Commission Regulation (EC) No 1619/2006 of 30 October 2006 amending Regulation (EC) No 1555/96 as regards the trigger levels for additional duties on cucumbers, artichokes, clementines, mandarins and oranges
Date: 2006-10-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: CCT duties, citrus fruit, customs regulations, fruit vegetable, import, perennial vegetable

31.10.2006

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Official Journal of the European Union

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1619/2006

of 30 October 2006

amending Regulation (EC) No 1555/96 as regards the trigger levels for additional duties on
cucumbers, artichokes, clementines, mandarins and oranges

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 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

latest data available for 2003, 2004 and 2005,
the
trigger levels for additional duties on cucumbers, arti-
chokes, clementines, mandarins and oranges should be
adjusted.

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,

(3)

(4)

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

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

Article 2

(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

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 1 November 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 30 October 2006.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 1. Regulation last amended by Com-
mission 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 1450/2006 (OJ L 271, 30.9.2006, p. 35).

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

(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.

Serial No

CN code

Description

Trigger period

78.0015

78.0020

78.0065

78.0075

0702 00 00

Tomatoes

0707 00 05

Cucumbers

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

78.0155

78.0160

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

(including
satsumas); wilkings

Mandarins
and
similar citrus hybrids

tangerines
and

0805 50 10

Lemons

78.0170

0806 10 10

Table grapes

78.0175

78.0180

78.0220

78.0235

0808 10 80

Apples

0808 20 50

Pears

78.0250

0809 10 00

Apricots

— 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

— 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

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)

260 852

18 281

9 278

16 490

5 770

68 401

271 744

116 637

91 359

301 899

34 287

189 604

922 228

51 920

263 711

33 052

4 569

46 088

17 411

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