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| 17.12.2009 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 332/38 |
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17.12.2009

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 332/38

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1236/2009

of 10 December 2009

amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 732/2008 applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences for the period from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2011

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 732/2008 of 22 July 2008 applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences for the period from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2011 and amending Regulations (EC) No 552/97, (EC) No 1933/2006 and Commission Regulations (EC) No 1100/2006 and (EC) No 964/2007 (1), and in particular Article 25 thereof,

After consulting the Generalised Preferences Committee,

Whereas:

| (1) | Commission Decision 2008/938/EC of 9 December 2008 (2) as amended by Decision 2009/454/EC (3), has established the list of the beneficiary countries which qualify for the special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance provided for in Regulation (EC) No 732/2008 from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2011. |
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(1)

Commission Decision 2008/938/EC of 9 December 2008 (2) as amended by Decision 2009/454/EC (3), has established the list of the beneficiary countries which qualify for the special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance provided for in Regulation (EC) No 732/2008 from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2011.

| (2) | Column E of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 732/2008 should include information on the beneficiary countries of the special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance. Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 732/2008 should therefore be amended accordingly, |
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(2)

Column E of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 732/2008 should include information on the beneficiary countries of the special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance. Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 732/2008 should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 732/2008 is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following 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, 10 December 2009.

For the Commission

The President

José Manuel BARROSO

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(1)  
  OJ L 211, 6.8.2008, p. 1.

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(2)  
  OJ L 334, 12.12.2008, p. 90.

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(3)  
  OJ L 149, 12.6.2009, p. 78.

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX I

Beneficiary countries
   (1)
  and territories of the Community’s scheme of generalised tariff preferences

| Column A | : | alphabetical code, in accordance with the nomenclature of countries and territories for the external trade statistics of the Community |
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| Column B | : | name of the country or territory |
| Column C | : | section(s) in respect of which the tariff preferences have been removed, for the beneficiary country concerned (Article 13) |
| Column D | : | country included in the special arrangement for the least developed countries (Article 11) |
| Column E | : | country included in the special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance (Article 7) |

Column A

:

alphabetical code, in accordance with the nomenclature of countries and territories for the external trade statistics of the Community

Column B

:

name of the country or territory

Column C

:

section(s) in respect of which the tariff preferences have been removed, for the beneficiary country concerned (Article 13)

Column D

:

country included in the special arrangement for the least developed countries (Article 11)

Column E

:

country included in the special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance (Article 7)

