Regulation (EU) 2026/1395 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2026 on applying a generalised scheme of tariff preferences and repealing Regulation (EU) No 978/2012
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1. The generalised scheme of tariff preferences (GSP), by which the Union provides preferential access to its market, shall apply in accordance with this Regulation. 2. This Regulation provides for the following preferential arrangements under the GSP: (a) a standard arrangement (‘standard GSP’); (b) a special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance (GSP+); (c) a special arrangement for the least-developed countries (Everything But Arms (EBA)).
For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions apply: (1) ‘countries’ means countries and territories that have a customs administration; (2) ‘least-developed countries’ means least-developed countries designated as such by the UN; (3) ‘beneficiary countries’ means countries benefitting from any of the preferential arrangements under the GSP; (4) ‘standard GSP beneficiary countries’ means countries benefitting from the standard GSP as listed in Annex I and identified as such in column C thereof; (5) ‘GSP+ beneficiary countries’ means countries benefitting from the GSP+ as listed in Annex I and identified as such in column C thereof; (6) ‘EBA beneficiary countries’ means countries benefitting from EBA as listed in Annex I and identified as such in column C thereof; (7) ‘Common Customs Tariff duties’ means the customs duties specified in Part Two of Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 ( 13 ) , except those duties established as part of tariff quotas; (8) ‘GSP section’ means a section listed in Annexes III and VII and established on the basis of sections and chapters of the Common Customs Tariff; (9) ‘preferential market access arrangement’ means preferential access to the Union market through a trade agreement, either provisionally applied or in force, or through autonomous preferences granted by the Union; (10) ‘plan of action’ means a list of measures provided by a GSP+ requesting country to effectively implement the relevant conventions; (11) ‘enhanced engagement’ means a continuous process aiming to facilitate and incentivise beneficiary countries to make progress in the implementation of the conditions set out in this Regulation, or to address shortcomings in respecting the principles of the relevant conventions; (12) ‘effective implementation’ means the integral implementation of the undertakings and obligations undertaken under the relevant conventions, thus ensuring fulfilment of the principles, objectives and rights guaranteed in the relevant conventions in the beneficiary country’s entire territory, including in any areas of that territory that the beneficiary country has designated as a special economic zone or an export processing zone; (13) ‘complaint’ means a complaint submitted to the Commission through the Single Entry Point (SEP).
1. A list of countries which are eligible to benefit from any of the preferential arrangements referred to in Article 1(2) (the ‘eligible countries’) is established in Annex I, columns A and B. 2. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 45 to amend the list set out in Annex I to take account of changes in the international status or classification of countries, their economic development, or their trade, financing and development needs. 3. The Commission shall notify an eligible country concerned of any relevant changes in its status under the GSP.
1. An eligible country shall benefit from the tariff preferences provided under the standard GSP unless: (a) it has been classified by the World Bank as a high-income or an upper-middle-income country for the three consecutive years immediately preceding the update of the list of beneficiary countries; or (b) it benefits from a preferential market access arrangement with the Union which provides the same tariff preferences as the GSP, or better, for substantially all trade. 2. Paragraph 1, points (a) and (b), shall not apply to least-developed countries.
1. Standard GSP beneficiary countries meeting the criteria laid down in Article 4 are listed in Annex I and are identified as such in column C thereof. 2. By 1 January of each year following 12 July 2026, the Commission shall review Annex I. To provide a standard GSP beneficiary country and economic operators with time for orderly adaptation to the change of the country’s status under the GSP: (a) the decision to no longer identify a country as a standard GSP beneficiary country, in accordance with paragraph 3 of this Article and on the basis of Article 4(1), point (a), shall apply from 1 January of the second calendar year following the calendar year of the date on which the relevant criteria are no longer met; (b) the decision to no longer identify a country as a standard GSP beneficiary country, in accordance with paragraph 3 of this Article and on the basis of Article 4(1), point (b), shall apply from 1 January of the third calendar year following the calendar year of the date of application of a preferential market access arrangement. 3. For the purposes of paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article, the Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 45, to amend Annex I, column C, on the basis of the criteria laid down in Article 4. 4. The Commission shall notify the standard GSP beneficiary country concerned of any changes of its status under the GSP.
1. The products included under the standard GSP are listed in Annex III. 2. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 45, to amend Annex III in order to incorporate changes made necessary by amendments to the Combined Nomenclature.
1. Common Customs Tariff duties on products listed in Annex III as non-sensitive products shall be suspended entirely, except for agricultural components. 2. Common Customs Tariff ad valorem duties on products listed in Annex III as sensitive products shall be reduced by 3,5 percentage points. For products under GSP sections S-11a and S-11b of Annex III, that reduction shall be 20 %. 3. Where preferential duty rates applied, in accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No 978/2012, to the Common Customs Tariff ad valorem duties applicable on 12 July 2026 provide for a tariff reduction of more than 3,5 percentage points for the products referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article, those preferential duty rates shall continue to apply. 4. Common Customs Tariff specific duties, other than minimum or maximum duties, on products listed in Annex III as sensitive products shall be reduced by 30 %. 5. Where Common Customs Tariff duties on products listed in Annex III as sensitive products include ad valorem duties and specific duties, the specific duties shall not be reduced. 6. Where duties reduced in accordance with paragraphs 2 and 4 specify a maximum duty, that maximum duty shall not be reduced. Where such duties specify a minimum duty, that minimum duty shall not apply.
1. The tariff preferences referred to in Article 7 shall be suspended, in respect of products of a GSP section originating in a standard GSP beneficiary country, when the average value of Union imports of such products over three consecutive years from that standard GSP beneficiary country exceeds the thresholds listed in Annex IV. Those thresholds shall be calculated as a percentage of the total value of Union imports of the same products from all beneficiary countries. 2. Prior to the application of the tariff preferences under the GSP, the Commission shall adopt an implementing act, in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 48(2), establishing a list of GSP sections for which the tariff preferences referred to in Article 7 are suspended in respect of a standard GSP beneficiary country. That implementing act shall apply as from 1 January 2027. 3. The Commission shall, every three years, review the list referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article and adopt implementing acts, in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 48(2), in order to suspend or to re-establish the tariff preferences referred to in Article 7. Those implementing acts shall apply from 1 January of the year following that of their date of entry into force. 4. The list referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Article shall be established on the basis of the data available on 1 September of the year in which the review is conducted and of the two years preceding the review year. It shall take into account imports from GSP beneficiary countries as applicable at that time. However, the value of imports from GSP beneficiary countries which upon the date of application of the suspension no longer benefit from the tariff preferences under Article 4(1), point (b), shall not be taken into account. 5. The Commission shall notify the country concerned of the implementing acts adopted in accordance with paragraphs 2 and 3. 6. Where Annex I is amended in accordance with the criteria laid down in Article 4, the Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 45 to amend Annex IV in order to adjust the modalities listed in that Annex so as to maintain proportionally the same weight of the GSP sections in respect of which the tariff preferences have been suspended pursuant to paragraph 1 of this Article.
1. A beneficiary country may benefit from the tariff preferences provided under the GSP+ if the following conditions are met: (a) it is considered to be vulnerable, as defined in Annex V, due to a lack of diversification; (b) it has ratified all the relevant conventions and the Commission has not identified, on the basis of the available information, in particular the most recent available conclusions of the monitoring bodies under those relevant conventions, a serious failure to effectively implement any of the relevant conventions; (c) it has not formulated a reservation in relation to any of the relevant conventions, which is prohibited by that relevant convention or which is for the purposes of this Article considered to be incompatible with the object and purpose of the relevant conventions; (d) it gives a binding undertaking to maintain ratification of the relevant conventions and to pursue and ensure the effective implementation thereof, underpinned by a plan of action; (e) it accepts without reservation the reporting requirements imposed by any of the relevant conventions and gives a binding undertaking to accept regular monitoring and review of its implementation record in accordance with the relevant conventions; (f) it gives a binding undertaking to participate in, and cooperate within the framework of, the Union’s reporting and monitoring procedure provided for in Article 13. 2. For the purposes of paragraph 1, point (c), reservations shall be considered to be incompatible with the object and purpose of a relevant convention if: (a) a process explicitly set out for that purpose under the relevant convention has so determined; or (b) in the absence of such a process, the Union, where it is a party to the relevant convention, or a qualified majority of Member States parties to the relevant convention, in accordance with their respective competences as established in the Treaties, objected to the reservation on the grounds that it is incompatible with the object and purpose of the relevant convention and opposed the entry into force of the relevant convention as between them and the reserving state in accordance with the 1969 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties. 3. The plan of action referred to in paragraph 1, point (d), shall be based on available information, in particular on the most recent conclusions of the monitoring bodies of the relevant conventions. That plan of action shall also propose appropriate and indicative timeframes and shall identify, where relevant, the responsible institutions in the beneficiary country. The plan of action shall be forward-looking and priority-oriented. The plan of action shall be published once the country becomes a GSP+ beneficiary.
1. The GSP+ shall be granted if the following conditions are met: (a) a GSP beneficiary country has made a request to that effect; (b) the Commission considers, on the basis of an examination of the request, that the requesting country fulfils the conditions laid down in Article 9. 2. The requesting country shall submit its request to the Commission in writing. The request shall provide comprehensive information concerning the ratification of the relevant conventions and shall include the binding undertakings referred to in Article 9(1), points (d), (e), and (f), including the plan of action. 3. After receiving a request, the Commission shall notify the European Parliament and the Council thereof. 4. After examining the request, the Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 45, to amend Annex I in order to grant a requesting country GSP+ beneficiary country status by identifying it as such in column C thereof. 5. Where a GSP+ beneficiary country no longer fulfils the conditions referred to in Article 9(1), point (a) or (c), or withdraws any of its binding undertakings referred to in Article 9(1), points (d), (e), and (f), the Commission is empowered to adopt a delegated act in accordance with Article 45, to amend Annex I in order to no longer identify that country as a GSP+ beneficiary country. 6. The Commission shall notify the requesting country of a decision taken in accordance with paragraphs 4 and 5 after the delegated act referred to in those paragraphs is published in the Official Journal of the European Union . Where the requesting country is granted GSP+ beneficiary country status, the Commission shall inform it of the date on which that delegated act will start to apply. 7. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 45, to supplement this Regulation by establishing rules related to the procedure for granting GSP+ beneficiary country status, in particular with respect to deadlines and the submission and processing of requests.
1. The products included in the GSP+ are listed in Annexes III and VII. 2. Without prejudice to Article 6(2), the Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 45, to amend Annexes III and VII to take into account amendments to the Combined Nomenclature affecting the products listed in those Annexes.
1. The Common Customs Tariff ad valorem duties on all products listed in Annexes III and VII, which originate in a GSP+ beneficiary country, shall be suspended. 2. Common Customs Tariff specific duties on products referred to in paragraph 1 shall be suspended entirely, except for products for which the Common Customs Tariff duties include ad valorem duties. For products with Combined Nomenclature code 1704 10 90 , the specific duty shall be limited to 16 % of the customs value.
1. From the date of the granting of the tariff preferences provided under the GSP+, in regular monitoring cycles of three years, the Commission shall discuss with each of the GSP+ beneficiary countries, keep under review and monitor the status of ratification of the relevant conventions and their effective implementation, as well as the cooperation of the GSP+ beneficiary country with the relevant monitoring bodies, and the progress made by each GSP+ beneficiary country in implementing its plan of action. In doing so, the Commission shall examine all relevant information, in particular the conclusions and recommendations of the relevant monitoring bodies. 2. A GSP+ beneficiary country shall cooperate with the Commission and provide all information necessary to assess its respect of the binding undertakings referred to in Article 9(1), points (d), (e), and (f), and its situation as regards Article 9(1), points (b) and (c). 3. The Commission shall carry out, where applicable jointly with the EEAS, at least one monitoring visit to each GSP+ beneficiary country per monitoring cycle, in order to assess the progress made by each GSP+ beneficiary country in terms of effective implementation of the relevant conventions, taking into account the steps taken in accordance with the relevant plan of action.
1. By 1 January 2030, and every three years thereafter, the Commission shall submit to the European Parliament and to the Council a report on the status of ratification of the relevant conventions, the compliance of the GSP+ beneficiary countries with any reporting obligations under such relevant conventions and the status of the effective implementation thereof. 2. The report referred to in paragraph 1 shall include: (a) the conclusions or recommendations of relevant monitoring bodies in respect of each GSP+ beneficiary country; and (b) the Commission’s, and where appropriate the EEAS’s, conclusions on whether each GSP+ beneficiary country respects its binding undertakings to comply with reporting obligations, to cooperate with relevant monitoring bodies in accordance with the relevant conventions and to ensure the effective implementation thereof, taking into account the implementation of its plan of action. The report may include any information the Commission considers appropriate from any source. In cases of specific concerns, the report shall indicate recommendations on issues and actions to be prioritised in the next monitoring cycle to improve the effective implementation of the relevant conventions as referred to in the corresponding binding undertakings. 3. In drawing their conclusions concerning effective implementation of the relevant conventions, the Commission, and where appropriate the EEAS, shall assess the conclusions and recommendations of the relevant monitoring bodies, as well as, without prejudice to other sources, information submitted by the European Parliament or the Council as well as third parties, including governments and international organisations, civil society and social partners.
