chapter — any of the chapters of the Common Customs Tariff as laid down by Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 (i)

Common Customs Tariff duties — the duties specified in Part Two of Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1. , except those duties established as part of tariff quotas (g)

countries — countries and territories possessing a customs administration (b)

EBA beneficiary countries — beneficiary countries of the special arrangement for least developed countries as listed in Annex IV (f)

effective implementation — the integral implementation of all undertakings and obligations undertaken under the international conventions listed in Annex VIII, thus ensuring fulfilment of all the principles, objectives and rights guaranteed therein (l)

eligible countries — all developing countries as listed in Annex I (c)

GSP — the Generalised Scheme of Preferences by which the Union provides preferential access to its market through any of the preferential arrangements referred to in Article 1(2) (a)

GSP beneficiary countries — beneficiary countries of the general arrangement as listed in Annex II (d)

GSP section — a section listed in Annex V and established on the basis of sections and chapters of the Common Customs Tariff (j)

GSP+ beneficiary countries — beneficiary countries of the special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance as listed in Annex III (e)

interested parties — those parties involved in the production, distribution and/or sale of the imports mentioned in paragraph 1 and of like or directly competing products 3.

like product — a product which is identical, i.e. 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 2.

preferential market access arrangement — preferential access to the Union market through a trade agreement, either provisionally applied or in force, or through autonomous preferences granted by the Union (k)

section — any of the sections of the Common Customs Tariff as laid down by Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 (h)