Commission Regulation (EC) No 2370/1999 of 8 November 1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 1555/96 on rules of application for additional import duties on fruit and vegetables
Date: 1999-11-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: CCT duties, fresh fruit, fresh vegetable, import

L 286/6

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Official Journal of the European Communities

9. 11. 1999

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2370/1999

of 8 November 1999

amending Regulation (EC) No 1555/96 on rules of application for additional import duties on fruit
and vegetables

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of 28
October 1996 on the common organisation of the market in
fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
1257/1999 (2), and in particular Article 33(4) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1555/96 (3),
as
amended by Regulation (EC) No 2623/98 (4), provides
for surveillance of imports of the products listed in the
Annex 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 (5), as last
by Regulation (EC) No 1662/1999 (6),
amended
concerning the surveillance of preferential

imports;

Article 5(4) of
the Agreement on Agriculture (7)
concluded during the Uruguay Round multilateral trade
negotiations lays down criteria for fixing the trigger
levels for additional duties. In accordance with those

criteria and in the light of the latest data available for
1996, 1997 and 1998, the trigger levels for additional
duties on tomatoes, artichokes, oranges, clementines and
mandarins
should be
amended;

citrus hybrids

and similar

(3)

the measures provided for in this Regulation are in
the Management
accordance with the opinion of
Committee for Fresh Fruit and Vegetables,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1555/96 is hereby replaced
by the Annex hereto.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter
into force on the third day
following its publication in the Official Journal of the European
Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 8 November 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 80.
(3) OJ L 193, 3.8.1996, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 329, 5.12.1998, p. 17.
(5) OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1.
(6) OJ L 197, 29.7.1999, p. 25.
(7) OJ L 336, 23.12.1994, p. 22.

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX

Without prejudice to the rules for 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 exist at the time of the adoption of this Regulation. Where “ex” appears before the CN
code, the scope of the additional duties is determined both by the scope of the CN code and by the corresponding trigger
period.

Serial No

CN code

Description

Trigger period

78.0015

ex 0702 00 00

Tomatoes

78.0020

78.0065

ex 0707 00 05

Cucumbers

78.0075

— 1 October to 31 March

— 1 April to 30 September

— 1 May to 31 October

— 1 November to 30 April

78.0085

ex 0709 10 00

Artichokes

— 1 November to 30 June

Trigger level
(tonnes)

501 111

639 884

16 028

3 865

19 302

78.0100

0709 90 70

Courgettes

— 1 January to 31 December

45 160

78.0110

ex 0805 10 10
ex 0805 10 30
ex 0805 10 50

Oranges

— 1 December to 31 May

753 719

78.0120

ex 0805 20 10

Clementines

78.0130

ex 0805 20 30
ex 0805 20 50
ex 0805 20 70
ex 0805 20 90

Mandarins
(including tan-
gerines and satsumas); wilk-
ings
citrus
hybrids

similar

and

— 1 November
February

— 1 November
February

to

end

of

100 949

to

end

of

93 803

78.0155

ex 0805 30 10

Lemons

78.0160

— 1 June to 31 December

— 1 January to 31 May

285 329

24 448

78.0170

ex 0806 10 10

Table grapes

— 21 July to 20 November

190 422

Apples

— 1 September to 31 December

395 887

ex 0808 10 20
ex 0808 10 50
ex 0808 10 90

78.0180

78.0190

78.0200

78.0220

ex 0808 20 50

Pears

78.0235

— 1 January to 31 March

— 1 April to 31 August

— 1 January to 30 April

— 1 July to 31 December

51 279

575 829

155 487

202 569

2 432

78.0250

ex 0809 10 00

Apricots

— 1 June to 31 July

78.0260

ex 0809 20

Cherries

— 21 May to 10 August

108 193

78.0270

ex 0809 30

Peaches,
ines

including nectar-

— 11 June to 30 September

1 166

78.0280

ex 0809 40 05

Plums

— 11 June to 30 September

112 005’