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Document 32009R1236

    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

    OJ L 332, 17/12/2009, p. 38–45 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

    This document has been published in a special edition(s) (HR)

    Legal status of the document No longer in force, Date of end of validity: 31/12/2013; Repealed by 32012R0978

    ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2009/1236/oj

    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.


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