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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

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 496/2013of 29 May 2013amending 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 964/2007OJ L 211, 6.8.2008, p. 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 territoriesOJ L 328, 28.11.2012, p. 7. 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 1Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 732/2008 is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2This 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 CommissionThe PresidentJosé Manuel BarrosoANNEX"ANNEX IBeneficiary countriesThis 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.and territories of the Community’s scheme of generalised tariff preferencesColumn Aalphabetical code, in accordance with the nomenclature of countries and territories for the external trade statistics of the CommunityColumn Bname of the country or territoryColumn Csection(s) in respect of which the tariff preferences have been removed, for the beneficiary country concerned (Article 13)Column Dcountry included in the special arrangement for the least developed countries (Article 11)Column Ecountry 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
BR	Brazil	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"