1. The GSP+ shall be withdrawn temporarily, in respect of all or of certain products originating in a GSP+ beneficiary country, where that GSP+ beneficiary country does not respect its binding undertakings as referred to in Article 9(1), points (d), (e) and (f), or the GSP+ beneficiary country has formulated a reservation which is prohibited by any of the relevant conventions or which is incompatible with the object and purpose of that relevant convention as established in Article 9(1), point (c). 2. The burden of proof for compliance with its obligations resulting from binding undertakings as referred to in Article 9(1), points (d), (e) and (f), and its situation as referred to in Article 9(1), point (c), shall be on the GSP+ beneficiary country. 3. Where, either on the basis of the conclusions of the report referred to in Article 14 or on the basis of the evidence available, including evidence submitted through a complaint, and taking into account the enhanced engagement referred to in Article 20, the Commission has a reasonable doubt that a particular GSP+ beneficiary country does not respect its binding undertakings underpinned by the plan of action as referred to in Article 9(1), point (d), or its binding undertakings as referred to in Article 9(1), point (e) or point (f), or has formulated a reservation which is prohibited by any of the relevant conventions or which is incompatible with the object and purpose of that relevant convention as established in Article 9(1), point (c), it shall adopt an implementing act, in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 48(2), to initiate the procedure for the temporary withdrawal of the tariff preferences provided under the GSP+. The Commission shall inform the European Parliament and the Council thereof. 4. The Commission shall publish a notice in the Official Journal of the European Union and notify the GSP+ beneficiary country concerned of the adoption of the implementing act referred to in paragraph 3. The notice shall: (a) state the grounds for the reasonable doubt referred to in paragraph 3 which may call into question the right of the GSP+ beneficiary country to continue to enjoy the tariff preferences provided under the GSP+; (b) specify the period within which the GSP+ beneficiary country is to submit its observations. The period referred to in point (b) of the first subparagraph shall not exceed three months from the date of publication of the notice. 5. The Commission shall provide the GSP+ beneficiary country concerned with every opportunity to cooperate during the period referred to in paragraph 4, point (b). 6. The Commission shall seek all information it considers necessary, including the conclusions and recommendations of the relevant monitoring bodies and relevant information from other sources, including evidence submitted through a complaint or provided by third parties, including civil society, as appropriate. In drawing its conclusions, the Commission shall assess all relevant information. 7. Within three months after expiry of the period referred to in paragraph 4, first subparagraph, point (b), the Commission shall decide: (a) to terminate the temporary withdrawal procedure; or (b) to temporarily withdraw the tariff preferences provided under the GSP+. 8. Where the Commission considers that the findings do not justify temporary withdrawal, it shall adopt an implementing act, in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 48(2), to terminate the temporary withdrawal procedure. That implementing act shall be based on, inter alia, evidence received. 9. Where the Commission considers that the findings justify temporary withdrawal for the reasons referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, it is empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 45, to amend Annexes I and II in order to temporarily withdraw the tariff preferences provided under the GSP+. When preparing those delegated acts, the Commission shall, on the basis of available information, carry out an analysis of the socio-economic effect of the temporary withdrawal of tariff preferences in the beneficiary country. 10. Where the Commission decides on temporary withdrawal, such delegated acts shall become applicable six months from the date of their adoption. 11. After the adoption of delegated acts to temporarily withdraw the GSP+, the Commission shall continue, where appropriate, the dialogue initiated within the framework of the enhanced engagement under Article 20. 12. Where the reasons justifying temporary withdrawal no longer apply before the delegated acts referred to in paragraph 9 of this Article become applicable, the Commission is empowered to repeal those delegated acts to temporarily withdraw tariff preferences in accordance with the urgency procedure referred to in Article 46. 13. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 45, to supplement this Regulation by establishing rules related to the procedure for temporary withdrawal of the GSP+, in particular with respect to deadlines, rights of parties, confidentiality and conditions for review.
Where the Commission finds that the reasons justifying a temporary withdrawal of tariff preferences, as referred to in Article 15(1), no longer apply, it is empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 45, to amend Annexes I and II, in order to reinstate the tariff preferences provided under the GSP+. Where some of the reasons referred to in Article 15(1) for which a temporary withdrawal of tariff preferences has been decided upon continue to apply while others do not, or where additional reasons to those having justified the temporary withdrawal become applicable, the measures adopted in accordance with Article 15(9) shall be adjusted accordingly.
1. An eligible country shall benefit from the tariff preferences provided under EBA if that country is a least-developed country. 2. The Commission shall continuously review the list of EBA beneficiary countries listed in Annex I, and identified as such in column C thereof, on the basis of the most recent available data. Where an EBA beneficiary country no longer fulfils the condition referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, the Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 45, to amend Annex I in order to remove the country from the EBA arrangement following a transitional period of three years from the date on which the EBA beneficiary country no longer fulfils that condition. 3. Pending the designation by the UN of a newly independent country as a least-developed country, the Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 45, to amend Annex I as an interim measure so as to include such a country in the list of EBA beneficiary countries. If such a newly independent country is not designated by the UN as a least-developed country during the first available review of the category of least-developed countries, the Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts without delay, in accordance with Article 45, to amend Annex I in order to remove such a country from that Annex, without granting the transitional period referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article. 4. The Commission shall notify the EBA beneficiary country concerned of any changes in its status under the GSP.
The Common Customs Tariff duties on all products that are listed in Chapters 1 to 97 of the Combined Nomenclature, except those in Chapter 93, originating in an EBA beneficiary country, shall be suspended entirely.
The Commission, and where relevant the EEAS, shall engage with standard GSP beneficiary countries and EBA beneficiary countries in the context of existing bilateral dialogues, to review and encourage progress towards the ratification of the relevant conventions.
1. The Commission, acting upon a complaint or on its own initiative, may enter into an enhanced engagement with a standard GSP beneficiary country or an EBA beneficiary country in situations in which this would be beneficial for addressing shortcomings in implementing the conditions laid out in this Regulation, and in particular in cases of shortcomings in the respect of the principles of the relevant conventions. Where the Commission considers that the standard GSP beneficiary country or the EBA beneficiary country has taken the necessary steps to address the shortcomings, it may end the enhanced engagement. 2. For GSP+ beneficiary countries, the Commission shall, within the framework of enhanced engagement, conduct necessary review, monitoring, and assessment actions in accordance with the procedure set out in Article 13.
For the purposes of the application of the relevant procedural steps under this Regulation related to the relevant conventions, the Commission shall take into account relevant activities and procedures undertaken by the relevant international entities in the field of human rights, labour rights, climate and environmental protection, and good governance.
1. The existing bilateral dialogues and enhanced engagements with beneficiary countries referred to in this Chapter may address cooperation in the readmission of that country’s own nationals, when those persons are irregular migrants to the Union. 2. Where the Commission has submitted a proposal pursuant to Article 25a(5), point (a), of the Visa Code, it shall hold a dedicated enhanced engagement with the beneficiary country concerned in order to improve the level of cooperation of the beneficiary country in relation to the international obligation to readmit that beneficiary country’s own nationals. 3. In the case of serious and systematic shortcomings related to the international obligation to readmit a beneficiary country’s own nationals, the preferential arrangements referred to in Article 1(2) may be withdrawn temporarily, in respect of all or of certain products originating in that beneficiary country, where the Commission considers that an insufficient level of cooperation on readmission persists following: (a) an enhanced engagement referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article of at least 12 months from the date on which the Commission submits the proposal to the Council to adopt an implementing decision in accordance with Article 25a(5), point (a), of the Visa Code, for standard GSP beneficiary countries and for GSP+ beneficiary countries; (b) an enhanced engagement referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article of at least 12 months from the date on which the Council adopts an implementing decision in accordance with Article 25a(5), point (a), of the Visa Code, for EBA beneficiary countries. 4. The Commission may initiate the procedure to temporarily withdraw the preferential arrangements from a beneficiary country pursuant to paragraph 3 only after having assessed, on a preliminary basis, whether a potential temporary withdrawal of the preferential arrangements would be proportionate, taking into account the contribution of a temporary withdrawal to improving the cooperation with the third country in question, including in light of that country’s socio-economic situation. The Commission shall inform the European Parliament and the Council of its assessment and shall produce a public report presenting its conclusions. 5. Without prejudice to paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 of this Article, Article 23(3) to (17) and Article 24 shall apply to the temporary withdrawal of the preferential arrangements pursuant to paragraph 3 of this Article. 6. When the Commission adopts a delegated act pursuant to Article 23(10) in order to temporarily withdraw the preferential arrangements from a beneficiary country in the case of serious and systematic shortcomings related to the international obligation to readmit a beneficiary country’s own nationals, it shall inform the European Parliament and the Council of the relevant information included in the reports produced, and assessments carried out, in the context of the application of Article 25a of the Visa Code in relation to that beneficiary country, including appropriate data on the readmission trends with that beneficiary country. 7. The report on the application of this Regulation provided for in Article 49, second paragraph, shall include an assessment of the need for, and the functioning of, the link between the GSP and cooperation on readmission of own nationals by beneficiary countries. 8. Paragraphs 3 and 4 shall apply to EBA beneficiary countries from 1 January 2029.
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The preferential arrangements referred to in Article 1(2) may be withdrawn temporarily, in respect of all or of certain products originating in a beneficiary country, for any of the following reasons: (a) serious and systematic violation of principles laid down in the relevant conventions; (b) export of goods made by internationally prohibited child labour and forced labour, including slavery and prison labour; (c) serious shortcomings in customs controls on the export or transit of drugs (illicit substances or precursors), or serious failure to comply with international conventions on antiterrorism or anti-money laundering; (d) serious and systematic unfair trading practices including those affecting the supply of raw materials, which have an adverse effect on the Union industry and which have not been addressed by the beneficiary country; (e) serious and systematic infringement of the objectives adopted by regional fisheries management organisations or any international arrangements to which the Union is a party concerning the conservation and management of fishery resources. For those unfair trading practices, as referred to in point (d) of the first subparagraph, which are prohibited or actionable under the WTO Agreements, the application of this Article shall be based on a previous determination to that effect by the competent WTO body. 2. Paragraph 1, point (d), of this Article shall not apply with respect to products of a beneficiary country that are subject to anti-dumping or countervailing measures under Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 14 ) or Regulation (EU) 2016/1037 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 15 ) . 3. Where the Commission, acting upon a complaint or on its own initiative, considers that there are sufficient grounds justifying temporary withdrawal of the tariff preferences provided under any preferential arrangement referred to in Article 1(2) on the basis of the reasons referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article and taking into account, where applicable, the enhanced engagement referred to in Article 20, it shall adopt an implementing act to initiate the procedure for temporary withdrawal in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 48(2). Where the Commission considers that there are sufficient grounds justifying the temporary withdrawal of tariff preferences on the basis of Article 22(3), point (a), it shall adopt an implementing act, in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 48(2), to initiate the temporary withdrawal procedure. Where the Commission considers that there are sufficient grounds justifying the temporary withdrawal of tariff preferences on the basis of Article 22(3), point (b), it shall adopt an implementing act to initiate the procedure for temporary withdrawal in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 48(3). The Commission shall inform the European Parliament and the Council of the adoption of that implementing act. 4. The Commission shall publish a notice in the Official Journal of the European Union announcing the initiation of a temporary withdrawal procedure and shall notify the beneficiary country concerned of the adoption of the implementing act referred to in paragraph 3. The notice shall: (a) provide sufficient grounds in relation to the implementing act to initiate a temporary withdrawal procedure, referred to in paragraph 3; and (b) state that the Commission will monitor and evaluate the situation in the beneficiary country concerned during the monitoring and evaluation period referred to in paragraph 5 of this Article and, where appropriate, continue the dialogue initiated within the framework of the enhanced engagement under Article 20. 5. The Commission shall carry out monitoring and evaluation during a period of six months from the publication of the notice referred to in paragraph 4. The Commission shall provide the beneficiary country concerned with every opportunity to engage and cooperate any time during that period. 6. The Commission shall seek all information it considers necessary, including the available assessments, comments, decisions, recommendations and conclusions of the relevant monitoring bodies, and relevant information from other sources, including evidence submitted through a complaint or provided by third parties, as appropriate. In drawing its conclusions, the Commission shall assess all relevant information, including from civil society. 7. Within three months from the expiry of the period referred to in paragraph 5, the Commission shall submit a report on its findings and conclusions to the beneficiary country concerned. The beneficiary country has the right to submit its comments on the report. The period for comments shall not exceed one month. 8. Within six months from the expiry of the period referred to in paragraph 5, the Commission shall decide: (a) to terminate the temporary withdrawal procedure; or (b) to temporarily withdraw the tariff preferences provided under the preferential arrangements referred to in Article 1(2). 9. Where the Commission considers that the findings do not justify temporary withdrawal, it shall adopt an implementing act, in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 48(2), on the termination of the temporary withdrawal procedure. 10. Where the Commission considers that the findings justify temporary withdrawal for the reasons referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, it is empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 45, to amend Annexes I and II, in order to temporarily withdraw the tariff preferences provided under the preferential arrangements referred to in Article 1(2). When preparing the delegated act, the Commission shall, on the basis of available information, carry out an analysis of the socio-economic effect of the temporary withdrawal of tariff preferences in the beneficiary country. 11. The adopted implementing or delegated act referred to in paragraph 9 or 10, respectively, shall be based on, inter alia, evidence collected and received. 12. Where the Commission decides to temporarily withdraw tariff preferences, the delegated act referred to in paragraph 10 shall become applicable six months from the date of its adoption. 13. After the adoption of the delegated act referred to in paragraph 10 of this Article, the Commission shall continue, where appropriate, the dialogue initiated within the framework of the enhanced engagement under Article 20. In the absence of such engagement, the Commission may pursue other means of dialogue. 14. Where the reasons justifying temporary withdrawal no longer apply before the delegated act referred to in paragraph 10 of this Article becomes applicable, the Commission shall be empowered to repeal the adopted delegated act to temporarily withdraw the tariff preferences in accordance with the urgency procedure referred to in Article 46. 15. Where the Commission considers that in exceptional circumstances, such as a global health or sanitary emergency, natural disasters or other unforeseen events, it is appropriate to review the scope of the temporary withdrawal, postpone or suspend the application of the temporary withdrawal, the Commission is empowered to amend the delegated act referred to in paragraph 10 of this Article in accordance with the urgency procedure referred to in Article 46. 16. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 45, to supplement this Regulation by establishing rules related to the procedure for temporary withdrawal of all preferential arrangements referred to in Article 1(2) in particular with respect to deadlines, rights of parties, confidentiality, and review of any measures adopted. 17. The Commission shall initiate the procedure for temporary withdrawal in accordance with paragraphs 3 to 16 where it considers that: (a) there is sufficient evidence to justify temporary withdrawal for the reason set out in paragraph 1, point (a); and (b) there are duly justified imperative grounds of urgency such as exceptionally grave violations of the principles referred to in paragraph 1, point (a), which require a rapid response in view of the specific circumstances in the beneficiary country and which would be difficult to address by using the procedure referred to in paragraph 3. In the procedure under this paragraph, the period referred to in paragraph 5 shall be reduced to two months and the deadline referred to in paragraph 8 shall be reduced to five months. 18. Where the Commission decides to temporarily withdraw tariff preferences pursuant to paragraph 17 of this Article, the delegated act referred to in paragraph 10 of this Article shall be adopted in accordance with Article 46 and shall apply one month from its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .
Where the Commission finds that the reasons justifying a temporary withdrawal of the tariff preferences, as referred to in Article 23(1), no longer apply, it is empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 45, to amend Annexes I and II, in order to reinstate the tariff preferences provided under the GSP. Where some of the reasons referred to in Article 23(1) for which a temporary withdrawal of tariff preferences has been decided continue to apply while others do not or where additional reasons to those having justified a temporary withdrawal of tariff preferences become applicable, the measures adopted in accordance with Article 23(10) shall be adjusted accordingly.
1. The preferential arrangements referred to in Article 1(2) may be withdrawn temporarily, in respect of all or of certain products originating in a beneficiary country, in cases of fraud, irregularities or systematic failure to comply with or to ensure compliance with the rules concerning the origin of the products and with the procedures related thereto, or failure to provide administrative cooperation as required for the implementation and policing of those preferential arrangements. 2. The administrative cooperation referred to in paragraph 1 requires, inter alia, that a beneficiary country: (a) communicate to the Commission and update the information necessary for the implementation of the rules of origin and the policing thereof; (b) assist the Union by carrying out, at the request of the customs authorities of the Member States, subsequent verification of the origin of the goods, and communicate its results in time to the Commission; (c) assist the Union by allowing the Commission, in coordination and close cooperation with the competent authorities of the Member States, to conduct the Union administrative and investigative cooperation missions in that country, in order to verify the authenticity of documents or the accuracy of information relevant for granting the preferential arrangements referred to in Article 1(2); (d) carry out or arrange for appropriate inquiries to identify and prevent contravention of the rules of origin; (e) comply with or ensure compliance with the rules of origin in respect of regional cumulation referred to in Title II, Chapter 1, Section 2, Subsection 3, of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446, if the beneficiary country benefits therefrom; (f) assist the Union in the verification of conduct where there is a presumption of origin-related fraud, whereby the existence of fraud may be presumed where imports of products under the preferential arrangements referred to in Article 1(2) massively exceed the usual levels of the beneficiary country’s exports. 3. Where the Commission considers that there is sufficient evidence to justify the temporary withdrawal of preferential arrangements for the reasons set out in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article, it shall adopt immediately applicable implementing acts in accordance with the urgency procedure referred to in Article 48(4) to temporarily withdraw the tariff preferences provided under the preferential arrangements referred to in Article 1(2), in respect of all or certain products originating in a beneficiary country. 4. Before adopting such acts, the Commission shall first publish a notice in the Official Journal of the European Union , stating that there are grounds for reasonable doubt about compliance with paragraphs 1 and 2, which may call into question the right of the beneficiary country to continue to enjoy the benefits granted by this Regulation. 5. The Commission shall inform the beneficiary country concerned of any implementing act adopted in accordance with paragraph 3, before it becomes applicable. 6. The initial period of temporary withdrawal of tariff preferences shall not exceed six months. At the latest on the conclusion of that period, the Commission shall adopt an immediately applicable implementing act in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 48(4), either to terminate the temporary withdrawal of tariff preferences or to extend the period of temporary withdrawal of tariff preferences beyond the initial period. 7. Member States shall communicate to the Commission all relevant information, including irregularities that may arise as regards the rules of origin, that may justify temporary withdrawal of the tariff preferences, its extension or its termination.
1. Where a product originating in a beneficiary country of any of the preferential arrangements referred to in Article 1(2) is imported in volumes or at prices which cause, or threaten to cause, serious difficulties to Union producers of like products or directly competing products, normal Common Customs Tariff duties on that product may be wholly or partially reintroduced. 2. For the purposes of this Chapter, ‘like product’ means a product which is identical, that is to say alike in all respects, to the product under consideration, or, in the absence of such a product, another product which, although not alike in all respects, has characteristics closely resembling those of the product under consideration. 3. For the purposes of this Chapter, ‘interested parties’ includes those parties involved in the production, distribution or sale of the imported products referred to in paragraph 1 and of like products or directly competing products. 4. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 45, to supplement this Regulation by establishing rules related to the procedure for adopting general safeguard measures, in particular with respect to deadlines, rights of parties, confidentiality, disclosure, verification, visits and the review of measures.
Serious difficulties as referred to in Article 26(1) shall be considered to exist where Union producers suffer deterioration in their economic or financial situation. In examining whether such deterioration exists, the Commission may also assess, where appropriate, the market dynamics in the sector as a whole, including the impact on other producers in the sector, such as producers of upstream or downstream products. In carrying out its assessment, the Commission shall take account of relevant indicators for the economic or financial situation. Such indicators may include the following: (a) market share; (b) production; (c) stocks; (d) production capacity; (e) imports.
1. If the Commission considers that there is sufficient prima facie evidence that the conditions set out in Article 26(1) are met, it shall investigate whether the normal Common Customs Tariff duties should be wholly, or partially, reintroduced. 2. The Commission shall initiate an investigation referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article upon request by a Member State, by any legal person or any association not having legal personality, acting on behalf of Union producers, or on the Commission’s own initiative if it is apparent to the Commission that there is sufficient prima facie evidence, as determined on the basis of the assessment referred to in Article 27, to justify such investigation. The request to initiate an investigation shall contain sufficient prima facie evidence that the conditions for imposing the safeguard measure set out in Article 26(1) are met. The request shall be submitted to the Commission. The Commission shall, as far as possible, examine the accuracy and adequacy of the evidence provided in the request, to determine whether there is sufficient prima facie evidence to justify the initiation of an investigation. 3. Where there is sufficient prima facie evidence to justify the initiation of an investigation, the Commission shall publish a notice in the Official Journal of the European Union . That notice shall provide all necessary details about the procedure and deadlines, including the possibility of recourse to the Hearing Officer of the Commission directorate-general responsible for international trade. The investigation shall be initiated within one month of the request received pursuant to paragraph 2. Where there is insufficient evidence to justify the initiation of an investigation, the Commission shall inform the Member States of its decision not to initiate an investigation within one month of the date of receipt of that request. 4. An investigation, including the procedural steps referred to in Articles 29, 30 and 31, shall be concluded within 12 months from its initiation. 5. For general safeguard investigations concerning products listed in Chapters 1 to 24 of the Common Customs Tariff as laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87, originating in beneficiary countries, the period referred to in paragraph 4 of this Article shall be reduced to two months in the following cases: (a) when the beneficiary country concerned does not ensure compliance with the rules of origin or does not provide the administrative cooperation referred to in Article 25; (b) when imports of products listed in Chapters 1 to 24 of the Common Customs Tariff as laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87, under the preferential arrangements referred to in Article 1(2) granted under this Regulation, massively exceed the usual levels of exports from the beneficiary country concerned.
On duly justified grounds of urgency relating to deterioration of the economic or financial situation of Union producers, and where delay might cause damage which would be difficult to repair, the Commission shall adopt immediately applicable implementing acts in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 48(4) to reintroduce normal Common Customs Tariff duties for a period of up to 12 months.
Where the facts as finally established show that the conditions set out in Article 26(1) are met, the Commission shall adopt implementing acts to reintroduce the Common Customs Tariff duties in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 48(3). Those implementing acts shall enter into force within one month from the date of their publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .
Where the facts as finally established show that the conditions set out in Article 26(1) are not met, the Commission shall adopt implementing acts terminating the investigation in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 48(3). Those implementing acts shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union . If no implementing act is published within the period referred to in Article 28(4), the investigation shall be deemed terminated and any implementing acts adopted pursuant to Article 29 shall automatically expire. Any Common Customs Tariff duties collected as a result of those implementing acts shall be refunded.
Common Customs Tariff duties shall be wholly or partially reintroduced for as long as necessary to counteract the deterioration in the economic or financial situation of Union producers, or for as long as the threat of such deterioration persists. The period of reintroduction shall not exceed three years, unless it is extended in duly justified circumstances.
1. Without prejudice to Section I of this Chapter, by 1 January of each year, the Commission, on its own initiative and in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 48(2), shall adopt an implementing act in order to remove the tariff preferences referred to in Articles 7 and 12 with respect to the products listed in GSP section S-11a of Annex III, to products listed in GSP section S-11b of Annex III, or to products falling under Combined Nomenclature codes 2207 10 00 and 2207 20 00 , where imports of such products originate in a beneficiary country and their total value: (a) for products falling under Combined Nomenclature codes 2207 10 00 and 2207 20 00 exceeds the share referred to in point 1 of Annex IV of the value of Union imports of the same products from all beneficiary countries, during a calendar year; (b) for products listed in GSP section S-11a of Annex III and for products under GSP section S-11b of Annex III, exceeds the share referred to in point 3 of Annex IV of the value of Union imports of products listed in GSP section S-11a of Annex III or of products listed in GSP section S-11b of Annex III from all beneficiary countries, during a calendar year. 2. Paragraph 1 shall not apply to EBA beneficiary countries, nor shall it apply to countries with a share for the relevant products referred to in paragraph 1 not exceeding 6 % of the value of total Union imports of the same products. 3. The removal of the tariff preferences shall become applicable two months from the date of publication of the Commission’s implementing act to that effect in the Official Journal of the European Union .
1. When imports of products falling under Combined Nomenclature codes 1006 10 , 1006 20 and 1006 30 originating in a beneficiary country exceed, cumulatively and at any point in a calendar year, the annual import volumes established for each beneficiary country in accordance with the methodology specified in paragraph 4, by at least 45 %, the Commission shall: (a) suspend, with immediate effect, the tariff preferences for imports of those products originating in the beneficiary country concerned for the remainder of the calendar year; and (b) introduce, for the duration of the following calendar year, a tariff-rate quota for imports of those products originating in the beneficiary country concerned. The tariff-rate quota referred to in point (b) of the first subparagraph shall be equal to the annual import volume from the beneficiary country concerned established for the year in which the suspension referred to in point (a) of the first subparagraph took effect, in accordance with the methodology specified in paragraph 4. Only imports within the tariff-rate quota referred to in point (b) of the first subparagraph shall continue to benefit from the tariff preferences. 2. Paragraph 1 shall not apply to beneficiary countries with a share for products falling under Combined Nomenclature codes 1006 10 , 1006 20 and 1006 30 considered cumulatively, not exceeding 6 % of total Union imports. 3. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts establishing, in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 48(2), the arrangements for monitoring the import volumes, for suspending the tariff preferences, and for applying this Article. The first of those implementing acts shall apply from 1 January 2027. 4. For the calendar year 2027, the import volumes for each beneficiary country referred to in paragraph 1 shall be determined by the arithmetic mean of the annual import volumes of the Union originating in each beneficiary country between 1 January 2015 and 31 December 2024. By 31 December 2027 and by 31 December every year thereafter, the Commission shall adopt implementing acts in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 48(2) to specify the import volumes referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article and applicable for the following calendar year, on the basis of the arithmetic mean of the annual import volumes of the Union originating in each beneficiary country during the ten preceding calendar years, based on the most recent available data. 5. The report on the application of this Regulation provided for in Article 49, second paragraph, shall include an assessment of the need for, and the functioning of, the mechanism set out in this Article.
Without prejudice to Sections I and III of this Chapter, where imports of products listed in Annex I to the TFEU cause, or threaten to cause, serious disturbance to Union markets, in particular to one or more of the outermost regions, or those markets’ regulatory mechanisms, the Commission, on its own initiative or at the request of a Member State, after consulting the committee for the relevant agriculture or fisheries common market organisation, shall adopt an implementing act in order to suspend the preferential arrangements referred to in Article 1(2) in respect of the products concerned in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 48(3).
The Commission shall inform the beneficiary country concerned as soon as possible of any decision taken in accordance with Article 33, Article 34 or Article 35 before it becomes applicable.
1. Without prejudice to Section I of this Chapter, products listed in Chapters 1 to 24 of the Common Customs Tariff as laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87, originating in beneficiary countries, may be subject to a special surveillance mechanism, in order to avoid disturbance to Union markets. In relation to specific products, special surveillance shall be launched at the request of a Member State or may be launched by the Commission. 2. Where the results of the special surveillance of products under this Article confirm disturbance to Union markets, the Commission, after consulting the Committee for the relevant agriculture or fisheries common market organisation, shall adopt an implementing act in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 48(3), in order to apply Common Customs Tariff duties to the products under surveillance. The removal of the tariff preferences shall become applicable from the day following that of publication of the relevant implementing act in the Official Journal of the European Union . 3. When assessing disturbance to Union markets under paragraph 1, the Commission shall take into consideration all relevant market developments, including the impact of the total imports concerned on the situation of the Union market. That assessment shall include factors such as the impact of imports concerned on the Union price level, the impact of imports from other sources, an upsurge of imports from a beneficiary country, as well as the impact of imports on the overall stability of the Union market for the relevant product. 4. The Commission assessment referred to in paragraph 3 shall take no longer than six months. The period for that assessment may, where necessary, be extended by a maximum of six months. 5. The Common Customs Tariff duties shall be reintroduced for a period of 12 months. The period of reintroduction of those duties may be extended where necessary to counteract the disturbance to the relevant Union markets.
The Commission shall inform the beneficiary country concerned as soon as possible of any decision taken in accordance with Article 37 before it becomes applicable.
1. To benefit from the tariff preferences, the products for which the tariff preferences are claimed shall originate in a beneficiary country. 2. For the purposes of the preferential arrangements referred to in Article 1(2) of this Regulation, the rules on preferential origin shall be those laid down in accordance with Article 64(1) and (3) of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013. 3. Without prejudice to the rules referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article and upon request from a beneficiary country, the Commission shall grant regional cumulation referred to in Article 55 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446 between beneficiary countries of different regional groups or extended cumulation referred to in Article 56 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446 where and as long as the following conditions are met: (a) the request from the beneficiary country provides sufficient evidence that such cumulation is necessary in view of the specific trade, development and financing needs of that country; (b) the cumulation does not create undue trade difficulties for other eligible countries, in particular EBA beneficiary countries, in view of possible diversion of trade flows; (c) the beneficiary country provides evidence that it cannot comply with the rules of origin applicable to the goods in question, without such cumulation being granted. 4. When assessing whether the request is justified in view of the specific trade, development and financing needs of the beneficiary country, in particular on the basis of information provided by that country, the Commission shall take into account the level of dependency of the beneficiary country on integrated production with the third countries concerned by the request, the impact of such dependency on the beneficiary country’s sustainable development, the relevance of sectors with such integrated production for the economy of the beneficiary country and future development perspectives with regard to the products in question. 5. Before the Commission reaches its decision on a request, it shall give the beneficiary country the opportunity to present its views.
