This regulation suspends GSP tariff preferences for listed products and countries, sets when it starts applying, and says it is directly applicable in all Member States.
18.12.2012 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 348/11 ---|---|---|--- * * * COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1213/2012 of 17 December 2012 suspending the tariff preferences for certain GSP beneficiary countries in respect of certain GSP sections in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 732/2008 (1), and in particular Article 8(2) thereof, Whereas: (1) | In accordance with Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 the tariff preferences of the general arrangement of the Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP) are to be suspended in respect of products of a GSP section originating in a GSP beneficiary country when the average value of Union imports of such products over three consecutive years from that GSP beneficiary country exceeds the thresholds listed in Annex VI of that Regulation. ---|--- (2) | Prior to the application of the tariff preferences under the general arrangement, a list of GSP sections for which the tariff preferences are suspended in respect of the GSP beneficiary countries concerned should be established by the Commission. The list should be based on data available on 1 September 2012 and of the two preceding years. ---|--- (3) | The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Generalised Preferences Committee, ---|--- HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 The list of products of GSP sections for which the tariff preferences referred to in Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 are suspended in respect of the GSP beneficiary countries concerned is established in the Annex to this Regulation. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall apply from 1 January 2014 until 31 December 2016. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 17 December 2012. For the Commission The President José Manuel BARROSO * * * (1) OJ L 303, 31.10.2012, p. 1. * * * ANNEX The list of GSP sections for which the tariff preferences referred to in Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 are suspended in respect of a GSP beneficiary country concerned. Column A | : | name of country ---|---|--- Column B | : | GSP section (Article 2(j) of GSP Regulation) Column C | : | description A | B | C ---|---|--- China | S-1a | Live animals and animal products excluding fish | S-1b | Fish, crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | S-2b | Vegetables, fruit and nuts | S-2c | Coffee, tea, mate and spices | S-2d | Cereals, flour, seeds and resins | S-4b | Prepared foodstuffs (excl. meat and fish), beverages, spirits and vinegar | S-6a | Inorganic and organic chemicals | S-6b | Chemicals, other than organic and inorganic chemicals | S-7a | Plastics | S-7b | Rubber | S-8a | Raw hides and skins and leather | S-8b | Articles of leather and furskins | S-9a | Wood and wood charcoal | S-9b | Cork manufactures of straw and other plaiting materials | S-11a | Textiles | S-11b | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories | S-12a | Footwear | S-12b | Headgear, umbrellas, sun umbrellas, sticks, whips and prepared feathers and down | S-13 | Articles of stone, ceramic products and glass | S-14 | Pearls and precious metals | S-15a | Ferro-alloys and articles of iron and steel | S-15b | Base metals (excl. iron and steel), articles of base metals (excl. articles of iron and steel) | S-16 | Machinery and equipment | S-17a | Railway and tramway vehicles and products | S-17b | Motor vehicles, bicycles, aircraft and spacecraft, ships and boats | S-18 | Optical instruments, clocks and watches, musical instruments | S-20 | Miscellaneous Costa Rica | S-2b | Vegetables, fruit and nuts Ecuador | S-2a | Live plants and floricultural products | S-4a | Preparations of meat and fish India | S-5 | Mineral products | S-6a | Inorganic and organic chemicals | S-6b | Chemicals, other than organic and inorganic chemicals | S-8a | Raw hides and skins and leather | S-11a | Textiles | S-17b | Motor vehicles, bicycles, aircraft and spacecraft, ships and boats Indonesia | S-1a | Live animals and animal products excluding fish | S-3 | Animal or vegetable oils, fats and waxes | S-6b | Chemicals, other than organic and inorganic chemicals Nigeria | S-8a | Raw hides and skins and leather Ukraine | S-17a | Railway and tramway vehicles and products Thailand | S-4a | Preparations of meat and fish | S-4b | Prepared foodstuffs (excl. meat and fish), beverages, spirits and vinegar | S-14 | Pearls and precious metals * * *