| A | B | C | D | E |
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| AE | United Arab Emirates | | | | |
| AF | Afghanistan | | | X | |
| AG | Antigua and Barbuda | | | | |
| AI | Anguilla | | | | |
| AM | Armenia | | | | X |
| AN | Netherlands Antilles | | | | |
| AO | Angola | | | X | |
| AQ | Antarctica | | | | |
| AR | Argentina | | | | |
| AS | American Samoa | | | | |
| AW | Aruba | | | | |
| AZ | Azerbaijan | | | | X |
| BB | Barbados | | | | |
| BD | Bangladesh | | | X | |
| BF | Burkina Faso | | | X | |
| BH | Bahrain | | | | |
| BI | Burundi | | | X | |
| BJ | Benin | | | X | |
| BM | Bermuda | | | | |
| BN | Brunei Darussalam | | | | |
| BO | Bolivia | | | | X |
| BR | Brazil | S-IV | Prepared foodstuffs; beverages, spirits and vinegar; tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | | |
| S-IX | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal; cork and articles of cork; manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | | |
| BS | Bahamas | | | | |
| BT | Bhutan | | | X | |
| BV | Bouvet Island | | | | |
| BW | Botswana | | | | |
| BY | Belarus | | | | |
| BZ | Belize | | | | |
| CC | Cocos Islands (or Keeling Islands) | | | | |
| CD | Congo, Democratic Republic of | | | X | |
| CF | Central African Republic | | | X | |
| CG | Congo | | | | |
| CI | Côte d’Ivoire | | | | |
| CK | Cook Islands | | | | |
| CM | Cameroon | | | | |
| CN | China, People’s Republic of | S-VI | Products of the chemical or allied industries | | |
| S-VII | Plastics and articles thereof; rubber and articles thereof | | |
| S-VIII | Raw hides and skins, leather, furskins and articles thereof; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | | |
| S-IX | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal; cork and articles of cork; manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | | |
| S-XI(a) | Textiles; S-XI(b) Textile articles | | |
| S-XII | Footwear, headgear, umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seat-sticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof; prepared feathers and articles made therewith; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | | |
| S-XIII | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials; ceramic products; glass and glassware | | |
| S-XIV | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal, and articles thereof; imitation jewellery; coin | | |
| S-XV | Base metals and articles of base metal | | |
| S-XVI | Machinery and mechanical appliances; electrical equipment; parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles | | |
| S-XVII | Vehicles, aircraft, vessels and associated transport equipment | | |
| S-XVIII | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; clocks and watches; musical instruments; parts and accessories thereof | | |
| S-XX | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | | |
| CO | Colombia | | | | X |
| CR | Costa Rica | | | | X |
| CU | Cuba | | | | |
| CV | Cape Verde | | | X | |
| CX | Christmas Island | | | | |
| DJ | Djibouti | | | X | |
| DM | Dominica | | | | |
| DO | Dominican Republic | | | | |
| DZ | Algeria | | | | |
| EC | Ecuador | | | | X |
| EG | Egypt | | | | |
| ER | Eritrea | | | X | |
| ET | Ethiopia | | | X | |
| FJ | Fiji | | | | |
| FK | Falkland Islands | | | | |
| FM | Micronesia, Federated States of | | | | |
| GA | Gabon | | | | |
| GD | Grenada | | | | |
| GE | Georgia | | | | X |
| GH | Ghana | | | | |
| GI | Gibraltar | | | | |
| GL | Greenland | | | | |
| GM | Gambia | | | X | |
| GN | Guinea | | | X | |
| GQ | Equatorial Guinea | | | X | |
| GS | South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands | | | | |
| GT | Guatemala | | | | X |
| GU | Guam | | | | |
| GW | Guinea-Bissau | | | X | |
| GY | Guyana | | | | |
| HM | Heard Island and McDonald Islands | | | | |
| HN | Honduras | | | | X |
| HT | Haiti | | | X | |
| ID | Indonesia | S-III | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | | |
| IN | India | S-XI(a) | Textiles | | |
| IO | British Indian Ocean Territory | | | | |
| IQ | Iraq | | | | |
| IR | Iran | | | | |
| JM | Jamaica | | | | |
| JO | Jordan | | | | |
| KE | Kenya | | | | |
| KG | Kyrgyzstan | | | | |
| KH | Cambodia | | | X | |
| KI | Kiribati | | | X | |
| KM | Comoros | | | X | |
| KN | St Kitts and Nevis | | | | |
| KW | Kuwait | | | | |
| KY | Cayman Islands | | | | |
| KZ | Kazakhstan | | | | |
| LA | Lao People’s Democratic Republic | | | X | |
| LB | Lebanon | | | | |
| LC | St Lucia | | | | |
| LK | Sri Lanka | | | | X |
| LR | Liberia | | | X | |
| LS | Lesotho | | | X | |
| LY | Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | | | | |
| MA | Morocco | | | | |
| MG | Madagascar | | | X | |
| MH | Marshall Islands | | | | |
| ML | Mali | | | X | |
| MM | Myanmar | | | X | |
| MN | Mongolia | | | | X |
| MO | Macao | | | | |
| MP | Northern Mariana Islands | | | | |
| MR | Mauritania | | | X | |
| MS | Montserrat | | | | |
| MU | Mauritius | | | | |
| MV | Maldives | | | X | |
| MW | Malawi | | | X | |
| MX | Mexico | | | | |
| MY | Malaysia | S-III | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | | |
| MZ | Mozambique | | | X | |
| NA | Namibia | | | | |
| NC | New Caledonia | | | | |
| NE | Niger | | | X | |
| NF | Norfolk Island | | | | |
| NG | Nigeria | | | | |
| NI | Nicaragua | | | | X |
| NP | Nepal | | | X | |
| NR | Nauru | | | | |
| NU | Niue | | | | |
| OM | Oman | | | | |
| PA | Panama | | | | |
| PE | Peru | | | | X |
| PF | French Polynesia | | | | |
| PG | Papua New Guinea | | | | |
| PH | Philippines | | | | |
| PK | Pakistan | | | | |
| PM | St Pierre and Miquelon | | | | |
| PN | Pitcairn | | | | |
| PW | Palau | | | | |
| PY | Paraguay | | | | X |
| QA | Qatar | | | | |
| RU | Russian Federation | | | | |
| RW | Rwanda | | | X | |
| SA | Saudi Arabia | | | | |
| SB | Solomon Islands | | | X | |
| SC | Seychelles | | | | |
| SD | Sudan | | | X | |
| SH | Saint Helena | | | | |
| SL | Sierra Leone | | | X | |
| SN | Senegal | | | X | |
| SO | Somalia | | | X | |
| SR | Suriname | | | | |
| ST | São Tomé and Príncipe | | | X | |
| SV | El Salvador | | | | X |
| SY | Syrian Arab Republic | | | | |
| SZ | Swaziland | | | | |
| TC | Turks and Caicos Islands | | | | |
| TD | Chad | | | X | |
| TF | French Southern Territories | | | | |
| TG | Togo | | | X | |
| TH | Thailand | S-XIV | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal, and articles thereof; imitation jewellery; coin | | |
| TJ | Tajikistan | | | | |
| TK | Tokelau | | | | |
| TL | Timor-Leste | | | X | |
| TM | Turkmenistan | | | | |
| TN | Tunisia | | | | |
| TO | Tonga | | | | |
| TT | Trinidad and Tobago | | | | |
| TV | Tuvalu | | | X | |
| TZ | Tanzania | | | X | |
| UA | Ukraine | | | | |
| UG | Uganda | | | X | |
| UM | United States Minor Outlying Islands | | | | |
| UY | Uruguay | | | | |
| UZ | Uzbekistan | | | | |
| VC | St Vincent and the Grenadines | | | | |
| VE | Venezuela | | | | |
| VG | Virgin Islands, British | | | | |
| VI | Virgin Islands, US | | | | |
| VN | Vietnam | S-XII | Footwear, headgear, umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seat-sticks, whips, riding crops and parts thereof; prepared feathers and articles made therewith; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | | |
| VU | Vanuatu | | | X | |
| WF | Wallis and Futuna | | | | |
| WS | Samoa | | | X | |
| YE | Yemen | | | X | |
| YT | Mayotte | | | | |
| ZA | South Africa | | | | |
| ZM | Zambia | | | X | |
| ZW | Zimbabwe’ | | | | |

