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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/678 of 29 April 2015 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 as regards the trigger levels for additional duties on tomatoes, cucumbers, table grapes, apricots, cherries, other than sour, peaches, including nectarines, and plums

EU Regulation 2015/678 · Adopted 29 April 2015 · Extends to United Kingdom

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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/678

of 29 April 2015

amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 as regards the trigger levels for additional duties on tomatoes, cucumbers, table grapes, apricots, cherries, other than sour, peaches, including nectarines, and plums

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 1234/2007f1, and in particular Article 183(b) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011f2 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 2454/93f3.

(2)

For the purposes of Article 5(4) of the Agreement on Agriculturef4 concluded during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations and in the light of the latest data available for 2012, 2013 and 2014, the trigger levels for additional duties on cucumbers and cherries, other than sour, should be amended with effect from 1 May 2015 whilst those on tomatoes, table grapes, apricots, peaches, including nectarines, and plums should be amended with effect from 1 June 2015.

(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:

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Footnotes

f1

OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671.

f2

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).

f3

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).

f4

OJ L 336, 23.12.1994, p. 22.

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. Signature
  4. Annex Annex

1

In Annex XVIII to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011, the trigger levels for additional duties on tomatoes, cucumbers, table grapes, apricots, cherries, other than sour, peaches, including nectarines, and plums shall be replaced by the trigger levels set out in the relevant column of that Annex contained in the Annex hereto.

2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Signature

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 29 April 2015.

For the Commission

The President

Jean-Claude Juncker

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 numberCN codeDescriptionPeriod of applicationTrigger level (tonnes)
78.00150702 00 00TomatoesFrom 1 October to 31 May451 045
78.0020From 1 June to 30 September29 768
78.00650707 00 05CucumbersFrom 1 May to 31 October16 093
78.0075From 1 November to 30 April13 271
78.00850709 91 00ArtichokesFrom 1 November to 30 June7 421
78.01000709 93 10CourgettesFrom 1 January to 31 December263 359
78.01100805 10 20OrangesFrom 1 December to 31 May251 798
78.01200805 20 10ClementinesFrom 1 November to end of February81 399
78.0130

0805 20 30

0805 20 50

0805 20 70

0805 20 90

Mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas); wilkings and similar citrus hybridsFrom 1 November to end of February101 160
78.01550805 50 10LemonsFrom 1 June to 31 December302 950
78.0160From 1 January to 31 May41 410
78.01700806 10 10Table grapesFrom 21 July to 20 November68 450
78.01750808 10 80ApplesFrom 1 January to 31 August558 203
78.0180From 1 September to 31 December464 902
78.02200808 30 90PearsFrom 1 January to 30 April184 269
78.0235From 1 July to 31 December235 468
78.02500809 10 00ApricotsFrom 1 June to 31 July5 422
78.02650809 29 00Cherries, other than sourFrom 21 May to 10 August29 831
78.02700809 30Peaches, including nectarinesFrom 11 June to 30 September4 701
78.02800809 40 05PlumsFrom 11 June to 30 September17 825