CELEX: 31999D0704
Language: en
Date: 1999-10-19 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 19 October 1999 on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia (notified under document number C(1999) 3461)

29. 10. 1999          EN                        Official Journal of the European Communities                                      L 279/65
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                                                   (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)
                                                           COMMISSION
                                                          COMMISSION DECISION
                                                            of 19 October 1999
              on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana, Kenya,
                                           Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia
                                              (notified under document number C(1999) 3461)
                                                                (1999/704/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                (3)     Whereas the quantities in respect of which licences may
                                                                                   be applied for from 1 November 1999 should be fixed
                                                                                   within the scope of the total quantity of 52 100 tonnes;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,
                                                                           (4)     Whereas this Decision is without prejudice to Council
                                                                                   Directive 72/462/EEC of 12 December 1972 on health
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1706/98 of 20                          and veterinary inspection problems upon importation of
July 1998 on the arrangements applicable to agricultural prod-                     bovine, ovine and caprine animals and swine, fresh meat
ucts and goods resulting from the processing of agricultural                       or meat products from third countries (3), as last
products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific                         amended by Directive 97/79/EC (4),
States (ACP States) and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 715/
90 (1), and in particular Article 30 thereof,
                                                                           HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1918/98 of
9 September 1998 laying down detailed rules for the applica-
tion in the beef and veal sector of Council Regulation (EC) No
1706/98 on the arrangements applicable to agricultural prod-                                            Article 1
ucts and certain goods resulting from the processing of agricul-
tural products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific           The following Member States shall issue on 21 October 1999
States and repealing Regulation (EC) No 589/96 (2), and in                 import licences for beef and veal products, expressed as boned
particular Article 4 thereof,                                              meat, originating in certain African, Caribbean and Pacific
                                                                           States, in respect of the following quantities and countries of
                                                                           origin:
(1)     Whereas Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1918/98
        provides for the possibility of issuing import licences for        Germany:
        beef and veal products; whereas, however, imports must             — 200 tonnes originating in Botswana,
        take place within the limits of the quantities specified for
                                                                           — 170 tonnes originating in Namibia.
        each of these exporting non-member countries;
                                                                           United Kingdom:
(2)     Whereas the applications for import licences submitted             — 120 tonnes originating in Botswana,
        between 1 and 10 October 1999, expressed in terms of               — 810 tonnes originating in Zimbabwe,
        boned meat, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No
        1918/98, do not exceed, in respect of products origin-             — 1 100 tonnes originating in Namibia,
        ating in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland,                   — 30 tonnes originating in Swaziland.
        Zimbabwe and Namibia, the quantities available from
        those States; whereas it is therefore possible to issue            Belgium:
        import licences in respect of the quantities applied for;          — 100 tonnes originating in Zimbabwe.
(1) OJ L 215, 1.8.1998, p. 12.                                             (3) OJ L 302, 31.12.1972, p. 28.
(2) OJ L 250, 10.9.1998, p. 16.                                            (4) OJ L 24, 30.1.1998, p. 31.
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                          Article 2                                                             Article 3
Licence applications may be submitted, pursuant to Article 3(2)       This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
of Regulation (EC) No 1918/98, during the first 10 days of
November 1999 for the following quantities of boned beef and
veal:
—   Botswana:                       8 491  tonnes,                    Done at Brussels, 19 October 1999.
—   Kenya:                            142  tonnes,
—   Madagascar:                     7 579  tonnes,
—   Swaziland:                      3 039  tonnes,                                                  For the Commission
—   Zimbabwe:                       2 325  tonnes,                                                     Franz FISCHLER
—   Namibia:                        4 155  tonnes.                                              Member of the Commission