A

B

C

D

E

AE

United Arab Emirates

AF

Afghanistan

X

AG

Antigua and Barbuda

AI

Anguilla

AM

Armenia

X

AN

Netherlands Antilles

AO

Angola

X

AQ

Antarctica

AR

Argentina

AS

American Samoa

AW

Aruba

AZ

Azerbaijan

X

BB

Barbados

BD

Bangladesh

X

BF

Burkina Faso

X

BH

Bahrain

BI

Burundi

X

BJ

Benin

X

BM

Bermuda

BN

Brunei Darussalam

BO

Bolivia

X

BR

Brazil

S-IV

Prepared foodstuffs; beverages, spirits and vinegar; tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes

S-IX

Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal; cork and articles of cork; manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork

BS

Bahamas

BT

Bhutan

X

BV

Bouvet Island

BW

Botswana

BY

Belarus

BZ

Belize

CC

Cocos Islands (or Keeling Islands)

CD

Congo, Democratic Republic of

X

CF

Central African Republic

X

CG

Congo

CI

Côte d’Ivoire

CK

Cook Islands

CM

Cameroon

CN

China, People’s Republic of

S-VI

Products of the chemical or allied industries

S-VII

Plastics and articles thereof; rubber and articles thereof

S-VIII

Raw hides and skins, leather, furskins and articles thereof; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut)

S-IX

Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal; cork and articles of cork; manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork

S-XI(a)

Textiles; S-XI(b) Textile articles

S-XII

Footwear, headgear, umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seat-sticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof; prepared feathers and articles made therewith; artificial flowers; articles of human hair

S-XIII

Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials; ceramic products; glass and glassware

S-XIV

Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal, and articles thereof; imitation jewellery; coin

S-XV

Base metals and articles of base metal

S-XVI

Machinery and mechanical appliances; electrical equipment; parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles

S-XVII

Vehicles, aircraft, vessels and associated transport equipment

S-XVIII

Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; clocks and watches; musical instruments; parts and accessories thereof

