CELEX: 32016R0674
Language: en
Date: 2016-04-29 00:00:00
Title: 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

30.4.2016   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               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 ’