In implementing this Regulation, synergies and complementarity with relevant Union external actions and programmes shall be ensured, in particular in relation to development.
1. Where the rate of an ad valorem duty for an individual import declaration is reduced in accordance with this Regulation to 1 % or less, that duty shall be suspended entirely. 2. Where the rate of a specific duty for an individual import declaration is reduced in accordance with this Regulation to EUR 2 or less per individual euro amount, that duty shall be suspended entirely. 3. Subject to paragraphs 1 and 2, the final rate of the preferential duty calculated in accordance with this Regulation shall be rounded down to the first decimal place.
1. The statistical source to be used for the purposes of this Regulation shall be the Union external trade statistics of the Commission (Eurostat). 2. Member States shall send to the Commission (Eurostat) their statistical data on products placed under the customs procedure for release for free circulation under the tariff preferences pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 16 ) . In order to facilitate information and increase transparency, the Commission shall ensure that the relevant statistical data for the GSP sections are regularly available in a public database. 3. In accordance with Articles 55 and 56 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447, Member States shall forward to the Commission, at its request, details of the quantities and values of products released for free circulation under the tariff preferences during the months prior to that request. Those data shall include the products referred to in paragraph 4 of this Article. 4. The Commission shall, in close cooperation with Member States, monitor the imports of products falling under Combined Nomenclature codes 0603, 0803 90 10 , 1006, 1604 14 , 1604 19 31 , 1604 19 39 , 1604 20 70 , 1701, 1704, 1806 10 30 , 1806 10 90 , 2002 90 , 2103 20 , 2106 90 59 , 2106 90 98 , 6403, 2207 10 00 , 2207 20 00 , 2909 19 10 , 3814 00 90 , 3820 00 00 , 3824 99 56 , 3824 99 57 , 3824 99 92 , 3824 84 00 , 3824 85 00 , 3824 86 00 , 3824 87 00 , 3824 88 00 , 3824 99 93 and 3824 99 96 , in order to determine whether the conditions referred to in Articles 26, 33, 34, 35 and 37 are fulfilled.
The Commission shall regularly seek the views of and take into account information provided by representatives of civil society in the Union and in beneficiary countries as appropriate, including via dedicated dialogues in order to review, monitor and assess the implementation of this Regulation.
The Commission shall inform the European Parliament and the Council about the implementation of this Regulation, in particular with regard to the measures adopted under Chapter VII.
1. The power to adopt delegated acts is conferred on the Commission subject to the conditions laid down in this Article. 2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 3(2), Article 5(3), Article 6(2), Article 8(6), Article 10(4), (5) and (7), Article 11(2), Article 15(9) and (13), Article 16, Article 17(2) and (3), Article 23(10), (15) and (16), Article 24 and Article 26(4) shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate period of time from 12 July 2026. 3. The delegation of powers referred to in Article 3(2), Article 5(3), Article 6(2), Article 8(6), Article 10(4), (5) and (7), Article 11(2), Article 15(9) and (13), Article 16, Article 17(2) and (3), Article 23(10), (15) and (16), Article 24 and Article 26(4) may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision to revoke shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated acts already in force. 4. Before adopting a delegated act, the Commission shall consult experts designated by each Member State in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making. 5. As soon as it adopts a delegated act, the Commission shall notify it simultaneously to the European Parliament and to the Council. 6. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 3(2), Article 5(3), Article 6(2), Article 8(6), Article 10(4), (5) or (7), Article 11(2), Article 15(9) or (13), Article 16, Article 17(2) or (3), Article 23(10), (15) or (16), Article 24 or Article 26(4) shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or by the Council within a period of two months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by two months at the initiative of the European Parliament or of the Council.
1. Delegated acts adopted under this Article shall enter into force without delay and shall apply as long as no objection is expressed in accordance with paragraph 2. The notification of a delegated act to the European Parliament and to the Council shall state the reasons for the use of the urgency procedure. 2. Either the European Parliament or the Council may object to a delegated act in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 45(6). In such a case, the Commission shall repeal the act immediately following the notification of the decision to object by the European Parliament or by the Council.
1. Information received pursuant to this Regulation shall be used only for the purpose for which it was requested. 2. Neither information of a confidential nature nor any information provided on a confidential basis received pursuant to this Regulation shall be disclosed without specific permission from the supplier of such information. 3. Each request for confidentiality shall state the reasons why the information is confidential. However, if the supplier of the information wishes neither to make it public nor to authorise its disclosure in general terms or in the form of a summary and if it appears that the request for confidentiality is unjustified, the information concerned may be disregarded. 4. Information shall in any event be considered to be confidential if its disclosure is likely to have a significantly adverse effect upon the supplier or the source of such information or on bilateral international relations of the Union. 5. Paragraphs 1 to 4 shall not preclude reference by the Union authorities to general information, and in particular to reasons on which decisions taken pursuant to this Regulation are based. Those authorities shall, however, take into account the legitimate interests of natural and legal persons concerned so that their business secrets shall not be divulged.
1. The Commission shall be assisted by the Generalised Preferences Committee established by Council Regulation (EC) No 732/2008 ( 17 ) . That Committee shall be a committee within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011. 2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 shall apply. 3. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 shall apply. 4. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 8 of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011, in conjunction with Article 5 thereof, shall apply.
By 1 January 2030 and every three years thereafter, the Commission shall submit to the European Parliament and to the Council a report on the effects of the GSP and the progress made towards achieving the objectives of this Regulation, covering the most recent three-year period and all of the preferential arrangements referred to in Article 1(2), and the monitoring activities of the Commission, including non-confidential information regarding complaints submitted through the SEP and which are relevant for this Regulation. By 1 January 2033, the Commission shall submit to the European Parliament and to the Council a report on the application of this Regulation. That report may in particular consider the list of relevant conventions in relation to updates from the UN monitoring bodies, including on fundamental principles and rights at work, and the country graduation and transition mechanisms particularly with regard to least-developed countries. That report may, where appropriate, be accompanied by a legislative proposal.
Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 is repealed with effect from 1 January 2027. References to the repealed Regulation shall be construed as references to this Regulation and shall be read in accordance with the correlation table in Annex VIII.
1. Any investigation or temporary withdrawal procedure initiated and not terminated under Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 shall be reinitiated automatically under this Regulation, except in respect of a GSP+ beneficiary country under that Regulation if the investigation or procedure concerns only the benefits granted under the GSP+. However, such investigation or procedure shall be re-initiated automatically if the same beneficiary country applies for the GSP+ under this Regulation before 1 January 2029. 2. The information received in the course of an investigation initiated and not terminated under Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 shall be taken into account in any re-initiated investigation. 3. Countries that are, on 31 December 2026, GSP+ beneficiary countries under Regulation (EU) No 978/2012, as set out in Annex III to that Regulation in the version in force on that date, shall be considered to be GSP+ beneficiary countries under this Regulation until 31 December 2028. Those countries wishing to continue to benefit from the GSP+ under this Regulation from 1 January 2029 shall submit a request to that effect before that date in accordance with Article 10(1) and (2) of this Regulation. For those countries that have submitted such a request, the GSP+ shall be maintained under this Regulation during the period of assessment of their request by the Commission under Article 10 of this Regulation and, where applicable, during the objection period provided for in Article 45(6) of this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union . It shall apply from 1 January 2027. However, Article 5(2), Article 8(2), Article 10(7), Article 15(12), Article 23(15), Article 26(4), Article 34(3) and Article 45 shall apply from 12 July 2026. This Regulation shall apply until 31 December 2036. However, the end of its application shall affect neither EBA as established under Chapter IV nor, to the extent that they are applied in conjunction with that Chapter, any other provisions of this Regulation.
ELIGIBLE AND BENEFICIARY COUNTRIES
ANNEX I ELIGIBLE AND BENEFICIARY COUNTRIES Column A: Alphabetical code, in accordance with the nomenclature of countries and territories for the Union external trade statistics Column B: Name Column C: Preferential arrangement under the GSP from which the country benefits A B C AE United Arab Emirates AF Afghanistan EBA AG Antigua and Barbuda AL Albania AM Armenia AO Angola EBA AR Argentina AZ Azerbaijan BA Bosnia and Herzegovina BB Barbados BD Bangladesh EBA BF Burkina Faso EBA BH Bahrain BI Burundi EBA BJ Benin EBA BN Brunei BO Bolivia Standard GSP ( 1 ) BR Brazil BS Bahamas BT Bhutan EBA BW Botswana BY Belarus Standard GSP ( 2 ) BZ Belize CD Democratic Republic of the Congo EBA CF Central African Republic EBA CG Congo Standard GSP CI Côte d’Ivoire CK Cook Islands Standard GSP CL Chile CM Cameroon CO Colombia CR Costa Rica CU Cuba CV Cabo Verde Standard GSP ( 3 ) DJ Djibouti EBA DM Dominica DO Dominican Republic DZ Algeria EC Ecuador EG Egypt ER Eritrea EBA ET Ethiopia EBA FJ Fiji FM Micronesia Standard GSP GA Gabon GD Grenada GE Georgia GH Ghana GM The Gambia EBA GN Guinea EBA GQ Equatorial Guinea GT Guatemala GW Guinea-Bissau EBA GY Guyana HN Honduras HT Haiti EBA ID Indonesia IN India Standard GSP IQ Iraq IR Iran JM Jamaica JO Jordan KE Kenya KG Kyrgyzstan Standard GSP ( 4 ) KH Cambodia EBA ( 5 ) KI Kiribati EBA KM Comoros EBA KN St Kitts and Nevis KW Kuwait KZ Kazakhstan LA Laos EBA LB Lebanon LC Saint Lucia LK Sri Lanka Standard GSP ( 6 ) LR Liberia EBA LS Lesotho EBA LY Libya MA Morocco MD Moldova ME Montenegro MG Madagascar EBA MH Marshall Islands MK North Macedonia ML Mali EBA MM Myanmar/Burma EBA MN Mongolia Standard GSP ( 7 ) MR Mauritania EBA MU Mauritius MV Maldives MW Malawi EBA MX Mexico MY Malaysia MZ Mozambique EBA NA Namibia NE Niger EBA NG Nigeria Standard GSP NI Nicaragua NP Nepal EBA NR Nauru NU Niue Standard GSP OM Oman PA Panama PE Peru PG Papua New Guinea PH Philippines Standard GSP ( 8 ) PK Pakistan Standard GSP ( 9 ) PW Palau PY Paraguay QA Qatar RW Rwanda EBA SA Saudi Arabia SB Solomon Islands EBA SC Seychelles SD Sudan EBA SL Sierra Leone EBA SN Senegal EBA SO Somalia EBA SR Suriname SS South Sudan EBA ST São Tomé and Príncipe EBA ( 10 ) SV El Salvador SY Syria Standard GSP SZ Eswatini TD Chad EBA TG Togo EBA TH Thailand TJ Tajikistan Standard GSP TL Timor-Leste EBA TM Turkmenistan TN Tunisia TO Tonga TT Trinidad and Tobago TV Tuvalu EBA TZ Tanzania EBA UA Ukraine UG Uganda EBA UY Uruguay UZ Uzbekistan Standard GSP ( 11 ) VC St Vincent and the Grenadines VE Venezuela VN Vietnam VU Vanuatu Standard GSP WS Samoa XK Kosovo ( 12 ) RS Serbia YE Yemen EBA ZA South Africa ZM Zambia EBA ZW Zimbabwe ( 1 ) Considered to be a GSP+ beneficiary country under this Regulation until 31 December 2028. See Article 51(3). ( 2 ) Full withdrawal. ( 3 ) Considered to be a GSP+ beneficiary country under this Regulation until 31 December 2028. See Article 51(3). ( 4 ) Considered to be a GSP+ beneficiary country under this Regulation until 31 December 2028. See Article 51(3). ( 5 ) Partial withdrawal. ( 6 ) Considered to be a GSP+ beneficiary country under this Regulation until 31 December 2028. See Article 51(3). ( 7 ) Considered to be a GSP+ beneficiary country under this Regulation until 31 December 2028. See Article 51(3). ( 8 ) Considered to be a GSP+ beneficiary country under this Regulation until 31 December 2028. See Article 51(3). ( 9 ) Considered to be a GSP+ beneficiary country under this Regulation until 31 December 2028. See Article 51(3). ( 10 ) Pursuant to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/1951, São Tomé and Príncipe will cease to be an EBA beneficiary country, and will become a Standard GSP beneficiary country, from 1 January 2029. ( 11 ) Considered to be a GSP+ beneficiary country under this Regulation until 31 December 2028. See Article 51(3). ( 12 ) This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UN Security Council Resolution 1244 (1999) and the International Court of Justice Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.
BENEFICIARY COUNTRIES FOR WHICH PREFERENTIAL ARRANGEMENTS UNDER THE GSP HAVE BEEN TEMPORARILY WITHDRAWN IN RESPECT OF ALL OR OF CERTAIN PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN THOSE COUNTRIES
ANNEX II BENEFICIARY COUNTRIES FOR WHICH PREFERENTIAL ARRANGEMENTS UNDER THE GSP HAVE BEEN TEMPORARILY WITHDRAWN IN RESPECT OF ALL OR OF CERTAIN PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN THOSE COUNTRIES Column A: Alphabetical code, in accordance with the nomenclature of countries and territories for the Union external trade statistics Column B: Name Column C: Preferential arrangement which was withdrawn from the country A B C BY Belarus Standard GSP ( 1 ) KH Cambodia EBA ( 2 ) ( 1 ) Full withdrawal. ( 2 ) Partial withdrawal.
