
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2246/2004 of 27 December 2004 amending Regulation (EC) No 1555/96 as regards the trigger levels for additional duties on pears, lemons, apples and courgettes 

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of 28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the market in fruit and vegetables, and in particular Article 33(4) thereof,
Whereas:

(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1555/96 of 30 July 1996 on rules of application for additional import duties on fruit and vegetables provides for surveillance of imports of the products listed in the Annex 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.

(2) For the purposes of Article 5(4) of the Agreement on Agriculture concluded during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations and in the light of the latest data available for 2001, 2002 and 2003, the trigger levels for additional duties on pears, lemons, apples and courgettes should be adjusted.

(3) Regulation (EC) No 1555/96 should be amended accordingly.

(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fresh Fruit and Vegetables,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1 
The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1555/96 is hereby replaced by the Annex hereto.
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 2005.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 27 December 2004.
For the Commission
Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission
ANNEX


ANNEX 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. Where “ex” appears before the CN code, the scope of the additional duties is determined both by the scope of the CN code and by the corresponding trigger period.

Serial number CN code Description Trigger period Trigger level(tonnes)
78.0015 ex 0702 00 00 Tomatoes  — 1 October to 31 May
 596 477
78.0020  — 1 June to 30 September
 552 167
78.0065 ex 0707 00 05 Cucumbers  — 1 May to 31 October
 39 640
78.0075  — 1 November to 30 April
 30 932
78.0085 ex 0709 10 00 Artichokes  — 1 November to 30 June
 2 071
78.0100 0709 90 70 Courgettes  — 1 January to 31 December
 65 658
78.0110 ex 0805 10 10ex 0805 10 30ex 0805 10 50 Oranges  — 1 December to 31 May
 620 166
78.0120 ex 0805 20 10 Clementines  — 1 November to end of February
 88 174
78.0130 ex 0805 20 30ex 0805 20 50ex 0805 20 70ex 0805 20 90 Mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas); wilkings and similar citrus hybrids  — 1 November to end of February
 94 302
78.0155 ex 0805 50 10 Lemons  — 1 June to 31 December
 341 887
78.0160  — 1 January to 31 May
 13 010
78.0170 ex 0806 10 10 Table grapes  — 21 July to 20 November
 227 815
78.0175 ex 0808 10 20ex 0808 10 50ex 0808 10 90 Apples  — 1 January to 31 August
 730 999
78.0180  — 1 September to 31 December
 32 266
78.0220 ex 0808 20 50 Pears  — 1 January to 30 April
 274 921
78.0235  — 1 July to 31 December
 28 009
78.0250 ex 0809 10 00 Apricots  — 1 June to 31 July
 4 123
78.0265 ex 0809 20 95 Cherries, other than sour cherries  — 21 May to 10 August
 32 863
78.0270 ex 0809 30 Peaches, including nectarines  — 11 June to 30 September
 6 808
78.0280 ex 0809 40 05 Plums  — 11 June to 30 September
 51 276
