Commission Regulation (EC) No 589/2007 of 30 May 2007 amending Regulation (EC) No 1555/96 as regards the trigger levels for additional duties on tomatoes, apricots, lemons, plums, peaches, including nectarines, pears and table grapes
Date: 2007-05-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: CCT duties, citrus fruit, customs regulations, fruit vegetable, import, pip fruit, stone fruit

31.5.2007

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Official Journal of the European Union

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 589/2007

of 30 May 2007

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

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

(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

latest data available for 2004, 2005 and 2006,
trigger
additional
apricots,
pears and table grapes.

levels
lemons, plums, peaches,

the
duties on tomatoes,
including nectarines,

for

(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 its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 1 June 2007.

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

Done at Brussels, 30 May 2007.

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 480/2007 (OJ L 111, 28.4.2007, p. 48).

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

lation (EC) No 214/2007 (OJ L 62, 1.3.2007, p. 6).

(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

0702 00 00

Tomatoes

78.0020

— 1 October to 31 May
— 1 June to 30 September

78.0065

0707 00 05

Cucumbers

— 1 May to 31 October

78.0075

— 1 November to 30 April

78.0085

0709 90 80

Artichokes

— 1 November to 30 June

78.0100

0709 90 70

Courgettes

— 1 January to 31 December

78.0110

0805 10 20

Oranges

— 1 December to 31 May

Trigger level
(tonnes)

325 524

25 110

3 462

7 332

5 770

37 250

271 744

78.0120

0805 20 10

Clementines

— 1 November to end of February

116 637

78.0130

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

Mandarins (including
tangerines and
satsumas); wilkings and
similar citrus hybrids

— 1 November to end of February

91 359

78.0155

0805 50 10

Lemons

78.0160

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

78.0170

0806 10 10

Table grapes

— 21 July to 20 November

78.0175

0808 10 80

Apples

78.0180

78.0220

0808 20 50

Pears

78.0235

— 1 January to 31 August
— 1 September to 31 December

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

78.0250

0809 10 00

Apricots

— 1 June to 31 July

326 811

61 504

70 731

1 026 501

51 941

239 427

35 716

14 163

114 530

78.0265

0809 20 95

78.0270

0809 30

Cherries, other than
sour cherries

Peaches, including
nectarines

— 21 May to 10 August

— 11 June to 30 September

11 980

78.0280

0809 40 05

Plums

— 11 June to 30 September

5 806’