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Taxation and Customs Union

List of non-EU countries

COUNTRY

ARRANGEMENTS APPLICABLE

AFGHANISTAN

EBA

ALBANIA

PAN EURO MED

ALGERIA

PAN EURO MED

AMERICAN SAMOA

No preferential arrangements applicable

ANDORRA

CUSTOMS UNIONS (Andorra)

ANGOLA

EBA

ANGUILLA

OCT

ANTARCTICA

No preferential arrangements applicable

ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA

ACP (CARIFORUM-EU EPA)

ARGENTINA

No preferential arrangements applicable

ARMENIA

GSP+

ARUBA

OCT

AUSTRALIA

No preferential arrangements applicable

AZERBAIJAN

No preferential arrangements applicable

BAHAMAS

ACP (CARIFORUM-EU EPA)

BAHRAIN

No preferential arrangements applicable

BANGLADESH

EBA

BARBADOS

ACP (CARIFORUM-EU EPA)

BELARUS

No preferential arrangements applicable

BELIZE

ACP (CARIFORUM-EU EPA)

BENIN

EBA

BERMUDA

OCT

BHUTAN

EBA

BOLIVIA

GSP+

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

PAN EURO MED

BOTSWANA

ACP (EU-SADC FTA – MAR), GSP (until 31/12/2015)

BOUVET ISLAND

OCT

BRAZIL

No preferential arrangements applicable

BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY

OCT

BRUNEI DARUSSALAM

No preferential arrangements applicable

BURKINA FASO

EBA

BURUNDI

EBA

CAMBODIA

EBA

CAMEROON

ACP (Interim Central Africa-EU EPA- MAR), GSP

CANADA

No preferential arrangements applicable

CAPE VERDE

GSP+

CAYMAN ISLANDS

OCT

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

EBA

CEUTA

CEUTA AND MELILLA

CHAD

EBA

CHILE

LATIN AMERICA

CHINA

No preferential arrangements applicable

CHRISTMAS ISLAND

No preferential arrangements applicable

COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS

No preferential arrangements applicable

COLOMBIA

FTA, GSP (until 31/12/2015)

COMOROS

EBA

CONGO

GSP

COOK ISLANDS

GSP

COSTA RICA

FTA, GSP+ (until 31/12/2015)

COTE D'IVOIRE

ACP (EU-ECOWAS EPA – MAR), GSP

CUBA

No preferential arrangements applicable

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

EBA

DJIBOUTI

EBA

DOMINICA

ACP (CARIFORUM-EU EPA)

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

ACP (CARIFORUM-EU EPA)

ECUADOR

GSP+ (until 31/12/2014)

EGYPT

PAN EURO MED

EL SALVADOR

FTA, GSP+ (until 31/12/2015)

EQUATORIAL GUINEA

EBA

ERITREA

EBA

ETHIOPIA

EBA

FALKLAND ISLANDS

OCT

FAROE ISLANDS

PAN EURO MED

FIJI

ACP (Interim Pacific-EU EPA - MAR), GSP

FRENCH POLYNESIA

OCT

FRENCH SOUTHERN AND ANTARCTIC LANDS

OCT

GABON

No preferential arrangements applicable

GAMBIA

EBA

GEORGIA

GSP+ EASTERN PARTNERSHIP

GHANA

ACP (EU-ECOWAS EPA – MAR), GSP

GIBRALTAR

OCT

GREENLAND

OCT

GRENADA

ACP (CARIFORUM-EU EPA)

GUAM

No preferential arrangements applicable

GUATEMALA

FTA, GSP+ (until 31/12/2015)

GUINEA

EBA

GUINEA-BISSAU

EBA

GUYANA

ACP (CARIFORUM-EU EPA)

HAITI

EBA

HEARD AND MC DONALD ISLANDS

No preferential arrangements applicable

HONDURAS

FTA, GSP (until 31/12/2015)

HONG KONG

No preferential arrangements applicable

ICELAND

PAN EURO MED

INDIA

GSP

INDONESIA

GSP

IRAN

No preferential arrangements applicable

IRAQ

GSP

ISRAEL

PAN EURO MED

JAMAICA

ACP (CARIFORUM-EU EPA)

JAPAN

No preferential arrangements applicable

JORDAN

PAN EURO MED

KAZAKHSTAN

No preferential arrangements applicable

KENYA

GSP

KIRIBATI

EBA

KOREA, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF (NORTH)

No preferential arrangements applicable

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF (SOUTH)

FTA

KOSOVO*

ATM

KUWAIT

No preferential arrangements applicable

KYRGYZSTAN

GSP

LAOS

EBA

LEBANON

PAN EURO MED

LESOTHO

EBA

LIBERIA

EBA

LIBYA

No preferential arrangements applicable

LIECHTENSTEIN

PAN EURO MED

MACAU

No preferential arrangements applicable

REPUBLIC OF NORTH MACEDONIA

PAN EURO MED

MADAGASCAR

ACP (Interim ESA-EU EPA), EBA

MALAWI

EBA

MALAYSIA

No preferential arrangements applicable

MALDIVES

No preferential arrangements applicable

MALI

EBA

MARSHALL ISLANDS (THE REPUBLIC OF)

GSP

MAURITANIA

EBA

MAURITIUS

ACP (Interim ESA-EU EPA)

   

MELILLA

CEUTA AND MELILLA

MEXICO

LATIN AMERICA

MICRONESIA (FEDERATED STATES OF)

GSP

MOLDOVA (THE REPUBLIC OF)

PAN EURO MED

MONGOLIA

GSP+

MONTENEGRO

PAN EURO MED

MONTSERRAT

OCT

MOROCCO

PAN EURO MED

MOZAMBIQUE

EBA

MYANMAR

EBA

NAMIBIA

ACP (EU-SADC EPA – MAR), GSP (until 31/12/2015)

NAURU

GSP

NEPAL

EBA

NETHERLANDS ANTILLES

OCT

NEW CALEDONIA

OCT

NEW ZEALAND

No preferential arrangements applicable

NICARAGUA

FTA, GSP (until 31/12/2015)

NIGER

EBA

NIGERIA

GSP

NIUE

GSP

NORFOLK ISLAND

No preferential arrangements applicable

NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS

No preferential arrangements applicable

NORWAY

PAN EURO MED

PALESTINE**

PAN EURO MED

OMAN

No preferential arrangements applicable

PAKISTAN

GSP+

PALAU

No preferential arrangements applicable

PANAMA

FTA, GSP+ (until 31/12/2015)

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

ACP (Interim Pacific-EU EPA)

PARAGUAY

GSP+

PERU

FTA, GSP+ (until 31/12/2015)

PHILIPPINES

GSP

PITCAIRN ISLANDS

OCT

QATAR

No preferential arrangements applicable

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

No preferential arrangements applicable

RWANDA

EBA

SAINT BARTHELEMY

OCT

SAINT HELENA (INCL ASCENSION ISLAND AND TRISTAN DE CUNHA)

OCT

SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS

ACP (CARIFORUM-EU EPA)

SAINT LUCIA

ACP (CARIFORUM-EU EPA)

SAINT PIERRE AND MIQUELON

OCT

SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES

ACP (CARIFORUM-EU EPA)

SAMOA

EBA (until 31/12/2016, thereafter GSP)

SAN MARINO

CUSTOMS UNIONS (San Marino)

SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE

EBA

SAUDI ARABIA

No preferential arrangements applicable

SENEGAL

EBA

SERBIA

PAN EURO MED

SEYCHELLES

ACP (Interim ESA-EU EPA)

SIERRA LEONE

EBA

SINGAPORE

No preferential arrangements applicable

SOLOMON ISLANDS

EBA

SOMALIA

EBA

SOUTH AFRICA

SOUTH AFRICA

SOUTH GEORGIA AND THE SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS

OCT

SOUTH SUDAN

EBA

SRI LANKA

GSP

SUDAN

EBA

SURINAME

ACP (CARIFORUM-EU EPA)

SWAZILAND

ACP (EU-SADC EPA - MAR), GSP

SWITZERLAND

PAN EURO MED

SYRIA

Cooperation agreement 1977, GSP

TAIWAN

No preferential arrangements applicable

TAJIKISTAN

GSP

TANZANIA

EBA

THAILAND

No preferential arrangements applicable

TIMOR LESTE

EBA

TOGO

EBA

TOKELAU

No preferential arrangements applicable

TONGA

GSP

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

ACP (CARIFORUM-EU EPA)

TUNISIA

PAN EURO MED

TURKEY

CUSTOMS UNION (Turkey), PAN EURO MED

TURKMENISTAN

GSP (until 31/12/2015)

TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS

OCT

TUVALU

EBA

UGANDA

EBA

UKRAINE

GSP, ATM (until 31/12/2015), EASTERN PARTNERSHIP

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

No preferential arrangements applicable

UNITED KINGDOM

TCA

UNITED STATES

No preferential arrangements applicable

UNITED STATES MINOR OUTLYING ISLANDS

No preferential arrangements applicable

URUGUAY

No preferential arrangements applicable

UZBEKISTAN

GSP

VANUATU

EBA

VATICAN CITY STATE (HOLY SEE)

No preferential arrangements applicable

VENEZUELA

No preferential arrangements applicable

VIETNAM

GSP

VIRGIN ISLANDS (BRITISH)

OCT

VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.)

No preferential arrangements applicable

WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS

OCT

YEMEN

EBA

ZAMBIA

EBA

ZIMBABWE

ACP (Interim ESA-EU EPA)

[1]The EU countries are: Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Greece, Spain, France, Ireland, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Hungary, Malta, The Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Finland and Sweden.

*This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo Declaration of Independence
** This designation shall not be construed as recognition of a State of Palestine and is without prejudice to the individual positions of the Member States on this issue