Chapter IV, Article 17 · Regulation (EU) 2026/1395

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1.An eligible country shall benefit from the tariff preferences provided under EBA if that country is a least-developed country.

2.The Commission shall continuously review the list of EBA beneficiary countries listed in Annex I, and identified as such in column C thereof, on the basis of the most recent available data.Where an EBA beneficiary country no longer fulfils the condition referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, the Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 45, to amend Annex I in order to remove the country from the EBA arrangement following a transitional period of three years from the date on which the EBA beneficiary country no longer fulfils that condition.

3.Pending the designation by the UN of a newly independent country as a least-developed country, the Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 45, to amend Annex I 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 designated by the UN as a least-developed country during the first available review of the category of least-developed countries, the Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts without delay, in accordance with Article 45, to amend Annex I 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 GSP.

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beneficiary countries
means countries benefitting from any of the preferential arrangements under the GSP;
Common Customs Tariff duties
means the customs duties specified in Part Two of Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87, except those duties established as part of tariff quotas;
complaint
means a complaint submitted to the Commission through the Single Entry Point (SEP).
countries
means countries and territories that have a customs administration;
effective implementation
means the integral implementation of the undertakings and obligations undertaken under the relevant conventions, thus ensuring fulfilment of the principles, objectives and rights guaranteed in the relevant conventions in the beneficiary country’s entire territory, including in any areas of that territory that the beneficiary country has designated as a special economic zone or an export processing zone;
enhanced engagement
means a continuous process aiming to facilitate and incentivise beneficiary countries to make progress in the implementation of the conditions set out in this Regulation, or to address shortcomings in respecting the principles of the relevant conventions;
interested parties
includes those parties involved in the production, distribution or sale of the imported products referred to in paragraph 1 and of like products or directly competing products.
least-developed countries
means least-developed countries designated as such by the UN;
like product
means a product which is identical, that is to say alike in all respects, to the product under consideration, or, in the absence of such a product, another product which, although not alike in all respects, has characteristics closely resembling those of the product under consideration.
plan of action
means a list of measures provided by a GSP+ requesting country to effectively implement the relevant conventions;
preferential market access arrangement
means preferential access to the Union market through a trade agreement, either provisionally applied or in force, or through autonomous preferences granted by the Union;
Sensitive/non-sensitive
refers to the products included in the standard GSP (Article 6).
standard GSP beneficiary countries
means countries benefitting from the standard GSP as listed in Annex I and identified as such in column C thereof;

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