Council Regulation (EC) No 815/2003 of 8 May 2003 implementing Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 2501/2001 applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences for the period from 1 January 2002 to 31 December 2004
Date: 2003-05-08
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: developing countries, drug addiction, environmental protection, generalised preferences, labour law, originating product, third country

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 815/2003

of 8 May 2003

implementing Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 2501/2001 applying a scheme of generalised tariff
preferences for the period from 1 January 2002 to 31 December 2004

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2501/2001 of 10
December 2001 applying a scheme of generalised tariff prefer-
ences for the period from 1 January 2002 to 31 December
2004 (1), and in particular Article 12(5) and (8) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

a decrease of at least 3 % of its real gross domestic
product, has been met by Argentina, Uruguay and Vene-
zuela in respect of the most recent 12-month period for
which data are available.

(7)

The Committee referred to in Article 37 of Regulation
(EC) No 2501/2001 did not deliver an opinion in favour
of the proposed Commission Regulation submitted by
that Institution with regard to measures to be taken
pursuant to Article 12 of that Regulation,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

The tariff preferences referred to in Articles 7 and 10 of
Regulation (EC) No 2501/2001 should be removed in
respect of products, originating in a beneficiary country,
of a sector which has met, during three consecutive
years, either of the criteria laid down in that Regulation.

Tariff preferences which had been removed under
previous schemes, should be re-established in respect of
a sector that has not met, during three consecutive years,
the criteria referred to in that Regulation.

The most recent and complete statistics available to
establish which sectors meet the conditions laid down in
Regulation (EC) No 2501/2001 are those for the years
1997 to 1999.

The date of application of this Regulation should be set
taking into account the necessity for economic operators
to adapt to the new customs duties thus established.

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2501/2001 should be
replaced in order to reflect the removal or re-establish-
ment of tariff preferences provided for in Articles 7 and
10,

The condition in Article 12(8) of Regulation (EC) No
2501/2001, whereby the removal of tariff preferences
does not apply in cases where a beneficiary country faces

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The tariff preferences provided for in Articles 7 and 10 of
1.
Regulation (EC) No 2501/2001 shall be removed by 50 % with
effect from 1 November 2003 and by 100 % with effect from 1
May 2004, in respect of products originating in the beneficiary
countries listed in Annex I to this Regulation, falling under the
sectors mentioned in that Annex alongside each country
concerned.

2.
The tariff preferences provided for in Articles 7 and 10 of
Regulation (EC) No 2501/2001 shall be re-established with
effect from 1 January 2003 in respect of products originating
in the beneficiary countries listed in Annex II to this Regula-
tion, falling under the sectors mentioned in that Annex along-
side each country concerned.

Annex I

3.
replaced by Annex III to this Regulation.

to Regulation (EC) No 2501/2001 shall be

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publica-
tion 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, 8 May 2003.

For the Council

The President

M. CHRISOCHOÏDIS

(1) OJ L 346, 31.12.2001, p. 1.

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ANNEX I

Sectors in respect of which tariff preferences shall be removed

Country code

Beneficiary country

Sector

Description

BR

CN

CO

CR

KW

MA

MU

MX

TH

TN

Brazil

People's Republic of China

Colombia

Costa Rica

Kuwait

Morocco

Mauritius

Mexico

Thailand

Tunisia

XIX

III
XVI
XX
XXVIII
XXIX
XXXII

V

V

XIII

XV

XXII

XI
XIV
XXIV

XXIX

XV

XXII

Wood

Edible products of animal origin
Plastics and rubber
Paper
Electro-mechanics
Consumer electronics
Optical and clocks

Trees, plants, cut flowers, edible vegetables and nuts

Trees, plants, cut flowers, edible vegetables and nuts

Mineral products

Fertilisers

Clothing

Edible preparations of meat or fish and beverages
Chemicals except fertilisers
Glass and ceramic

Consumer electronics

Fertilisers

Clothing

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ANNEX II

Sectors in respect of which tariff preferences shall be re-established

Country
code

Beneficiary country

Sector

Description

AR

BR

CL

KZ

MX

MY

RU

TH

Argentina

Brazil

Chile

Kazakhstan

Mexico

Malaysia

Russian Federation

Thailand

III

XI

Edible products of animal origin

Edible preparations and beverages

XXX

Transport equipment

IX

XV

XV

XXV

XXVII

III

V

VII

XXII

XXVII

V

XXII

Lac, gums and resins

Fertilisers

Fertilisers

Jewellery and precious metals

Base metals and articles of base metal, other than products of
sector

Edible products of animal origin

Trees, plants, cut flowers, edible vegetables and nuts

Cereals and malt and starches

Clothing

Base metals and articles of base metal, other than products of
sector XXVI

Trees, plants, cut flowers, edible vegetables and nuts

Clothing

XXXIII

Miscellaneous

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ANNEX III

‘ANNEX I

Beneficiary countries and territories of the Community's scheme of generalised tariff preferences

Column A: code according to the nomenclature of countries and territories for the external trade statistics of the

Community

Column B: name of country

Column C:

sectors not included in the general arrangements for the beneficiary country concerned (Article 7(7))

Column D: sectors in respect of which tariff preferences have been removed for the beneficiary country concerned

(Article 7(8) and Article 10(3))

Column E:

countries included in the special incentive arrangements for the protection of labour rights (Title III, Section
1)

Column F:

sectors included in these arrangements for the beneficiary country concerned (Article 8(1) and (2))

Column G: countries included in the special incentive arrangements for the protection of the environment (Title III,

Section 2)

Column H: countries included in the special arrangements for least developed countries (Article 9)

Column I:

countries included in the special arrangements to combat drug production and trafficking (Title IV)

