Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 898/2011 of 7 September 2011 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 as regards the trigger levels for additional duties on tomatoes

8.9.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 231/11
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 898/2011
of 7 September 2011
amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 as regards the trigger levels for additional duties on tomatoes
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1), and in particular Article 143(b), in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) 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 (2) 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 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 applying Article 5(4) of the Agreement on Agriculture (4) concluded as part of the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations and in the light of the latest data available for 2008, 2009 and 2010, the trigger levels for additional duties on tomatoes should be amended.
(3) Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 should therefore 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,