Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 450/2012 of 29 May 2012 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 as regards the trigger levels for additional duties on tomatoes, apricots, lemons, plums, peaches, including nectarines, pears and table grapes
Date: 2012-05-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: CCT duties, citrus fruit, common organisation of markets, fruit vegetable, grape, import (EU), perennial vegetable, pip fruit, stone fruit








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30.5.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 140/53








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 450/2012
of 29 May 2012
         
amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 as regards the trigger levels for additional duties on tomatoes, apricots, lemons, plums, peaches, including nectarines, pears and table grapes


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


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

Whereas:







(1)


Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 of 7 June 2011 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 in respect of the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sectors (2) provides for the surveillance of the imports of the products listed in Annex XVIII 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).












(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 2009, 2010 and 2011, the trigger levels for additional duties on tomatoes, apricots, lemons, plums, peaches, including nectarines, pears and table grapes should be amended with effect from 1 June 2012.












(3)


Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 should therefore be amended accordingly.












(4)


Given the need to ensure that this measure applies as soon as possible after the updated data have been made available, this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication.












(5)


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 XVIII to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Regulation.


Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 29 May 2012.


For the Commission


The President

José Manuel BARROSO
            





(1)  
            OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1.

(2)  
            OJ L 157, 15.6.2011, p. 1.

(3)  
            OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1.

(4)  
            OJ L 336, 23.12.1994, p. 22.




ANNEX




                     ‘ANNEX XVIII

ADDITIONAL IMPORT DUTIES: TITLE IV, CHAPTER I, 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 stand at the time of the adoption of this Regulation.









Order number


CN code


Description of products


Period of application


Trigger level
(tonnes)




78.0015


0702 00 00 


Tomatoes


From 1 October to 31 May


486 747 




78.0020


From 1 June to 30 September


34 241 




78.0065


0707 00 05 


Cucumbers


From 1 May to 31 October


13 402 




78.0075


From 1 November to 30 April


18 306 




78.0085


0709 91 00 


Artichokes


From 1 November to 30 June


11 620 




78.0100


0709 93 10 


Courgettes


From 1 January to 31 December


54 760 




78.0110


0805 10 20 


Oranges


From 1 December to 31 May


292 760 




78.0120


0805 20 10 


Clementines


From 1 November to end of February


85 392 




78.0130


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


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


From 1 November to end of February


99 128 




78.0155


0805 50 10 


Lemons


From 1 June to 31 December


311 193 




78.0160


From 1 January to 31 May


101 513 




78.0170


0806 10 10 


Table grapes


From 21 July to 20 November


76 299 




78.0175


0808 10 80 


Apples


From 1 January to 31 August


701 247 




78.0180


From 1 September to 31 December


64 981 




78.0220


0808 30 90 


Pears


From 1 January to 30 April


225 388 




78.0235


From 1 July to 31 December


33 797 




78.0250


0809 10 00 


Apricots


From 1 June to 31 July


4 908 




78.0265


0809 29 00 


Cherries, other than sour cherries


From 21 May to 10 August


59 061 




78.0270


0809 30 


Peaches, including nectarines


From 11 June to 30 September


14 577 




78.0280


0809 40 05 


Plums


From 11 June to 30 September


7 924 ’