CELEX: 32018R0003
Language: en
Date: 2018-01-04 00:00:00
Title: 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

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