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Document 32003R2331

    Commission Regulation (EC) No 2331/2003 of 23 December 2003 implementing Article 12 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2501/2001 applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences for the period 1 January 2002 to 31 December 2004 and amending that Regulation

    OB L 346, 31.12.2003, p. 3–11 (ES, DA, DE, EL, EN, FR, IT, NL, PT, FI, SV)

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    ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2003/2331/oj

    31.12.2003   

    EN

    Official Journal of the European Union

    L 346/3


    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2331/2003

    of 23 December 2003

    implementing Article 12 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2501/2001 applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences for the period 1 January 2002 to 31 December 2004 and amending that Regulation

    THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

    Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

    Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2501/2001 of 10 December 2001 applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences for the period 1 January 2002 to 31 December 2004 (1), and in particular Article 12 thereof,

    Whereas:

    (1)

    The tariff preferences provided for in Articles 7 and 10 of Regulation (EC) No 2501/2001 should be removed in respect of products, originating in a beneficiary country, of a sector which has met, during three consecutive years, either of the criteria laid down in Article 12(1) of that Regulation.

    (2)

    Tariff preferences which had been removed under previous schemes and under Council Regulation (EC) No 815/2003 (2), should be re-established in respect of a sector that has not met, during three consecutive years, the criteria laid down in Article 12(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2501/2001.

    (3)

    The condition in Article 12(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2501/2001, whereby paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 12 do not apply to beneficiary countries whose exports to the Community account for less than the threshold mentioned in that condition, has been met by Argentina, Iran and Uruguay.

    (4)

    Tariff preferences which had been removed under previous schemes and under Regulation (EC) No 815/2003, should be re-established in respect of sectors of all beneficiary countries whose exports to the Community account for less than the threshold mentioned in Article 12(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2501/2001.

    (5)

    The most recent and complete statistics, which are those for the years 1999 to 2001, should be used in order to establish which sectors meet the conditions laid down in Regulation (EC) No 2501/2001.

    (6)

    Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2501/2001 should be replaced in order to reflect the removal or re-establishment of tariff preferences provided for in Articles 7 and 10.

    (7)

    The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Generalised Preferences Committee,

    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

    Article 1

    1.   The tariff preferences provided for in Articles 7 and 10 of Regulation (EC) No 2501/2001 shall be removed according to Article 12(1) of that Regulation in respect of products originating in the beneficiary countries listed in Annex I to this Regulation, falling under the sectors mentioned in that Annex alongside each country concerned.

    2.   The tariff preferences provided for in Articles 7 and 10 of Regulation (EC) No 2501/2001 shall be re-established according to Article 12(2) of that Regulation in respect of products originating in the beneficiary countries listed in Annex II to this Regulation, falling under the sectors mentioned in that Annex alongside each country concerned.

    3.   The tariff preferences which had been removed under previous schemes and under Regulation (EC) No 815/2003, shall be re-established according to Article 12(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2501/2001 in respect of all beneficiary countries listed in Annex II to this Regulation.

    Article 2

    Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2501/2001 shall be replaced by the text set out in Annex III to this Regulation.

    Article 3

    This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2005.

    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

    Done at Brussels, 23 December 2003.

    For the Commission

    Pascal LAMY

    Member of the Commission


    (1)  OJ L 346, 31.12.2001, p. 1; Regulation as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 2211/2003 (OJ L 332, 19.12.2003, p. 1).

    (2)  OJ L 116, 13.5.2003, p. 3.


    ANNEX I

    Sectors in respect of which tariff preferences shall be removed

    Country code

    Beneficiary country

    Sector

    Description

    BR

    Brazil

    XXXIV

    Other base metals and articles of base metal

    CN

    People's Republic of China

    XXV

    Jewellery and precious metals

    MX

    Mexico

    XXXI

    Automobiles

    PK

    Pakistan

    XXII

    Clothing

    RU

    Russian Federation

    XXXIV

    Other base metals and articles of base metal

    TH

    Thailand

    XXIV

    Glass and ceramic


    ANNEX II

    —   Sectors in respect of which tariff preferences shall be re-established in application of Article 12(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2501/2001

    Country code

    Beneficiary country

    Sector

    Description

    BR

    Brazil

    XXIII

    Footwear

    IN

    India

    XVII

    Leather, raw hides and skins

    TH

    Thailand

    XVIII

    Articles of leather and fur skins

    —   Countries in respect of which all tariff preferences previously removed shall be re-established in application of Article 12(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2501/2001

