Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2140 of 2 December 2021 fixing the trigger volumes for the years 2022 and 2023 for the purposes of possible application of additional import duties on certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2021-12-02
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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6.12.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 433/1








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2021/2140
of 2 December 2021
         
fixing the trigger volumes for the years 2022 and 2023 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 3 years. On the basis of the data notified by the Member States for the years 2018, 2019 and 2020, the trigger volumes for certain fruit and vegetables should be fixed for the years 2022 and 2023.












(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 2022,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
For the years 2022 and 2023, 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 2022.
It shall expire on 30 June 2023.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 2 December 2021.


For the Commission


The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN
            





(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)




2022


2023




78.0020


07020000 


Tomatoes


From 1 June to 30 September


 


165 053 




78.0015


From 1 October


to 31 May


764 097 




78.0065


07070005 


Cucumbers


From 1 May to 31 October


 


111 323 




78.0075


From 1 November


to 30 April


62 867 




78.0085


07099100 


Artichokes


From 1 November


to 30 June


10 744 




78.0100


07099310 


Courgettes


From 1 January to 31 December


 


157 892 




78.0110


08051022 
08051024 
08051028 


Oranges


From 1 December


to 31 May


313 919 




78.0120


08052200 


Clementines


From 1 November


to end of February


169 975 




78.0130


080521 
08052900 


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


From 1 November


to end of February


252 244 




78.0160


08055010 


Lemons


From 1 January to 31 May


 


57 013 




78.0155


From 1 June to 31 December


 


410 794 




78.0170


08061010 


Table grapes


From 16 July to 16 November


 


81 062 




78.0175


08081080 


Apples


From 1 January to 31 August


 


321 996 




78.0180


From 1 September to 31 December


 


46 813 




78.0220


08083090 


Pears


From 1 January to 30 April


 


117 126 




78.0235


From 1 July to 31 December


 


117 810 




78.0250


08091000 


Apricots


From 1 June to 31 July


 


9 631 




78.0265


08092900 


Cherries other than sour


From 16 May to 15 August


 


37 031 




78.0270


080930 


Peaches, including nectarines


From 16 June to 30 September


 


10 709 




78.0280


08094005 


Plums


From 16 June to 30 September


 


35 195