Article 13 Suspension of application of this Protocol on grounds of non-payment

Subject to Article 4, if the European Union fails to make the payments provided for in Article 2, application of this Protocol may be suspended on the following terms:

1. (a)

   the competent Guinea-Bissau authorities shall notify the European Commission of the non-payment. The European Commission shall carry out the necessary checks and, where necessary, transmit the payment within no more than 30 working days of the date of receipt of the notification;

2. (b)

   if no payment is made and non-payment is not adequately justified within the period provided for in point (a), the competent Guinea-Bissau authorities shall be entitled to suspend application of this Protocol. They shall inform the European Commission of such action forthwith.

Application of this Protocol shall resume as soon as the payments concerned have been made.