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Language: en
Date: 1988-01-28 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 18 December 1987 on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland and Zimbabwe

No L 23/30                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                   28 . 1 . 88
                                                  COMMISSION DECISION
                                                    of 18 December 1987
                  on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana,
                                       Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland and Zimbabwe
                                                          (88/44/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 f6),
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 agri­                                      Article 1
cultural products and certain goods resulting from the
processing of agricultural products originating in the             The following Member States shall issue on 21 December
African, Caribbean and Pacific States or in the overseas           1987 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 1306/87 (2), and in particular Article 22 thereof,        certain African, Caribbean and Pacific States, in respect of
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No                    the quantities and the countries of origin stated :
2377/80 of 4 September 1980 on special detailed rules for          1 . Federal Republic of Germany :
the application of the system of import and export                     — 35,0 tonnes originating in Botswana ;
licences in the beef and veal sector (3), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 3434/87 (4), and in particular Article         2. United Kingdom :
 15 (6) (b) (i) thereof,
                                                                       — 50,0 tonnes originating in Botswana.
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 provides for the
possibility of issuing import licences for beef and veal                                       Article 2
products ; whereas, however, imports must take place
within the limits of the quantities specified for each of          Applications for licences may be submitted, in accordance
these exporting non-member countries ;                             with Article 15 (6) (b) (ii) of Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80
Whereas the applications for import licences submitted             during the first 10 days of January 1988, in respect of the
 between 1 and 10 December 1987, expressed in terms of             following quantities of boned beef and veal :
 boned meat, in accordance with Article 15 ( 1 ) (b) of Regu­      — Botswana :                        18916,0 tonnes,
 lation (EEC) No 2377/80, do not exceed, in respect of             — Kenya :                               142,0 tonnes,
 products originating from Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar             — Madagascar :                        7 579,0 tonnes,
 and Swaziland the quantities available from these States ;        — Swaziland :                         3 363,0 tonnes,
 whereas it is therefore possible to issue import licences in      — Zimbabwe :                          8 100,0 tonnes .
 respect of the quantities requested ;
                                                                                               Article 3
 Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 fixed the quantities
 in respect of which licences may be applied for per                This Decision is addressed to the Member States, with the
 calender year ; whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80                exception of Portugal.
 stipulates that applications for licences may be lodged
 during the first 10 days of each month ; whereas, for
 reasons of clarity, it should be pointed out that, pursuant        Done at Brussels, 18 December 1987.
 to those provisions, applications for licences may be
 submitted in respect of those quantities during the first                                        For the Commission
  10 days of January 1988 ;
                                                                                                   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 . 1785, p. 4.
  (2) OJ No L 124, 13. 5. 1987, p. 5.
  0 OJ No L 241 , 13. 9. 1980, p. 5.                                0 OJ No L 302, 31 . 12. 1972, p. 28 .
   4 OJ No L 327, 18 . 11 . 1987, p. 7.                             M OJ No L 275, 26. 9. 1986, p. 36.