Date: 2016-04-02Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/483 of 1 April 2016 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Executive Summary:
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/483 establishes standard import values for determining the entry price of specific fruits and vegetables from third countries, 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 entered into force on April 2, 2016, the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Key Points / Main Content:
* **Standard Import Values:**
* Standard import values for certain fruits and vegetables are fixed in the Annex of the regulation.
* These values are used to determine the entry price of these products.
* Values are expressed in EUR/100 kg and are specified for particular CN codes and third countries.
* **Legal Basis:**
* The regulation is based on the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
* It implements Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 and Regulation (EU) No 543/2011.
* It adheres to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations.
* **Implementation:**
* The regulation is binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Impact Analysis:
* **Importers of Fruits and Vegetables:**
* *Impact:* Importers from third countries are directly affected by the standard import values, which influence the entry price of their goods.
* *Action Required:* Importers must take into account the standard import values listed in the Annex when importing the specified fruits and vegetables.
* **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 according to the established criteria.
* **Member States:**
* *Impact:* Member States are required to apply the standard import values in their customs procedures.
* *Action Required:* Member States must ensure that their customs authorities use the fixed standard import values for determining the entry price of the relevant fruits and vegetables.
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.
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.
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.
Uruguay Round: Multilateral trade negotiations that led to the creation of the World Trade Organization.
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 non-member countries.
2.4.2016 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 87/29
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2016/483
of 1 April 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, 1 April 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 87/30 EN Official Journal of the European Union 2.4.2016
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 268,0
MA 91,6
TR 105,4
ZZ 155,0
0707 00 05 MA 83,3
TR 141,1
ZZ 112,2
0709 93 10 EG 44,3
MA 93,7
TR 124,9
ZZ 87,6
0805 10 20 EG 47,4
IL 76,6
MA 61,5
TN 70,5
TR 72,9
ZA 47,6
ZZ 62,8
0805 50 10 MA 85,6
TR 61,0
ZZ 73,3
0808 10 80 BR 98,1
CL 113,6
CN 124,1
US 141,2
ZA 71,2
ZZ 109,6
0808 30 90 AR 101,9
CL 122,1
ZA 106,1
ZZ 110,0
(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’.