Commission Regulation (EC) No 853/2008 of 18 August 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 as regards the trigger levels for additional duties on apples and tomatoes
Date: 2008-08-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: CCT duties, customs regulations, fruit vegetable, import, pip fruit

30.8.2008

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 853/2008

of 18 August 2008

amending Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 as regards the trigger levels for additional duties on apples
and tomatoes

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of
22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agri­
cultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agri­
cultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1), and in particular
Article 143(b) thereof, in conjunction with Article 4,

(3)

(4)

Whereas:

multilateral trade negotiations and in the light of the
the
latest data available for 2005, 2006 and 2007,
and
apples
trigger
tomatoes should be adjusted.

additional duties of

levels

for

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,

(1)

(EC) No

1580/2007

of
Commission Regulation
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

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.

(2)

For the purposes of Article 5(4) of the Agreement on
Agriculture (4) concluded during the Uruguay Round of

It shall apply from 1 September 2008.

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

Done at Brussels, 18 August 2008.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 510/2008 (OJ L 149, 7.6.2008,
p. 61).

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

lation (EC) No 590/2008 (OJ L 163, 24.6.2008, p. 24).

(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

— 1 October to 31 May

— 1 June to 30 September

78.0065

0707 00 05 Cucumbers

— 1 May to 31 October

78.0075

78.0085

0709 90 80 Artichokes

— 1 November to 30 April

— 1 November to 30 June

78.0100

0709 90 70 Courgettes

— 1 January to 31 December

78.0110

0805 10 20 Oranges

78.0120

0805 20 10 Clementines

— 1 December to 31 May

— 1 November to end of

February

Trigger level
(tonnes)

594 495

108 775

70 873

46 491

19 799

117 360

454 253

606 155

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

104 626

February

78.0155

0805 50 10

Lemons

— 1 June to 31 December

335 545

78.0160

— 1 January to 31 May

78.0170

0806 10 10

Table grapes

— 21 July to 20 November

64 453

89 754

78.0175

0808 10 80 Apples

— 1 January to 31 August

875 884

78.0180

— 1 September to 31 December

106 430

78.0220

0808 20 50

Pears

78.0235

— 1 January to 30 April

— 1 July to 31 December

78.0250

0809 10 00 Apricots

— 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

257 029

37 083

4 199

151 059

39 144

7 658’