Commission Regulation (EC) No 2331/2003 of 23 December 2003 implementing Article 12 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2501/2001 applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences for the period 1 January 2002 to 31 December 2004 and amending that Regulation
Date: 2003-12-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: generalised preferences, originating product, third country

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2331/2003

of 23 December 2003

implementing Article 12 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2501/2001 applying a scheme of general-
ised tariff preferences for the period 1 January 2002 to 31 December 2004 and amending that
Regulation

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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 1 January 2002 to 31 December 2004 (1),
and in particular Article 12 thereof,

(6)

(7)

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 measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of the Generalised Prefer-
ences Committee,

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

The tariff preferences provided for 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 Article 12(1) of
that Regulation.

Tariff preferences which had been removed under
previous schemes and under Council Regulation (EC) No
815/2003 (2), should be re-established in respect of a
sector that has not met, during three consecutive years,
the criteria laid down in Article 12(2) of Regulation (EC)
No 2501/2001.

The condition in Article 12(3) of Regulation (EC) No
2501/2001, whereby paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 12
do not apply to beneficiary countries whose exports to
the Community account
for less than the threshold
mentioned in that condition, has been met by Argentina,
Iran and Uruguay.

Tariff preferences which had been removed under
previous schemes and under Regulation (EC) No 815/
2003, should be re-established in respect of sectors of all
beneficiary countries whose exports to the Community
account for less than the threshold mentioned in Article
12(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2501/2001.

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

Article 1

1.
The tariff preferences provided for in Articles 7 and 10 of
Regulation (EC) No 2501/2001 shall be removed according to
Article 12(1) of that Regulation in respect of products origin-
ating in the beneficiary countries listed in Annex I to this Regu-
lation, falling under the sectors mentioned in that Annex along-
side each country concerned.

The tariff preferences provided for in Articles 7 and 10 of
2.
Regulation (EC) No 2501/2001 shall be
re-established
according to Article 12(2) of that Regulation in respect of
products originating in the beneficiary countries listed in
Annex II to this Regulation, falling under the sectors mentioned
in that Annex alongside each country concerned.

3.
The tariff preferences which had been removed under
previous schemes and under Regulation (EC) No 815/2003,
shall be re-established according to Article 12(3) of Regulation
(EC) No 2501/2001 in respect of all beneficiary countries listed
in Annex II to this Regulation.

Article 2

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2501/2001 shall be replaced by
the text set out in Annex III to this Regulation.

Article 3

(1) OJ L 346, 31.12.2001, p. 1; Regulation as last amended by Council

Regulation (EC) No 2211/2003 (OJ L 332, 19.12.2003, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 116, 13.5.2003, p. 3.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2005.

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

Done at Brussels, 23 December 2003.

For the Commission

Pascal LAMY

Member of the Commission

ANNEX I

Sectors in respect of which tariff preferences shall be removed

Country code

Beneficiary country

Sector

Description

BR

CN

MX

PK

RU

TH

Brazil

XXXIV

Other base metals and articles of base metal

People's Republic of China

Mexico

Pakistan

XXV

XXXI

XXII

Jewellery and precious metals

Automobiles

Clothing

Russian Federation

XXXIV

Other base metals and articles of base metal

Thailand

XXIV

Glass and ceramic

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ANNEX II

— Sectors in respect of which tariff preferences shall be re-established in application of Article 12(2) of Regu-

lation (EC) No 2501/2001

Country code

Beneficiary country

Sector

Description

BR

IN

TH

Brazil

India

Thailand

XXIII

XVII

XVIII

Footwear

Leather, raw hides and skins

Articles of leather and fur skins

— Countries in respect of which all tariff preferences previously removed shall be re-established in application

of Article 12(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2501/2001

Argentina

Brunei Darussalam

Belarus

Chile

Colombia

Costa Rica

Iran

Kuwait

Macao

Mauritius

Philippines

Ukraine

Uruguay

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

ANNEX III

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

munity

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
Section1)

incentive arrangements for the protection of labour rights (Title III

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

H

I

AE

United Arab Emirates

AF

Afghanistan

AG

Antigua and Barbuda

AI

Anguilla

AM Armenia

AN

Netherlands Antilles

AO

Angola

AQ

Antarctica

AR

Argentina

AS

American Samoa

AW Aruba

II, XXVI

AZ

Azerbaijan

II, XXVI

BB

Barbados

BD

Bangladesh

BF

Burkina Faso

BH

Bahrain

BI

BJ

Burundi

Benin

BM Bermuda

X

X

X

X

X

X

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C

D

E

F

G

H

I

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

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A

EN

B

BN

Brunei Darussalam (1)

