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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 443/2014 of 30 April 2014 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 as            regards the trigger levels for additional duties on tomatoes, cucumbers, table grapes, apricots, cherries, other than sour,            peaches, including nectarines, and plums         

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# Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 443/2014                     

# of 30 April 2014

# amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 as regards the trigger levels for additional duties on tomatoes, cucumbers,                        table grapes, apricots, cherries, other than sour, peaches, including nectarines, and plums                     

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(b) thereof,                        

Whereas:

(1)Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011(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(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 2011,                              2012 and 2013, the trigger levels for additional duties on cucumbers and cherries, other than sour, should be amended with                              effect from 1 May 2014, whilst those on apricots, tomatoes, plums, peaches, including nectarines, and table grapes should                              be amended with effect from 1 June 2014.

(3)Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 should therefore be amended accordingly. For reasons of readability, Annex XVIII                              to this Regulation should be replaced in its entirety.

(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,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

# Article 1U.K.

In Annex XVIII to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011, the trigger levels for additional duties on tomatoes, cucumbers,                     table grapes, apricots, cherries, other than sour, peaches, including nectarines, and plums shall be replaced by the trigger                     levels in the corresponding column of this Annex as 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, 30 April 2014.

*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 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671.                           

2

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 (OJ L 157, 15.6.2011, p. 1).                           

3

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 (OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1).                           

4

OJ L 336, 23.12.1994, p. 22.