Commission Regulation (EC) No 977/2007 of 20 August 2007 amending Regulation (EC) No 1555/96 as regards the trigger levels for additional duties on apples
Date: 2007-08-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: customs duties, customs regulations, import, pip fruit

22.8.2007

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Official Journal of the European Union

L 217/9

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 977/2007

of 20 August 2007

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

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
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

(2)

(3)

(4)

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 2004, 2005 and 2006,
trigger levels for additional duties on apples.

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 September 2007.

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

Done at Brussels, 20 August 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 589/2007 (OJ L 139, 31.5.2007, p. 17).

(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

78.0020

78.0065

78.0075

78.0085

78.0100

78.0110

78.0120

78.0130

78.0155

78.0160

78.0170

78.0175

78.0180

78.0220

78.0235

78.0250

78.0265

78.0270

78.0280

0702 00 00

Tomatoes

0707 00 05

Cucumbers

0709 90 80

Artichokes

0709 90 70

Courgettes

0805 10 20

Oranges

0805 20 10

Clementines

Mandarins
and
satsumas); wilkings and similar citrus hybrids

tangerines

(including

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

0805 50 10

Lemons

0806 10 10

Table grapes

0808 10 80

Apples

0808 20 50

Pears

0809 10 00

Apricots

0809 20 95

Cherries, other than sour cherries

0809 30

Peaches, including nectarines

0809 40 05

Plums

— 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

— 21 May to 10 August

— 11 June to 30 September

— 11 June to 30 September

Trigger level
(tonnes)

325 524

25 110

3 462

7 332

5 770

37 250

271 744

116 637

91 359

326 811

61 504

70 731

882 977

78 670

239 427

35 716

14 163

114 530

11 980

5 806’