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

AE

AF

AG

AI

United Arab Emirates

Afghanistan

Antigua and Barbuda

Anguilla

AM

Armenia

II, XXVI

I, XVII

II, XXVI

AN

AO

AQ

AR

AS

Netherlands Antilles

Angola

Antarctica

Argentina

American Samoa

AW

Aruba

AZ

BB

BD

BF

BH

BI

BJ

Azerbaijan

Barbados

Bangladesh

Burkina Faso

Bahrain

Burundi

Benin

I

H

X

X

X

X

X

X

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C

D

E

F

G

H

I

A

BM

BN

BO

BR

BS

BT

BV

Bermuda

Brunei Darussalam

XXV

Bolivia

Brazil

Bahamas

Bhutan

Bouvet Island

I, VI, IX, XI, XII, XVII, XIX,
XX, XXIII, XXVI

BW

Botswana

BY

BZ

CC

CD

CF

CG

CI

CK

CL

CM

CN

CO

CR

CU

CV

CX

CY

DJ

II, XXVI

XV

Belarus

Belize

Cocos
Islands)

Islands

(or Keeling

Democratic Republic of Congo

Central African Republic

Congo

Côte d'Ivoire

Cook Islands

Chile

Cameroon

People's Republic of China

XXVI (1)

Colombia

Costa Rica

Cuba

Cape Verde

Christmas Islands

Cyprus

Djibouti

V

III, IV, VIII, XIV, XVI, XVIII,
XX, XXII, XXIII, XXIV,
XXVII,
XXIX,
XXVIII,
XXXII, XXXIII

V

V

DM

Dominica

DO

DZ

EC

EG

ER

ET

Dominican Republic

Algeria

Ecuador

Egypt

Eritrea

Ethiopia

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

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C

D

E

F

G

H

I

A

FJ

FK

FM

GA

GD

GE

Fiji

Falklands Islands

Federated States of Micronesia

Gabon

Grenada

Georgia

GH

Ghana

GI

GL

Gibraltar

Greenland

GM

Gambia

GN

Guinea

GQ

Equatorial Guinea

GS

GT

GU

South Georgia
Sandwich Islands

and

South

Guatemala

Guam

GW

Guinea-Bissau

GY

Guyana

HM

HN

HT

ID

IN

IO

IQ

IR

JM

JO

KE

KG

KH

KI

Heard Island and McDonald
Islands

Honduras

Haiti

Indonesia

India

British Indian Ocean Territory

Iraq

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Jamaica

Jordan

Kenya

Kyrgyzstan

Cambodia

Kiribati

KM

Comoros

II, XXVI

II

II, XXVI

X, XIX, XXIII

XVII, XVIII, XXI

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

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EN

B

KN

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D

E

F

G

H

I

KW

Kuwait

XIII

KY

KZ

LA

LB

LC

LK

LR

LS

LY

MA

MD

MG

MH

ML

Cayman Islands

Kazakhstan

II, XXVI

People's

Lao
Republic

Democratic

Lebanon

St Lucia

Sri Lanka

Liberia

Lesotho

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

Morocco

XIII

XV

Moldova (Republic of)

II, XXVI

X

All except II and XXVI

Madagascar

Marshall Islands

Mali

XXII

XXII

XI, XIV, XXIV, XXVI

X, XVI, XIX, XXIX

MM

Myanmar

MN

Mongolia

MO

Macao

MP

MR

MS

MU

MV

Northern Mariana Islands

Mauritania

Montserrat

Mauritius

Maldives

MW Malawi

MX

MY

MZ

NA

NC

NE

NF

Mexico

Malaysia

Mozambique

Namibia

New Caledonia

Niger

Norfolk Island

NG

Nigeria

NI

Nicaragua

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

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D

E

F

G

X

XVII, XVIII, XXI

EN

B

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NP

NR

NU

Nepal

Nauru

Niue Island

OM

Oman

PA

PE

PF

PG

PH

PK

PM

PN

Panama

Peru

French Polynesia

Papua New Guinea

Philippines

Pakistan

St Pierre and Miquelon

Pitcairn

PW

Palau

PY

QA

RU

Paraguay

Qatar

Russian Federation

II, XXVI

XIII, XV

RW

Rwanda

XIII

SA

SB

SC

SD

SH

SL

SN

SO

SR

ST

SV

SY

SZ

TC

TD

TF

TG

Saudi Arabia

Solomon Islands

Seychelles

Sudan

Santa Helena

Sierra Leone

Senegal

Somalia

Suriname

São Tomé and Príncipe

El Salvador

Syrian Arab Republic

Swaziland

Turks and Caicos Islands

Chad

French Southern territories

Togo

I

X

X

X

X

H

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

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TH

Thailand

EN

B

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C

D

E

F

G

H

I

II, XI, XVI, XVIII, XXIII,
XXV, XXIX

II, XXVI

II, XXVI

XV, XXII

II, XXVI

VIII, XV

Tajikistan

Tokelau Islands

Turkmenistan

Tunisia

Tonga

East Timor

Trinidad and Tobago

Tuvalu

Tanzania (United Republic of)

Ukraine

Uganda

United States minor outlying
islands

I

II, XXVI

and Northern

Uruguay

Uzbekistan

St Vincent
Grenadines

Venezuela

Virgin Islands (British)

Virgin Islands (USA)

Viet Nam

Vanuatu

Wallis and Futuna

Samoa

Yemen

Mayotte

South Africa

Zambia

XXVI

TJ

TK

TM

TN

TO

TP

TT

TV

TZ

UA

UG

UM

UY

UZ

VC

VE

VG

VI

VN

VU

WF

WS

YE

YT

ZA

ZM

ZW

Zimbabwe

(1) Only the products of sector XXVI which are underlined in Annex III are not included for the People's Republic of China, pursuant to Article 7(7).’

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X