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30.5.2013 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
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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
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
(6) Commission
Regulation
(EU)
No
1106/2012
of
27 November 2012 implementing Regulation (EC) No
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
471/2009 of the European Parliament and of the
Union and in particular Article 207 thereof,
Council on Community statistics relating to external
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 732/2008 of
trade with non-member countries, as regards the
22 July 2008 applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences
update of the nomenclature of countries and terri
from 1 January 2009 and amending Regulations (EC) No
tories ( 2 ) deleted Netherlands Antilles from and included
552/97, (EC) No 1933/2006 and Commission Regulations
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Curaao, Sint Maarten
(EC) No 1100/2006 and (EC) No 964/2007 ( 1 ) (GSP Regu
(Dutch part) and South Sudan in the version of nomen
lation), and in particular Article 25 thereof,
clature of countries and territories for the external trade
statistics of the Union and statistics of trade between
Whereas:
Member States which is valid as from 1 January 2013.
(1) Recital
12
of
Regulation
(EC)
No
732/2008
provides
that (7) Accordingly
Annex
I
to
the
GSP
Regulation
should
be
the special arrangement for the least-developed countries
amended as follows. Netherlands Antilles should be
should continue to grant duty-free access to the
deleted from Column B of Annex I to the GSP Regu
Community market for products originating in the
lation. South Sudan, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba,
least-developed countries, as recognised and classified
Curaao and Sint Maarten (Dutch part) should be
by the UN.
included in Column B of Annex I to the GSP Regulation.
(2)
In accordance with point (b) of Article 25 of the GSP
South Sudan should be also included in Column D of
Regulation the Commission shall adopt amendments
Annex I to the GSP Regulation, as country included in
made necessary by change in the international status or
the special arrangement for the least developed countries.
classification of countries or territories.
(8) The
measures
provided
for
in
this
Regulation
are
in
(3)
The Republic of South Sudan (hereinafter South Soudan)
accordance with the opinion of the Generalised Pref
has become an independent State. On 14 July 2011 the
erences Committee,
General Assembly of United Nations adopted Resolution
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
A/RES/65/308 admitting South Sudan to membership in
the United Nations.
Article 1
(4) On
18
December
2012
the
General
Assembly
of
United Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 732/2008 is replaced by the text
Nations adopted Resolution A/RES/67/136 adding South
set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
Sudan to the list of Least Developed Countries.
Article 2
(5) The
Netherlands
Antilles
have
been
dissolved.
Bonaire, This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that
Sint Eustatius and Saba, Curaao and Sint Maarten
of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
(Dutch part) are now overseas countries and territories
of the Kingdom of Netherlands.
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.

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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
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
( 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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A
B
C
D
E
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
X
of
CF Central
African
Republic
X
CG Congo
CI Cte
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

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A
B
C
D
E
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 acces
sories of such articles
S-XVII Vehicles,
aircraft,
vessels
and
associated
transport equipment
S-XVIII Optical, photographic, cinemato
graphic, 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 Curaao
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

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A
B
C
D
E
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

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A
B
C
D
E
KN St
Kitts
and
Nevis
KW Kuwait
KY Cayman
Islands
KZ Kazakhstan
LA Lao
People’s
Democratic
X
Republic
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

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A
B
C
D
E
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 So
Tomé
and
Príncipe
X
SV El
Salvador
X
SX Sint
Maarten
(Dutch
part)

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A
B
C
D
E
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

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B
C
D
E
VU Vanuatu
X
WF Wallis
and
Futuna
WS Samoa
X
YE Yemen
X
YT Mayotte
ZA South
Africa
ZM Zambia
X
ZW Zimbabwe’

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