Commission Regulation (EC) No 2370/1999 of 8 November 1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 1555/96 on rules of application for additional import duties on fruit and vegetables

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2370/1999
of 8 November 1999
amending Regulation (EC) No 1555/96 on rules of application for additional import duties on fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of 28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the market in fruit and vegetables(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999(2), and in particular Article 33(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1555/96(3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2623/98(4), provides for surveillance of imports of the products listed in the Annex 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(5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1662/1999(6), concerning the surveillance of preferential imports;
(2) Article 5(4) of the Agreement on Agriculture(7) concluded during the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations lays down criteria for fixing the trigger levels for additional duties. In accordance with those criteria and in the light of the latest data available for 1996, 1997 and 1998, the trigger levels for additional duties on tomatoes, artichokes, oranges, clementines and mandarins and similar citrus hybrids should be amended;
(3) the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fresh Fruit and Vegetables,