Commission Regulation (EC) No 1721/2004 of 1 October 2004 amending Regulation (EC) No 1555/96 as regards the trigger levels for additional duties on tomatoes
Date: 2004-10-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: CCT duties, customs duties, customs regulations, fruit vegetable

2.10.2004

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1721/2004

of 1 October 2004

amending Regulation (EC) No 1555/96 as regards the trigger levels for additional duties on tomatoes

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,

(3)

(4)

Whereas:

trigger levels for additional duties on tomatoes should be
adjusted.

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

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

(1)

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1555/96 of 30 July
import
1996 on rules of application for additional
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
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

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
the
latest data available for 2001, 2002 and 2003,

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 October 2004.

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

Done at Brussels, 1 October 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 1469/2004 (OJ L 271, 19.8.2004, p. 20).

(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

78.0085

78.0100

ex 0702 00 00

Tomatoes

ex 0707 00 05

Cucumbers

ex 0709 10 00

Artichokes

0709 90 70

Courgettes

— 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
— 1

January

31

to

Trigger level
(tonnes)

596 477

552 167

11 924

8 560

1 357

18 056

78.0110

ex 0805 10 10

Oranges

— 1 December to 31 May

404 503

December

ex 0805 10 30

ex 0805 10 50

78.0120

ex 0805 20 10

Clementines

— 1 November to end of

164 111

78.0130

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 50 10

Lemons

ex 0806 10 10

Table grapes

ex 0808 10 20

Apples

ex 0808 10 50

ex 0808 10 90

ex 0808 20 50

Pears

ex 0809 10 00

Apricots

78.0155

78.0160

78.0170

78.0175

78.0180

78.0220

78.0235

78.0250

78.0265

78.0270

78.0280

February

— 1 November to end of

89 273

February

— 1 June to 31 December
— 1 January to 31 May
— 21 July to 20 November
— 1 January to 31 August

342 761

12 938

227 815

730 623

— 1

September

to

31

32 246

December

— 1 January to 30 April
— 1 July to 31 December
— 1 June to 31 July
— 21 May to 10 August

257 158

27 497

4 123

32 863

6 808
51 276’

ex 0809 20 95

ex 0809 30

ex 0809 40 05

Cherries, other than sour
cherries
Peaches, including nectarines — 11 June to 30 September
— 11 June to 30 September

Plums