Commission Regulation (EC) No 1844/2004 of 22 October 2004 amending Regulation (EC) No 1555/96 as regards the trigger levels for additional duties on cucumbers, artichokes, clementines, mandarins and oranges
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1844/2004of 22 October 2004amending Regulation (EC) No 1555/96 as regards the trigger levels for additional duties on cucumbers, artichokes, clementines, mandarins and oranges 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 vegetablesOJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 47/2003 (OJ L 7, 11.1.2003, p. 64)., and in particular Article 33(4) thereof,Whereas:(1)Commission Regulation (EC) No 1555/96 of 30 July 1996 on rules of application for additional import duties on fruit and vegetablesOJ L 193, 3.8.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1721/2004 (OJ L 306, 2.10.2004, p. 3). 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 of 2 July 1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs CodeOJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2286/2003 (OJ L 343, 31.12.2003, p. 1)..(2)For the purposes of Article 5(4) of the Agreement on AgricultureOJ L 336, 23.12.1994, p. 22. concluded during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations and in the light of the latest data available for 2001, 2002 and 2003, the trigger levels for additional duties on cucumbers, artichokes, clementines, mandarins and oranges should be adjusted.(3)Regulation (EC) No 1555/96 should be amended accordingly.(4)The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fresh Fruit and Vegetables,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1555/96 is hereby replaced by the Annex hereto.
Article 2This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.It shall apply from 1 November 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 22 October 2004.For the CommissionFranz FischlerMember of the CommissionANNEX"ANNEX
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 exist at the time of the adoption of this Regulation. Where "ex" appears before the CN code, the scope of the additional duties is determined both by the scope of the CN code and by the corresponding trigger period.
Serial NoCN codeDescriptionTrigger periodTrigger level(tonnes)
78.0015ex07020000Tomatoes—1 October to 31 May596477
78.0020—1 June to 30 September552167
78.0065ex07070005Cucumbers—1 May to 31 October39640
78.0075—1 November to 30 April30932
78.0085ex07091000Artichokes—1 November to 30 June2071
78.010007099070Courgettes—1 January to 31 December18056
78.0110ex08051010ex08051030ex08051050Oranges—1 December to 31 May620166
78.0120ex08052010Clementines—1 November to end of February88174
78.0130ex08052030ex08052050ex08052070ex08052090Mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas); wilkings and similar citrus hybrids—1 November to end of February94302
78.0155ex08055010Lemons—1 June to 31 December342761
78.0160—1 January to 31 May12938
78.0170ex08061010Table grapes—21 July to 20 November227815
78.0175ex08081020ex08081050ex08081090Apples—1 January to 31 August730623
78.0180—1 September to 31 December32246
78.0220ex08082050Pears—1 January to 30 April257158
78.0235—1 July to 31 December27497
78.0250ex08091000Apricots—1 June to 31 July4123
78.0265ex08092095Cherries, other than sour cherries—21 May to 10 August32863
78.0270ex080930Peaches, including nectarines—11 June to 30 September6808
78.0280ex08094005Plums—11 June to 30 September51276"