Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1139/2014 of 27 October 2014 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 as regards the trigger levels for additional duties on artichokes, courgettes, oranges, clementines, mandarins and satsumas, lemons, apples and pears
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1139/2014of 27 October 2014amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 as regards the trigger levels for additional duties on artichokes, courgettes, oranges, clementines, mandarins and satsumas, lemons, apples and pears 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 1234/2007OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671., and in particular Article 183(b) thereof,Whereas:(1)Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011Commission 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). 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 2454/93Commission 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)..(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 2011, 2012 and 2013, the trigger levels for additional duties should be adjusted from 1 November 2014 for artichokes, clementines, mandarins and satsumas, from 1 December 2014 for oranges and from 1 January 2015 for courgettes, lemons, apples and pears.(3)Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 should therefore be amended accordingly. For reasons of readability, Annex XVIII to this 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:
Article 1In Annex XVIII to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011, the trigger levels for additional duties on artichokes, courgettes, oranges, clementines, mandarins and satsumas, lemons, apples and pears shall be replaced by the trigger levels in the corresponding column of this Annex as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 27 October 2014.For the CommissionThe PresidentJosé Manuel BarrosoANNEX"ANNEX XVIIIADDITIONAL IMPORT DUTIES: TITLE IV, CHAPTER I, SECTION 2Without 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 codeDescription of productsPeriod of applicationTrigger level (tonnes)
78.001507020000TomatoesFrom 1 October to 31 May445127
78.0020From 1 June to 30 September27287
78.006507070005CucumbersFrom 1 May to 31 October12678
78.0075From 1 November to 30 April12677
78.008507099100ArtichokesFrom 1 November to 30 June7421
78.010007099310CourgettesFrom 1 January to 31 December263359
78.011008051020OrangesFrom 1 December to 31 May251798
78.012008052010ClementinesFrom 1 November to end of February81399
78.013008052030080520500805207008052090Mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas); wilkings and similar citrus hybridsFrom 1 November to end of February101160
78.015508055010LemonsFrom 1 June to 31 December302950
78.0160From 1 January to 31 May41410
78.017008061010Table grapesFrom 21 July to 20 November69907
78.017508081080ApplesFrom 1 January to 31 August558203
78.0180From 1 September to 31 December464902
78.022008083090PearsFrom 1 January to 30 April184269
78.0235From 1 July to 31 December235468
78.025008091000ApricotsFrom 1 June to 31 July5630
78.026508092900Cherries, other than sourFrom 21 May to 10 August32371
78.0270080930Peaches, including nectarinesFrom 11 June to 30 September3146
78.028008094005PlumsFrom 11 June to 30 September16404"