Annexes to COM(2023)426 - Amendment of Regulation 978/2012 applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences - Main contents
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| dossier | COM(2023)426 - Amendment of Regulation 978/2012 applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences. |
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| document | COM(2023)426 |
| date | November 22, 2023 |
The new regulation would perpetuate existing preferences. Additionally, the possibility of countries losing coverage of the scheme due to reaching upper-middle-income statues or signing an FTA with the EU would contribute to lowering the revenue losses.
The total loss of revenue would be 3,970 Mio EURO (gross amount). Deducting 25% that are retained in the Member States to compensate for collection costs the loss of revenue for the EU budget would be 2,978 Mio EURO distributed among the different regimes in the following way:
| Mio EURO | Pref. Imports | Loss of revenue | 25% reduction "Member States collection costs" |
| EBA | 25,171 | 2,764 | 2,073 |
| GSP + | 8,406 | 776 | 582 |
| GSP | 13,005 | 430 | 323 |
| Total | 46,583 | 3,970 | 2,978 |
Annex 1: Effect on EU revenue by GSP beneficiary
| EBA Countries | Total Imports x EURO 1,000 | Eligible Imports x EURO 1,000 | Preferential Imports x EURO 1,000 | MFN average | EBA rate average | EU loss of revenue x EURO 1,000 |
| Afghanistan | 49,655 | 19,501 | 14,802 | 2.9% | - | 434 |
| Angola | 3,520,990 | 37,270 | 31,004 | 7.7% | - | 2,378 |
| Bangladesh | 15,927,629 | 15,874,498 | 15,366,176 | 11.7% | - | 1,805,019 |
| Benin | 19,183 | 2,854 | 2,059 | 7.0% | - | 145 |
| Bhutan | 10,022 | 9,817 | 9,435 | 5.7% | - | 542 |
| Burkina Faso | 242,090 | 20,944 | 20,000 | 6.1% | - | 1,225 |
| Burundi | 31,505 | 262 | 142 | 5.3% | - | 7 |
| Cambodia | 4,574,251 | 4,428,234 | 4,173,909 | 11.9% | - | 497,288 |
| Central African Republic | 12,149 | 66 | - | - | - | - |
| Chad | 135,515 | 1,950 | - | - | - | - |
| Comoros | 23,416 | 9,408 | 8,691 | 6.6% | - | 573 |
| Congo (Democratic Rep) | 822,182 | 8,453 | 1,794 | 11.1% | - | 200 |
| Djibouti | 3,184 | 874 | 81 | 11.5% | - | 9 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 886,116 | 16,843 | 7,407 | 0.7% | - | 52 |
| Eritrea | 1,962 | 1,737 | 1,681 | 11.9% | - | 200 |
| Ethiopia | 520,210 | 255,691 | 246,854 | 8.8% | - | 21,684 |
| Gambia | 13,247 | 10,897 | 10,145 | 8.0% | - | 808 |
| Guinea | 732,435 | 4,534 | 1,738 | 5.9% | - | 103 |
| Guinea Bissau | 64,299 | 515 | 411 | 8.4% | - | 35 |
| Haiti | 33,890 | 10,672 | 8,747 | 11.0% | - | 962 |
| Kiribati | 66 | 65 | 12 | 11.0% | - | 1 |
| Laos | 285,962 | 240,844 | 212,040 | 10.0% | - | 21,274 |
| Lesotho | 299,445 | 4,710 | 597 | 9.1% | - | 54 |
| Liberia | 327,056 | 3,113 | 2,001 | 4.5% | - | 90 |
| Madagascar | 906,173 | 698,620 | 8,151 | 6.9% | - | 566 |
| Malawi | 259,579 | 246,715 | 238,199 | 0.1% | - | 199 |
| Mali | 30,942 | 5,873 | 3,700 | 5.1% | - | 189 |
| Mauritania | 675,106 | 336,957 | 332,825 | 8.8% | - | 29,243 |
| Mozambique | 1,619,461 | 1,144,760 | 1,099,775 | 3.0% | - | 33,386 |
| Myanmar | 2,731,998 | 2,593,015 | 2,470,859 | 11.0% | - | 273,017 |
| Nepal | 67,719 | 59,535 | 55,329 | 7.9% | - | 4,377 |
| Niger | 6,185 | 3,927 | 2,583 | 1.0% | - | 26 |
| Rwanda | 52,002 | 10,968 | 10,046 | 5.9% | - | 593 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 7,659 | 877 | 740 | 3.4% | - | 25 |
| Senegal | 471,995 | 337,004 | 330,186 | 10.0% | - | 32,859 |
| Sierra Leone | 265,673 | 2,927 | 1,455 | 3.3% | - | 48 |
| Solomon Islands | 61,559 | 61,419 | 61,272 | 22.2% | - | 13,612 |
| Somalia | 23,119 | 301 | - | - | - | |
| South Sudan | 1,862 | 1,447 | - | - | - | |
| Sudan | 272,348 | 7,975 | 6,998 | 1.6% | - | 113 |
| Tanzania | 419,033 | 232,563 | 225,134 | 4.0% | - | 9,052 |
| Timor-Leste | 4,187 | 1,256 | 0 | 12.3% | - | 0 |
| Togo | 211,711 | 17,563 | 16,359 | 6.4% | - | 1,045 |
| Tuvalu | 224 | 88 | - | - | - | |
