Commission Regulation (EC) No 498/2002 of 20 March 2002 amending Regulation (EC) No 1555/96 on rules of application for additional import duties on fruit and vegetables
Date: 2002-03-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: CCT duties, customs duties, customs regulations, fruit, import, vegetable

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 498/2002

of 20 March 2002

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 Commission Regu-
lation (EC) No 911/2001 (2), and in particular Article 33(4)
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1555/96 (3), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 2539/2001 (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 on the surveillance of prefer-
ential imports laid down in Article 308d of Commission
Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 (5), as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 444/2002 (6).
For the purposes of Article 5(4) of the Agreement on
Agriculture (7) concluded during the Uruguay Round of
multilateral trade negotiations and in the light of the

latest data available for 1998, 1999 and 2000,
the
trigger levels for additional duties on tomatoes should be
adjusted.

(3)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
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 day of its publica-
tion in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

It shall apply from 1 April 2002.

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

Done at Brussels, 20 March 2002.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 129, 11.5.2001, p. 3.
(3) OJ L 193, 3.8.1996, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 341, 22.12.2001, p. 77.
(5) OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1.
(6) OJ L 68, 12.3.2002, p. 11.
(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 the corresponding trigger
period.

Serial No

CN code

Description

Trigger period

78.0015

78.0020

78.0065

78.0075

ex 0702 00 00

Tomatoes

ex 0707 00 05

Cucumbers

— 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

78.0100

0709 90 70

Courgettes

— 1 January to 31 December

Trigger
level
(tonnes)

189 144

14 449

11 881

6 621

69 158

82 028

78.0110

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

Oranges

— 1 December to 31 May

758 268

78.0120

ex 0805 20 10

Clementines

— 1 November to end of February

78.0130

78.0155

78.0160

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

Mandarins (including tangerines and
satsumas); wilkings and similar citrus
hybrids

ex 0805 30 10

Lemons

— 1 November to end of February

— 1 June to 31 December

— 1 January to 31 May

78.0170

ex 0806 10 10

Table grapes

— 21 July to 20 November

78.0175

78.0180

78.0220

78.0235

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

Apples

ex 0808 20 50

Pears

— 1 January to 31 August

— 1 September to 31 December

— 1 January to 30 April

— 1 July to 31 December

78.0250

ex 0809 10 00

Apricots

— 1 June to 31 July

78.0265

ex 0809 20 95

Cherries, other than sour cherries

— 21 May to 10 August

78.0270

ex 0809 30

Peaches,

including nectarines

— 11 June to 30 September

85 146

93 931

162 700

46 783

205 769

881 540

35 471

219 058

126 370

178 499

153 116

255 305

78.0280

ex 0809 40 05

Plums

— 11 June to 30 September

54 177’