L 206/6 Official Journal of the European Communities 3.8.2002 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1427/2002 of 2 August 2002 amending Regulation (EC) No 1555/96 on rules of application for additional import duties on fruit and vegetables THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of 28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the market in fruit and vegetables (), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 545/2002 (¥, and in particular Article 33(4) thereof, Whereas: (1)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 1555/96 (}), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 906/2002 (*), provides for surveillance of imports of the products listed in the Annex thereto. That surveillance is to be carried out in accordance with the rules on the surveillance of prefer- ential imports laid down in Article 308d of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 245493 (), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 444/2002 (°). (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 1999, 2000 and 2001, the trigger levels for additional duties on apples should be adjusted. (3)  The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fresh Fruit and Vegetables, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1555/96 is replaced by the Annex hereto. Atticle 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publica- tion in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply from 1 September 2002. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 2 August 2002. 1 () OJL 297, 21.11.1996, p. 1. () OJ L 84, 28.3.2002, p. 1. () OJL 193, 3.8.1996, p. 1. () OJ L 142, 31.5.2002, p. 29. () OJL253,11.10.1993, p. 1. (9 OJL 68, 12.3.2002, p. 11. () OJ L 336, 23.12.1994, p. 22. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission