# L_2016062EN.01000901.xml

| 9.3.2016 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 62/9 |
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9.3.2016

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 62/9

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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2016/330

of 8 March 2016

suspending the tariff preferences for certain GSP beneficiary countries in respect of certain GSP sections in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences for the period of 2017-2019

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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

Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 732/2008 (1), and in particular Article 8(3) thereof,

Whereas:

| (1) | In accordance with Article 8(1) of Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 the tariff preferences of the general arrangement of the generalised scheme of preferences (GSP) are to be suspended in respect of products of a GSP section originating in a GSP beneficiary country when the average value of Union imports of such products over three consecutive years from that GSP beneficiary country exceeds the thresholds listed in Annex VI of that Regulation. |
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(1)

In accordance with Article 8(1) of Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 the tariff preferences of the general arrangement of the generalised scheme of preferences (GSP) are to be suspended in respect of products of a GSP section originating in a GSP beneficiary country when the average value of Union imports of such products over three consecutive years from that GSP beneficiary country exceeds the thresholds listed in Annex VI of that Regulation.

| (2) | Pursuant to Article 8(2) of Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 and based on trade statistics concerning calendar years 2009-2011, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1213/2012 (2) established the list of product sections for which the tariff preferences were suspended from 1 January 2014 until 31 December 2016. |
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(2)

Pursuant to Article 8(2) of Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 and based on trade statistics concerning calendar years 2009-2011, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1213/2012 (2) established the list of product sections for which the tariff preferences were suspended from 1 January 2014 until 31 December 2016.

| (3) | In line with Article 8(3) of Regulation (EU) No 978/2012, the Commission should, every three years, review that list through an implementing act to suspend or re-establish the tariff preferences. The revised list should apply for three years as of 1 January 2017. The list is based on trade statistics concerning calendar years 2012-2014 as available on 1 September 2015 and takes into account imports from GSP beneficiary countries listed in Annex II of Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 as applicable on that date. However, the value of imports from GSP beneficiaries which, as from 1 January 2017, no longer benefit from the tariff preferences under point (b) of Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 is not taken into account. |
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(3)

In line with Article 8(3) of Regulation (EU) No 978/2012, the Commission should, every three years, review that list through an implementing act to suspend or re-establish the tariff preferences. The revised list should apply for three years as of 1 January 2017. The list is based on trade statistics concerning calendar years 2012-2014 as available on 1 September 2015 and takes into account imports from GSP beneficiary countries listed in Annex II of Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 as applicable on that date. However, the value of imports from GSP beneficiaries which, as from 1 January 2017, no longer benefit from the tariff preferences under point (b) of Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 is not taken into account.

| (4) | The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Generalised Preferences Committee, |
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(4)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Generalised Preferences Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The list of products of GSP sections for which the tariff preferences referred to in Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 are suspended in respect of the GSP beneficiary countries concerned is established in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 1 January 2017 until 31 December 2019.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 8 March 2016.

For the Commission

The President

Jean-Claude JUNCKER

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(1)  
  OJ L 303, 31.10.2012, p. 1.

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(2)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1213/2012 of 17 December 2012 suspending the tariff preferences for certain GSP beneficiary countries in respect of certain GSP sections in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences (OJ L 348, 18.12.2012, p. 11).

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ANNEX

The list of GSP sections for which the tariff preferences referred to in Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 are suspended in respect of a GSP beneficiary country concerned:

Column A
  : name of country

Column B
  : GSP section (Article 2(j) of GSP Regulation)

Column C
  : description

| A | B | C |
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| India | S-5 | Mineral products |
| S-6a | Inorganic and organic chemicals |
| S-11a | Textiles |
| S-14 | Pearls and precious metals |
| S-15a | Iron, steel and articles of iron and steel |
| S-15b | Base metals (excl. iron and steel), articles of base metals (excl. articles of iron and steel) |
| S-17b | Motor vehicles, bicycles, aircraft and spacecraft, ships and boats |
| Indonesia | S-1a | Live animals and animal products excluding fish |
| S-3 | Animal or vegetable oils, fats and waxes |
| Kenya | S-2a | Live plants and floricultural products |
| Ukraine | S-17a | Railway and tramway vehicles and products |
| S-3 | Animal or vegetable oils, fats and waxes |

A

B

C

India

S-5

Mineral products

S-6a

Inorganic and organic chemicals

S-11a

Textiles

S-14

Pearls and precious metals

S-15a

Iron, steel and articles of iron and steel

S-15b

Base metals (excl. iron and steel), articles of base metals (excl. articles of iron and steel)

S-17b

Motor vehicles, bicycles, aircraft and spacecraft, ships and boats

Indonesia

S-1a

Live animals and animal products excluding fish

S-3

Animal or vegetable oils, fats and waxes

Kenya

S-2a

Live plants and floricultural products

Ukraine

S-17a

Railway and tramway vehicles and products

S-3

Animal or vegetable oils, fats and waxes

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