CELEX: 31996D0485
Language: en
Date: 1996-07-18 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION DECISION of 18 July 1996 on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia

8 . 8 . 96        I EN I               Official Journal of the European Communities                                No L 198 /47
                                                    COMMISSION DECISION
                                                           of 18 July 1996
                   on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana,
                                  Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia
                                                             (96/485/EC)
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          Whereas the quantities in respect of which licences may
                                                                       be applied for from 1 August 1996, should be fixed
                                                                       within the scope of the total quantity of 52 1 00 tonnes;
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               Whereas it seems expedient to recall that this Decision is
  Community,
                                                                      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
                                                                      animals and swine, fresh meat or meat products from
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 of              third countries (4), as last amended by the Act of Acces­
  5 March 1990 on the arrangements applicable to agricul­             sion of Austria, Finland and Sweden,
  tural products and certain goods resulting from the
  processing of agricultural products originating in the
 African, Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP) or in the
 overseas countries and territories (OCT) ('), as last
 amended by Regulation (EC) No 619/96 (2), and in parti­
 cular Article 27 thereof,
                                                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
 Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 589/96
 of 2 April 1996 laying down detailed rules for the applica­
 tion in the beef and veal sector of Council Regulation                                          Article 1
 (EEC) No 715/90 on the arrangements applicable to agri­
 cultural products and certain goods resulting from the
 processing of agricultural products originating in the               The following Member States shall issue on 21 July 1996
 African, Caribbean and Pacific States or in the overseas             import licences for beef and veal products, expressed as
 countries and territories (3), in particular Article 4 thereof,      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 589/96 provides
 for the possibility of issuing import licences for beef and          Germany:
veal products; whereas, however, imports must take place
within the limits of the quantities specified for each of            — 980,000 tonnes originating in Botswana,
 these exporting non-member countries;
                                                                     — 241,930 tonnes originating in Madagascar,
                                                                     — 900 000 tonnes originating in Namibia;
Whereas the applications for import licences submitted
between 1 and 10 July 1996, expressed in terms of boned               United Kingdom:
meat, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 589/96, do
not exceed, in respect of products originating from Bots­            — 1 250,000 tonnes originating in Botswana,
wana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and
Namibia the quantities available from these States;                  —      110,000 tonnes originating in Swaziland,
whereas it is therefore possible to issue import licences in
respect of the quantities requested;                                 — 1 600,000 tonnes originating in Zimbabwe,
                                                                     — 1 400,000 tonnes originating in Namibia.
(') OJ No L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85.
(2) OJ No L 89, 10. 4. 1996, p. 1 .
 3 OJ No L 84, 3. 4. 1996, p. 22.                                    (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 589/96 during the first
10 days of August for the following quantities of boned
beef and veal :
— Botswana:               9 906,000 tonnes,                     Done at Brussels, 18 July 1996.
— Kenya:                    142,000 tonnes,
— Madagascar:             6 402,257 tonnes,
                                                                                         For the Commission
— Swaziland :             2 954,000 tonnes,
                                                                                           Franz FISCHLER
— Zimbabwe :              4 417,180 tonnes,
— Namibia:                6 335,006 tonnes .                                         Member of the Commission