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
Date: 2013-05-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten, South Sudan, generalised preferences, least-developed country, originating product, tariff preference








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30.5.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 143/11








            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.












(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.












(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.












(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.












(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
            





(1)  
            OJ L 211, 6.8.2008, p. 1.

(2)  
            OJ L 328, 28.11.2012, p. 7.




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




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




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’


 


 


 


 









(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.