Commission Regulation (EU) No 1236/2009

of 10 December 2009

amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 732/2008 applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences for the period from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2011

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 732/2008 of 22 July 2008 applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences for the period from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2011 and amending Regulations (EC) No 552/97, (EC) No 1933/2006 and Commission Regulations (EC) No 1100/2006 and (EC) No 964/2007 [1], and in particular Article 25 thereof,

After consulting the Generalised Preferences Committee,

Whereas:

(1) Commission Decision 2008/938/EC of 9 December 2008 [2] as amended by Decision 2009/454/EC [3], has established the list of the beneficiary countries which qualify for the special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance provided for in Regulation (EC) No 732/2008 from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2011.

(2) Column E of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 732/2008 should include information on the beneficiary countries of the special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance. Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 732/2008 should therefore be amended accordingly,

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 third day following its publication 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, 10 December 2009.

For the Commission

The President

José Manuel Barroso

[1] OJ L 211, 6.8.2008, p. 1.

[2] OJ L 334, 12.12.2008, p. 90.

[3] OJ L 149, 12.6.2009, p. 78.

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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 |

AN | Netherlands Antilles | | | | |

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 |

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; basketware 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 | C?te 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 | |

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 | | | 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 | | | | |

ST | S?o Tomé and Príncipe | | | X | |

SV | El Salvador | | | | X |

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.

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