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Language: en
Date: 1988-09-06 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 19 August 1988 on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland and Zimbabwe

No L 247/26                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                   6. 9 . 88
                                                      COMMISSION DECISION
                                                          of 19 August 1988
                   on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana,
                                         Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland and Zimbabwe
                                                             (88/488/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 88/289/EEC (<),
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and
Portugal,
                                                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 of
26 February 1985 on the arrangements applicable to                                                Article 1
agricultural products and certain goods resulting from the
processing of agricultural products originating in the                The following Member States shall issue on 21 August
African, Caribbean and Pacific States or in the overseas              1988 import licences concerning beef and veal products,
countries and territories ('), as last amended by Regulation          expressed in terms of boned meat, originating from
(EEC) No 1821 /87 (2), and in particular Article 22 thereof,          certain African, Caribbean and Pacific States, in respect of
                                                                      the quantities and the countries of origin stated :
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80
of 4 September 1980 on special detailed rules for the                  United Kingdom :
application of the system of import and export licences in
the beef and veal sector (3), as last amended by Regulation           — 350,0 tonnes originating in Zimbabwe,
(EEC) No 3988/87 (4), and in particular Article 15 (6) (b) (i)        — 203,276 tonnes originating in Botswana.
thereof,
                                                                                                  Article 2
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 provides for the
possibility of issuing import licences for beef and veal              Applications for licences may be submitted, in accordance
products ; whereas, however, imports must take place                  with Article 15 (6) (b) (ii) of Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80
within the limits of the quantities specified for each of             during the first 10 days of September 1988 in respect of
these exporting non-member countries ;                                the following quantities of boned beef and veal :
Whereas the applications for import licences submitted                — Botswana :                     15 055,724 tonnes,
between 1 and 10 August . 1988, expressed in terms of                 — Kenya :                           142,0    tonnes,
boned meat, in accordance with Article 15 ( 1 ) (b) of
Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80, do not exceed, in respect                — Madagascar :                    7579,0     tonnes,
of products originating from Botswana, Kenya,                         — Swaziland :                     3363,0     tonnes,
Madagascar, Swaziland and Zimbabwe the quantities                     — Zimbabwe :                      3555,0     tonnes.
available from these States ; whereas it is therefore
possible to issue import licences in respect of the                                        Article 3
quantities requested ;
                                                                      This Decision is addressed 'to the Member
Whereas the remaining quantities, in respect of which                 States, with the exception of Portugal.
licences may be applied for from 1 September 1988,
should be fixed within the scope of the total quantity of
30 000    tonnes     to    which    should    be   added,  where
                                                                      Done at Brussels, 19 August 1988 .
appropriate automatically, the additional quantity of 8 100
tonnes referred to in Article 5 (2) and (3) of Regulation
                                                                                              For the Commission
(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 172, 30.    6. 1987, p. 102.
0   OJ No   L 241 , 13.   9. 1980, p. 5.                              0 OJ No L 302, 31 . 12. 1972, p. 28.
(4) OJ No   L 376, 31 .   12. 1987, p. 31 .                           ¥) OJ No L 124, 18. 5. 1988, p. 31 .