L 339/76 Official Journal of the European Union 18.12.2008 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1277/2008 of 17 December 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 as regards the trigger levels for additional duties on pears, lemons, apples and courgettes THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agri- cultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agri- cultural products (Single CMO Regulation) ('), and in particular Article 143(b) thereof, in conjunction with Article 4, Whereas: (1)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 of 21 December 2007 laying down implementing rules of Council Regulations (EC) No 2200/96, (EC) No 2201/96 and (EC) No 11822007 in the fruit and vegetable sector (%) provides for surveillance of imports of the products listed in Annex XVII thereto. That surveillance is to be carried out in accordance with the rules laid down in Article 308d of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code (?). (2)  For the purposes of Article 5(4) of the Agreement on Agriculture (*) concluded during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations and in the light of the latest data available for 2005, 2006 and 2007, the trigger levels for additional duties of pears, lemons, apples and courgettes should be adjusted. (3)  As a result, Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 should be amended accordingly. (4)  The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Atticle 1 Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Regulation. Atticle 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall apply from 1 January 2009. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 17 December 2008. () O] L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1. () O] L 350, 31.12.2007, p. 1. () O] L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1. (4 O] L 336, 23.12.1994, p. 22. For the Commission Mariann FISCHER BOEL Member of the Commission