    Argentina

    Brunei Darussalam

    Belarus

    Chile

    Colombia

    Costa Rica

    Iran

    Kuwait

    Macao

    Mauritius

    Philippines

    Ukraine

    Uruguay


    ANNEX III

    Beneficiary countries and territories of the Community's scheme of generalised tariff preferences

    Column A

    :

    code according to the nomenclature of countries and territories for the external trade statistics of the Community

    Column B

    :

    name of country

    Column C

    :

    sectors not included in the general arrangements for the beneficiary country concerned (Article 7(7))

    Column D

    :

    sectors in respect of which tariff preferences have been removed for the beneficiary country concerned (Article 7(8) and Article 10(3))

    Column E

    :

    countries included in the special incentive arrangements for the protection of labour rights (Title III Section1)

    Column F

    :

    sectors included in these arrangements for the beneficiary country concerned (Article 8(1) and (2))

    Column G

    :

    countries included in the special incentive arrangements for the protection of the environment (Title III Section 2)

    Column H

    :

    countries included in the special arrangements for least developed countries (Article 9)

    Column I

    :

    countries included in the special arrangements to combat drug production and trafficking (Title IV)


    A

    B

    C

    D

    E

    F

    G

    H

    I

    AE

    United Arab Emirates

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    AF

    Afghanistan

     

     

     

     

     

    X

     

    AG

    Antigua and Barbuda

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    AI

    Anguilla

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    AM

    Armenia

    II, XXVI

     

     

     

     

     

     

    AN

    Netherlands Antilles

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    AO

    Angola

     

     

     

     

     

    X

     

    AQ

    Antarctica

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    AR

    Argentina

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    AS

    American Samoa

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    AW

    Aruba

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    AZ

    Azerbaijan

    II, XXVI

     

     

     

     

     

     

    BB

    Barbados

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    BD

    Bangladesh

     

     

     

     

     

    X

     

    BF

    Burkina Faso

     

     

     

     

     

    X

     

    BH

    Bahrain

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    BI

    Burundi

     

     

     

     

     

    X

     

    BJ

    Benin

     

     

     

     

     

    X

     

    BM

    Bermuda

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    BN

    Brunei Darussalam (1)

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    BO

    Bolivia

     

     

     

     

     

     

    X

    BR

    Brazil

     

    I, VI, IX, XI, XII, XVII, XIX, XX, XXVI, XXXIV

     

     

     

     

     

    BS

    Bahamas

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    BT

    Bhutan

     

     

     

     

     

    X

     

    BV

    Bouvet Island

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    BW

    Botswana

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    BY

    Belarus

    II, XXVI

     

     

     

     

     

     

    BZ

    Belize

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    CC

    Cocos Islands (or Keeling Islands)

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    CD

    Democratic Republic of Congo

     

     

     

     

     

    X

     

    CF

    Central African Republic

     

     

     

     

     

    X

     

    CG

    Congo

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    CI

    Côte d'Ivoire

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    CK

    Cook Islands

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    CL

    Chile

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    CM

    Cameroon

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    CN

    People's Republic of China

    XXVI (2)

    III, IV, VIII, XIV, XVI, XVIII, XX, XXII, XXIII, XXIV, XXV, XXVII, XXVIII, XXIX, XXXII, XXXIII

     

     

     

     

     

    CO

    Colombia

     

     

     

     

     

     

    X

    CR

    Costa Rica

     

     

     

     

     

     

    X

    CU

    Cuba

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    CV

    Cape Verde

     

     

     

     

     

    X

     

    CX

    Christmas Islands

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    DJ

    Djibouti

     

     

     

     

     

    X

     

    DM

    Dominica

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    DO

    Dominican Republic

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    DZ

    Algeria

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    EC

    Ecuador

     

     

     

     

     

     

    X

    EG

    Egypt

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    ER

    Eritrea

     

     

     

     

     

    X

     

    ET

    Ethiopia

     

     

     

     

     

    X

     

    FJ

    Fiji

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    FK

    Falklands Islands

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    FM

    Federated States of Micronesia

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    GA

    Gabon

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    GD

    Grenada

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    GE

    Georgia

    II, XXVI

     

     

     

     

     

     

    GH

    Ghana

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    GI

    Gibraltar

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    GL

    Greenland

    II

     

     

     

     

     

     

    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

     

    X, XIX, XXIII

     

     

     

     

     

    IN

    India

     

    XVIII, XXI

     

     

     

     

     

    IO

    British Indian Ocean Territory

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    IQ

    Iraq

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    IR

    Iran (Islamic Republic of)

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    JM

    Jamaica

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    JO

    Jordan

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    KE

    Kenya

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    KG

    Kyrgyzstan

    II, XXVI

     

