Commission Regulation (EC) No 555/2004 of 25 March 2004 amending Regulation (EC) No 1555/96 as regards the trigger levels for additional duties on tomatoes, artichokes, courgettes, oranges, lemons and apples
Date: 2004-03-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: CCT duties, citrus fruit, customs regulations, fruit vegetable, import, perennial vegetable, pip fruit

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Official Journal of the European Union

26.3.2004

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 555/2004

of 25 March 2004

amending Regulation (EC) No 1555/96 as regards the trigger levels for additional duties on toma-
toes, artichokes, courgettes, oranges, lemons and apples

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

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), and in particular Article 33(4) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1555/96 of 30 July
1996 on rules of application for additional import duties
on fruit and vegetables (2) 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 Regu-
lation (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).

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 2000, 2001 and 2002,
the
trigger levels for additional duties on tomatoes, arti-
chokes, courgettes, oranges, lemons and apples should
be adjusted to take account of
the new situation
resulting from enlargement of the Community on 1 May
2004.

The agreement in the form of an exchange of letters
between the European Community and the Kingdom of
liberalisation measures
Morocco concerning reciprocal
and the replacement of Protocols 1 and 3 to the EC-
Morocco Association Agreement approved by Council
Decision 2003/914/EC (5) provides for a new regime
applicable to imports into the Community of tomatoes
originating in Morocco. The periods affected by the
trigger levels for additional duties should therefore be
amended.

(4)

(5)

As a result, Regulation (EC) No 1555/96 should be
amended.

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 following that
of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 1 April 2004.

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

Done at Brussels, 25 March 2004.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 47/2003 (OJ L 7, 11.1.2003, p.
64).

(2) OJ L 193, 3.8.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 2333/2003 (OJ L 346, 31.12.2003, p. 13).

(3) OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 2286/2003 (OJ L 343, 31.12.2003, p. 1).

(4) OJ L 336, 23.12.1994, p. 22.

(5) OJ L 345, 31.12.2003, p. 117.

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX

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 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

— 1 October to 31 May

78.0020

— 1 June to 30 September

78.0065

ex 0707 00 05

Cucumbers

— 1 May to 31 October

78.0075

— 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)

206 245

10 586

36 176

13 824

1 357

18 056

78.0110

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

Oranges

— 1 December to 31 May

404 503

78.0120

ex 0805 20 10

Clementines

— 1 November to end of February

164 111

78.0130

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

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

— 1 November to end of February

89 273

78.0155

ex 0805 50 10

Lemons

— 1 June to 31 December

78.0160

— 1 January to 31 May

78.0170

ex 0806 10 10

Table grapes

— 21 July to 20 November

Apples

— 1 January to 31 August

196 383

64 351

62 108

638 996

78.0175

78.0180

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

— 1 September to 31 December

25 380

78.0220

ex 0808 20 50

Pears

78.0235

— 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,
sour cherries

other

than

— 21 May to 10 August

251 007

84 984

24 312

64 483

78.0270

ex 0809 30

Peaches,
nectarines

including

— 11 June to 30 September

113 101

78.0280

ex 0809 40 05

Plums

— 11 June to 30 September

18 236’