Date: 2015-05-27Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/817 of 26 May 2015 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Executive Summary:
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/817 establishes standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruits and vegetables. This regulation is based on Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 and Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011. It entered into force on May 27, 2015, the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Key Points / Main Content:
* **Standard Import Values:**
* Standard import values for specific fruits and vegetables are fixed as outlined in the Annex of the regulation.
* These values are used to determine the entry price of these products when imported from third countries.
* 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.
* **Legal Basis:**
* The regulation is established with regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
* It implements Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 and Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011.
* **Enforcement:**
* The regulation is binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Impact Analysis:
* **Importers of Fruits and Vegetables:**
* Impact: Determines the entry price calculation for certain imported fruits and vegetables from third countries, affecting import duties and overall costs.
* Action Required: Monitor the standard import values published in the Annex of the Regulation and adjust pricing and import strategies accordingly.
* **European Commission:**
* Impact: Responsible for fixing and publishing the standard import values.
* Action Required: Continue to calculate and update the standard import values based on the criteria outlined in Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011.
* **Member States:**
* Impact: Required to apply the standard import values in their customs procedures.
* Action Required: Ensure that national customs authorities are aware of and implement the new standard import values.
Key Entities Referenced
European Union: A political and economic union of member states located primarily in Europe.
European Parliament: One of the legislative bodies of the European Union.
Council of the European Union: A legislative body of the European Union comprising ministers from member states.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/817: An EU regulation establishing standard import values for certain fruits and vegetables.
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013: An EU regulation establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011: An EU 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.
Brussels: The de facto capital city of the European Union, where the regulation was adopted.
Uruguay Round: A round of multilateral trade negotiations under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT).
27.5.2015 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 129/11
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2015/817
of 26 May 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, 26 May 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.L 129/12 EN Official Journal of the European Union 27.5.2015
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 AL 64,0
MA 99,2
MK 89,9
TR 87,9
ZZ 85,3
0707 00 05 AL 36,9
MK 41,5
TR 105,8
ZZ 61,4
0709 93 10 TR 123,9
ZZ 123,9
0805 10 20 EG 49,3
MA 55,9
ZA 61,0
ZZ 55,4
0805 50 10 BO 147,7
BR 103,9
MA 111,5
TR 67,0
ZA 178,1
ZZ 121,6
0808 10 80 AR 102,5
BR 109,9
CL 156,3
NZ 155,6
US 232,9
UY 68,9
ZA 118,0
ZZ 134,9
0809 29 00 US 413,6
ZZ 413,6
(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’.