COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 443/201
of 30 April 2014
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 1234/2007 (1), and in
particular Article 183(b) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 (2) 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 2454/93 (3).
(2)For the purposes of Article 5(4) of the Agreement on Agriculture (4)
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 on cucumbers and cherries, other than sour, should be
amended with effect from 1 May 2014, whilst those on apricots, tomatoes, plums,
peaches, including nectarines, and table grapes should be amended with effect
from 1 June 2014.
(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 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 in the corresponding column of this Annex as set
out in the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
This 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, 30 April 2014.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO
(1) OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671.
(2) 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).
(3) 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).
(4) OJ L 336, 23.12.1994, p. 22.
ANNEX
‘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.
