Commission Regulation (EC) No 2410/2000 of 30 October 2000 amending Regulation (EC) No 1555/96 on rules of application for additional import duties on fruit and vegetables

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2410/2000
of 30 October 2000
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 last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2108/2000(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 on the surveillance of preferential imports laid down in Article 308d of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93(5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1602/2000(6).
(2) For the purposes of Article 5(4) of the Agreement on Agriculture(7) concluded during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations and in the light of the latest data available for 1997, 1998 and 1999, the trigger levels for additional duties on cucumbers and artichokes 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,