LIST OF PRODUCTS INCLUDED IN THE STANDARD GSP AND IN THE GSP+
ANNEX III LIST OF PRODUCTS INCLUDED IN THE STANDARD GSP AND IN THE GSP+ Notwithstanding the rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature (‘CN’), the description of the products is to be considered as indicative, the tariff preferences being determined by the CN codes. Where ‘ex’ CN codes are indicated, the tariff preferences are to be determined by the CN code and the description, together. Entry of products with a CN code marked with an asterisk (*) is subject to the conditions laid down in the relevant Union law. The column ‘Sensitive/non-sensitive’ refers to the products included in the standard GSP (Article 6). Those products are listed as being either ‘NS’ (non-sensitive, for the purposes of Article 7(1)) or ‘S’ (sensitive, for the purposes of Article 7(2)). For reasons of simplification, the products are listed in groups. Those may include products for which Common Customs Tariff duties were withdrawn or suspended. GSP Section Chapter CN code Description Sensitive / non-sensitive S-1a 01 0101 29 90 Live horses, other than pure-bred breeding animals, other than for slaughter S 0101 30 00 Live asses S 0101 90 00 Live mules and hinnies S 0104 20 10 * Live, pure-bred breeding goats S 0106 14 10 Live domestic rabbits S 0106 39 10 Live pigeons S 02 0205 00 Meat of horses, asses, mules or hinnies, fresh, chilled or frozen S 0206 80 91 Edible offal of horses, asses, mules or hinnies, fresh or chilled, other than for the manufacture of pharmaceutical products S 0206 90 91 Edible offal of horses, asses, mules or hinnies, frozen, other than for the manufacture of pharmaceutical products S 0207 14 91 Livers, frozen, of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus S 0207 27 91 Livers, frozen, of turkeys S 0207 45 95 0207 55 95 0207 60 91 Livers, frozen, of ducks, geese or guinea fowls, other than fatty livers of ducks or geese S 0208 90 70 Frogs’ legs NS 0210 99 10 Meat of horses, salted, in brine or dried S 0210 99 59 Offal of bovine animals, salted, in brine, dried or smoked, other than thick skirt and thin skirt S ex 0210 99 85 Offal of sheep or goats, salted, in brine, dried or smoked S ex 0210 99 85 Offal, salted, in brine, dried or smoked, other than poultry liver, other than of domestic swine, of bovine animals or of sheep or goats S 04 0403 20 41 Yogurt, containing added chocolate, spices, coffee or coffee extract, plants, parts of plants, cereals or bakers’ wares and by weight, less than 1,5 % milkfat, 5 % sucrose (including invert sugar) or isoglucose, 5 % glucose or starch. S 0403 20 51 Yogurt, flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa S 0403 20 53 0403 20 59 0403 20 91 0403 20 93 0403 20 99 0403 90 71 Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, kephir and other fermented or acidified milk and cream, flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa S 0403 90 73 0403 90 79 0403 90 91 0403 90 93 0403 90 99 0405 20 10 Dairy spreads, of a fat content, by weight, of 39 % or more but not exceeding 75 % S 0405 20 30 0407 19 90 0407 29 90 0407 90 90 Birds’ eggs, in shell, fresh, preserved or cooked, other than of poultry S 0410 10 Insects S 0410 90 00 Other edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included S 05 0511 99 39 Natural sponges of animal origin, other than raw S S-1b 03 ex Chapter 3 Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, except for products under subheading 0301 19 00 S 0301 19 00 Live, ornamental saltwater fish NS S-2a 06 ex Chapter 6 Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage, except for products under subheading 0603 12 00 and 0604 20 40 S 0603 12 00 Fresh cut carnations and flower buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes NS 0604 20 40 Conifer branches, fresh NS S-2b 07 0701 Potatoes, fresh or chilled S 0703 10 Onions and shallots, fresh or chilled S 0703 90 00 Leeks and other alliaceous vegetables, fresh or chilled S 0704 Cabbages, cauliflowers, kohlrabi, kale and similar edible brassicas, fresh or chilled S 0705 Lettuce ( Lactuca sativa ) and chicory ( Cichorium spp.), fresh or chilled S 0706 Carrots, turnips, salad beetroot, salsify, celeriac, radishes and similar edible roots, fresh or chilled S ex 0707 00 05 Cucumbers, fresh or chilled, from 16 May to 31 October S 0708 Leguminous vegetables, shelled or unshelled, fresh or chilled S 0709 20 00 Asparagus, fresh or chilled S 0709 30 00 Aubergines (eggplants), fresh or chilled S 0709 40 00 Celery other than celeriac, fresh or chilled S 0709 51 00 0709 52 00 0709 53 00 0709 54 00 0709 55 00 0709 59 00 Mushrooms, fresh or chilled, excluding the products under subheading 0709 56 00 S 0709 60 10 Sweet peppers, fresh or chilled S 0709 60 99 Fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta , fresh or chilled, other than sweet peppers, other than for the manufacture of capsicin or capsicum oleoresin dyes and other than for the industrial manufacture of essential oils or resinoids S 0709 70 00 Spinach, New Zealand spinach and orache spinach (garden spinach), fresh or chilled S ex 0709 91 00 Globe artichokes, fresh or chilled, from 1 July to 31 October S 0709 92 10 * Olives, fresh or chilled, for uses other than the production of oil S 0709 93 10 Courgettes, fresh or chilled S 0709 93 90 0709 99 90 Other vegetables, fresh or chilled S 0709 99 10 Salad vegetables, fresh or chilled, other than lettuce ( Lactuca sativa ) and chicory ( Cichorium spp.) S 0709 99 20 Chard (or white beet) and cardoons, fresh or chilled S 0709 99 40 Capers, fresh or chilled S 0709 99 50 Fennel, fresh or chilled S ex 0710 Vegetables (uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water), frozen, except for the product of subheading 0710 80 85 S ex 0711 Vegetables provisionally preserved, but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption, excluding the products under subheading 0711 20 90 S ex 0712 Dried vegetables, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder, but not further prepared, excluding olives and the products under subheading 0712 90 19 S 0713 Dried leguminous vegetables, shelled, whether or not skinned or split S 0714 20 10 * Sweet potatoes, fresh, whole, and intended for human consumption NS 0714 20 90 Sweet potatoes, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not sliced or in the form of pellets, other than fresh and whole and intended for human consumption S 0714 90 90 Jerusalem artichokes and similar roots and tubers with high inulin content, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not sliced or in the form of pellets; sago pith NS 08 0802 11 90 Almonds, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled, other than bitter S 0802 12 90 0802 21 00 Hazelnuts or filberts ( Corylus spp.), fresh or dried, whether or not shelled S 0802 22 00 0802 31 00 Walnuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled S 0802 32 00 0802 41 00 Chestnuts ( Castanea spp.), fresh or dried, whether or not shelled S 0802 42 00 or peeled 0802 51 00 Pistachios, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled NS 0802 52 00 0802 61 00 Macadamia nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled NS 0802 62 00 0802 90 85 Other nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled NS 0802 91 00 0802 92 00 Pine nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled NS 0803 10 10 Plantains, fresh S 0803 10 90 Bananas, including plantains, dried S 0803 90 90 0804 10 00 Dates, fresh or dried S 0804 20 10 Figs, fresh or dried S 0804 20 90 0804 30 00 Pineapples, fresh or dried S 0804 40 00 Avocados, fresh or dried S ex 0805 21 Mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas), and clementines, wilkings and similar citrus hybrids, fresh or dried, from 1 March to 31 October S ex 0805 22 00 ex 0805 29 00 0805 40 00 Grapefruit, including pomelos, fresh or dried NS 0805 50 90 Limes ( Citrus aurantifolia, Citrus latifolia ), fresh or dried S 0805 90 00 Other citrus fruit, fresh or dried S ex 0806 10 10 Table grapes, fresh, from 1 January to 20 July and from 21 November to 31 December, excluding grapes of the variety Emperor ( Vitis vinifera cv.) from 1 to 31 December S 0806 10 90 Other grapes, fresh S ex 0806 20 Dried grapes, excluding products under subheading ex 0806 20 30 in immediate containers of a net capacity exceeding 2 kg S 0807 11 00 Melons (including watermelons), fresh S 0807 19 00 0808 10 10 Cider apples, fresh, in bulk, from 16 September to 15 December S 0808 30 10 Perry pears, fresh, in bulk, from 1 August to 31 December S ex 0808 30 90 Other pears, fresh, from 1 May to 30 June S 0808 40 00 Quinces, fresh S ex 0809 10 00 Apricots, fresh, from 1 January to 31 May and from 1 August to 31 December S 0809 21 00 Sour cherries ( Prunus cerasus ), fresh S ex 0809 29 Cherries, fresh, from 1 January to 20 May and from 11 August to 31 December, other than sour cherries ( Prunus cerasus ) S ex 0809 30 Peaches, including nectarines, fresh, from 1 January to 10 June and from 1 October to 31 December S ex 0809 40 05 Plums, fresh, from 1 January to 10 June and from 1 October to 31 December S 0809 40 90 Sloes, fresh S ex 0810 10 00 Strawberries, fresh, from 1 January to 30 April and from 1 August to 31 December S 0810 20 Raspberries, blackberries, mulberries and loganberries, fresh S 0810 30 Black-, white- or redcurrants and gooseberries, fresh S 0810 40 30 Fruit of the species Vaccinium myrtillus , fresh S 0810 40 50 Fruit of the species Vaccinium macrocarpon and Vaccinium corymbosum , fresh S 0810 40 90 Other fruits of the genus Vaccinium , fresh S 0810 50 00 Kiwifruit, fresh S 0810 60 00 Durians, fresh S 0810 70 00 0810 90 75 Persimmons Other fruit, fresh S ex 0811 Fruit and nuts, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, except for products under subheadings 0811 10 and 0811 20 S ex 0812 Fruit and nuts provisionally preserved, but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption, except for products under subheading 0812 90 30 S 0812 90 30 Papaws (papayas) NS 0813 10 00 Apricots, dried S 0813 20 00 Prunes S 0813 30 00 Apples, dried S 0813 40 10 Peaches, including nectarines, dried S 0813 40 30 Pears, dried S 0813 40 50 Papaws (papayas), dried NS 0813 40 95 Other fruit, dried, other than that of headings 0801 to 0806 NS 0813 50 12 Mixtures of dried fruit (other than that of headings 0801 to 0806 ) of papaws (papayas), tamarinds, cashew apples, lychees, jackfruit, sapodillo plums, passion fruit, carambola or pitahaya, but not containing prunes S 0813 50 15 Other mixtures of dried fruit (other than that of headings 0801 to 0806 ), not containing prunes S 0813 50 19 Mixtures of dried fruit (other than that of headings 0801 to 0806 ), containing prunes S 0813 50 31 Mixtures exclusively of tropical nuts of headings 0801 and 0802 S 0813 50 39 Mixtures exclusively of nuts of headings 0801 and 0802 , other than of tropical nuts S 0813 50 91 Other mixtures of nuts and dried fruits of Chapter 8, not containing prunes or figs S 0813 50 99 Other mixtures of nuts and dried fruits of Chapter 8 S 0814 00 00 Peel of citrus fruit or melons (including watermelons), fresh, frozen, dried or provisionally preserved in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions NS S-2c 09 ex Chapter 9 Coffee, tea, maté and spices, except the products under subheadings 0901 12 00 , 0901 21 00 , 0901 22 00 , 0901 90 90 and 0904 21 10 , headings 0905 and 0907 , and subheadings 0910 91 90 , 0910 99 33 , 0910 99 39 , 0910 99 50 and 0910 99 99 NS 0901 12 00 Coffee, not roasted, decaffeinated S 0901 21 00 Coffee, roasted, not decaffeinated S 0901 22 00 Coffee, roasted, decaffeinated S 0901 90 90 Coffee substitutes containing coffee in any proportion S 0904 21 10 Sweet peppers, dried, neither crushed nor ground S 0905 Vanilla S 0907 Cloves (whole fruit, cloves and stems) S 0910 91 90 Mixtures of two or more products under different headings of headings 0904 to 0910 , crushed or ground S 0910 99 33 Thyme other than wild thyme ( Thymus serpyllum L.); bay leaves S 0910 99 39 0910 99 50 0910 99 99 Other spices, crushed or ground, other than mixtures of two or more products under different headings of headings 0904 to 0910 S S-2d 10 1008 50 00 Quinoa ( Chenopodium quinoa ) S 11 Ex 1104 29 17 Hulled cereal grains excluding barley, oats, maize, rice and wheat S 1105 Flour, meal, powder, flakes, granules and pellets of potatoes S 1106 10 00 Flour, meal and powder of the dried leguminous vegetables of heading 0713 S 1106 30 Flour, meal and powder of products from Chapter 8 S 1108 20 00 Inulin S 12 ex Chapter 12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit, except for products under subheadings 1209 21 00 , 1209 23 80 , 1209 29 50 , 1209 29 80 , 1209 30 00 , 1209 91 80 and 1209 99 91 ; industrial or medicinal plants, except for products under subheading 1211 90 30 , and excluding products under heading 1210 and subheadings 1212 91 and 1212 93 00 S 1209 21 00 Lucerne (alfalfa) seed, of a kind used for sowing NS 1209 23 80 Other fescue seed, of a kind used for sowing NS 1209 29 50 Lupine seed, of a kind used for sowing NS 1209 29 80 Seeds of other forage plants, of a kind used for sowing NS 1209 30 00 Seeds of herbaceous plants cultivated principally for their flowers, of a kind used for sowing NS 1209 91 80 Other vegetable seeds, of a kind used for sowing NS 1209 99 91 Seeds of plants cultivated principally for their flowers, of a kind used for sowing, other than those of subheading 1209 30 00 NS 1211 90 30 Tonquin beans, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not cut, crushed or powdered NS 13 ex Chapter 13 Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts, except for products under subheading 1302 12 00 S 1302 12 00 Vegetable saps and extracts, of liquorice NS S-3 15 1501 90 00 Poultry fat, other than that of headings 0209 or 1503 S 1502 10 90 1502 90 90 Fats of bovine animals, sheep or goats, other than those of heading 1503 and other than for industrial uses other than the manufacture of foodstuffs for human consumption S 1503 00 19 Lard stearin and oleostearin, other than for industrial uses S 1503 00 90 Lard oil, oleo-oil and tallow oil, not emulsified or mixed or otherwise prepared, other than tallow oil for industrial uses other than the manufacture of foodstuffs for human consumption S 1504 Fats and oils and their fractions, of fish or marine mammals, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified S 1505 00 10 Wool grease, crude S 1507 Soya-bean oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified S 1508 Groundnut oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified S 1511 10 90 Palm oil, crude, other than for technical or industrial uses other than the manufacture of foodstuffs for human consumption but not chemically modified S 1511 90 Palm oil and its fractions, whether or not refined but not chemically modified, other than crude oil S 1512 Sunflower-seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified S 1513 Coconut (copra), palm-kernel or babassu oil and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified S 1514 Rape, colza or mustard oil