Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/678 of 29 April 2015 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 as regards the trigger levels for additional duties on tomatoes, cucumbers, table grapes, apricots, cherries, other than sour, peaches, including nectarines, and plums
Date: 2015-04-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: CCT duties, common organisation of markets, fruit vegetable, grape, import (EU), stone fruit, surveillance concerning imports








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30.4.2015   


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Official Journal of the European Union


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            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2015/678
of 29 April 2015
         
amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 as regards the trigger levels for additional duties on tomatoes, cucumbers, table grapes, apricots, cherries, other than sour, peaches, including nectarines, and plums


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 2012, 2013 and 2014, the trigger levels for additional duties on cucumbers and cherries, other than sour, should be amended with effect from 1 May 2015 whilst those on tomatoes, table grapes, apricots, peaches, including nectarines, and plums should be amended with effect from 1 June 2015.












(3)


Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 should therefore be amended accordingly. For reasons of readability, Annex XVIII to that 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 tomatoes, cucumbers, table grapes, apricots, cherries, other than sour, peaches, including nectarines, and plums shall be replaced by the trigger levels set out in the relevant column of that Annex contained in the Annex hereto.


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 April 2015.


For the Commission


The President

Jean-Claude JUNCKER
            





(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


Period of application


Trigger level (tonnes)




78.0015


0702 00 00 


Tomatoes


From 1 October to 31 May


451 045 




78.0020


From 1 June to 30 September


29 768 




78.0065


0707 00 05 


Cucumbers


From 1 May to 31 October


16 093 




78.0075


From 1 November to 30 April


13 271 




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


68 450 




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


5 422 




78.0265


0809 29 00 


Cherries, other than sour


From 21 May to 10 August


29 831 




78.0270


0809 30 


Peaches, including nectarines


From 11 June to 30 September


4 701 




78.0280


0809 40 05 


Plums


From 11 June to 30 September


17 825 ’