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Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title

Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 732/2008

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[F1ANNEX I U.K.

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Eligible countries (1) of the scheme referred to in Article 3 U.K.

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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's declaration of independence.

A B
AE United Arab Emirates
AF Afghanistan
AG Antigua and Barbuda
AL Albania
AM Armenia
AO Angola
AR Argentina
AZ Azerbaijan
BA Bosnia and Herzegovina
BB Barbados
BD Bangladesh
BF Burkina Faso
BH Bahrain
BI Burundi
BJ Benin
BN Brunei Darussalam
BO Bolivia
BR Brazil
BS Bahamas
BT Bhutan
BW Botswana
BY Belarus
BZ Belize
CD Congo, Democratic Republic of
CF Central African Republic
CG Congo
CI Côte d'Ivoire
CK Cook Islands
CL Chile
CM Cameroon
CN China, People's Republic of
CO Colombia
CR Costa Rica
CU Cuba
CV Cape Verde
DJ Djibouti
DM Dominica
DO Dominican Republic
DZ Algeria
EC Ecuador
EG Egypt
ER Eritrea
ET Ethiopia
FJ Fiji
FM Micronesia, Federated States of
GA Gabon
GD Grenada
GE Georgia
GH Ghana
GM Gambia
GN Guinea
GQ Equatorial Guinea
GT Guatemala
GW Guinea-Bissau
GY Guyana
HK Hong Kong
HN Honduras
HT Haiti
ID Indonesia
IN India
IQ Iraq
IR Iran
JM Jamaica
JO Jordan
KE Kenya
KG Kyrgyz Republic
KH Cambodia
KI Kiribati
KM Comoros
KN St Kitts and Nevis
KW Kuwait
KZ Kazakhstan
LA Lao People's Democratic Republic
LB Lebanon
LC St Lucia
LK Sri Lanka
LR Liberia
LS Lesotho
LY Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
MA Morocco
MD Moldova, Republic of
ME Montenegro
MG Madagascar
MH Marshall Islands
MK Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
ML Mali
MM Myanmar/Burma
MN Mongolia
MO Macao
MR Mauritania
MU Mauritius
MV Maldives
MW Malawi
MX Mexico
MY Malaysia
MZ Mozambique
NA Namibia
NE Niger
NG Nigeria
NI Nicaragua
NP Nepal
NR Nauru
NU Niue
OM Oman
PA Panama
PE Peru
PG Papua New Guinea
PH Philippines
PK Pakistan
PW Palau
PY Paraguay
QA Qatar
RU Russian Federation
RW Rwanda
SA Saudi Arabia
SB Solomon Islands
SC Seychelles
SD Sudan
SL Sierra Leone
SN Senegal
SO Somalia
SR Suriname
SS South Sudan
ST São Tomé and Príncipe
SV El Salvador
SY Syrian Arab Republic
SZ Swaziland
TD Chad
TG Togo
TH Thailand
TJ Tajikistan
TL Timor-Leste
TM Turkmenistan
TN Tunisia
TO Tonga
TT Trinidad and Tobago
TV Tuvalu
TZ Tanzania
UA Ukraine
UG Uganda
UY Uruguay
UZ Uzbekistan
VC St Vincent and the Grenadines
VE Venezuela
VN Vietnam
VU Vanuatu
WS Samoa
XK Kosovo a
XS Serbia
YE Yemen
ZA South Africa
ZM Zambia
ZW Zimbabwe

Eligible countries of the scheme referred to in Article 3 which have been temporarily withdrawn from the scheme, in respect of all or of certain products originating in these countries U.K.

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alphabetical code, in accordance with the nomenclature of countries and territories for the Union external trade statistics

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name

A B
BY Belarus]
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[F1This list includes countries for which preferences may have been temporarily withdrawn or suspended. The Commission or the competent authorities of the country concerned will be able to provide an updated list.]

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