S-XX

Miscellaneous manufactured articles

CO

Colombia

X

CR

Costa Rica

X

CU

Cuba

CV

Cape Verde

X

CX

Christmas Island

DJ

Djibouti

X

DM

Dominica

DO

Dominican Republic

DZ

Algeria

EC

Ecuador

X

EG

Egypt

ER

Eritrea

X

ET

Ethiopia

X

FJ

Fiji

FK

Falkland Islands

FM

Micronesia, Federated States of

GA

Gabon

GD

Grenada

GE

Georgia

X

GH

Ghana

GI

Gibraltar

GL

Greenland

GM

Gambia

X

GN

Guinea

X

GQ

Equatorial Guinea

X

GS

South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands

GT

Guatemala

X

GU

Guam

GW

Guinea-Bissau

X

GY

Guyana

HM

Heard Island and McDonald Islands

HN

Honduras

X

HT

Haiti

X

ID

Indonesia

S-III

Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes

IN

India

S-XI(a)

Textiles

IO

British Indian Ocean Territory

IQ

Iraq

IR

Iran

JM

Jamaica

JO

Jordan

KE

Kenya

KG

Kyrgyzstan

KH

Cambodia

X

KI

Kiribati

X

KM

Comoros

X

KN

St Kitts and Nevis

KW

Kuwait

KY

Cayman Islands

KZ

Kazakhstan

LA

Lao People’s Democratic Republic

X

LB

Lebanon

LC

St Lucia

LK

Sri Lanka

X

LR

Liberia

X

LS

Lesotho

X

LY

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

MA

Morocco

MG

Madagascar

X

MH

Marshall Islands

ML

Mali

X

MM

Myanmar

X

MN

Mongolia

X

MO

Macao

MP

Northern Mariana Islands

MR

Mauritania

X

MS

Montserrat

MU

Mauritius

MV

Maldives

X

MW

Malawi

X

MX

Mexico

MY

Malaysia

S-III

Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes

MZ

Mozambique

X

NA

Namibia

NC

New Caledonia

NE

Niger

X

NF

Norfolk Island

NG

Nigeria

NI

Nicaragua

X

NP

Nepal

X

NR

Nauru

NU

Niue

OM

Oman

PA

Panama

PE

Peru

X

PF

French Polynesia

PG

Papua New Guinea

PH

Philippines

PK

Pakistan

PM

St Pierre and Miquelon

PN

Pitcairn

PW

Palau

PY

Paraguay

X

QA

Qatar

RU

Russian Federation

RW

Rwanda

X

SA

Saudi Arabia

SB

Solomon Islands

X

SC

Seychelles

SD

Sudan

X

SH

Saint Helena

SL

Sierra Leone

X

SN

Senegal

X

SO

Somalia

X

SR

Suriname

ST

São Tomé and Príncipe

X

SV

El Salvador

X

SY

Syrian Arab Republic

SZ

Swaziland

TC

Turks and Caicos Islands

TD

Chad

X

TF

French Southern Territories

TG

Togo

X

TH

Thailand

S-XIV

Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal, and articles thereof; imitation jewellery; coin

TJ

Tajikistan

TK

Tokelau

TL

Timor-Leste

X

TM

Turkmenistan

TN

Tunisia

TO

Tonga

TT

Trinidad and Tobago

TV

Tuvalu

X

TZ

Tanzania

X

UA

Ukraine

UG

Uganda

X

UM

United States Minor Outlying Islands

UY

Uruguay

UZ

Uzbekistan

VC

St Vincent and the Grenadines

VE

Venezuela

VG

Virgin Islands, British

VI

Virgin Islands, US

VN

Vietnam

S-XII

Footwear, headgear, umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seat-sticks, whips, riding crops and parts thereof; prepared feathers and articles made therewith; artificial flowers; articles of human hair

VU

Vanuatu

X

WF

Wallis and Futuna

WS

Samoa

X

YE

Yemen

X

YT

Mayotte

ZA

South Africa

ZM

Zambia

X

ZW

Zimbabwe’

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(1)  This list includes countries which may have been suspended temporarily from the Community's GSP or which may not have complied with the requirements for administrative cooperation (a precondition for goods to be granted the benefit of tariff preferences). The Commission or the competent authorities of the country concerned will provide an updated list.

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