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| 30.5.2013 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 143/11 |
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30.5.2013

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 143/11

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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 496/2013

of 29 May 2013

amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 732/2008 applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and in particular Article 207 thereof,

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

Whereas:

| (1) | Recital 12 of Regulation (EC) No 732/2008 provides that the special arrangement for the least-developed countries should continue to grant duty-free access to the Community market for products originating in the least-developed countries, as recognised and classified by the UN. |
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(1)

Recital 12 of Regulation (EC) No 732/2008 provides that the special arrangement for the least-developed countries should continue to grant duty-free access to the Community market for products originating in the least-developed countries, as recognised and classified by the UN.

| (2) | In accordance with point (b) of Article 25 of the GSP Regulation the Commission shall adopt amendments made necessary by change in the international status or classification of countries or territories. |
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(2)

In accordance with point (b) of Article 25 of the GSP Regulation the Commission shall adopt amendments made necessary by change in the international status or classification of countries or territories.

| (3) | The Republic of South Sudan (hereinafter South Soudan) has become an independent State. On 14 July 2011 the General Assembly of United Nations adopted Resolution A/RES/65/308 admitting South Sudan to membership in the United Nations. |
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(3)

The Republic of South Sudan (hereinafter South Soudan) has become an independent State. On 14 July 2011 the General Assembly of United Nations adopted Resolution A/RES/65/308 admitting South Sudan to membership in the United Nations.

| (4) | On 18 December 2012 the General Assembly of United Nations adopted Resolution A/RES/67/136 adding South Sudan to the list of Least Developed Countries. |
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(4)

On 18 December 2012 the General Assembly of United Nations adopted Resolution A/RES/67/136 adding South Sudan to the list of Least Developed Countries.

| (5) | The Netherlands Antilles have been dissolved. Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten (Dutch part) are now overseas countries and territories of the Kingdom of Netherlands. |
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(5)

The Netherlands Antilles have been dissolved. Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten (Dutch part) are now overseas countries and territories of the Kingdom of Netherlands.

| (6) | Commission Regulation (EU) No 1106/2012 of 27 November 2012 implementing Regulation (EC) No 471/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on Community statistics relating to external trade with non-member countries, as regards the update of the nomenclature of countries and territories (2) deleted Netherlands Antilles from and included Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten (Dutch part) and South Sudan in the version of nomenclature of countries and territories for the external trade statistics of the Union and statistics of trade between Member States which is valid as from 1 January 2013. |
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(6)

Commission Regulation (EU) No 1106/2012 of 27 November 2012 implementing Regulation (EC) No 471/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on Community statistics relating to external trade with non-member countries, as regards the update of the nomenclature of countries and territories (2) deleted Netherlands Antilles from and included Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten (Dutch part) and South Sudan in the version of nomenclature of countries and territories for the external trade statistics of the Union and statistics of trade between Member States which is valid as from 1 January 2013.

| (7) | Accordingly Annex I to the GSP Regulation should be amended as follows. Netherlands Antilles should be deleted from Column B of Annex I to the GSP Regulation. South Sudan, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten (Dutch part) should be included in Column B of Annex I to the GSP Regulation. South Sudan should be also included in Column D of Annex I to the GSP Regulation, as country included in the special arrangement for the least developed countries. |
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(7)

Accordingly Annex I to the GSP Regulation should be amended as follows. Netherlands Antilles should be deleted from Column B of Annex I to the GSP Regulation. South Sudan, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten (Dutch part) should be included in Column B of Annex I to the GSP Regulation. South Sudan should be also included in Column D of Annex I to the GSP Regulation, as country included in the special arrangement for the least developed countries.

| (8) | The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Generalised Preferences Committee, |
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(8)

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

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 day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 1 January 2013.

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

Done at Brussels, 29 May 2013.

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 328, 28.11.2012, p. 7.

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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 |
| 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 |
| BQ | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | | | | |
| 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; basket ware 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 | |
| CW | Curaçao | | | | |
| 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/Burma | | | 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 | | | | |
| SS | South Sudan | | | X | |
| ST | São Tomé and Príncipe | | | X | |
| SV | El Salvador | | | | X |
| SX | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | | | | |
| 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

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

BQ

Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba

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; basket ware 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

CW

Curaçao

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/Burma

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

SS

South Sudan

X

ST

São Tomé and Príncipe

X

SV

El Salvador

X

SX

Sint Maarten (Dutch part)

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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