Commission Decision of 20 December 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) 4947)
L 3/30 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 6. 1. 2000 COMMISSION DECISION of 20 December 1999 on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana, Kenya, Mada- gascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia (notified under document number C(1999) 4947) (2000/7/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: 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 agricultural prod- ucts and goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP States) and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 (1), and in particular Article 30 thereof, 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- ucts and certain goods resulting from the processing of agricul- tural products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and repealing Regulation (EC) No 589/96 (2), and in particular Article 4 thereof, (1) Whereas Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1918/98 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; (2) Whereas the applications for import licences submitted between 1 and 10 December 1999, expressed in terms of boned meat, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1918/98, do not exceed, in respect of products origin- ating in 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; (3) Whereas the quantities in respect of which licences may be applied for from 1 January 2000 should be fixed within the scope of the total quantity of 52 100 tonnes; (4) 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 last or meat products amended by Directive 97/79/EC (4), from third countries (3), as Article 1 The following Member States shall issue on 21 December 1999 import licences for beef and veal products, expressed as boned meat, originating in certain African, Caribbean and Pacific States, in respect of the following quantities and countries of origin: Germany: — 9,9 tonnes originating in Botswana, — 242 tonnes originating in Namibia. United Kingdom: — 95,1 tonnes originating in Namibia. Article 2 Licence applications may be submitted, pursuant to Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1918/98, during the first 10 days of January 2000 for the following quantities of boned beef and veal: — Botswana: — Kenya: — Madagascar: — Swaziland: — Zimbabwe: — Namibia: 18 916 tonnes, 142 tonnes, 7 579 tonnes, 3 363 tonnes, 9 100 tonnes, 13 000 tonnes. Article 3 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 20 December 1999. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission (1) OJ L 215, 1. 8. 1998, p. 12. (2) OJ L 250, 10. 9. 1998, p. 16. (3) OJ L 302, 31. 12. 1972, p. 28. (4) OJ L 24, 30. 1. 1998, p. 31