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12.10.2013 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
272/35
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 979/2013
of 11 October 2013
amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 as regards the trigger levels for additional
duties on mandarins and satsumas, clementines, artichokes, oranges, pears, lemons, apples and
courgettes
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
trigger levels for additional duties should be adjusted
from 1 November 2013 for mandarins and satsumas,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
clementines and artichokes, from 1 December 2013 for
Union,
oranges and from 1 January 2014 for pears, lemons,
apples and courgettes.
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of
22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agri
(3) Implementing
Regulation
(EU)
No
543/2011
should
cultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agri
therefore be amended accordingly.
cultural products (Single CMO Regulation) ( 1 ), and in particular
Article 143(b) in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,
(4) Given
the
need
to
ensure
that
this
measure
applies
as
Whereas:
soon as possible after the updated data have been made

available, this Regulation should enter into force on the
(1) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No
day of its publication.
543/2011 of 7 June 2011 laying down detailed rules
for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No
(5) The
measures
provided
for
in
this
Regulation
are
in
1234/2007 in respect of the fruit and vegetables and
accordance with the opinion of the Management
processed fruit and vegetables sectors (
Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural

2 ) provides for
the surveillance of the imports of the products listed in
Markets,
Annex XVIII thereto. That surveillance is to be carried
out in accordance with the rules laid down in
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 308d of Commission Regulation (EEC) No
2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down provisions for
Article 1
the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No
Annex XVIII to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 is
2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code ( 3 ).
replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
(2)
For the purposes of Article 5(4) of the Agreement on
Article 2
Agriculture ( 4 ) concluded during the Uruguay Round of
multilateral trade negotiations and in the light of the
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
latest data available for 2010, 2011 and 2012, the
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, 11 October 2013.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO
( 1 ) OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1.
( 2 ) OJ L 157, 15.6.2011, p. 1.
( 3 ) OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1.
( 4 ) OJ L 336, 23.12.1994, p. 22.

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Official Journal of the European Union
12.10.2013
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.
Order
number
CN code Description
of
products Period
of
application
Trigger level
(tonnes)
78.0015 0702
00
00 Tomatoes From
1
October
to
31
May 462
389
78.0020 From
1
June
to
30
September 30
766
78.0065 0707
00
05 Cucumbers From
1
May
to
31
October 13
080
78.0075 From
1
November
to
30
April 15
100
78.0085 0709
91
00 Artichokes From
1
November
to
30
June 12
663
78.0100 0709
93
10 Courgettes From
1
January
to
31
December 112
241
78.0110 0805
10
20 Oranges From
1
December
to
31
May 252
542
78.0120 0805
20
10 Clementines From
1
November
to
end
of
February 82
192
78.0130 0805
20
30 Mandarins (including tangerines
From 1 November to end of February 81
570
0805 20 50 and satsumas); wilkings and similar
0805 20 70 citrus hybrids
0805 20 90
78.0155 0805
50
10 Lemons From
1
June
to
31
December 310
090
78.0160 From
1
January
to
31
May 51
670
78.0170 0806
10
10 Table
grapes
From 21 July to 20 November 124
303
78.0175 0808
10
80 Apples From
1
January
to
31
August 553
379
78.0180 From
1
September
to
31
December 72
914
78.0220 0808
30
90 Pears From
1
January
to
30
April 183
233
78.0235 From
1
July
to
31
December 25
489
78.0250 0809
10
00 Apricots From
1
June
to
31
July 4
930
78.0265 0809
29
00 Cherries,
other
than
sour
cherries From 21 May to 10 August 33
967
78.0270 0809
30 Peaches,
including
nectarines
From 11 June to 30 September 2
712
78.0280 0809
40
05 Plums
From 11 June to 30 September 10
441’

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