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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-496/annex",
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  "legislation": "eur/2013/496",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 496/2013 of 29 May 2013 amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 732/2008 applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-496",
  "path": "annex",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": null,
  "heading": null,
  "text": "ANNEX I\nBeneficiary countries and territories of the Community’s scheme of generalised tariff preferences\nColumn A alphabetical code, in accordance with the nomenclature of countries and territories for the external trade statistics of the Community\nColumn B name of the country or territory\nColumn C section(s) in respect of which the tariff preferences have been removed, for the beneficiary country concerned (Article 13)\nColumn D country included in the special arrangement for the least developed countries (Article 11)\nColumn E country included in the special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance (Article 7)\nA\nB\nC\nD\nE\nAE\nUnited Arab Emirates\nAF\nAfghanistan\nX\nAG\nAntigua and Barbuda\nAI\nAnguilla\nAM\nArmenia\nX\nAO\nAngola\nX\nAQ\nAntarctica\nAR\nArgentina\nAS\nAmerican Samoa\nAW\nAruba\nAZ\nAzerbaijan\nX\nBB\nBarbados\nBD\nBangladesh\nX\nBF\nBurkina Faso\nX\nBH\nBahrain\nBI\nBurundi\nX\nBJ\nBenin\nX\nBM\nBermuda\nBN\nBrunei Darussalam\nBO\nBolivia\nX\nBQ\nBonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba\nBR\nBrazil\nS-IV\nPrepared foodstuffs; beverages, spirits and vinegar; tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes\nS-IX\nWood and articles of wood; wood charcoal; cork and articles of cork; manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basket ware and wickerwork\nBS\nBahamas\nBT\nBhutan\nX\nBV\nBouvet Island\nBW\nBotswana\nBY\nBelarus\nBZ\nBelize\nCC\nCocos Islands (or Keeling Islands)\nCD\nCongo, Democratic Republic of\nX\nCF\nCentral African Republic\nX\nCG\nCongo\nCI\nCôte d’Ivoire\nCK\nCook Islands\nCM\nCameroon\nCN\nChina, People’s Republic of\nS-VI\nProducts of the chemical or allied industries\nS-VII\nPlastics and articles thereof; rubber and articles thereof\nS-VIII\nRaw 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)\nS-IX\nWood and articles of wood; wood charcoal; cork and articles of cork; manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork\nS-XI(a)\nTextiles; S-XI(b) Textile articles\nS-XII\nFootwear, 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\nS-XIII\nArticles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials; ceramic products; glass and glassware\nS-XIV\nNatural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal, and articles thereof; imitation jewellery; coin\nS-XV\nBase metals and articles of base metal\nS-XVI\nMachinery 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\nS-XVII\nVehicles, aircraft, vessels and associated transport equipment\nS-XVIII\nOptical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; clocks and watches; musical instruments; parts and accessories thereof\nS-XX\nMiscellaneous manufactured articles\nCO\nColombia\nX\nCR\nCosta Rica\nX\nCU\nCuba\nCV\nCape Verde\nX\nCW\nCuraçao\nCX\nChristmas Island\nDJ\nDjibouti\nX\nDM\nDominica\nDO\nDominican Republic\nDZ\nAlgeria\nEC\nEcuador\nX\nEG\nEgypt\nER\nEritrea\nX\nET\nEthiopia\nX\nFJ\nFiji\nFK\nFalkland Islands\nFM\nMicronesia, Federated States of\nGA\nGabon\nGD\nGrenada\nGE\nGeorgia\nX\nGH\nGhana\nGI\nGibraltar\nGL\nGreenland\nGM\nGambia\nX\nGN\nGuinea\nX\nGQ\nEquatorial Guinea\nX\nGS\nSouth Georgia and South Sandwich Islands\nGT\nGuatemala\nX\nGU\nGuam\nGW\nGuinea-Bissau\nX\nGY\nGuyana\nHM\nHeard Island and McDonald Islands\nHN\nHonduras\nX\nHT\nHaiti\nX\nID\nIndonesia\nS-III\nAnimal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes\nIN\nIndia\nS-XI(a)\nTextiles\nIO\nBritish Indian Ocean Territory\nIQ\nIraq\nIR\nIran\nJM\nJamaica\nJO\nJordan\nKE\nKenya\nKG\nKyrgyzstan\nKH\nCambodia\nX\nKI\nKiribati\nX\nKM\nComoros\nX\nKN\nSt Kitts and Nevis\nKW\nKuwait\nKY\nCayman Islands\nKZ\nKazakhstan\nLA\nLao People’s Democratic Republic\nX\nLB\nLebanon\nLC\nSt Lucia\nLK\nSri Lanka\nX\nLR\nLiberia\nX\nLS\nLesotho\nX\nLY\nLibyan Arab Jamahiriya\nMA\nMorocco\nMG\nMadagascar\nX\nMH\nMarshall Islands\nML\nMali\nX\nMM\nMyanmar/Burma\nX\nMN\nMongolia\nX\nMO\nMacao\nMP\nNorthern Mariana Islands\nMR\nMauritania\nX\nMS\nMontserrat\nMU\nMauritius\nMV\nMaldives\nX\nMW\nMalawi\nX\nMX\nMexico\nMY\nMalaysia\nS-III\nAnimal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes\nMZ\nMozambique\nX\nNA\nNamibia\nNC\nNew Caledonia\nNE\nNiger\nX\nNF\nNorfolk Island\nNG\nNigeria\nNI\nNicaragua\nX\nNP\nNepal\nX\nNR\nNauru\nNU\nNiue\nOM\nOman\nPA\nPanama\nPE\nPeru\nX\nPF\nFrench Polynesia\nPG\nPapua New Guinea\nPH\nPhilippines\nPK\nPakistan\nPM\nSt Pierre and Miquelon\nPN\nPitcairn\nPW\nPalau\nPY\nParaguay\nX\nQA\nQatar\nRU\nRussian Federation\nRW\nRwanda\nX\nSA\nSaudi Arabia\nSB\nSolomon Islands\nX\nSC\nSeychelles\nSD\nSudan\nX\nSH\nSaint Helena\nSL\nSierra Leone\nX\nSN\nSenegal\nX\nSO\nSomalia\nX\nSR\nSuriname\nSS\nSouth Sudan\nX\nST\nSão Tomé and Príncipe\nX\nSV\nEl Salvador\nX\nSX\nSint Maarten (Dutch part)\nSY\nSyrian Arab Republic\nSZ\nSwaziland\nTC\nTurks and Caicos Islands\nTD\nChad\nX\nTF\nFrench Southern Territories\nTG\nTogo\nX\nTH\nThailand\nS-XIV\nNatural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal, and articles thereof; imitation jewellery; coin\nTJ\nTajikistan\nTK\nTokelau\nTL\nTimor-Leste\nX\nTM\nTurkmenistan\nTN\nTunisia\nTO\nTonga\nTT\nTrinidad and Tobago\nTV\nTuvalu\nX\nTZ\nTanzania\nX\nUA\nUkraine\nUG\nUganda\nX\nUM\nUnited States Minor Outlying Islands\nUY\nUruguay\nUZ\nUzbekistan\nVC\nSt Vincent and the Grenadines\nVE\nVenezuela\nVG\nVirgin Islands, British\nVI\nVirgin Islands, US\nVN\nVietnam\nS-XII\nFootwear, 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\nVU\nVanuatu\nX\nWF\nWallis and Futuna\nWS\nSamoa\nX\nYE\nYemen\nX\nYT\nMayotte\nZA\nSouth Africa\nZM\nZambia\nX\nZW\nZimbabwe",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "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."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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  },
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