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| 28.10.2014 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 307/34 |

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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)](#ntr1-L_2014307EN.01003401-E0001), and in particular Article 183(b) thereof,

Whereas:

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| (1) | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 [(2)](#ntr2-L_2014307EN.01003401-E0002) 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)](#ntr3-L_2014307EN.01003401-E0003). |

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| (2) | For the purposes of Article 5(4) of the Agreement on Agriculture [(4)](#ntr4-L_2014307EN.01003401-E0004) 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. |

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| (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. |

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| (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

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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.

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| 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 ’ |

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