Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/3 of 4 January 2018 fixing the trigger volumes for the years 2018 and 2019 for the purposes of possible application of additional import duties on certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2018-01-04
Institutions: Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission
Subjects: agricultural levy, citrus fruit, common organisation of markets, fruit vegetable, grape, import (EU), import levy, perennial vegetable, pip fruit, stone fruit








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5.1.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 2/1








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2018/3
of 4 January 2018
         
fixing the trigger volumes for the years 2018 and 2019 for the purposes of possible application of additional import 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 point (b) of the first paragraph of Article 183 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Article 39 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/892 (2) provides that an additional import duty as referred to in Article 182(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 may be applied to the products and during the periods listed in Annex VII to that Implementing Regulation. That additional import duty has to apply if the quantity of any of the products put into free circulation for any of the periods of application set out in that Annex exceeds the trigger volume of imports in a year for that product. Additional import duties shall not be imposed where the imports are unlikely to disturb the Union market, or where the effects would be disproportionate to the intended objective.












(2)


In accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 182(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 the trigger volumes of imports for the possible application of additional import duties on certain fruit and vegetables are based on import data and domestic consumption data for the previous three years. On the basis of the data notified by the Member States for the years 2014, 2015 and 2016, the trigger volumes for certain fruit and vegetables should be fixed for the years 2018 and 2019.












(3)


Taking into account that the period of application of possible additional import duties as set out in Annex VII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/892 starts for a number of products on 1 January, this Regulation should apply from 1 January 2018 and therefore it should enter into force as soon as possible,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
For the years 2018 and 2019, the trigger volumes referred to in point (b) of the first subparagraph of Article 182(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 for the products listed in Annex VII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/892 are 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.
It shall apply from 1 January 2018.
It shall expire on 30 June 2019.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 4 January 2018.


For the Commission


The President

Jean-Claude JUNCKER
            





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

(2)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/892 of 13 March 2017 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sectors (OJ L 138, 25.5.2017, p. 57).




ANNEX

Trigger volumes for the products and periods set out in Annex VII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/892, for the possible application of additional import duties

Without prejudice to the rules on the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature, the description of the products is deemed to be indicative only. For the purposes of this Annex, the scope of the additional import duties is determined by the scope of the CN codes as they stand at the time of adoption of this Regulation.










Order number


CN code


Description of products


Period of application


Trigger volume (tonnes)




2018


2019




78.0015


0702 00 00 


Tomatoes


From 1 June to 30 September


 


39 326 




78.0020


From 1 October


to 31 May


483 376 




78.0065


0707 00 05 


Cucumbers


From 1 May to 31 October


 


26 505 




78.0075


From 1 November


to 30 April


20 482 




78.0085


0709 91 00 


Artichokes


From 1 November


to 30 June


6 587 




78.0100


0709 93 10 


Courgettes


From 1 January to 31 December


 


55 037 




78.0110


0805 10 22 
0805 10 24 
0805 10 28 


Oranges


From 1 December


to 31 May


302 643 




78.0120


0805 22 00 


Clementines


From 1 November


to end of February


90 771 




78.0130


0805 21 
0805 29 00 


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


From 1 November


to end of February


86 317 




78.0155


0805 50 10 


Lemons


From 1 January to 31 May


 


32 823 




78.0160


From 1 June to 31 December


 


306 804 




78.0170


0806 10 10 


Table grapes


From 16 July to 16 November


 


78 324 




78.0175


0808 10 80 


Apples


From 1 January to 31 August


 


432 630 




78.0180


From 1 September to 31 December


 


39 724 




78.0220


0808 30 90 


Pears


From 1 January to 30 April


 


155 417 




78.0235


From 1 July to 31 December


 


19 187 




78.0250


0809 10 00 


Apricots


From 1 June to 31 July


 


4 630 




78.0265


0809 29 00 


Cherries other than sour


From 16 May to 15 August


 


33 718 




78.0270


0809 30 


Peaches, including nectarines


From 16 June to 30 September


 


3 150 




78.0280


0809 40 05 


Plums


From 16 June to 30 September


 


17 254