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| 21.2.2013 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 48/1 |
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21.2.2013

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 48/1

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COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) No 154/2013

of 18 December 2012

amending Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council 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 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 5(3) thereof,

Whereas:

| (1) | Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 (GSP Regulation) establishes criteria for the granting of tariff preferences under the general arrangement of the Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP). Accordingly, a country that has been classified by the World Bank as a high or an upper-middle income country for three consecutive years should not benefit from such preferences. |
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(1)

Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 (GSP Regulation) establishes criteria for the granting of tariff preferences under the general arrangement of the Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP). Accordingly, a country that has been classified by the World Bank as a high or an upper-middle income country for three consecutive years should not benefit from such preferences.

| (2) | The list of beneficiary countries of the general arrangement of the GSP is established in Annex II to the GSP Regulation. |
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(2)

The list of beneficiary countries of the general arrangement of the GSP is established in Annex II to the GSP Regulation.

| (3) | The Commission has been empowered to adopt a delegated act in accordance with Article 290 TFEU to review Annex II by 1 January of each year following the entry into force of the GSP Regulation as provided in its Article 5(2). |
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(3)

The Commission has been empowered to adopt a delegated act in accordance with Article 290 TFEU to review Annex II by 1 January of each year following the entry into force of the GSP Regulation as provided in its Article 5(2).

| (4) | The Republic of Azerbaijan and the Islamic Republic of Iran have been classified by the World Bank as upper-middle income countries in 2010, 2011 and 2012. |
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(4)

The Republic of Azerbaijan and the Islamic Republic of Iran have been classified by the World Bank as upper-middle income countries in 2010, 2011 and 2012.

| (5) | The Republic of Azerbaijan and the Islamic Republic of Iran should be removed from the list of the beneficiary countries of a general arrangement of the GSP and Annex II to the GSP Regulation should be amended accordingly, |
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(5)

The Republic of Azerbaijan and the Islamic Republic of Iran should be removed from the list of the beneficiary countries of a general arrangement of the GSP and Annex II to the GSP Regulation should be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 is replaced by 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 as from one year after the date of entry into force of this Regulation.

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

Done at Brussels, 18 December 2012.

For the Commission

The President

José Manuel BARROSO

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

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX II

Beneficiary countries
   (1)
  of the general arrangement referred to in point (a) of Article 1(2)

| Column A | : | alphabetical code, in accordance with the nomenclature of countries and territories for the Union external trade statistics |
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| Column B | : | name |

Column A

:

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

Column B

:

name

| A | B |
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| AF | Afghanistan |
| AM | Armenia |
| AO | Angola |
| BD | Bangladesh |
| BF | Burkina Faso |
| BI | Burundi |
| BJ | Benin |
| BO | Bolivia |
| BT | Bhutan |
| CD | Congo, Democratic Republic of |
| CF | Central African Republic |
| CG | Congo |
| CK | Cook Islands |
| CN | China, People’s Republic of |
| CO | Colombia |
| CR | Costa Rica |
| CV | Cape Verde |
| DJ | Djibouti |
| EC | Ecuador |
| ER | Eritrea |
| ET | Ethiopia |
| FM | Micronesia, Federated States of |
| GE | Georgia |
| GM | Gambia |
| GN | Guinea |
| GQ | Equatorial Guinea |
| GT | Guatemala |
| GW | Guinea-Bissau |
| HN | Honduras |
| HT | Haiti |
| ID | Indonesia |
| IN | India |
| IQ | Iraq |
| KG | Kyrgyz Republic |
| KH | Cambodia |
| KI | Kiribati |
| KM | Comoros |
| LA | Lao People’s Democratic Republic |
| LK | Sri Lanka |
| LR | Liberia |
| LS | Lesotho |
| MG | Madagascar |
| MH | Marshall Islands |
| ML | Mali |
| MM | Burma/Myanmar |
| MN | Mongolia |
| MR | Mauritania |
| MV | Maldives |
| MW | Malawi |
| MZ | Mozambique |
| NE | Niger |
| NG | Nigeria |
| NI | Nicaragua |
| NP | Nepal |
| NR | Nauru |
| NU | Niue |
| PA | Panama |
| PE | Peru |
| PH | Philippines |
| PK | Pakistan |
| PY | Paraguay |
| RW | Rwanda |
| SB | Solomon Islands |
| SD | Sudan |
| SL | Sierra Leone |
| SN | Senegal |
| SO | Somalia |
| ST | São Tomé and Príncipe |
| SV | El Salvador |
| SY | Syrian Arab Republic |
| TD | Chad |
| TG | Togo |
| TH | Thailand |
| TJ | Tajikistan |
| TL | Timor-Leste |
| TM | Turkmenistan |
| TO | Tonga |
| TV | Tuvalu |
| TZ | Tanzania |
| UA | Ukraine |
| UG | Uganda |
| UZ | Uzbekistan |
| VN | Vietnam |
| VU | Vanuatu |
| WS | Samoa |
| YE | Yemen |
| ZM | Zambia |

A

B

AF

Afghanistan

AM

Armenia

AO

Angola

BD

Bangladesh

BF

Burkina Faso

BI

Burundi

BJ

Benin

BO

Bolivia

BT

Bhutan

CD

Congo, Democratic Republic of

CF

Central African Republic

CG

Congo

CK

Cook Islands

CN

China, People’s Republic of

CO

Colombia

CR

Costa Rica

CV

Cape Verde

DJ

Djibouti

EC

Ecuador

ER

Eritrea

ET

Ethiopia

FM

Micronesia, Federated States of

GE

Georgia

GM

Gambia

GN

Guinea

GQ

Equatorial Guinea

GT

Guatemala

GW

Guinea-Bissau

HN

Honduras

HT

Haiti

ID

Indonesia

IN

India

IQ

Iraq

KG

Kyrgyz Republic

KH

Cambodia

KI

Kiribati

KM

Comoros

LA

Lao People’s Democratic Republic

LK

Sri Lanka

LR

Liberia

LS

Lesotho

MG

Madagascar

MH

Marshall Islands

ML

Mali

MM

Burma/Myanmar

MN

Mongolia

MR

Mauritania

MV

Maldives

MW

Malawi

MZ

Mozambique

NE

Niger

NG

Nigeria

NI

Nicaragua

NP

Nepal

NR

Nauru

NU

Niue

PA

Panama

PE

Peru

PH

Philippines

PK

Pakistan

PY

Paraguay

RW

Rwanda

SB

Solomon Islands

SD

Sudan

SL

Sierra Leone

SN

Senegal

SO

Somalia

ST

São Tomé and Príncipe

SV

El Salvador

SY

Syrian Arab Republic

TD

Chad

TG

Togo

TH

Thailand

TJ

Tajikistan

TL

Timor-Leste

TM

Turkmenistan

TO

Tonga

TV

Tuvalu

TZ

Tanzania

UA

Ukraine

UG

Uganda

UZ

Uzbekistan

VN

Vietnam

VU

Vanuatu

WS

Samoa

YE

Yemen

ZM

Zambia

Beneficiary countries of the general arrangement referred to in point (a) of Article 1(2) which have been temporarily withdrawn from that arrangement, in respect of all or of certain products originating in these countries

| Column A | : | alphabetical code, in accordance with the nomenclature of countries and territories for the Union external trade statistics |
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| Column B | : | name |

Column A

:

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

Column B

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name

| A | B |
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| MM | Burma/Myanmar’ |

A

B

MM

Burma/Myanmar’

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(1)  This list includes countries for which preferences may have been temporarily withdrawn or suspended. The Commission or the competent authorities of the country concerned will be able to provide an updated list.

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