CELEX: 32008R0498
Language: en
Date: 2008-06-04 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 498/2008 of 4 June 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 as regards the trigger levels for additional duties on tomatoes, apricots, lemons, plums, peaches, including nectarines, pears and table grapes

5.6.2008   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 146/7
            
         
      COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 498/2008
   of 4 June 2008
   amending Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 as regards the trigger levels for additional duties on tomatoes, apricots, lemons, plums, peaches, including nectarines, pears and table grapes
   THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
   Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1182/2007 of 26 September 2007 laying down specific rules as regards the fruit and vegetable sector, amending Directives 2001/112/EC and 2001/113/EC and Regulations (EEC) No 827/68, (EC) No 2200/96, (EC) No 2201/96, (EC) No 2826/2000, (EC) No 1782/2003 and (EC) No 318/2006 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 2202/96 (1), and in particular Article 35(4) and Article 42 thereof,
   Whereas:
   
               (1)
            
            
               Commission Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 of 21 December 2007 laying down implementing rules of Council Regulations (EC) No 2200/96, (EC) No 2201/96 and (EC) No 1182/2007 in the fruit and vegetable sector (2) provides for surveillance of imports of the products listed in Annex XVII 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 of 2 July 1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code (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 2005, 2006 and 2007, the trigger levels for additional duties of tomatoes, apricots, lemons, plums, peaches, including nectarines, pears and table grapes should be adjusted.
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               As a result, Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 should be amended accordingly.
            
         
               (4)
            
            
               The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets,
            
         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
   Article 1
   Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
   Article 2
   This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
   It shall apply from 1 June 2008.
   
      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
      Done at Brussels, 4 June 2008.
      
         
            For the Commission
         
         Mariann FISCHER BOEL
         
         
            Member of the Commission
         
      
   
   
      (1)  OJ L 273, 17.10.2007, p. 1.
   
      (2)  OJ L 350, 31.12.2007, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 352/2008 (OJ L 109, 19.4.2008, p. 9).
   
      (3)  OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 214/2007 (OJ L 62, 1.3.2007, p. 6).
   
      (4)  OJ L 336, 23.12.1994, p. 22.
   
      ANNEX
      
         
            ‘ANNEX XVII
            ADDITIONAL IMPORT DUTIES: TITLE IV, CHAPTER II, 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 exist at the time of the adoption of this Regulation.
            
                        Serial No
                     
                     
                        CN code
                     
                     
                        Description
                     
                     
                        Trigger period
                     
                     
                        Trigger level
                        (tonnes)
                     
                  
                        78.0015
                     
                     
                        0702 00 00
                     
                     
                        Tomatoes
                     
                     
                        1 October to 31 May
                     
                     
                        638 044
                     
                  
                        78.0020
                     
                     
                        1 June to 30 September
                     
                     
                        181 614
                     
                  
                        78.0065
                     
                     
                        0707 00 05
                     
                     
                        Cucumbers
                     
                     
                        1 May to 31 October
                     
                     
                        70 873
                     
                  
                        78.0075
                     
                     
                        1 November to 30 April
                     
                     
                        46 491
                     
                  
                        78.0085
                     
                     
                        0709 90 80
                     
                     
                        Artichokes
                     
                     
                        1 November to 30 June
                     
                     
                        19 799
                     
                  
                        78.0100
                     
                     
                        0709 90 70
                     
                     
                        Courgettes
                     
                     
                        1 January to 31 December
                     
                     
                        117 360
                     
                  
                        78.0110
                     
                     
                        0805 10 20
                     
                     
                        Oranges
                     
                     
                        1 December to 31 May
                     
                     
                        454 253
                     
                  
                        78.0120
                     
                     
                        0805 20 10
                     
                     
                        Clementines
                     
                     
                        1 November to end of February
                     
                     
                        606 155
                     
                  
                        78.0130
                     
                     
                        0805 20 30
                        0805 20 50
                        0805 20 70
                        0805 20 90
                     
                     
                        Mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas); wilkings and similar citrus hybrids
                     
                     
                        1 November to end of February
                     
                     
                        104 626
                     
                  
                        78.0155
                     
                     
                        0805 50 10
                     
                     
                        Lemons
                     
                     
                        1 June to 31 December
                     
                     
                        335 545
                     
                  
                        78.0160
                     
                     
                        1 January to 31 May
                     
                     
                        64 453
                     
                  
                        78.0170
                     
                     
                        0806 10 10
                     
                     
                        Table grapes
                     
                     
                        21 July to 20 November
                     
                     
                        89 754
                     
                  
                        78.0175
                     
                     
                        0808 10 80
                     
                     
                        Apples
                     
                     
                        1 January to 31 August
                     
                     
                        886 383
                     
                  
                        78.0180
                     
                     
                        1 September to 31 December
                     
                     
                        81 237
                     
                  
                        78.0220
                     
                     
                        0808 20 50
                     
                     
                        Pears
                     
                     
                        1 January to 30 April
                     
                     
                        257 029
                     
                  
                        78.0235
                     
                     
                        1 July to 31 December
                     
                     
                        37 083
                     
                  
                        78.0250
                     
                     
                        0809 10 00
                     
                     
                        Apricots
                     
                     
                        1 June to 31 July
                     
                     
                        4 199
                     
                  
                        78.0265
                     
                     
                        0809 20 95
                     
                     
                        Cherries, other than sour cherries
                     
                     
                        21 May to 10 August
                     
                     
                        151 059
                     
                  
                        78.0270
                     
                     
                        0809 30
                     
                     
                        Peaches, including nectarines
                     
                     
                        11 June to 30 September
                     
                     
                        39 144
                     
                  
                        78.0280
                     
                     
                        0809 40 05
                     
                     
                        Plums
                     
                     
                        11 June to 30 September
                     
                     
                        7 658’