Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/674 of 29 April 2016 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 as regards the trigger levels for additional duties on certain fruit and vegetables
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/674of 29 April 2016amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 as regards the trigger levels for additional duties on certain fruit and vegetables 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 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 2013, 2014 and 2015, the trigger levels for additional duties on certain fruit and vegetables should be amended with effect from 1 May 2016.(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:
Article 1Annex XVIII to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 is replaced by the text 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, 29 April 2016.For the CommissionThe PresidentJean-Claude JunckerANNEX"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 codeDescriptionPeriod of applicationTrigger level (tonnes)
78.001507020000TomatoesFrom 1 October 2016 to 31 May 2017459296
78.0020From 1 June 2016 to 30 September 201633923
78.006507070005CucumbersFrom 1 May 2016 to 31 October 201620972
78.0075From 1 November 2016 to 30 April 201715253
78.008507099100ArtichokesFrom 1 November 2015 to 30 June 201616157
78.010007099310CourgettesFrom 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2016258846
78.011008051020OrangesFrom 1 December 2015 to 31 May 2016713508
78.012008052010ClementinesFrom 1 November 2015 to end of February 2016267618
78.013008052030080520500805207008052090Mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas); wilkings and similar citrus hybridsFrom 1 November 2015 to end of February 2016105541
78.015508055010LemonsFrom 1 June 2016 to 31 December 2016293087
78.0160From 1 January 2016 to 31 May 201665269
78.017008061010Table grapesFrom 21 July 2016 to 20 November 201670580
78.017508081080ApplesFrom 1 January 2016 to 31 August 2016667666
78.0180From 1 September 2016 to 31 December 201654155
78.022008083090PearsFrom 1 January 2016 to 30 April 2016170513
78.0235From 1 July 2016 to 31 December 2016118018
78.025008091000ApricotsFrom 1 June 2016 to 31 July 20164939
78.026508092900Cherries, other than sourFrom 21 May 2016 to 10 August 201629166
78.0270080930Peaches, including nectarinesFrom 11 June 2016 to 30 September 20163849
78.028008094005PlumsFrom 11 June 2016 to 30 September 201618155"