and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified S 1515 Other fixed vegetable or microbial fats and oils (including jojoba oil) and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified S ex 1516 Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their fractions, partly or wholly hydrogenated, inter-esterified, re-esterified or elaidinised, whether or not refined, but not further prepared, except for products under subheading 1516 20 10 S 1516 20 10 Hydrogenated castor oil, so called ‘opal-wax’ NS 1517 Margarine; edible mixtures or preparations of animal, vegetable or microbial fats or oils or of fractions of different fats or oils of Chapter 15, other than edible fats or oils or their fractions of heading 1516 S 1518 00 Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their fractions, boiled, oxidised, dehydrated, sulphurised, blown, polymerised by heat in vacuum or in inert gas or otherwise chemically modified, excluding those of heading 1516 ; inedible mixtures or preparations of animal or vegetable fats or oils or of fractions of different fats or oils of Chapter 15, not elsewhere specified or included S 1521 90 99 Beeswax and other insect waxes, whether or not refined or coloured, other than raw S 1522 00 10 Degras S 1522 00 91 Oil foots and dregs; soapstocks, other than containing oil having the characteristics of olive oil S S-4a 16 1601 00 10 Sausages and similar products, of liver, and food preparations based on liver S 1602 20 10 Goose or duck liver, prepared or preserved S 1602 41 90 Ham and cuts thereof, prepared or preserved, of swine other than of domestic swine S 1602 42 90 Shoulders and cuts thereof, prepared or preserved, of swine other than of domestic swine S 1602 49 90 Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal, including mixtures, of swine other than of domestic swine S 1602 90 31 Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal, of game or rabbit S 1602 90 69 Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal, of sheep or goats or other animals, not containing uncooked bovine meat or offal and not containing meat or meat offal of domestic swine S 1602 90 91 1602 90 95 1602 90 99 1603 00 10 Extracts and juices of meat, fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, in immediate packings of a net content not exceeding 1 kg S 1604 Prepared or preserved fish; caviar and caviar substitutes prepared from fish eggs S 1605 Crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, prepared or preserved S S-4b 17 1702 50 00 Chemically pure fructose S 1702 90 10 Chemically pure maltose S 1704 Sugar confectionery (including white chocolate), not containing cocoa S 18 Chapter 18 Cocoa and cocoa preparations S 19 ex Chapter 19 Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastrycooks’ products, except for products under subheadings 1901 20 00 and 1901 90 91 S 1901 20 00 Mixes and doughs for the preparation of bakers’ wares of heading 1905 NS 1901 90 91 Other, containing no milkfats, sucrose, isoglucose, glucose or starch or containing less than 1,5 % milk fat, 5 % sucrose (including invert sugar) or isoglucose, 5 % glucose or starch, excluding food preparations in powder form of goods of headings 0401 to 0404 NS 20 ex Chapter 20 Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants, except for products under subheadings 2008 20 19 , 2008 20 39 , and excluding products under heading 2002 and subheadings 2005 80 00 , 2008 40 19 , 2008 40 31 , 2008 40 51 to 2008 40 90 , 2008 70 19 , 2008 70 51 , 2008 70 61 to 2008 70 98 S 2008 20 19 Pineapples, otherwise prepared or preserved, containing added spirit, not elsewhere specified or included NS 2008 20 39 21 ex Chapter 21 Miscellaneous edible preparations, except for products under subheadings 2101 20 and 2102 20 19 , and excluding products under subheadings 2106 10 , 2106 90 30 , 2106 90 51 , 2106 90 55 and 2106 90 59 S 2101 20 Extracts, essences and concentrates, of tea or maté, and preparations with a basis of these extracts, essences or concentrates, or with a basis of tea or maté NS 2102 20 19 Other inactive yeasts NS 22 ex Chapter 22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar, excluding products under heading 2207 , subheadings 2204 10 11 to 2204 30 10 and subheading 2208 40 S 23 2302 50 00 Bran, sharps and other residues, whether or not in the form of pellets, derived from the sifting, milling or other working of leguminous plants S 2307 00 19 Other wine lees S 2308 00 19 Other grape marc S 2308 00 90 Other vegetable materials and vegetable waste, vegetable residues and by-products, whether or not in the form of pellets, of a kind used in animal feeding, not elsewhere specified or included NS 2309 10 90 Other dog or cat food put up for retail sale, other than containing starch or glucose, glucose syrup, maltodextrine or maltodextrine syrup of subheadings 1702 30 50 to 1702 30 90 , 1702 40 90 , 1702 90 50 and 2106 90 55 or milk products S 2309 90 10 Fish or marine mammal solubles, of a kind used in animal feeding NS 2309 90 91 Beetpulp with added molasses, of a kind used in animal feeding S 2309 90 96 Other preparations of a kind used in animal feeding, whether or not containing by weight 49 % or more of choline chloride on an organic or inorganic base S S-4c 24 ex Chapter 24 Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes, except for products under subheading 2401 10 60 S 2401 10 60 Sun-cured Oriental type tobacco, not stemmed/ stripped NS S-5 25 2519 90 10 Magnesium oxide, other than calcined natural magnesium carbonate NS 2522 Quicklime, slaked lime and hydraulic lime, other than calcium oxide and hydroxide of heading 2825 NS 2523 Portland cement, aluminous cement, slag cement, supersulphate cement and similar hydraulic cements, whether or not coloured or in the form of clinkers NS 27 Chapter 27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes NS S-6a 28 2801 Fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine NS 2802 00 00 Sulphur, sublimed or precipitated; colloidal sulphur NS ex 2804 Hydrogen, rare gases and other non-metals, excluding products under subheading 2804 69 00 NS 2805 19 Alkali or alkaline-earth metals other than sodium and calcium NS 2805 30 Rare-earth metals, scandium and yttrium, whether or not intermixed or interalloyed NS 2806 Hydrogen chloride (hydrochloric acid); chlorosulphuric acid NS 2807 00 Sulphuric acid; oleum NS 2808 00 00 Nitric acid; sulphonitric acids NS 2809 Diphosphorus pentaoxide; phosphoric acid; polyphosphoric acids, whether or not chemically defined NS 2810 00 90 Oxides of boron, other than diboron trioxide; boric acids NS 2811 Other inorganic acids and other inorganic oxygen compounds of non-metals NS 2812 Halides and halide oxides of non-metals NS 2813 Sulphides of non-metals; commercial phosporus trisulphide NS 2814 Ammonia, anhydrous or in aqueous solution S 2815 Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda); potassium hydroxide (caustic potash); peroxide of sodium or potassium S 2816 Hydroxide and peroxide of magnesium; oxides, hydroxides and peroxides, of strontium or barium NS 2817 00 00 Zinc oxide; zinc peroxide S 2818 10 Artificial corundum, whether or not chemically defined S 2818 20 00 Aluminium oxide, other than artificial corundum NS 2819 Chromium oxides and hydroxides S 2820 Manganese oxides S 2821 Iron oxides and hydroxides; earth colours containing 70 % or more by weight of combined iron evaluated as Fe 2 O 3 NS 2822 00 00 Cobalt oxides and hydroxides; commercial cobalt oxides NS 2823 00 00 Titanium oxides S 2824 Lead oxides; red lead and orange lead NS ex 2825 Hydrazine and hydroxylamine and their inorganic salts; other inorganic bases; other metal oxides, hydroxides and peroxides, except for products under subheadings 2825 10 00 and 2825 80 00 NS 2825 10 00 Hydrazine and hydroxylamine and their inorganic salts S 2825 80 00 Antimony oxides S 2826 Fluorides; fluorosilicates, fluoroaluminates and other complex fluorine salts NS ex 2827 Chlorides, chloride oxides and chloride hydroxides, except for products under subheadings 2827 10 00 and 2827 32 00 ; bromides and bromide oxides; iodides and iodide oxides NS 2827 10 00 Ammonium chloride S 2827 32 00 Chlorides of aluminium S 2828 Hypochlorites; commercial calcium hypochlorite; chlorites; hypobromites NS 2829 Chlorates and perchlorates; bromates and perbromates; iodates and periodates NS ex 2830 Sulphides, except for products under subheading 2830 10 00 ; polysulphides, whether or not chemically defined NS 2830 10 00 Sodium sulphides S 2831 Dithionites and sulphoxylates NS 2832 Sulphites; thiosulphates NS 2833 Sulphates; alums; peroxosulphates (persulphates) NS 2834 10 00 Nitrites S 2834 21 00 Nitrates of potassium NS 2834 29 Other nitrates than nitrates of potassium NS 2835 Phosphinates (hypophosphites), phosphonates (phosphites) and phosphates; polyphosphates, whether or not chemically defined S ex 2836 Carbonates, except for products under subheadings 2836 20 00 , 2836 40 00 and 2836 60 00 ; peroxocarbonates (percarbonates); commercial ammonium carbonate containing ammonium carbamate NS 2836 20 00 Disodium carbonate S 2836 40 00 Potassium carbonates S 2836 60 00 Barium carbonate S 2837 Cyanides, cyanide oxides and complex cyanides NS 2839 Silicates; commercial alkali metal silicates NS 2840 Borates; peroxoborates (perborates) NS ex 2841 Salts of oxometallic or peroxometallic acids, except for the product of subheading 2841 61 00 NS 2841 61 00 Potassium permanganate S 2842 Other salts of inorganic acids or peroxoacids (including aluminosilicates, whether or not chemically defined), other than azides NS 2843 Colloidal precious metals; inorganic or organic compounds of precious metals, whether or not chemically defined; amalgams of precious metals NS ex 2844 30 11 Cermets containing uranium depleted in U-235 or compounds of this product, other than unwrought NS ex 2844 30 51 Cermets containing thorium or compounds of thorium, other than unwrought NS 2845 20 00 2845 30 00 2845 40 00 2845 90 90 Isotopes other than those of heading 2844 , and compounds, inorganic or organic, of such isotopes, whether or not chemically defined, other than heavy water (deuterium oxide) (Euratom) and other than deuterium and compounds thereof, hydrogen and compounds thereof, enriched in deuterium, mixtures and solutions containing these products (Euratom) NS 2846 Compounds, inorganic or organic, of rare-earth metals, of yttrium or of scandium or of mixtures of these metals NS 2847 00 00 Hydrogen peroxide, whether or not solidified with urea NS ex 2849 Carbides, whether or not chemically defined, except for products under subheadings 2849 20 00 and 2849 90 30 NS 2849 20 00 Silicon carbide, whether or not chemically defined S 2849 90 30 Carbides of tungsten, whether or not chemically defined S ex 2850 00 Hydrides, nitrides, azides and borides, whether or not chemically defined, other than compounds which are also carbides of heading 2849 NS ex 2850 00 60 Silicides, whether or not chemically defined S 2852 Inorganic or organic compounds of mercury, whether or not chemically defined, excluding amalgams NS 2853 Phosphides, whether or not chemically defined, excluding ferrophosphorus; other inorganic compounds (including distilled or conductivity water and water of similar purity); liquid air (whether or not rare gases have been removed); compressed air; amalgams, other than amalgams of precious metals NS 29 2903 Halogenated derivatives of hydrocarbons S ex 2904 Sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of hydrocarbons, whether or not halogenated, except for products under subheading 2904 20 00 NS 2904 20 00 Derivatives containing only nitro or only nitroso groups S ex 2905 Acyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives, except for the product of subheading 2905 45 00 , and excluding products under subheadings 2905 43 00 and 2905 44 S 2905 45 00 Glycerol NS 2906 Cyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives NS ex 2907 Phenols, except for products under subheadings 2907 15 90 and ex 2907 22 00 ; phenol-alcohols NS 2907 15 90 Naphthols and their salts, other than 1-naphthol S ex 2907 22 00 Hydroquinone (quinol) S 2908 Halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of phenols or phenol-alcohols NS 2909 Ethers, ether-alcohols, ether-phenols, ether-alcohol-phenols, alcohol peroxides, ether peroxides, ketone peroxides (whether or not chemically defined), and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives S 2910 Epoxides, epoxyalcohols, epoxyphenols and epoxyethers, with a three-membered ring, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives NS 2911 00 00 Acetals and hemiacetals, whether or not with other oxygen function, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives NS ex 2912 Aldehydes, whether or not with other oxygen function; cyclic polymers of aldehydes; paraformaldehyde, except for the product of subheading 2912 41 00 NS 2912 41 00 Vanillin (4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzaldehyde) S 2913 00 00 Halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of products under heading 2912 NS ex 2914 Ketones and quinones, whether or not with other oxygen function, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives, except for products under subheadings 2914 11 00 , ex 2914 29 and 2914 22 00 NS 2914 11 00 Acetone S 2914 22 00 Cyclohexanone and methylcyclohexanones S ex 2914 29 00 Camphor S 2915 Saturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids and their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives S ex 2916 Unsaturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids, cyclic monocarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives, except for products under subheadings ex 2916 11 00 , 2916 12 and 2916 14 NS ex 2916 11 00 Acrylic acid S 2916 12 00 Esters of acrylic acid S 2916 14 00 Esters of methacrylic acid S ex 2917 Polycarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives, except for products under subheadings 2917 11 00 , ex 2917 12 00 , 2917 14 00 , 2917 32 00 , 2917 35 00 and 2917 36 00 NS 2917 11 00 Oxalic acid, its salts and esters S ex 2917 12 00 Adipic acid and its salts S 2917 14 00 Maleic anhydride S 2917 32 00 Dioctyl orthophthalates S 2917 35 00 Phthalic anhydride S 2917 36 00 Terephthalic acid and its salts S ex 2918 Carboxylic acids with additional oxygen function and their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives, except for products under subheadings 2918 14 00 , 2918 15 00 , 2918 21 00 , 2918 22 00 and ex 2918 29 00 NS 2918 14 00 Citric acid S 2918 15 00 Salts and esters of citric acid S 2918 21 00 Salicylic acid and its salts S 2918 22 00 o -Acetylsalicylic acid, its salts and esters S ex 2918 29 00 Sulphosalicylic acids, hydroxynaphthoic acids; their salts and esters S 2919 Phosphoric esters and their salts, including lactophosphates; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives NS 2920 Esters of other inorganic acids of non-metals (excluding esters of hydrogen halides) and their salts; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives NS ex 2921 Amine-function compounds S 2921 42 00 Aniline derivatives