Commission Regulation (EC) No 498/2008 of 4 June 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 as regards the trigger levels for additional duties on tomatoes, apricots, lemons, plums, peaches, including nectarines, pears and table grapes
Date: 2008-06-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: CCT duties, citrus fruit, customs regulations, fruit vegetable, perennial vegetable, pip fruit, stone fruit

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 498/2008

of 4 June 2008

amending Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 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,

(2)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1182/2007 of
26 September 2007 laying down specific rules as regards the
fruit and vegetable sector, amending Directives 2001/112/EC
and 2001/113/EC and Regulations (EEC) No 827/68, (EC) No
2200/96,
(EC) No
1782/2003 and (EC) No 318/2006 and repealing Regulation
(EC) No 2202/96 (1), and in particular Article 35(4) and
Article 42 thereof,

(EC) No 2826/2000,

(EC) No 2201/96,

Whereas:

(1)

(EC) No

1580/2007

Commission Regulation
of
21 December 2007 laying down implementing rules of
Council Regulations (EC) No 2200/96, (EC) No 2201/96
and (EC) No 1182/2007 in the fruit and vegetable
sector (2) provides for surveillance of
the
products listed in Annex XVII 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 down provisions for
the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No
2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code (3).

imports of

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 2005, 2006 and 2007,
the
trigger levels for additional duties of tomatoes, apricots,
lemons, plums, peaches, including nectarines, pears and
table grapes should be adjusted.

(3)

(4)

As a result, Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 should be
amended accordingly.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural
Markets,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 is replaced by
the text set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

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 2008.

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

Done at Brussels, 4 June 2008.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 273, 17.10.2007, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 350, 31.12.2007, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 352/2008 (OJ L 109, 19.4.2008, p. 9).

(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 XVII

ADDITIONAL IMPORT DUTIES: TITLE IV, CHAPTER II, SECTION 2

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

78.0065

0707 00 05

Cucumbers

78.0075

78.0085

0709 90 80

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

Mandarins
wilkings and similar citrus hybrids

(including tangerines and satsumas);

78.0155

0805 50 10

Lemons

78.0160

78.0170

0806 10 10

Table grapes

78.0175

0808 10 80

Apples

78.0180

78.0220

0808 20 50

Pears

78.0235

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)

638 044

181 614

70 873

46 491

19 799

117 360

454 253

606 155

104 626

335 545

64 453

89 754

886 383

81 237

257 029

37 083

4 199

151 059

39 144

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