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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


Published: 2009-12-10

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17.12.2009   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 332/38


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.


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

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

 

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

São 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.