| Uganda | 416,610 | 131,769 | 129,242 | 7.6% | - | 9,798 |
| Vanuatu | 742 | 77 | 22 | 4.0% | - | 1 |
| Yemen | 95,481 | 9,726 | 8,723 | 13.2% | - | 1,148 |
| Zambia | 352,622 | 54,298 | 49,852 | 2.8% | - | 1,371 |
| EBA total | 37,490,449 | 26,923,416 | 25,171,176 | 11.0% | 2,763,751 |
| GSP+ Countries | Total Imports x EURO 1,000 | Eligible Imports x EURO 1,000 | Preferential Imports x EURO 1,000 | MFN average | GSP+ rate average | EU loss of revenue x EURO 1,000 |
| Armenia | 334,119 | 200,580 | 196,657 | 4.6% | - | 9,028 |
| Bolivia | 547,509 | 83,017 | 78,203 | 1.7% | - | 1,319 |
| Cape Verde | 84,537 | 68,040 | 61,240 | 20.1% | - | 12,288 |
| Kyrgyz Republic | 104,734 | 7,444 | 4,541 | 5.5% | - | 249 |
| Mongolia | 74,705 | 17,351 | 14,060 | 11.0% | - | 1,542 |
| Pakistan | 5,917,043 | 5,268,942 | 5,116,967 | 10.1% | - | 514,803 |
| Philippines | 7,075,078 | 2,437,012 | 1,766,682 | 7.6% | - | 133,553 |
| Sri Lanka | 2,266,802 | 1,922,801 | 1,167,843 | 8.9% | - | 103,391 |
| GSP+ total | 16,404,528 | 10,005,187 | 8,406,193 | 9.2% | 776,174 |
| General GSP Countries | Total Imports x EURO 1,000 | Eligible Imports x EURO 1,000 | Preferential Imports x EURO 1,000 | MFN average | GSP rate average | EU loss of revenue x EURO 1,000 |
| Congo | 737,147 | 2,623 | 236 | 7.4% | 4.1% | 8 |
| Cook Islands | 6,385 | 1,083 | - | - | ||
| India | 38,052,127 | 8,626,452 | 7,929,033 | 9.6% | 6.5% | 247,014 |
| Indonesia | 13,531,056 | 6,140,299 | 4,835,094 | 8.2% | 4.6% | 174,707 |
| Kenya | 971,904 | 334,198 | 1,640 | 4.9% | 1.9% | 50 |
| Micronesia | 39 | 24 | 4 | 11.5% | 7.0% | 0 |
| Nauru | 202 | 10 | - | - | ||
| Nigeria | 17,072,490 | 161,796 | 129,049 | 7.3% | 2.8% | 5,726 |
| Niue | 269 | 35 | - | - | ||
| Samoa | 879 | 457 | - | - | ||
| Syria | 44,378 | 23,635 | 4,143 | 8.3% | 4.4% | 162 |
| Tadjikistan | 42,091 | 14,082 | 12,517 | 11.5% | 9.1% | 299 |
| Tonga | 237 | 177 | 127 | 9.7% | 3.2% | 8 |
| Uzbekistan | 172,288 | 106,678 | 93,595 | 6.7% | 4.3% | 2,220 |
| General GSP total | 70,631,494 | 15,411,550 | 13,005,438 | 9.1% | 5.8% | 430,195 |
1The expression “developing countries” is used following WTO terminology, see for instance the chapeau of the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the WTO (“Recognizing further that there is need for positive efforts designed to ensure that developing countries, and especially the least developed among them, secure a share in the growth in international trade commensurate with the needs of their economic development”) and the GATT Enabling Clause (“Decision on Differential and More Favourable Treatment, Reciprocity and Fuller Participation of Developing Countries”).
2Treaty on European Union - TITLE V: GENERAL PROVISIONS ON THE UNION'S EXTERNAL ACTION AND SPECIFIC PROVISIONS ON THE COMMON FOREIGN AND SECURITY POLICY Chapter 1: General provisions on the Union's external action - Article 21 http://data.europa.eu/eli/treaty/teu_2008/art_21/oj.
3Regulation (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 (OJ L 303, 31.10.2012, p. 1).
4COM(2021) 579: Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on applying a generalised scheme of tariff preferences and repealing Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
5Regulation (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 (OJ L 303, 31.10.2012, p. 1).
6COM(2021) 579 final.
1The amounts per year need to be an estimation based on the formula or method defined under section 5. For the starting year, the yearly amount is normally paid without a reduction or prorata.
2In the case of traditional own resources (customs duties, sugar levies), the amounts indicated must be net amounts, i.e. gross amounts after deduction of 20 % for collection costs.
3To be used only if necessary.
1Data for 2020 and 2021 is available, but was not chosen as a basis for the calculations as it is considered an unusual and non-representative year.
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