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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

17 versions · 2012-10-25
2025-01-01
Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Counc
2023-11-28
Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Counc
2023-01-01
Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Counc
2022-01-01
Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Counc
2021-04-10
Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Counc
2021-01-01
Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Counc
2020-08-12
Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Counc
2019-01-01
Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Counc
2018-03-07
Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Counc
2018-01-01
Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Counc
2017-05-19
Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Counc
2017-01-01
Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Counc
2016-01-27
Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Counc
2016-01-01
Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Counc
2015-01-01
Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Counc

Changes on 2015-01-01

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| CM | Cameroon |
| | |
| CN | China, People’s Republic of |
| CN | China, People's Republic of (<sup>1</sup>) |
| CO | Colombia |
| CR | Costa Rica |
| CV | Cape Verde |
| DJ | Djibouti |
| EC | Ecuador |
| EC | Ecuador (<sup>1</sup>) |
| ER | Eritrea |
| ET | Ethiopia |
| | |
@@ -873,10 +873,10 @@
| MG | Madagascar |
| MH | Marshall Islands |
| ML | Mali |
| MM | Burma/Myanmar |
| MM | Myanmar/Burma |
| MN | Mongolia |
| MR | Mauritania |
| MV | Maldives |
| MV | Maldives (<sup>1</sup>) |
| MW | Malawi |
| MZ | Mozambique |
| | |
@@ -899,6 +899,7 @@
| SL | Sierra Leone |
| SN | Senegal |
| SO | Somalia |
| SS | South Sudan |
| ST | São Tomé and Príncipe |
| SV | El Salvador |
| SY | Syrian Arab Republic |
@@ -907,7 +908,7 @@
| | |
| TD | Chad |
| TG | Togo |
| TH | Thailand |
| TH | Thailand (<sup>1</sup>) |
| TJ | Tajikistan |
| TL | Timor-Leste |
| TM | Turkmenistan |
@@ -922,12 +923,13 @@
| WS | Samoa |
| YE | Yemen |
| ZM | Zambia |
| (<sup>1</sup>)This beneficiary country shall be removed from the list of GSP beneficiary countries one year after the date of entry into force of this Regulation. | |
### **Beneficiary countries of the general arrangement referred to in point (a) of Article 1(2) which have been temporarily withdrawn from that arrangement, in respect of all or of certain products originating in these countries**
| A | B |
| --- | --- |
| MM | Burma/Myanmar |
| | |
## ANNEX III
@@ -939,7 +941,8 @@
| BO | Bolivia |
| CR | Costa Rica |
| CV | Cape Verde |
| EC | Ecuador |
| ————— | |
| | |
| GE | Georgia |
| | |
| GT | Guatemala |
@@ -949,6 +952,9 @@
| PA | Panama |
| | |
| PE | Peru |
| | |
| PH | Philippines |
| | |
| PK | Pakistan |
| PY | Paraguay |
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| 1602 90 91 | | | | |
| 1602 90 95 | | | | |
| 1602 90 99 | | | | |
| 1602 90 78 | | | | |
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| 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 | | |
@@ -1574,9 +1581,11 @@
### **Modalities for the application of Article 8**
1.Article 8 shall apply when the percentage share referred to in paragraph 1 of that Article exceeds 17,5 %.
2.Article 8 shall apply for each of the GSP sections S-11a and S-11b of Annex V, when the percentage share referred to in paragraph 1 of that Article exceeds 14,5 %.
1.Article 8 shall apply when the percentage share referred to in paragraph 1 of that Article exceeds 57,0 %.
2.Article 8 shall apply for each of the GSP sections S-2a, S-3 and S-5 of Annex V, when the percentage share referred to in paragraph 1 of that Article exceeds 17,5 %.
3.Article 8 shall apply for each of the GSP sections S-11a and S-11b of Annex V, when the percentage share referred to in paragraph 1 of that Article exceeds 47,2 %.
## ANNEX VII
@@ -1585,7 +1594,7 @@
1.For the purposes of Chapter III a vulnerable country means a country:
(a)of which, in terms of value, the seven largest GSP sections of its imports into the Union of products listed in Annex IX 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;
and
(b)of which the imports of products listed in Annex IX into the Union represent less than the threshold of 2 % in value of the total imports into the Union of products listed in that Annex originating in countries listed in Annex II, as an average during the last three consecutive years.
(b)of which the imports of products listed in Annex IX into the Union represent less than the threshold of  6,5 % in value of the total imports into the Union of products listed in that Annex originating in countries listed in Annex II, as an average during the last three consecutive years.
2.For the purposes of point (a) of Article 9(1), 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).
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| 1602 90 91 | | | | |
| 1602 90 95 | | | | |
| 1602 90 99 | | | | |
| 1602 90 78 | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| 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 | | | |
| 1604 | Prepared or preserved fish; caviar and caviar substitutes prepared from fish eggs | | | |
| 1605 | Crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, prepared or preserved | | | |
2014-10-01
Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Counc
2014-02-28
Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Co
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