Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/674 of 29 April 2016 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 as regards the trigger levels for additional duties on certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2016-04-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: CCT duties, citrus fruit, common organisation of markets, fruit vegetable, grape, import (EU), perennial vegetable, pip fruit, stone fruit, surveillance concerning imports








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30.4.2016   


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Official Journal of the European Union


L 116/23








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2016/674
of 29 April 2016
         
amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 as regards the trigger levels for additional duties on certain fruit and vegetables


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 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 2013, 2014 and 2015, the trigger levels for additional duties on certain fruit and vegetables should be amended with effect from 1 May 2016.












(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
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 April 2016.


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 2016 to 31 May 2017


459 296 




78.0020


From 1 June 2016 to 30 September 2016


33 923 




78.0065


0707 00 05 


Cucumbers


From 1 May 2016 to 31 October 2016


20 972 




78.0075


From 1 November 2016 to 30 April 2017


15 253 




78.0085


0709 91 00 


Artichokes


From 1 November 2015 to 30 June 2016


16 157 




78.0100


0709 93 10 


Courgettes


From 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2016


258 846 




78.0110


0805 10 20 


Oranges


From 1 December 2015 to 31 May 2016


713 508 




78.0120


0805 20 10 


Clementines


From 1 November 2015 to end of February 2016


267 618 




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 2015 to end of February 2016


105 541 




78.0155


0805 50 10 


Lemons


From 1 June 2016 to 31 December 2016


293 087 




78.0160


From 1 January 2016 to 31 May 2016


65 269 




78.0170


0806 10 10 


Table grapes


From 21 July 2016 to 20 November 2016


70 580 




78.0175


0808 10 80 


Apples


From 1 January 2016 to 31 August 2016


667 666 




78.0180


From 1 September 2016 to 31 December 2016


54 155 




78.0220


0808 30 90 


Pears


From 1 January 2016 to 30 April 2016


170 513 




78.0235


From 1 July 2016 to 31 December 2016


118 018 




78.0250


0809 10 00 


Apricots


From 1 June 2016 to 31 July 2016


4 939 




78.0265


0809 29 00 


Cherries, other than sour


From 21 May 2016 to 10 August 2016


29 166 




78.0270


0809 30 


Peaches, including nectarines


From 11 June 2016 to 30 September 2016


3 849 




78.0280


0809 40 05 


Plums


From 11 June 2016 to 30 September 2016


18 155 ’