Commission Regulation (EC) No 783/2004 of 26 April 2004 amending Regulation (EC) No 1555/96 as regards the trigger levels for additional duties on cucumbers and cherries, other than sour cherries
Date: 2004-04-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: CCT duties, customs duties, customs regulations, import, stone fruit

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Official Journal of the European Union

27.4.2004

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 783/2004

of 26 April 2004

amending Regulation (EC) No 1555/96 as regards the trigger levels for additional duties on
cucumbers and cherries, other than sour cherries

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), 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 cucumbers and

cherries, other than sour cherries, should be adjusted to
take account of the new situation resulting from enlarge-
ment of the Community on 1 May 2004.

(3)

(4)

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 May 2004.

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

Done at Brussels, 26 April 2004.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 1. Regulation last amended by Commis-

sion Regulation (EC) No 47/2003 (OJ L 7, 11.1.2003, p. 64).

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

(EC) No 555/2004 (OJ L 89, 26.3.2004, p. 6).

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

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

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

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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
78.0020

78.0065
78.0075

ex 0702 00 00

Tomatoes

ex 0707 00 05

Cucumbers

78.0085

ex 0709 10 00

Artichokes

— 1 October to 31 May

— 1 June to 30 September

— 1 May to 31 October
— 1 November to 30 April

— 1 November to 30 June

78.0100

0709 90 70

Courgettes

— 1 January to 31 December

78.0110

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

Oranges

— 1 December to 31 May

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
and
satsumas); wilkings and similar citrus hybrids

tangerines

(including

ex 0805 50 10

Lemons

78.0170

ex 0806 10 10

Table grapes

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

78.0250

ex 0809 10 00

Apricots

— 1 November to end of February

— 1 June to 31 December
— 1 January to 31 May

— 21 July to 20 November

— 1 January to 31 August

— 1 September to 31 December

— 1 January to 30 April
— 1 July to 31 December

— 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

78.0280

ex 0809 40 05

Plums

— 11 June to 30 September

Trigger level
(tonnes)

206 245

10 586

11 924
8 560

1 357

18 056

404 503

164 111

89 273

196 383
64 351

62 108

638 996

25 380

251 007
84 984

24 312

32 863

113 101

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