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Document 32018R0003

    Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/3 of 4 January 2018 fixing the trigger volumes for the years 2018 and 2019 for the purposes of possible application of additional import duties on certain fruit and vegetables

    C/2017/8886

    OJ L 2, 05/01/2018, p. 1–4 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

    Legal status of the document No longer in force, Date of end of validity: 30/06/2019

    ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2018/3/oj

    5.1.2018   

    EN

    Official Journal of the European Union

    L 2/1


    COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2018/3

    of 4 January 2018

    fixing the trigger volumes for the years 2018 and 2019 for the purposes of possible application of additional import 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 1234/2007 (1), and in particular point (b) of the first paragraph of Article 183 thereof,

    Whereas:

    (1)

    Article 39 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/892 (2) provides that an additional import duty as referred to in Article 182(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 may be applied to the products and during the periods listed in Annex VII to that Implementing Regulation. That additional import duty has to apply if the quantity of any of the products put into free circulation for any of the periods of application set out in that Annex exceeds the trigger volume of imports in a year for that product. Additional import duties shall not be imposed where the imports are unlikely to disturb the Union market, or where the effects would be disproportionate to the intended objective.

    (2)

    In accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 182(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 the trigger volumes of imports for the possible application of additional import duties on certain fruit and vegetables are based on import data and domestic consumption data for the previous three years. On the basis of the data notified by the Member States for the years 2014, 2015 and 2016, the trigger volumes for certain fruit and vegetables should be fixed for the years 2018 and 2019.

    (3)

    Taking into account that the period of application of possible additional import duties as set out in Annex VII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/892 starts for a number of products on 1 January, this Regulation should apply from 1 January 2018 and therefore it should enter into force as soon as possible,

    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

    Article 1

    For the years 2018 and 2019, the trigger volumes referred to in point (b) of the first subparagraph of Article 182(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 for the products listed in Annex VII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/892 are 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.

    It shall apply from 1 January 2018.

    It shall expire on 30 June 2019.

    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

    Done at Brussels, 4 January 2018.

    For the Commission

    The President

    Jean-Claude JUNCKER


    (1)   OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671.

    (2)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/892 of 13 March 2017 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sectors (OJ L 138, 25.5.2017, p. 57).


    ANNEX

    Trigger volumes for the products and periods set out in Annex VII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/892, for the possible application of additional import duties

    Without prejudice to the rules on the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature, the description of the products is deemed to be indicative only. For the purposes of this Annex, the scope of the additional import duties is determined by the scope of the CN codes as they stand at the time of adoption of this Regulation.

    Order number

    CN code

    Description of products

    Period of application

    Trigger volume (tonnes)

    2018

    2019

    78.0015

    0702 00 00

    Tomatoes

    From 1 June to 30 September

     

    39 326

    78.0020

    From 1 October

    to 31 May

    483 376

    78.0065

    0707 00 05

    Cucumbers

    From 1 May to 31 October

     

    26 505

    78.0075

    From 1 November

    to 30 April

    20 482

    78.0085

    0709 91 00

    Artichokes

    From 1 November

    to 30 June

    6 587

    78.0100

    0709 93 10

    Courgettes

    From 1 January to 31 December

     

    55 037

    78.0110

    0805 10 22

    0805 10 24

    0805 10 28

    Oranges

    From 1 December

    to 31 May

    302 643

    78.0120

    0805 22 00

    Clementines

    From 1 November

    to end of February

    90 771

    78.0130

    0805 21

    0805 29 00

    Mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas); wilkings and similar citrus hybrids

    From 1 November

    to end of February

    86 317

    78.0155

    0805 50 10

    Lemons

    From 1 January to 31 May

     

    32 823

    78.0160

    From 1 June to 31 December

     

    306 804

    78.0170

    0806 10 10

    Table grapes

    From 16 July to 16 November

     

    78 324

    78.0175

    0808 10 80

    Apples

    From 1 January to 31 August

     

    432 630

    78.0180

    From 1 September to 31 December

     

    39 724

    78.0220

    0808 30 90

    Pears

    From 1 January to 30 April

     

    155 417

    78.0235

    From 1 July to 31 December

     

    19 187

    78.0250

    0809 10 00

    Apricots

    From 1 June to 31 July

     

    4 630

    78.0265

    0809 29 00

    Cherries other than sour

    From 16 May to 15 August

     

    33 718

    78.0270

    0809 30

    Peaches, including nectarines

    From 16 June to 30 September

     

    3 150

    78.0280

    0809 40 05

    Plums

    From 16 June to 30 September

     

    17 254


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