Article 16 Where the Commission finds that the reasons justifying a
temporary withdrawal of the tariff preferences, as referred to in Article 151, no longer apply, it shall be empowered to
adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 36, to amend Annex III in order to reinstate the tariff preferences provided
under the special incentive arrangement for sustainable devel
Т opment and good governance.
CHAPTER IV SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT FOR THE LEAST-DEVELOPED
COUNTRIES
Article 17 1. An
eligible country
shall benefit
from the
tariff preferences
provided under the special arrangement for the least-developed countries referred to in point c of Article 12, if that country
is identified by the UN as a least-developed country.
2. The Commission
shall continuously
review the
list of
EBA beneficiary countries on the basis of the most recent available
data. Where an EBA beneficiary country no longer fulfils the conditions referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, the
Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 36, to amend Annex IV in order to
remove the country from the list of EBA beneficiary countries following a transitional period of three years as from the date
on which the delegated act entered into force.
3. Pending the
identification by
the UN
of a
newly inde
Т pendent country as a least-developed country, the Commission
shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 36, to amend Annex IV 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 identified by the UN as a least-developed country during the first available review of
the category of least-developed countries, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts forthwith, in accordance
with Article 36, to amend Annex IV 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 scheme.
Article 18 1.
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.
2. From 1
January 2014
until 30
September 2015,
imports of products under tariff heading 1701 of the Common Customs
Tariff shall require an import licence.
3. The Commission
shall, in
accordance with
the exam
Т ination procedure referred to in Article 393, adopt detailed
rules for implementing the provisions referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article in accordance with the procedure referred to in
Article 195 of Council Regulation EC No 12342007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agri
Т cultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agri
Т cultural products Single CMO Regulation
1
.
CHAPTER V TEMPORARY WITHDRAWAL PROVISIONS COMMON TO ALL
