Commission Regulation (EC) No 1056/2004 of 28 May 2004 amending Regulation (EC) No 1555/96 as regards the trigger levels for additional duties on lemons, table grapes, pears, apricots, peaches, including nectarines, and plums
Date: 2004-05-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, customs duties, customs regulations, grape, pip fruit, stone fruit, trade volume

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Official Journal of the European Union

29.5.2004

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1056/2004

of 28 May 2004

amending Regulation (EC) No 1555/96 as regards the trigger levels for additional duties on lemons,
table grapes, pears, apricots, peaches, including nectarines, and plums

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

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)

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 308(d) of Commission
Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying
the implementation of Council
down provisions for
Regulation
the
Community Customs Code (3).

establishing

(EEC) No

2913/92

(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

levels for additional duties on lemons,

latest data available for 2001, 2002 and 2003,
trigger
grapes, pears, apricots, peaches,
and plums should be adjusted.

the
table
including nectarines,

(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 June 2004.

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

Done at Brussels, 28 May 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 783/2004 (OJ L 123, 27.4.2004, p. 98).

(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.

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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

342 761
12 938

227 815

638 996

25 380

257 158

27 497

4 123

32 863

6 808

51 276’