Date: 2016-09-15Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1653 of 14 September 2016 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Executive Summary:
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1653 of September 14, 2016, establishes standard import values for determining the entry price of specific 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 the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Key Points / Main Content:
* **Standard Import Values:**
* Standard import values for the fruits and vegetables listed in Annex XVI, Part A of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 are fixed.
* These values are listed in the Annex of this regulation.
* **Calculation and Application:**
* The standard import value is calculated each working day, as per Article 136(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011, using daily data.
* **Entry into Force:**
* The regulation came into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Impact Analysis:
* **Importers of Fruits and Vegetables:**
* *Impact:* The standard import values directly affect the calculation of the entry price for certain fruits and vegetables imported from third countries.
* *Action Required:* Importers need to use the standard import values provided in the Annex of this regulation to determine the entry price of the specified goods.
* **European Commission:**
* *Impact:* The Commission is responsible for fixing and publishing the standard import values.
* *Action Required:* The Commission must continue to calculate and update the standard import values regularly, according to the established procedures.
* **Member States:**
* *Impact:* This regulation is binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
* *Action Required:* Member states must apply the regulation and ensure that the established standard import values are used.
Key Entities Referenced
European Commission: The executive branch 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 and the procedures for its decision-making.
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) that led to the creation of the World Trade Organization (WTO).
Brussels: The de facto capital city of the European Union, located in Belgium, where the regulation was signed.
Jerzy PLEWA: Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development of the European Commission, signing on behalf of the President.
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.
15.9.2016 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 247/11
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2016/1653
of 14 September 2016
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, 14 September 2016.
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 247/12 EN Official Journal of the European Union 15.9.2016
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 MA 167,1
ZZ 167,1
0707 00 05 TR 121,6
ZZ 121,6
0709 93 10 TR 133,0
ZZ 133,0
0805 50 10 AR 121,3
CL 143,0
TR 147,3
UY 130,7
ZA 139,2
ZZ 136,3
0806 10 10 TR 134,7
ZZ 134,7
0808 10 80 AR 166,6
BR 97,9
CL 126,5
NZ 121,9
US 141,5
ZA 105,6
ZZ 126,7
0808 30 90 AR 168,5
CL 206,1
TR 137,4
ZA 113,8
ZZ 156,5
0809 30 10, 0809 30 90 TR 136,4
ZZ 136,4
(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’.