Date: 2016-10-28Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1895 of 27 October 2016 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Executive Summary:
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1895 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. The regulation came into force upon its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union on October 28, 2016.
Key Points / Main Content:
* **Standard Import Values:**
* Standard import values for specific fruits and vegetables are fixed as per the Annex of this Regulation, referencing Article 136 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011.
* These values are used to determine the entry price of these goods.
* **Entry into Force:**
* The regulation entered into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
* 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 specific fruits and vegetables imported from third countries.
* Action Required: Use the standard import values provided in the Annex of this Regulation to calculate the entry price of the specified fruits and vegetables.
* **European Commission:**
* Impact: Responsible for fixing the standard import values.
* Action Required: Continue to calculate and publish standard import values in accordance with Article 136 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011.
* **Member States:**
* Impact: Directly applicable in all member states.
* Action Required: Implement and enforce the regulation.
Key Entities Referenced
European Commission: The executive branch of the European Union responsible for implementing regulations.
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union: A foundational treaty of the European Union.
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: 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 location where the regulation was adopted.
Jerzy PLEWA: Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development.
Commission Regulation EU No 1106/2012: Regulation implementing Regulation EC No 471/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on Community statistics relating to external trade with nonmember countries.
L 293/30 EN Official Journal of the European Union 28.10.2016
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2016/1895
of 27 October 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, 27 October 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. 1.28.10.2016 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 293/31
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 112,8
ZZ 112,8
0707 00 05 TR 156,4
ZZ 156,4
0709 93 10 TR 153,4
ZZ 153,4
0805 50 10 AR 55,1
CL 67,0
IL 44,6
TR 76,1
UY 84,6
ZA 65,7
ZZ 65,5
0806 10 10 BR 290,7
PE 322,9
TR 145,0
ZA 228,5
ZZ 246,8
0808 10 80 AR 260,6
AU 218,6
BR 119,9
CL 139,2
NZ 134,9
ZA 121,3
ZZ 165,8
0808 30 90 CN 58,1
TR 167,5
ZA 164,5
ZZ 130,0
(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’.