Commission Regulation (EC) No 1242/2006 of 17 August 2006 amending Regulation (EC) No 1555/96 on rules of application for additional import duties on fruit and vegetables
Date: 2006-08-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: CCT duties, customs duties, customs regulations, fresh fruit, fresh vegetable, import

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1242/2006

of 17 August 2006

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
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(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(4)

(5)

Regulation (EC) No 1555/96 should therefore be
amended accordingly.

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

(1)

(2)

(3)

the conditions

to be fulfilled in order

Article 33(1) Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 clearly sets
the
out
Commission to impose additional
import duties. For
clarity and legal certainty,
the same wording should
also be used in Article 3(1) of Commission Regulation
(EC) No 1555/96 of 30 July 1996 on rules of application
import duties on fruit and vegetables (2).
for additional

for

Regulation (EC) No 1555/96 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
the
latest data available for 2003, 2004 and 2005,
trigger levels for additional duties on apples should be
adjusted.

Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1555/96 is replaced by the
following:

‘1.
If it is found that, for one of the products and one of
the periods listed in the Annex hereto, the quantity put into
free circulation exceeds the corresponding triggering volume
levy an additional duty unless the
the Commission shall
imports are unlikely to disturb the Community market, or
the effects would be disproportionate to the intended
objective.’

Article 2

The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1555/96 is replaced by the
Annex hereto.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publi-
cation in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 1 September 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 17 August 2006.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
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 808/2006 (OJ L 147, 31.5.2006, p. 9).

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

lation (EC) No 402/2006 (OJ L 70, 9.3.2006, p. 35).

(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.

Order No

CN code

Description

Trigger period

78.0015

0702 00 00

Tomatoes

78.0020

78.0065

0707 00 05

Cucumbers

78.0075

78.0085

0709 10 00

Artichokes

78.0100

0709 90 70

Courgettes

78.0110

0805 10 20

Oranges

78.0120

0805 20 10

Clementines

78.0130

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

(including
satsumas); wilkings

Mandarins
and
similar citrus hybrids

tangerines
and

— 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 to 31 December

— 1 December to 31 May

— 1 November to end of February

— 1 November to end of February

78.0155

0805 50 10

Lemons

78.0160

78.0170

0806 10 10

Table grapes

78.0175

0808 10 80

Apples

— 1 June to 31 December

— 1 January to 31 May

— 21 July to 20 November

— 1 January to 31 August

78.0180

— 1 September to 31 December

78.0220

0808 20 50

Pears

78.0235

78.0250

0809 10 00

Apricots

— 1 January to 30 April

— 1 July to 31 December

— 1 June to 31 July

78.0265

0809 20 95

Cherries, other than sour cherries — 21 May to 10 August

78.0270

0809 30

Peaches, including nectarines

— 11 June to 30 September

78.0280

0809 40 05

Plums

— 11 June to 30 September

Trigger level
(tonnes)

260 534

18 280

9 278

11 060

90 600

68 401

271 073

150 169

94 492

301 899

34 287

189 604

922 228

51 920

263 711

33 052

4 569

46 088

17 411

11 155’