Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1800 of 21 November 2018 fixing the trigger volumes for the years 2019 and 2020 for the purposes of possible application of additional import duties on certain fruit and vegetables

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1800 of 21 November 2018 fixing the trigger volumes for the years 2019 and 2020 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 OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671. , and in particular point (b) of the first paragraph of Article 183 thereof, Whereas: (1) Article 39 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/892 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). 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 Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/892. 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 2015, 2016 and 2017, the trigger volumes for certain fruit and vegetables should be fixed for the years 2019 and 2020. (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 2019 and therefore it should enter into force as soon as possible, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the years 2019 and 2020, 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 2019.

It shall expire on 30 June 2020. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 21 November 2018. For the Commission The President Jean-Claude Juncker

Annex

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 numberCN codeDescription of productsPeriod of applicationTrigger volume (tonnes)2019202078.002007020000TomatoesFrom 1 June to 30 September32694378.0015From 1 Octoberto 31 May81133378.006507070005CucumbersFrom 1 May to 31 October7668878.0075From 1 Novemberto 30 April4649478.008507099100ArtichokesFrom 1 Novemberto 30 June5558178.010007099310CourgettesFrom 1 January to 31 December6063578.0110 08051022 08051024 08051028 OrangesFrom 1 Decemberto 31 May67800778.012008052200ClementinesFrom 1 Novemberto end of February10032678.0130 080521 08052900 Mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas); wilkings and similar citrus hybridsFrom 1 Novemberto end of February16456378.016008055010LemonsFrom 1 January to 31 May3645678.0155From 1 June to 31 December34039678.017008061010Table grapesFrom 16 July to 16 November8326478.017508081080ApplesFrom 1 January to 31 August39966078.0180From 1 September to 31 December4852478.022008083090PearsFrom 1 January to 30 April14457078.0235From 1 July to 31 December2847078.025008091000ApricotsFrom 1 June to 31 July11472278.026508092900Cherries other than sourFrom 16 May to 15 August3628978.0270080930Peaches, including nectarinesFrom 16 June to 30 September30369178.028008094005PlumsFrom 16 June to 30 September28092