Commission Regulation (EC) No 2123/2005 of 22 December 2005 amending Regulation (EC) No 1555/96 as regards the trigger levels for additional duties on pears, lemons, apples and courgettes
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2123/2005of 22 December 2005amending Regulation (EC) No 1555/96 as regards the trigger levels for additional duties on pears, lemons, apples and courgettes 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 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 last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1796/2005 (OJ L 288, 29.10.2005, p. 42). 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 last amended by Regulation (EC) No 883/2005 (OJ L 148, 11.6.2005, p. 5)..(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 2002, 2003 and 2004, the trigger levels for additional duties on pears, lemons, apples and courgettes should be adjusted.(3)As a result, Regulation (EC) No 1555/96 should be amended.(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 its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.It shall apply from 1 January 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 22 December 2005.For the CommissionMariann Fischer BoelMember of the CommissionANNEX"ANNEXWithout 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)
78.0015ex07020000Tomatoes1 October to 31 May810159
78.00201 June to 30 September883976
78.0065ex07070005Cucumbers1 May to 31 October10637
78.00751 November to 30 April10318
78.0085ex07091000Artichokes1 November to 30 June90600
78.010007099070Courgettes1 January to 31 December68401
78.0110ex08051020Oranges1 December to 31 May271073
78.0120ex08052010Clementines1 November to end of February150169
78.0130ex08052030ex08052050ex08052070ex08052090Mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas); wilkings and similar citrus hybrids1 November to end of February94492
78.0155ex08055010Lemons1 June to 31 December265745
78.01601 January to 31 May82467
78.0170ex08061010Table grapes21 July to 20 November222307
78.0175ex08081080Apples1 January to 31 August805913
78.01801 September to 31 December80454
78.0220ex08082050Pears1 January to 30 April239893
78.02351 July to 31 December105438
78.0250ex08091000Apricots1 June to 31 July127403
78.0265ex08092095Cherries, other than sour cherries21 May to 10 August54213
78.0270ex080930Peaches, including nectarines11 June to 30 September982366
78.0280ex08094005Plums11 June to 30 September54605"