and their salts NS ex 2922 Oxygen-function amino-compounds S 2922 41 00 Lysine and its esters; salts thereof NS 2923 Quaternary ammonium salts and hydroxides; lecithins and other phosphoaminolipids, whether or not chemically defined NS ex 2924 Carboxyamide-function compounds and amide-function compounds of carbonic acid, except for products under subheading 2924 23 00 S 2924 23 00 2-Acetamidobenzoic acid (N-acetylanthranilic acid) and its salts NS 2925 Carboxyimide-function compounds (including saccharin and its salts) and imine-function compounds NS ex 2926 Nitrile-function compounds, except for the product of subheading 2926 10 00 NS 2926 10 00 Acrylonitrile S 2927 00 00 Diazo-, azo- or azoxy-compounds NS 2928 00 90 Other organic derivatives of hydrazine or of hydroxylamine NS 2929 10 00 Isocyanates S 2929 90 Other compounds with other nitrogen function NS 2930 10 00 2-(N,N-Dimethylamino) ethanethiol S 2930 20 00 Thiocarbamates and dithiocarbamates NS 2930 30 00 Thiuram mono-, di- or tetrasulphides NS 2930 40 90 Methionine other than methionine (INN) S 2930 60 00 2-(N,N-Diethylamino) ethanethiol S 2930 70 00 Bis(2-hydroxyethyl)sulfide (thiodiglycol (INN)) S 2930 80 00 Aldicarb (ISO), Captafol (ISO) and methamidophos (ISO) S 2930 90 13 Cysteine and cystine S 2930 90 16 Derivatives of cysteine or cystine NS 2930 90 80 Phorate (ISO) S ex 2930 90 95 Other organo-sulphur compounds, dithiocarbonates (xanthates) NS ex 2930 90 95 Other organo-sulphur compounds, other than dithiocarbonates (xanthates) S 2931 Other organo-inorganic compounds NS ex 2932 Heterocyclic compounds with oxygen hetero-atom(s) only, except for products under subheadings 2932 12 00 , 2932 13 00 and ex 2932 20 90 NS 2932 12 00 2-Furaldehyde (furfuraldehyde) S 2932 13 00 Furfuryl alcohol and tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol S ex 2932 20 90 Coumarin, methylcoumarins and ethylcoumarins S ex 2933 Heterocylic compounds with nitrogen hetero-atom(s) only, except for the product of subheading 2933 61 00 NS 2933 61 00 Melamine S 2934 Nucleic acids and their salts, whether or not chemically defined; other heterocyclic compounds NS 2935 00 Sulphonamides S 2938 Glycosides, natural or reproduced by synthesis, and their salts, ethers, esters and other derivatives NS ex 2940 00 00 Sugars, chemically pure, other than sucrose, lactose, maltose, glucose and fructose, and except for rhamnose, raffinose and mannose; sugar ethers, sugar acetals and sugar esters, and their salts, other than products under headings 2937 , 2938 or 2939 S ex 2940 00 00 Rhamnose, raffinose and mannose NS 2941 20 30 Dihydrostreptomycin, its salts, esters and hydrates NS 2942 00 00 Other organic compounds NS S-6b 31 3102 21 Ammonium sulphate NS 3102 40 Mixtures of ammonium nitrate with calcium carbonate or other inorganic non-fertilising substances NS 3102 50 Sodium nitrate NS 3102 60 Double salts and mixtures of calcium nitrate and ammonium nitrate NS 3103 11 00 3103 19 00 Superphosphates S 3105 Mineral or chemical fertilisers containing two or three of the fertilising elements nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium; other fertilisers; goods of Chapter 31 in tablets or similar forms or in packages of a gross weight not exceeding 10 kg S 32 ex Chapter 32 Tanning or dyeing extracts; tannins and their derivatives; dyes, pigments and other colouring matter; paints and varnishes; putty and other mastics; inks; except for products under headings 3204 and 3206 , and excluding products under subheadings 3201 90 20 , ex 3201 90 90 (tanning extracts of eucalyptus), ex 3201 90 90 (tanning extracts derived from gambier and myrobalan fruits) and ex 3201 90 90 (other tanning extracts of vegetable origin) NS ex 3204 Synthetic organic colouring matter, whether or not chemically defined; preparations as specified in note 3 to Chapter 32 based on synthetic organic colouring matter; synthetic organic products of a kind used as fluorescent brightening agents or as luminophores, whether or not chemically defined S 3204 11 00 Synthetic organic disperse dyes; preparations based on synthetic organic disperse dyes NS 3204 13 00 Basic synthetic organic dyes; preparations based on basic synthetic organic dyes NS 3204 14 00 Direct synthetic organic dyes; preparations based on direct synthetic organic dyes NS 3204 15 Synthetic organic vat dyes, incl. those usable in that state as pigments; preparations based on synthetic organic vat dyes NS 3206 Other colouring matter; preparations as specified in note 3 to Chapter 32, other than those of headings 3203 , 3204 or 3205 ; inorganic products of a kind used as luminophores, whether or not chemically defined S 33 Chapter 33 Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations NS 34 Chapter 34 Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modelling pastes, ‘dental waxes’ and dental preparations with a basis of plaster NS 35 3501 Casein, caseinates and other casein derivatives; casein glues S 3502 90 90 Albuminates and other albumin derivatives NS 3503 00 Gelatin (including gelatin in rectangular (including square) sheets, whether or not surface-worked or coloured) and gelatin derivatives; isinglass; other glues of animal origin, excluding casein glues of heading 3501 NS 3504 00 Peptones and their derivatives; other protein substances and their derivatives, not elsewhere specified or included; hide powder, whether or not chromed NS 3505 10 50 Starches, esterified or etherified NS 3506 Prepared glues and other prepared adhesives, not elsewhere specified or included; products suitable for use as glues or adhesives, put up for retail sale as glues or adhesives, not exceeding a net weight of 1 kg NS 3507 Enzymes; prepared enzymes not elsewhere specified or included S 36 Chapter 36 Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations NS 37 Chapter 37 Photographic or cinematographic goods NS 38 ex Chapter 38 Miscellaneous chemical products, except for products under headings 3802 and 3817 00 , subheadings 3823 12 00 and 3823 70 00 , and heading 3825 , and excluding the products under subheadings 3809 10 and 3824 60 NS 3802 Activated carbon; activated natural mineral products; animal black, including spent animal black S 3817 00 Mixed alkylbenzenes and mixed alkylnaphthalenes, other than those of headings 2707 or 2902 S 3823 12 00 Oleic acid S 3823 70 00 Industrial fatty alcohols S 3825 Residual products of the chemical or allied industries, not elsewhere specified or included; municipal waste; sewage sludge; other wastes specified in note 6 to Chapter 38 S S-7a 39 ex Chapter 39 Plastics and articles thereof, except for products under headings 3901 , 3902 , 3903 and 3904 , subheadings 3906 10 00 , 3907 10 00 , 3907 61 , 3907 69 and 3907 99 , headings 3908 and 3920 , and subheadings ex 3921 90 10 and 3923 21 00 NS 3901 Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms S 3902 Polymers of propylene or of other olefins, in primary forms S 3903 Polymers of styrene, in primary forms S 3904 Polymers of vinyl chloride or of other halogenated olefins, in primary forms S 3906 10 00 Poly(methyl methacrylate) S 3907 10 00 Polyacetals S 3907 61 00 Poly(ethylene terephthalate) having a viscosity number of 78 ml/g or higher S 3907 69 00 Poly(ethylene terephthalate), other than having a viscosity number of 78 ml/g or higher S 3907 99 Other polyesters, other than unsaturated S 3908 Polyamides in primary forms S 3920 Other plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of plastics, non-cellular and not reinforced, laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials S ex 3921 90 10 Other plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of polyesters, other than cellular products and other than corrugated sheets and plates S 3923 21 00 Sacks and bags (including cones), of polymers of ethylene S S-7b 40 ex Chapter 40 Rubber and articles thereof, except for products under heading 4010 NS 4010 Conveyor or transmission belts or belting, of vulcanised rubber S S-8a 41 ex 4104 Tanned or crust hides and skins of bovine (including buffalo) or equine animals, without hair on, whether or not split, but not further prepared, excluding the products under subheadings 4104 41 19 and 4104 49 19 S ex 4106 31 00 Tanned or crust hides and skins of swine, without wool or hair on, in the wet state (including wet-blue), split but not further prepared NS 4106 32 00 Tanned or crust hides and skins of swine, without wool or hair on, in the dry state (crust), whether or not split, but not further prepared NS 4107 Leather further prepared after tanning or crusting, including parchment-dressed leather, of bovine (including buffalo) or equine animals, without hair on, whether or not split, other than leather of heading 4114 S 4112 00 00 Leather further prepared after tanning or crusting, including parchment-dressed leather, of sheep or lamb, without wool on, whether or not split, other than leather of heading 4114 S ex 4113 Leather further prepared after tanning or crusting, including parchment-dressed leather, of other animals, without wool or hair on, whether or not split, other than leather of heading 4114 , except for products under subheading 4113 10 00 NS 4113 10 00 Of goats or kids S 4114 Chamois (including combination chamois) leather; patent leather and patent laminated leather; metallised leather S 4115 10 00 Composition leather with a basis of leather or leather fibre, in slabs, sheets or strip, whether or not in rolls S S-8b 42 ex Chapter 42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut); except for products under headings 4202 and 4203 NS 4202 Trunks, suitcases, vanity cases, executive-cases, briefcases, school satchels, spectacle cases, binocular cases, camera cases, musical instrument cases, gun cases, holsters and similar containers; travelling-bags, insulated food or beverages bags, toilet bags, rucksacks, handbags, shopping-bags, wallets, purses, map-cases, cigarette-cases, tobacco-pouches, tool bags, sports bags, bottle-cases, jewellery boxes, powder boxes, cutlery cases and similar containers, of leather or of composition leather, of sheeting of plastics, of textile materials, of vulcanised fibre or of paperboard, or wholly or mainly covered with such materials or with paper S 4203 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, of leather or of composition leather S 43 Chapter 43 Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof NS S-9a 44 ex Chapter 44 Wood and articles of wood, except for products under headings 4410 , 4411 , 4412 , subheadings 4418 10 , 4418 20 10 , 4418 74 00 , 4420 10 11 , 4420 90 10 and 4420 90 91 ; wood charcoal NS 4410 Particle board, oriented strand board (OSB) and similar board (for example, waferboard) of wood or other ligneous materials, whether or not agglomerated with resins or other organic binding substances S 4411 Fibreboard of wood or other ligneous materials, whether or not bonded with resins or other organic substances S 4412 Plywood, veneered panels and similar laminated wood S 4418 11 00 Windows, French windows and their frames, of tropical wood S 4418 19 Windows, French windows and their frames of other wood S 4418 21 10 Doors and their frames and thresholds, of tropical wood as specified in additional note 2 to Chapter 44 S 4418 74 00 Other assembled flooring panels for mosaic floors, of wood S 4420 10 11 Statuettes and other ornaments, of tropical wood as specified in additional note 2 to Chapter 44; Wood marquetry and inlaid wood; Other caskets and cases for jewellery or cutlery, and similar articles, and wooden articles of furniture not falling in Chapter 94, of tropical wood as specified in additional note 2 to Chapter 44 S 4420 90 10 4420 90 91 S-9b 45 ex Chapter 45 Cork and articles of cork, except for products under heading 4503 NS 4503 Articles of natural cork S 46 Chapter 46 Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork S S-11a 50 Chapter 50 Silk S 51 ex Chapter 51 Wool, fine or coarse animal hair, excluding the products under heading 5105 ; horsehair yarn and woven fabric S 52 Chapter 52 Cotton S 53 Chapter 53 Other vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn and woven fabrics of paper yarn S 54 Chapter 54 Man-made filaments; strip and the like of man-made textile materials S 55 Chapter 55 Man-made staple fibres S 56 Chapter 56 Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns; twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof S 57 Chapter 57 Carpets and other textile floor coverings S 58 Chapter 58 Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace; tapestries; trimmings; embroidery S 59 Chapter 59 Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use S 60 Chapter 60 Knitted or crocheted fabrics S S-11b 61 Chapter 61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted S 62 Chapter 62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted S 63 Chapter 63 Other made-up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags S S-12a 64 Chapter 64 Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles S S-12b 65 Chapter 65 Headgear and parts thereof NS 66 Chapter 66 Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seat-sticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof S 67 Chapter 67 Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair NS S-13 68 Chapter 68 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials NS 69 Chapter 69 Ceramic products S 70 Chapter 70 Glass and glassware S S-14 71 ex Chapter 71 Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal, and articles thereof; coin; except for products under heading 7117 NS 7117 Imitation jewellery S S-15a 72 7202 Ferro-alloys S 73 Chapter 73 Articles of iron or steel NS S-15b 74 Chapter 74 Copper and articles thereof S 75 7505 12 00 Bars, rods and profiles, of nickel alloys NS 7505 22 00 Wire, of nickel alloys NS 7506 20 00 Plates, sheets, strip and foil, of nickel alloys NS 7507 20 00 Nickel tube or pipe fittings NS 76 ex Chapter 76 Aluminium and articles thereof, excluding products of heading 7601 S 78 ex Chapter 78 Lead and articles thereof, excluding products of heading 7801 S 7801 99 Unwrought lead other than refined and other than containing by weight antimony as the principal other element NS 79 ex Chapter 79 Zinc and articles thereof, excluding products of headings 7901 and 7903 S 81 ex Chapter 81 Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof, excluding products of subheadings 8101 10 00 , 8102 10 00 , 8102 94 00 , 8109 21 00 , 8109 29 00 , 8110 10 00 , 8112 21 90 , 8112 51 00 , 8112 59 00 , 8112 92 and 8113 00 20 , except for products under subheadings 8101 94 00 , 8104 11 00 , 8104 19 00 , 8112 69 10 , 8108 20 00 and 8108 30 00 S 8101 94 00 Unwrought tungsten, including bars and rods obtained simply by sintering NS 8104 11 00 Unwrought magnesium, containing at least 99,8 % by weight of magnesium NS 8104 19 00 Unwrought magnesium other than of subheading 8104 11 00 NS 8112 69 10 Unwrought cadmium; powders NS 8108 20 00 Unwrought titanium; powders NS 8108 30 00 Titanium waste and scrap NS 82 Chapter 82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof, of base metal S 83 Chapter 