Date: 2015-02-04Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/168 of 3 February 2015 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
**Executive Summary:**
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/168 establishes standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruits and vegetables, as stipulated in Annex XVI, Part A of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011. These values are calculated daily, considering variable data, according to Article 136(1) of Regulation (EU) No 543/2011. The regulation took effect on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union, February 4, 2015.
**Key Points / Main Content:**
* **Standard Import Values:**
* Standard import values for specific fruits and vegetables are fixed as per the Annex of the regulation.
* These values are used to determine the entry price of produce from third countries.
* The values are expressed in EUR per 100 kg.
* **Calculation Basis:**
* The standard import values are calculated each working day.
* Calculations adhere to Article 136(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011.
* Variable daily data is taken into account.
* **Regulation Details:**
* The regulation is based on Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 and Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011.
* It implements criteria resulting from the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations.
* Nomenclature of countries follows Commission Regulation (EU) No 1106/2012.
**Impact Analysis:**
**Importers of Fruits and Vegetables from Third Countries:**
* *Impact:* Importers are directly affected by the standard import values, which determine the entry price of their goods.
* *Action Required:* Importers must use the standard import values provided in the Annex of the Regulation to calculate the entry price of the specified fruits and vegetables.
**Customs Authorities of Member States:**
* *Impact:* Customs authorities are responsible for enforcing the regulation and ensuring that the correct entry prices are applied to imports.
* *Action Required:* Apply the standard import values specified in the Annex of this regulation when assessing the entry price of fruits and vegetables from third countries.
**European Commission (Specifically, the Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development):**
* *Impact:* The Commission is responsible for setting and publishing the standard import values.
* *Action Required:* Continue to calculate and publish updated standard import values according to the established procedures and regulations.
**Member States:**
* *Impact:* The regulation is binding and directly applicable in all Member States, requiring them to incorporate the standard import values into their import procedures.
* *Action Required:* Ensure that national regulations and practices are aligned with this EU regulation.
Key Entities Referenced
European Union: A political and economic union of member states located primarily in Europe.
European Commission: An institution of the European Union, responsible for proposing legislation, implementing decisions, upholding the EU treaties and managing the day-to-day business of the EU.
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union: One of the primary treaties of the European Union, outlining the scope of the EU's powers.
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011: Commission Implementing Regulation 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 sectors.
Uruguay Round: Multilateral trade negotiations under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT).
Brussels: The de facto capital city of the European Union, located in Belgium, where the regulation was adopted.
Commission Regulation (EU) No 1106/2012: Commission Regulation implementing Regulation (EC) No 471/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on Community statistics relating to external trade with non-member countries, as regards the update of the nomenclature of countries and territories
L 28/42 EN Official Journal of the European Union 4.2.2015
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2015/168
of 3 February 2015
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of 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),
Having regard to 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 sectors (2), and in particular Article 136(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round
multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from
third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in Annex XVI, Part A thereto.
(2) The standard import value is calculated each working day, in accordance with Article 136(1) of Implementing
Regulation (EU) No 543/2011, taking into account variable daily data. Therefore this Regulation should enter
into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The standard import values referred to in Article 136 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 are fixed 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.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 3 February 2015.
For the Commission,
On behalf of the President,
Jerzy PLEWA
Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development
(1) OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671.
(2) OJ L 157, 15.6.2011, p. 1.4.2.2015 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 28/43
ANNEX
Standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
(EUR/100 kg)
CN code Third country code(1) Standard import value
0702 00 00 EG 344,2
IL 99,6
MA 80,2
SN 316,2
TR 119,8
ZZ 192,0
0707 00 05 TR 183,2
ZZ 183,2
0709 91 00 EG 113,1
ZZ 113,1
0709 93 10 EG 165,4
MA 239,0
TR 236,9
ZZ 213,8
0805 10 20 EG 49,2
IL 78,7
MA 57,6
TN 54,3
TR 64,2
ZZ 60,8
0805 20 10 IL 144,4
MA 79,6
ZZ 112,0
0805 20 30, 0805 20 50, CN 56,6
0805 20 70, 0805 20 90
EG 83,5
IL 133,4
JM 119,0
MA 114,2
TR 85,4
ZZ 98,7
0805 50 10 TR 56,6
ZZ 56,6
0808 10 80 BR 63,9
CL 89,9
US 159,3
ZZ 104,4L 28/44 EN Official Journal of the European Union 4.2.2015
(EUR/100 kg)
CN code Third country code(1) Standard import value
0808 30 90 CL 316,1
US 130,9
ZA 86,6
ZZ 177,9
(1) Nomenclature of countries laid down by Commission Regulation (EU) No 1106/2012 of 27 November 2012 implementing
Regulation (EC) No 471/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on Community statistics relating to external trade
with non-member countries, as regards the update of the nomenclature of countries and territories (OJ L 328, 28.11.2012, p. 7).
Code ‘ZZ’ stands for ‘of other origin’.