CELEX: 31997D0411
Language: en
Date: 1997-06-19 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION DECISION of 19 June 1997 on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia

No L 174/52            EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                                  2. 7 . 97
                                                   COMMISSION DECISION
                                                         of 19 June 1997
                   on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana,
                                   Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia
                                                            (97/411 /EC)
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                                         Article 1
  Community,
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 of             The following Member States shall issue on 21 June 1997
  5 March 1990 on the arrangements applicable to agricul­             import licences for beef and veal products, expressed as
  tural products and certain goods resulting from the                boned meat, originating in certain African, Caribbean and
  processing of agricultural products originating in the             Pacific States, in respect of the following quantities and
 African, Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP) or in the               countries of origin :
 overseas countries and territories (OCT) ('), as last                Germany:
 amended by Regulation (EC) No 619/96 (2), and in par­               — 250 tonnes originating in Botswana,
 ticular Article 27 thereof,
                                                                     — 60 tonnes originating in Madagascar.
 Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 589/96                The Netherlands:
 of 2 April 1996 laying down detailed rules for the applica­
 tion in the beef and veal sector of Council Regulation              — 100 tonnes originating in Botswana .
 (EEC) No 715/90 on the arrangements applicable to agri­              United Kingdom:
 cultural products and certain goods resulting from the
 processing of agricultural products originating in the              — 150,000 tonnes originating in Botswana,
 African, Caribbean and Pacific States or in the overseas            — 5,000 tonnes originating in Swaziland,
 countries and territories (3), and in particular Article 4          — 83,341 tonnes originating in Zimbabwe,
 thereof,                                                            — 350,000 tonnes originating in Namibia.
 Whereas Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 589/96 provides
 for the possibility of issuing import licences for beef and                                   Article 2
 veal products; whereas, however, imports must take place            Licence applications may be submitted, pursuant to
 within the limits of the quantities specified for each of           Article 3 (3) of Regulation (EC) No 589/96 during the first
 these exporting non-member countries;                               10 days of July 1997 for the following quantities of boned
 Whereas the applications for import licences submitted              beef and veal :
 between 1 and 10 June 1997, expressed in terms of boned             — Botswana :             13 606,000  tonnes,
 meat, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 589/96, do              — Kenya:                    142,000  tonnes,
 not exceed, in respect of products originating in Bot­
 swana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and
                                                                     — Madagascar:             7 219,000  tonnes,
                                                                     — Swaziland :             3 238,000  tonnes,
 Namibia the quantities available from these States;
whereas it is therefore possible to issue import licences in         — Zimbabwe :              6 954,659  tonnes,
 respect of the quantities requested;                                — Namibia :               9 970,000 tonnes .
Whereas the quantities, in respect of which licences may                                       Article 3
be applied for from 1 July 1997, should be fixed within
the scope of the total quantity of 52 100 tonnes;                    This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Whereas it seems expedient to recall that this Decision is
without prejudice to Council Directive 72/462/ EEC of 12             Done at Brussels, 19 June 1997.
December 1972 on health and veterinary inspection
problems on importation of bovine, ovine and caprine                                              For the Commission
animals and swine, fresh meat or meat products from                                                 Franz FISCHLER
third countries (4), as last amended by the Act of Acces­
sion of Austria, Finland and Sweden ,                                                        Member of the Commission
(') OJ  No  L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85.
(2) OJ  No  L 89, 10. 4. 1996, p. 1 .
P)  OJ  No  L 84, 3 . 4 . 1996, p. 22.
(4) OJ  No  L 302, 31 . 12. 1972, p. 28 .