CELEX: 32013R0154
Language: en
Date: 2012-12-18 00:00:00
Title: 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

21.2.2013   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 48/1
            
         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.
            
         
               (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).
            
         
               (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,
            
         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
      
   
   
      (1)  OJ L 303, 31.10.2012, p. 1.
   
      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
                     
                  
                        Column B
                     
                     
                        :
                     
                     
                        name
                     
                  
                        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
                     
                  
                        Column B
                     
                     
                        :
                     
                     
                        name
                     
                  
                        A
                     
                     
                        B
                     
                  
                        MM
                     
                     
                        Burma/Myanmar’
                     
                  
      
      
         (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.