Date: 2016-03-17Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/380 of 16 March 2016 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Executive Summary:
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/380 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 came into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union, 17 March 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.
* These values are used to determine the entry price of these goods.
* The values are expressed in EUR/100 kg.
* **Legal Basis:**
* This regulation is based on Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 and Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011.
* It implements criteria established following the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations.
* **Implementation and Application:**
* 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:* Apply the standard import values listed in the Annex of this regulation when importing the specified products.
* **European Commission:**
* *Impact:* Responsible for fixing and publishing the standard import values.
* *Action Required:* Continue calculating and publishing standard import values in accordance with Article 136(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011.
* **Member States:**
* *Impact:* Must apply the regulation directly.
* *Action Required:* Ensure the standard import values are used for determining the entry price of relevant fruits and vegetables within their jurisdiction.
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, directly elected by EU citizens.
Council of the European Union: A legislative body of the European Union comprising ministers from member states.
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union: One of the primary treaties of the European Union, defining its scope and objectives.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011: A 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.
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013: A regulation establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products.
Brussels: The de facto capital of the European Union, where the regulation was adopted.
Jerzy PLEWA: Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development, signing on behalf of the Commission.
17.3.2016 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 72/51
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2016/380
of 16 March 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, 16 March 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 72/52 EN Official Journal of the European Union 17.3.2016
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 IL 236,2
MA 101,5
SN 176,8
TN 107,9
TR 93,2
ZZ 143,1
0707 00 05 MA 84,5
TR 148,3
ZZ 116,4
0709 93 10 MA 59,8
TR 156,6
ZZ 108,2
0805 10 20 EG 48,7
IL 72,6
MA 59,7
TN 66,6
TR 64,7
ZZ 62,5
0805 50 10 MA 141,2
TR 94,8
ZZ 118,0
0808 10 80 BR 88,6
US 171,8
ZZ 130,2
0808 30 90 AR 111,3
CL 168,4
CN 73,0
TR 153,6
ZA 101,4
ZZ 121,5
(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’.