Document ID: 32022R1960
Language: ENG

<table><col/><col/><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>18.10.2022&#160;&#160;&#160;</p></td><td><p>EN</p></td><td><p>Official Journal of the European Union</p></td><td><p>L 270/12</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2022/1960
of 17 October 2022
fixing the trigger volumes for the years 2023 and 2024 for the purposes of possible application of additional import duties on certain fruit and vegetables
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007 ( 1 ) , and in particular Article 183, first paragraph, point (b), thereof,
Whereas:
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(1)</p></td><td><p>Article&#160;39 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/892&#160;<a>(<span>2</span>)</a> provides that an additional import duty as referred to in Article&#160;182(1) of Regulation (EU) No&#160;1308/2013 may be applied to the products and during the periods listed in Annex VII to that Implementing Regulation. That additional import duty has to apply if the quantity of any of the products put into free circulation for any of the periods of application set out in that Annex exceeds the trigger volume of imports in a year for that product. Additional import duties may not be imposed where the imports are unlikely to disturb the Union market, or where the effects would be disproportionate to the intended objective.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(2)</p></td><td><p>In accordance with Article&#160;182(1) of Regulation (EU) No&#160;1308/2013, the trigger volumes of imports for the possible application of additional import duties on certain fruit and vegetables, are equal to 125&#160;% of average imports of each concerned product during the application period for the previous three years as domestic consumption is not taken into account. On the basis of the data notified by the Member States for the years 2019, 2020 and&#160;2021, the trigger volumes for certain fruit and vegetables should be fixed for the years 2023 and&#160;2024.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(3)</p></td><td><p>Taking into account that the period of application of possible additional import duties as set out in Annex VII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/892 starts for a number of products on 1 January, this Regulation should apply from 1&#160;January 2023,</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
For the years 2023 and 2024, the trigger volumes referred to in Article 182(1), first subparagraph, point (b), of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 for the products listed in Annex VII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/892 are set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .
It shall apply from 1 January 2023.
It shall expire on 30 June 2024.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 17 October 2022.
For the Commission
The President
Ursula VON DER LEYEN
( 1 ) OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671 .
( 2 ) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/892 of 13 March 2017 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sectors ( OJ L 138, 25.5.2017, p. 57 ).
ANNEX
Trigger volumes for the products and periods set out in Annex VII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/892, for the possible application of additional import duties
Without prejudice to the rules on the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature, the description of the products is deemed to be indicative only. For the purposes of this Annex, the scope of the additional import duties is determined by the scope of the CN codes as they stand at the time of adoption of this Regulation.
<table><col/><col/><col/><col/><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>Order number</p></td><td><p>CN code</p></td><td><p>Description of products</p></td><td><p>Period of application</p></td><td><p>Trigger volume (tonnes)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>2024</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>78.0020</p></td><td><p>0702&#160;00&#160;00</p></td><td><p>Tomatoes</p></td><td><p>From 1 June to 30 September</p></td><td><p>&#160;</p></td><td><p>105&#160;518</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>78.0015</p></td><td><p>From 1 October</p></td><td><p>to 31 May</p></td><td><p>689&#160;880</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>78.0065</p></td><td><p>0707&#160;00&#160;05</p></td><td><p>Cucumbers</p></td><td><p>From 1 May to 31 October</p></td><td><p>&#160;</p></td><td><p>59&#160;702</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>78.0075</p></td><td><p>From 1 November</p></td><td><p>to 30 April</p></td><td><p>36&#160;105</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>78.0085</p></td><td><p>0709&#160;91&#160;00</p></td><td><p>Artichokes</p></td><td><p>From 1 November</p></td><td><p>to 30 June</p></td><td><p>13&#160;312</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>78.0100</p></td><td><p>0709&#160;93&#160;10</p></td><td><p>Courgettes</p></td><td><p>From 1 January to 31 December</p></td><td><p>&#160;</p></td><td><p>77&#160;645</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>78.0110</p></td><td><p>0805&#160;10&#160;22</p><p>0805&#160;10&#160;24</p><p>0805&#160;10&#160;28</p></td><td><p>Oranges</p></td><td><p>From 1 December</p></td><td><p>to 31 May</p></td><td><p>359&#160;707</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>78.0120</p></td><td><p>0805&#160;22&#160;00</p></td><td><p>Clementines</p></td><td><p>From 1 November</p></td><td><p>to end of February</p></td><td><p>85&#160;252</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>78.0130</p></td><td><p>0805&#160;21</p><p>0805&#160;29&#160;00</p></td><td><p>Mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas); wilkings and similar citrus hybrids</p></td><td><p>From 1 November</p></td><td><p>to end of February</p></td><td><p>140&#160;254</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>78.0160</p></td><td><p>0805&#160;50&#160;10</p></td><td><p>Lemons</p></td><td><p>From 1 January to 31 May</p></td><td><p>&#160;</p></td><td><p>59&#160;771</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>78.0155</p></td><td><p>From 1 June to 31 December</p></td><td><p>&#160;</p></td><td><p>411&#160;086</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>78.0170</p></td><td><p>0806&#160;10&#160;10</p></td><td><p>Table grapes</p></td><td><p>From 16 July to 16 November</p></td><td><p>&#160;</p></td><td><p>81&#160;284</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>78.0175</p></td><td><p>0808&#160;10&#160;80</p></td><td><p>Apples</p></td><td><p>From 1 January to 31 August</p></td><td><p>&#160;</p></td><td><p>323&#160;981</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>78.0180</p></td><td><p>From 1 September to 31 December</p></td><td><p>&#160;</p></td><td><p>63&#160;904</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>78.0220</p></td><td><p>0808&#160;30&#160;90</p></td><td><p>Pears</p></td><td><p>From 1 January to 30 April</p></td><td><p>&#160;</p></td><td><p>135&#160;993</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>78.0235</p></td><td><p>From 1 July to 31 December</p></td><td><p>&#160;</p></td><td><p>27&#160;870</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>78.0250</p></td><td><p>0809&#160;10&#160;00</p></td><td><p>Apricots</p></td><td><p>From 1 June to 31 July</p></td><td><p>&#160;</p></td><td><p>11&#160;842</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>78.0265</p></td><td><p>0809&#160;29&#160;00</p></td><td><p>Cherries other than sour</p></td><td><p>From 16 May to 15 August</p></td><td><p>&#160;</p></td><td><p>47&#160;293</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>78.0270</p></td><td><p>0809&#160;30</p></td><td><p>Peaches, including nectarines</p></td><td><p>From 16 June to 30 September</p></td><td><p>&#160;</p></td><td><p>18&#160;937</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>78.0280</p></td><td><p>0809&#160;40&#160;05</p></td><td><p>Plums</p></td><td><p>From 16 June to 30 September</p></td><td><p>&#160;</p></td><td><p>49&#160;195</p></td></tr></tbody></table>