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
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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