Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 353/2013

of 18 April 2013

amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 as regards the trigger levels for additional duties on cucumbers, cherries, other than sour, apricots, tomatoes, plums, peaches, including nectarines, and table grapes

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), in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 of 7 June 2011 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 in respect of the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sectors2 provides for the surveillance of the imports of the products listed in Annex XVIII 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 Code3.
(2)
For the purposes of Article 5(4) of the Agreement on Agriculture4 concluded during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations and in the light of the latest data available for 2010, 2011 and 2012, the trigger levels for additional duties on cucumbers and cherries, other than sour, should be amended with effect from 1 May 2013, whilst those on apricots, tomatoes, plums, peaches, including nectarines, and table grapes should be amended with effect from 1 June 2013.
(3)

Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(4)

Given the need to ensure that this measure applies as soon as possible after the updated data have been made available, this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication.

(5)

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

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