# 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

EU Regulation No 2331/2003 · adopted 23 December 2003

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

## Introductory text

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, 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, 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:

## 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.

## 2 

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

## 3 

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2005.

## Signature

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

## 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

## — 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)
Beneficiary country without development index.
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).
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
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
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
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

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