For at overvåge importen af æbler og sørge for, at en kraftig stigning i æbleimporten inden for relativt kort tid bliver bemærket, blev der som en overgangsordning i 2006 indført en importlicensordning for æbler henhørende under KN-kode 08081080.
In order to monitor the imports of apples and to ensure that a significant increase of imports of apples would not go unnoticed within a relatively short period of time, the system of import licenses for apples falling within Combined Nomenclature code (CN code) 08081080 had been introduced in 2006 as a transitional system.