Date: 2016-05-28Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/843 of 27 May 2016 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Executive Summary:
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/843 establishes standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruits and vegetables, as outlined 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 May 28, 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 specific fruits and vegetables are fixed in the Annex of the regulation.
* These values are used to determine the entry price of these goods.
* **Calculation Basis:**
* Values are calculated according to Article 136(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011.
* The calculation incorporates variable daily data.
* **Implementation and Scope:**
* The regulation is binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
* It entered into force on the day of its publication.
Impact Analysis:
* **Importers of Fruits and Vegetables:**
* Impact: Need to use the standard import values specified in the Annex of this regulation to determine the entry price of their goods.
* Action Required: Review the Annex for the relevant product codes and corresponding standard import values from specified third countries.
* **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 established criteria and publish them in the Official Journal.
* **Member States:**
* Impact: Must apply the regulation directly and ensure its enforcement within their jurisdiction.
* Action Required: Implement the regulation and ensure that importers comply with the fixed standard import values.
Key Entities Referenced
European Commission: The executive branch of the European Union, responsible for implementing decisions and proposing legislation.
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union: A primary treaty of the European Union, outlining the scope of EU powers.
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013: A 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: 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.
Uruguay Round: Multilateral trade negotiations that led to the creation of the World Trade Organization.
Brussels: The location where the regulation was adopted.
Jerzy PLEWA: Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development.
Commission Regulation (EU) No 1106/2012: Regulation on Community statistics relating to external trade with non-member countries.
28.5.2016 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 141/49
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2016/843
of 27 May 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 May 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 141/50 EN Official Journal of the European Union 28.5.2016
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 428,2
MA 117,9
TR 60,8
ZZ 202,3
0707 00 05 TR 99,6
ZZ 99,6
0709 93 10 TR 99,6
ZZ 99,6
0805 10 20 EG 47,2
IL 42,6
MA 59,4
TR 68,5
ZA 77,6
ZZ 59,1
0805 50 10 AR 171,6
TR 143,1
ZA 177,5
ZZ 164,1
0808 10 80 AR 109,4
BR 107,5
CL 126,5
CN 102,3
NZ 149,7
US 192,9
ZA 112,3
ZZ 128,7
0809 29 00 TR 531,7
US 855,4
ZZ 693,6
(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’.