     

     

     

     

     

    KH

    Cambodia

     

     

     

     

     

    X

     

    KI

    Kiribati

     

     

     

     

     

    X

     

    KM

    Comoros

     

     

     

     

     

    X

     

    KN

    St Kitts and Nevis

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    KW

    Kuwait

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    KY

    Cayman Islands

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    KZ

    Kazakhstan

    II, XXVI

     

     

     

     

     

     

    LA

    Lao People's Democratic Republic

     

     

     

     

     

    X

     

    LB

    Lebanon

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    LC

    St Lucia

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    LK

    Sri Lanka

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    LR

    Liberia

     

     

     

     

     

    X

     

    LS

    Lesotho

     

     

     

     

     

    X

     

    LY

    Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (1)

     

    XIII

     

     

     

     

     

    MA

    Morocco

     

    XV

     

     

     

     

     

    MD

    Moldova (Republic of)

    II, XXVI

     

    X

    All except II and XXVI

     

     

     

    MG

    Madagascar

     

     

     

     

     

    X

     

    MH

    Marshall Islands

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    ML

    Mali

     

     

     

     

     

    X

     

    MM

    Myanmar

     

     

     

     

     

    X

     

    MN

    Mongolia

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    MO

    Macao

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    MP

    Northern Mariana Islands

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    MR

    Mauritania

     

     

     

     

     

    X

     

    MS

    Montserrat

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    MU

    Mauritius

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    MV

    Maldives

     

     

     

     

     

    X

     

    MW

    Malawi

     

     

     

     

     

    X

     

    MX

    Mexico

     

    XI, XIV, XXIV, XXVI, XXXI

     

     

     

     

     

    MY

    Malaysia

     

    X, XVI, XIX, XXIX

     

     

     

     

     

    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 Island

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    OM

    Oman

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    PA

    Panama

     

     

     

     

     

     

    X

    PE

    Peru

     

     

     

     

     

     

    X

    PF

    French Polynesia

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    PG

    Papua New Guinea

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    PH

    Philippines

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    PK

    Pakistan

     

    XVII, XVIII, XXI, XXII

     

     

     

     

    X

    PM

    St Pierre and Miquelon

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    PN

    Pitcairn

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    PW

    Palau

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    PY

    Paraguay

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    QA

    Qatar

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    RU

    Russian Federation

    II, XXVI

    XIII, XV, XXXIV

     

     

     

     

     

    RW

    Rwanda

     

     

     

     

     

    X

     

    SA

    Saudi Arabia

     

    XIII

     

     

     

     

     

    SB

    Solomon Islands

     

     

     

     

     

    X

     

    SC

    Seychelles

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    SD

    Sudan

     

     

     

     

     

    X

     

    SH

    Santa 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

     

    II, XI, XVI, XXIII, XXIV, XXV, XXIX

     

     

     

     

     

    TJ

    Tajikistan

    II, XXVI

     

     

     

     

     

     

    TK

    Tokelau Islands

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    TL

    East Timor

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    TM

    Turkmenistan

    II, XXVI

     

     

     

     

     

     

    TN

    Tunisia

     

    XV, XXII

     

     

     

     

     

    TO

    Tonga

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    TT

    Trinidad and Tobago

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    TV

    Tuvalu

     

     

     

     

     

    X

     

    TZ

    Tanzania (United Republic of)

     

     

     

     

     

    X

     

    UA

    Ukraine

    II, XXVI

     

     

     

     

     

     

    UG

    Uganda

     

     

     

     

     

    X

     

    UM

    United States Minor outlying islands

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    UY

    Uruguay

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    UZ

    Uzbekistan

    II, XXVI

     

     

     

     

     

     

    VC

    St Vincent and Northern Grenadines

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    VE

    Venezuela

     

     

     

     

     

     

    X

    VG

    Virgin Islands (British)

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    VI

    Virgin Islands (USA)

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    VN

    Vietnam

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    VU

    Vanuatu

     

     

     

     

     

    X

     

    WF

    Wallis and Futuna

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    WS

    Samoa

     

     

     

     

     

    X

     

    YE

    Yemen

     

     

     

     

     

    X

     

    YT

    Mayotte

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    ZA

    South Africa

    XXVI

     

     

     

     

     

     

    ZM

    Zambia

     

     

     

     

     

    X

     

    ZW

    Zimbabwe

     

     

     

     

     

     

     


    (1)  Beneficiary country without development index.

    (2)  Only the products of sector XXVI which are underlined in Annex III are not included for the People's Republic of China, pursuant to Article 7(7).


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