Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1139/2014 of 27 October 2014 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 as regards the trigger levels for additional duties on artichokes, courgettes, oranges, clementines, mandarins and satsumas, lemons, apples and pears
Date: 2014-10-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: CCT duties, citrus fruit, common organisation of markets, fruit vegetable, import (EU), perennial vegetable, pip fruit, surveillance concerning imports








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28.10.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 307/34








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1139/2014
of 27 October 2014
         
amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 as regards the trigger levels for additional duties on artichokes, courgettes, oranges, clementines, mandarins and satsumas, lemons, apples and pears


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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


Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007 (1), and in particular Article 183(b) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 (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 (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 2011, 2012 and 2013, the trigger levels for additional duties should be adjusted from 1 November 2014 for artichokes, clementines, mandarins and satsumas, from 1 December 2014 for oranges and from 1 January 2015 for courgettes, lemons, apples and pears.












(3)


Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 should therefore be amended accordingly. For reasons of readability, Annex XVIII to this Regulation should be replaced in its entirety.












(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,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
In Annex XVIII to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011, the trigger levels for additional duties on artichokes, courgettes, oranges, clementines, mandarins and satsumas, lemons, apples and pears shall be replaced by the trigger levels in the corresponding column of this Annex as 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, 27 October 2014.


For the Commission


The President

José Manuel BARROSO
            





(1)  
            OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671.

(2)  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 (OJ L 157, 15.6.2011, p. 1).

(3)  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 (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


445 127 




78.0020


From 1 June to 30 September


27 287 




78.0065


0707 00 05 


Cucumbers


From 1 May to 31 October


12 678 




78.0075


From 1 November to 30 April


12 677 




78.0085


0709 91 00 


Artichokes


From 1 November to 30 June


7 421 




78.0100


0709 93 10 


Courgettes


From 1 January to 31 December


263 359 




78.0110


0805 10 20 


Oranges


From 1 December to 31 May


251 798 




78.0120


0805 20 10 


Clementines


From 1 November to end of February


81 399 




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


101 160 




78.0155


0805 50 10 


Lemons


From 1 June to 31 December


302 950 




78.0160


From 1 January to 31 May


41 410 




78.0170


0806 10 10 


Table grapes


From 21 July to 20 November


69 907 




78.0175


0808 10 80 


Apples


From 1 January to 31 August


558 203 




78.0180


From 1 September to 31 December


464 902 




78.0220


0808 30 90 


Pears


From 1 January to 30 April


184 269 




78.0235


From 1 July to 31 December


235 468 




78.0250


0809 10 00 


Apricots


From 1 June to 31 July


5 630 




78.0265


0809 29 00 


Cherries, other than sour


From 21 May to 10 August


32 371 




78.0270


0809 30 


Peaches, including nectarines


From 11 June to 30 September


3 146 




78.0280


0809 40 05 


Plums


From 11 June to 30 September


16 404 ’