BO

Bolivia

BR

Brazil

BS

Bahamas

BT

Bhutan

BV

Bouvet Island

BW Botswana

II, XXVI

BY

Belarus

BZ

Belize

CC

Cocos
Islands)

Islands

(or Keeling

CD

Democratic Republic of Congo

CF

Central African Republic

CG

Congo

CI

Côte d'Ivoire

CK

Cook Islands

CL

Chile

CM Cameroon

CN

People's Republic of China

XXVI (2)

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

CO

Colombia

CR

Costa Rica

CU

Cuba

CV

Cape Verde

CX

Christmas Islands

DJ

Djibouti

DM Dominica

DO

Dominican Republic

DZ

Algeria

EC

Ecuador

EG

Egypt

ER

Eritrea

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

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D

E

F

G

I

H

X

II, XXVI

II

X, XIX, XXIII

XVIII, XXI

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

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A

EN

B

ET

Ethiopia

FJ

Fiji

FK

Falklands Islands

FM

Federated States of Micronesia

GA

Gabon

GD

Grenada

GE

Georgia

GH

Ghana

GI

Gibraltar

GL

Greenland

GM Gambia

GN

Guinea

GQ

Equatorial Guinea

GS

South Georgia
Sandwich Islands

and

South

GT

Guatemala

GU

Guam

GW Guinea-Bissau

GY

Guyana

HM Heard Island and McDonald

Islands

HN

Honduras

HT

Haiti

ID

IN

IO

IQ

Indonesia

India

British Indian Ocean Territory

Iraq

IR

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

JM

Jamaica

JO

Jordan

KE

Kenya

KG

Kyrgyzstan

II, XXVI

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D

E

F

G

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B

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KH

Cambodia

KI

Kiribati

KM Comoros

KN

St Kitts and Nevis

KW Kuwait

KY

Cayman Islands

KZ

Kazakhstan

II, XXVI

LA

People's

Lao
Republic

Democratic

LB

Lebanon

LC

LK

LR

St Lucia

Sri Lanka

Liberia

LS

Lesotho

LY

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (1)

MA Morocco

XIII

XV

MD Moldova (Republic of)

II, XXVI

X

All except II and XXVI

MG Madagascar

MH Marshall Islands

ML Mali

MM Myanmar

MN Mongolia

MO Macao

MP

Northern Mariana Islands

MR Mauritania

MS Montserrat

MU Mauritius

MV Maldives

MW Malawi

MX Mexico

MY Malaysia

MZ Mozambique

NA

Namibia

XI, XIV, XXIV, XXVI, XXXI

X, XVI, XIX, XXIX

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H

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

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D

E

F

G

H

I

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A

EN

B

NC

New Caledonia

NE

NF

Niger

Norfolk Island

NG

Nigeria

NI

Nicaragua

NP

Nepal

NR

Nauru

NU

Niue Island

OM Oman

PA

Panama

PE

PF

PG

PH

PK

Peru

French Polynesia

Papua New Guinea

Philippines

Pakistan

PM St Pierre and Miquelon

PN

Pitcairn

PW Palau

PY

Paraguay

QA

Qatar

XVII, XVIII, XXI, XXII

RU

Russian Federation

II, XXVI

XIII, XV, XXXIV

XIII

RW Rwanda

SA

Saudi Arabia

SB

SC

SD

SH

Solomon Islands

Seychelles

Sudan

Santa Helena

SL

Sierra Leone

SN

Senegal

SO

Somalia

SR

ST

SV

SY

SZ

Suriname

São Tomé and Príncipe

El Salvador

Syrian Arab Republic

Swaziland

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

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D

E

F

G

H

I

A

TC

TD

TF

TG

TH

TJ

TK

TL

Turks and Caicos Islands

Chad

French Southern territories

Togo

Thailand

Tajikistan

Tokelau Islands

East Timor

II, XI, XVI, XXIII, XXIV,
XXV, XXIX

II, XXVI

XV, XXII

TM Turkmenistan

II, XXVI

II, XXVI

II, XXVI

TN

TO

TT

TV

TZ

Tunisia

Tonga

Trinidad and Tobago

Tuvalu

Tanzania (United Republic of)

UA

Ukraine

UG

Uganda

UM United States Minor outlying

islands

Uruguay

Uzbekistan

St Vincent
Grenadines

UY

UZ

VC

VE

Venezuela

and Northern

VG

Virgin Islands (British)

VI

Virgin Islands (USA)

VN

VU

Vietnam

Vanuatu

WF Wallis and Futuna

WS

Samoa

YE

YT

Yemen

Mayotte

ZA

South Africa

XXVI

ZM Zambia

ZW Zimbabwe

(1) Beneficiary country without development index.
(2) 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

X

X