83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal S S-16 84 ex Chapter 84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances, and parts thereof, except for products of subheadings 8401 10 00 and 8407 21 10 NS 8401 10 00 Nuclear reactors (Euratom) S 8407 21 10 Marine propulsion engines, outboard motors, of a cylinder capacity not exceeding 325 cm 3 S 85 ex Chapter 85 Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles, except for products under subheadings 8516 50 00 , 8519 20 , 8519 30 00 , headings 8521 , 8525 and 8527 , subheadings 8528 49 00 , 8528 59 and 8528 69 to 8528 72 , heading 8529 and subheadings 8540 11 00 and 8540 12 00 NS 8516 50 00 Microwave ovens S 8519 20 Apparatus operated by coins, banknotes, bank cards, tokens or by other means of payment; turntables (record-decks) S 8519 30 00 ex 8521 Video recording or reproducing apparatus, whether or not incorporating a video tuner, except products of subheading 8521 90 00 S 8521 90 00 Video recording or reproducing apparatus (excluding magnetic tape-type); video recording or reproducing apparatus, whether or not incorporating a video tuner (excluding magnetic tape-type) NS 8525 Transmission apparatus for radio-broadcasting or television, whether or not incorporating reception apparatus or sound-recording or -reproducing apparatus; television cameras; digital cameras and video camera recorders S 8527 Reception apparatus for radio-broadcasting, whether or not combined, in the same housing, with sound-recording or -reproducing apparatus or a clock S 8528 59 Other monitors and other projectors, not incorporating television-reception apparatus, other than cathode-ray tube monitors and monitors and projectors of a kind capable of directly connecting to and designed for use with an automatic data processing machine of heading 8471 ; other reception apparatus for television, whether or not incorporating radio-broadcast receivers or sound- or video-recording or -reproducing apparatus, not designed to incorporate a video display or screen, colour, other than monochrome S 8528 69 to 8528 72 8529 Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of headings 8524 to 8528 S 8540 11 Cathode ray television picture tubes, including video monitor cathode ray tubes, colour, or monochrome S 8540 12 00 S-17a 86 Chapter 86 Railway or tramway locomotives, rolling stock and parts thereof; railway or tramway track fixtures and fittings and parts thereof; mechanical (including electromechanical) traffic-signalling equipment of all kinds NS S-17b 87 ex Chapter 87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof, except for products under headings 8702 , 8703 , 8704 , 8705 , 8706 00 , 8707 , 8708 , 8709 , 8711 , 8712 00 and 8714 NS 8702 Motor vehicles for the transport of ten or more persons, including the driver S 8703 Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons (other than those of heading 8702 ), including station wagons and racing cars S 8704 Motor vehicles for the transport of goods S 8705 Special-purpose motor vehicles, other than those principally designed for the transport of persons or goods (for example, breakdown lorries, crane lorries, fire-fighting vehicles, concrete-mixer lorries, road-sweeper lorries, spraying lorries, mobile workshops, mobile radiological units) S 8706 00 Chassis fitted with engines, for the motor vehicles of headings 8701 to 8705 S 8707 Bodies (including cabs), for the motor vehicles of headings 8701 to 8705 S 8708 Parts and accessories of the motor vehicles of headings 8701 to 8705 S 8709 Works trucks, self-propelled, not fitted with lifting or handling equipment, of the type used in factories, warehouses, dock areas or airports for short-distance transport of goods; tractors of the type used on railway-station platforms; parts of the foregoing vehicles S 8711 Motorcycles (including mopeds) and cycles fitted with an auxiliary motor, with or without sidecars; sidecars S 8712 00 Bicycles and other cycles (including delivery tricycles), not motorised S 8714 Parts and accessories of vehicles of headings 8711 to 8713 S 88 Chapter 88 Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof NS 89 Chapter 89 Ships, boats and floating structures NS S-18 90 Chapter 90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof S 91 Chapter 91 Clocks and watches and parts thereof S 92 Chapter 92 Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles NS S-20 94 ex Chapter 94 Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; prefabricated buildings, except for products under heading 9405 NS 9405 Luminaires and lighting fittings including searchlights and spotlights and parts thereof, not elsewhere specified or included; illuminated signs, illuminated nameplates and the like, having a permanently fixed light source, and parts thereof not elsewhere specified or included S 95 ex Chapter 95 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof; except for products under subheadings 9503 00 35 to 9503 00 99 NS 9503 00 35 to 9503 00 39 Other construction sets and constructional toys; S 9503 00 41 to 9503 00 49 Toys representing animals or non-human creatures S 9503 00 55 Toy musical instruments and apparatus; S 9503 00 61 to 9503 00 69 Puzzles S 9503 00 70 Other toys, put up in sets or outfits S 9503 00 75 to 9503 00 79 Other toys and models, incorporating a motor S 9503 00 81 Toy weapons S 9503 00 85 Die-cast miniature models of metal S 9503 00 87 Portable interactive electronic education devices primarily designed for children S 9503 00 95 to 9503 00 99 Other toys S 96 Chapter 96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles NS
MODALITIES FOR THE APPLICATION OF ARTICLES 8 AND 33
ANNEX IV MODALITIES FOR THE APPLICATION OF ARTICLES 8 AND 33 1. Article 8 or Article 33 shall apply when the percentage share referred to in paragraph 1 of the respective Article exceeds 47 %. 2. Article 8 shall apply for each of the GSP sections S-2a, S-3 and S-5 of Annex III, when the percentage share referred to in Article 8(1) exceeds 17,5 %. 3. Article 8 or Article 33 shall apply for each of the GSP sections S-11a and S-11b of Annex III, when the percentage share referred to in paragraph 1 of the respective Article exceeds 37 %.
MODALITIES FOR THE APPLICATION OF CHAPTER III
ANNEX V MODALITIES FOR THE APPLICATION OF CHAPTER III 1. For the purposes of Chapter III, a vulnerable country means a country for which, in terms of value, the seven largest GSP sections of its imports into the Union of products listed in Annex III represent more than the threshold of 75 % in value of its total imports of products listed in that Annex, as an average during the last three consecutive years. 2. For the purposes of Article 9(1), point (a), the data to be used in application of point 1 of this Annex are those available on 1 September of the year preceding the year of the request referred to in Article 10(1). 3. For the purposes of Article 11, the data to be used in application of point 1 of this Annex are those available on 1 September of the year preceding the year when the delegated act referred to in Article 11(2) is adopted.
RELEVANT CONVENTIONS
ANNEX VI RELEVANT CONVENTIONS A. UN human rights conventions 1. Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (1948) 2. International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (1965) 3. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966) 4. International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1966) 5. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (1979) 6. Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (1984) 7. Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989) 8. Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict (2000) 9. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2006) B. ILO labour rights conventions 10. Convention concerning Forced or Compulsory Labour, No 29 (1930) 11. Convention concerning Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise, No 87 (1948) 12. Convention concerning Labour Inspection in Industry and Commerce, No 81 (1947) 13. Convention concerning the Application of the Principles of the Right to Organise and to Bargain Collectively, No 98 (1949) 14. Convention concerning Equal Remuneration for Men and Women Workers for Work of Equal Value, No 100 (1951) 15. Convention concerning the Abolition of Forced Labour, No 105 (1957) 16. Convention concerning Discrimination in Respect of Employment and Occupation, No 111 (1958) 17. Convention concerning Minimum Age for Admission to Employment, No 138 (1973) 18. Convention concerning Tripartite Consultations to Promote the Implementation of International Labour Standards, No 144 (1976) 19. Convention concerning the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour, No 182 (1999) C. Climate and environmental protection agreements and conventions 20. Convention on international trade in endangered species of wild fauna and flora (1973) 21. Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (1987) 22. Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal (1989) 23. Convention on Biological Diversity (1992) 24. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (1992) 25. Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity (2000) 26. Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (2001) 27. Paris Agreement (2015) D. Good governance conventions 28. Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs (1961) 29. Convention on psychotropic substances (1971) 30. United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (1988) 31. United Nations Convention against Corruption (2004) 32. United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (2000)
LIST OF PRODUCTS INCLUDED ONLY IN THE GSP+
ANNEX VII LIST OF PRODUCTS INCLUDED ONLY IN THE GSP+ Notwithstanding the rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature, the description of the products is to be considered as indicative, the tariff preferences being determined by the CN codes. Where ‘ex’ CN codes are indicated, the tariff preferences are to be determined by the CN code and the description, together. Entry of products with a CN code marked with an asterisk (*) is subject to the conditions laid down in the relevant Union law. For reasons of simplification, the products are listed in groups. Those may include products for which Common Customs Tariff duties were withdrawn or suspended. GSP Section Chapter CN code Description S-1a 02 ex 0208 Other meat and edible meat offal, fresh, chilled or frozen, excluding products under subheading 0208 40 20 04 0409 00 00 Natural honey S-1b 03 Chapter 3 ( 1 ) Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates S-2b 07 0710 80 85 Asparagus 0709 56 00 Truffles ( Tuber spp.) 08 0811 10 Strawberries 0811 20 Raspberries, blackberries, mulberries, loganberries, black-, white- or redcurrants and gooseberries S-4a 16 1602 50 31 Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal of bovine animals other than uncooked; mixtures of cooked meat or offal and uncooked meat or offal 1602 50 95 S-4b 17 1704 ( 2 ) Sugar confectionery (including white chocolate), not containing cocoa 20 2002 Tomatoes prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid 2005 80 00 Sweetcorn ( Zea mays var. saccharata ) 2008 40 19 Pears containing added spirit in immediate packings of a net content exceeding 1 kg with a sugar content exceeding 13 % by weight not elsewhere specified or included 2008 40 31 Pears containing added spirit in immediate packings of a net content not exceeding 1 kg with a sugar content exceeding 15 % by weight 2008 40 51 to 2008 40 90 Pears not containing added spirit 2008 70 19 Peaches, including nectarines containing added spirit in immediate packings of a net content exceeding 1 kg with a sugar content exceeding 13 % by weight not elsewhere specified or included 2008 70 51 Peaches, including nectarines containing added spirit in immediate packings of a net content not exceeding 1 kg with a sugar content exceeding 15 % by weight 2008 70 61 to 2008 70 98 Peaches, including nectarines not containing added spirit 22 2207 Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of 80 % vol or higher; ethyl alcohol and other spirits, denatured, of any strength S-6b 31 3102 Mineral or chemical fertilisers, nitrogenous S-15b 78 7801 10 Refined lead 7801 91 Unwrought lead, containing by weight antimony as the principal other element, other than refined lead ( 1 ) For the products under subheading 0306 13 , the duty shall be 3,6 %. ( 2 ) For the products under subheading 1704 10 90 , the specific duty shall be limited to 16 % of the customs value.
CORRELATION TABLE
ANNEX VIII CORRELATION TABLE Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 This Regulation Article 1 Article 1 Article 2, point (a) — Article 2, point (b) Article 2, point (1) – Article 2, point (2) Article 2, point (c) – – Article 2, point (3) Article 2, point (d) Article 2, point (4) Article 2, point (e) Article 2, point (5) Article 2, point (f) Article 2, point (6) Article 2, point (g) Article 2, point (7) Article 2, points (h) and (i) — Article 2, point (j) Article 2, point (8) Article 2, point (k) Article 2, point (9) — Article 2, points (10) and (11) Article 2, point (l) Article 2, point (12) — Article 2, point (13) Article 3 Article 3 Article 4(1) and (2) Article 4(1) and (2) Article 4(3) — Article 5 Article 5 Article 6 Article 6 Article 7 Article 7 Article 8 Article 8 Article 9(1) Article 9(1) and (2) Article 9(2) — — Article 9(3) Article 10 Article 10 Article 11 Article 11 Article 12 Article 12 Article 13 (1) and (2) Article 13(1) and (2) – Article 13(3) Article 14 Article 14 Article 15(1) to (10) Article 15(1) to (10) – Article 15(11) Article 15(11) and (12) Article 15(12) and (13) Article 16 Article 16 Article 17 Article 17 Article 18(1) Article 18 Article 18(2) and (3) — – Article 19 – Article 20 – Article 21 – Article 22 Article 19(1) to (12) Article 23(1) to (12) – Article 23(13) Article 19(13) Article 23(14) – Article 23(15) Article 19(14) Article 23 (16) — Article 23 (17) and (18) Article 20 Article 24 Article 21 Article 25 Article 22 Article 26 Article 23 Article 27 Article 24 Article 28(1) to (4) – Article 28(5) Article 25 Article 29 Article 26 Article 30 Article 27 Article 31 Article 28 Article 32 Article 29 Article 33 – Article 34 Article 30 Article 35 Article 31 Article 36 Article 32(1) Article 37(1) and (2) Article 32(2) – – Article 37(3) to (5) – Article 38 Article 33(1) and (2) Article 39(1) and (2) — Article 39(3) to (5) – Article 40 Article 34 Article 41 Article 35 Article 42 – Article 43 – Article 44 Article 36(1) to (3) Article 45(1) to (3) — Article 45(4) Article 36(4) and (5) Article 45(5) and (6) Article 37 Article 46 Article 38 Article 47 Article 39 Article 48 Article 40 Article 49 Article 41 Article 50 Article 42(1) and (2) Article 51(1) and (2) – Article 51(3) Article 43 Article 52 Annex I, positive part of Annexes II, III and IV Annex I Negative part of Annexes II, III and IV Annex II Annex V Annex III Annex VI Annex IV Annex VII Annex V Annex VIII, parts A and B Annex VI Annex IX Annexes III and VII Annex X Annex VIII
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