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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-978/annex-II/division-1",
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  "legislation": "eur/2012/978",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 732/2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-978",
  "path": "annex/II/division/1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Beneficiary countries of the general arrangement referred to in point (a) of Article 1(2)",
  "text": "Column A alphabetical code, in accordance with the nomenclature of countries and territories for the Union external trade statistics\nColumn B name\nThis beneficiary country shall be removed from the list of GSP beneficiary countries one year after the date of entry into force of this Regulation.\nA\nB\nAF\nAfghanistan\nAM\nArmenia\nAO\nAngola\nBD\nBangladesh\nBF\nBurkina Faso\nBI\nBurundi\nBJ\nBenin\nBO\nBolivia\nBT\nBhutan\nCD\nCongo, Democratic Republic of\nCF\nCentral African Republic\nCG\nCongo\nCK\nCook Islands\nCN\nChina, People's Republic of\nCV\nCape Verde\nDJ\nDjibouti\nEC\nEcuador\nER\nEritrea\nET\nEthiopia\nFM\nMicronesia, Federated States of\nGM\nGambia\nGN\nGuinea\nGQ\nEquatorial Guinea\nGW\nGuinea-Bissau\nHT\nHaiti\nID\nIndonesia\nIN\nIndia\nKE\nKenya\nKG\nKyrgyz Republic\nKH\nCambodia\nKI\nKiribati\nKM\nComoros\nLA\nLao People’s Democratic Republic\nLK\nSri Lanka\nLR\nLiberia\nLS\nLesotho\nMG\nMadagascar\nML\nMali\nMM\nMyanmar/Burma\nMN\nMongolia\nMR\nMauritania\nMV\nMaldives\nMW\nMalawi\nMZ\nMozambique\nNE\nNiger\nNG\nNigeria\nNP\nNepal\nNR\nNauru\nNU\nNiue\nPH\nPhilippines\nPK\nPakistan\nRW\nRwanda\nSB\nSolomon Islands\nSD\nSudan\nSL\nSierra Leone\nSN\nSenegal\nSO\nSomalia\nSS\nSouth Sudan\nST\nSão Tomé and Príncipe\nSY\nSyrian Arab Republic\nTD\nChad\nTG\nTogo\nTH\nThailand\nTJ\nTajikistan\nTL\nTimor-Leste\nTO\nTonga\nTV\nTuvalu\nTZ\nTanzania\nUG\nUganda\nUZ\nUzbekistan\nVN\nVietnam\nVU\nVanuatu\nWS\nSamoa\nYE\nYemen\nZM\nZambia",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1421/2013 of 30 October 2013 amending Annexes I, II and IV to Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Deleted by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1016/2014 of 22 July 2014 amending Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Deleted by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/148 of 27 September 2017 amending Annexes II, III and IV to Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Deleted by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/1979 of 28 August 2015 amending Annexes II, III and IV to Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Deleted by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1015/2014 of 22 July 2014 amending Annexes II and III to Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences, and repealing Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 154/2013."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Inserted by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1016/2014 of 22 July 2014 amending Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Inserted by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/217 of 5 December 2016 amending Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Deleted by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/217 of 5 December 2016 amending Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "This list includes countries for which preferences may have been temporarily withdrawn or suspended. The Commission or the competent authorities of the country concerned will be able to provide an updated list."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "This beneficiary country shall be removed from the list of GSP beneficiary countries one year after the date of entry into force of this Regulation."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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