    — 57,0 tonnes originating in Zimbabwe.
(') OJ No L 61 , 1 . 3. 1985, p. 4.
0 OJ No L 172, 30. 6. 1987, p. 102.
¥) OJ No L 241 , 13. 9. 1980, p. 5. *                               0 OJ No L 302, 31 . 12. 1972, p. 28.
(4) OJ No L 283, 18. 10. 1988, p. 13.                               («) OJ No L 124, 18. 5. 1988, p. 31 .
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                            Article 2                                                     Article 3
Applications for licences may be submitted, in accordance         This Decision is addressed to the Member States, with the
with Article 15 (6) (b) (ii) of Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80       exception of Portugal.
during the first 10 days of January 1989 in respect of the
following quantities of boned beef and veal :
    Botswana :                              * 18 916,0 tonnes,    Done at Brussels, 20 December 1988.
    Kenya :                                      142,0 tonnes,
                                                                                            For the Commission
    Madagascar :                               7 579,0 tonnes,
    Swaziland :                                3 363,0 tonnes,                               Frans ANDRIESSEN
    Zimbabwe :                                 8 100,0 tonnes.                                  Vice-President