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Document 32009R1256

    Commission Regulation (EU) No 1256/2009 of 15 December 2009 amending Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 as regards the trigger levels for additional duties for pears, lemons, apples and courgettes

    IO L 338, 19.12.2009, p. 20–21 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, 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    Legal status of the document No longer in force, Date of end of validity: 21/06/2011; Arna aisghairm le 32011R0543

    ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2009/1256/oj

    19.12.2009   

    EN

    Official Journal of the European Union

    L 338/20


    COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1256/2009

    of 15 December 2009

    amending Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 as regards the trigger levels for additional duties for pears, lemons, apples and courgettes

    THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

    Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

    Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (‘Single CMO’ Regulation) (1), and in particular Article 143(b) thereof, in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,

    Whereas:

    (1)

    Commission Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 of 21 December 2007 laying down implementing rules of Council Regulations (EC) No 2200/96, (EC) No 2201/96 and (EC) No 1182/2007 in the fruit and vegetable sector (2) provides for surveillance of imports of the products listed in Annex XVII 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 Code (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 2006, 2007 and 2008, the trigger levels for additional duties on pears, lemons, apples and courgettes should be adjusted.

    (3)

    Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 should therefore be amended accordingly.

    (4)

    The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets,

    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

    Article 1

    Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

    Article 2

    This 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 2010.

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

    Done at Brussels, 15 December 2009.

    For the Commission

    The President

    José Manuel BARROSO


    (1)   OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1.

    (2)   OJ L 350, 31.12.2007, p. 1.

    (3)   OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1.

    (4)   OJ L 336, 23.12.1994, p. 22.


    ANNEX

    ‘ANNEX XVII

    ADDITIONAL IMPORT DUTIES: TITLE IV, CHAPTER II, 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 exist at the time of the adoption of this Regulation.


    Order number

    CN Code

    Description

    Period of application

    Trigger level

    (tonnes)

    78.0015

    0702 00 00

    Tomatoes

    From 1 October to 31 May

    415 907

    78.0020

    From 1 June to 30 September

    40 107

    78.0065

    0707 00 05

    Cucumbers

    From 1 May to 31 October

    32 831

    78.0075

    From 1 November to 30 April

    22 427

    78.0085

    0709 90 80

    Artichokes

    From 1 November to 30 June

    8 866

    78.0100

    0709 90 70

    Courgettes

    From 1 January to 31 December

    55 369

    78.0110

    0805 10 20

    Oranges

    From 1 December to 31 May

    355 386

    78.0120

    0805 20 10

    Clementines

    From 1 November to end of February

    529 006

    78.0130

    0805 20 30

    0805 20 50

    0805 20 70

    0805 20 90

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

    From 1 November to end of February

    96 377

    78.0155

    0805 50 10

    Lemons

    From 1 June to 31 December

    334 680

    78.0160

    From 1 January to 31 May

    62 311

    78.0170

    0806 10 10

    Table grapes

    From 21 July to 20 November

    89 140

    78.0175

    0808 10 80

    Apples

    From 1 January to 31 August

    829 840

    78.0180

    From 1 September to 31 December

    884 648

    78.0220

    0808 20 50

    Pears

    From 1 January to 30 April

    224 927

    78.0235

    From 1 July to 31 December

    38 957

    78.0250

    0809 10 00

    Apricots

    From 1 June to 31 July

    5 785

    78.0265

    0809 20 95

    Cherries, other than sour cherries

    From 21 May to 10 August

    133 425

    78.0270

    0809 30

    Peaches, including nectarines

    From 11 June to 30 September

    131 459

    78.0280

    0809 40 05

    Plums

    From 11 June to 30 September

    129 925 ’


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