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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 979/2013 of 11 October 2013 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 as            regards the trigger levels for additional duties on mandarins and satsumas, clementines, artichokes, oranges, pears, lemons,            apples and courgettes         

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# Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 979/2013                     

# of 11 October 2013

# amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 as regards the trigger levels for additional duties on mandarins and satsumas,                        clementines, artichokes, oranges, pears, lemons, apples and courgettes                     

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural                           markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation)(1), and in particular Article 143(b) in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,                        

Whereas:

(1)Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 of 7 June 2011 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council                              Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 in respect of the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sectors(2) provides for the surveillance of the imports of the products listed in Annex XVIII thereto. That surveillance is to be carried                              out in accordance with the rules laid down in Article 308d of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying                              down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code(3).

(2)For the purposes of Article 5(4) of the Agreement on Agriculture(4) concluded during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations and in the light of the latest data available for 2010,                              2011 and 2012, the trigger levels for additional duties should be adjusted from 1 November 2013 for mandarins and satsumas,                              clementines and artichokes, from 1 December 2013 for oranges and from 1 January 2014 for pears, lemons, apples and courgettes.

(3)Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(4)Given the need to ensure that this measure applies as soon as possible after the updated data have been made available, this                              Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication.

(5)The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for the Common                              Organisation of Agricultural Markets,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

# Article 1U.K.

Annex XVIII to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

# Article 2U.K.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the *Official Journal of the European Union*.                  

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 11 October 2013.

*For the Commission*                            

*The President*                            

José Manuel Barroso                            

## ANNEXU.K.

### “ANNEX XVIIIADDITIONAL IMPORT DUTIES: TITLE IV, CHAPTER I, SECTION 2

Without prejudice to the rules governing the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature, the description of the products                     is deemed to be indicative only. The scope of the additional duties for the purposes of this Annex is determined by the scope                     of the CN codes as they stand at the time of the adoption of this Regulation.                  

1

OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1.                           

2

OJ L 157, 15.6.2011, p. 1.                           

3

OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1.                           

4

OJ L 336, 23.12.1994, p. 22.