Commission Decision of 19 August 1998 on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia (notified under document number C(1998) 2497)
L 237/24 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 25. 8. 98 COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 19 August 1998 on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia (notified under document number C(1998) 2497) (98/530/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1706/98 of 20 July 1998 on the arrangements applicable to agricul- tural products and goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products originating in the African, Carib- bean and Pacific States (ACP States) and repealing Regula- tion (EEC) No 715/90 (1), and in particular Article 30 thereof, Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 589/ 96 of 2 April 1996 laying down detailed rules for the application in the beef and veal sector of Council Regula- tion (EEC) No 715/90 on the arrangements applicable to agricultural products and certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States or in the overseas countries and territories (2), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 260/98 (3), and in particular Article 4 thereof, concessions vis- -vis Whereas Regulation (EC) No 1706/98 consolidates the Community’s the ACP States covered by the fourth ACP-EC Convention and its mid- term review; whereas, however, those concessions do not alter the concessions governed by Decision No 6/95 of the ACP-EC Council of Ministers of 20 December 1995 on the transitional measures to be applied from 1 January 1996 (4); whereas Regulation (EC) No 589/96 therefore continues to apply; Whereas Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 589/96 provides for the possibility of issuing import licences for beef and veal products; whereas, however, imports must take place within the limits of the quantities specified for each of these exporting non-member countries; Whereas the applications for import licences submitted between 1 and 10 August 1998, expressed in terms of deboned meat, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 589/96, do not exceed, in respect of products originating from Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia, the quantities available from those States; whereas it is therefore possible to issue import licences in respect of the quantities applied for; Whereas the quantities in respect of which licences may be applied for from 1 September 1998 should be fixed within the scope of the total quantity of 52 100 tonnes; Whereas this Decision is 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 third countries (5), as last amended by Directive 97/79/EC (6), HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Article 1 The following Member States shall issue on 21 August 1998 import and veal products, expressed as deboned meat, originating in certain African, for beef licences (1) OJ L 215, 1. 8. 1998, p. 12. (2) OJ L 84, 3. 4. 1996, p. 22. (3) OJ L 25, 31. 1. 1998, p. 42. (4) OJ L 327, 30. 12. 1995, p. 32. (5) OJ L 302, 31. 12. 1972, p. 28. (6) OJ L 24, 30. 1. 1998, p. 31. 25. 8. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 237/25 Caribbean and Pacific States, in respect of the following quantities and countries of origin: Germany ü 497,000 tonnes originating in Namibia, United Kingdom ü 400,000 tonnes originating in Botswana, ü 25,000 tonnes originating in Swaziland, ü 820,000 tonnes originating in Zimbabwe, ü 500,000 tonnes originating in Namibia. ü Botswana: ü Kenya: ü Madagascar: ü Swaziland: ü Zimbabwe: ü Namibia: 9 571,000 tonnes, 142,000 tonnes, 7 564,000 tonnes, 3 244,000 tonnes, 4 676,000 tonnes, 7 450,000 tonnes. Article 3 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Article 2 Done at Brussels, 19 August 1998. Licence applications may be submitted, pursuant to Article 3(3) of Regulation (EC) No 589/96, during the first 10 days of September 1998 for the following quantities of deboned beef and veal: For the Commission Karel VAN MIERT Member of the Commission