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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-1355/attachment-2/article-35",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2019/1355",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision (EU) 2019/1355 of 15 July 2019 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union in the EPA Committee established under the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement between Côte d’Ivoire, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part, as regards the adoption of Protocol 1 concerning the definition of the concept of ‘originating products’ and methods of administrative cooperation",
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  "path": "attachment/2/article/35",
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  "number": "35",
  "heading": "Verification of proof of origin",
  "text": "1. Subsequent verifications of proof of origin shall be carried out on the basis of a risk analysis, by random sampling or whenever the customs authorities of the importing country have reasonable doubts as to the authenticity of such documents, the originating status of the products concerned or compliance with the other requirements of this Protocol.\n2. For the purposes of implementing paragraph 1 of this Article, the customs authorities of the importing country shall return the movement certificate EUR.1 and the invoice, if it has been submitted, the origin declaration, or a copy of these documents, to the customs authorities of the exporting country giving, where appropriate, the reasons for the request for verification. Any documents and information obtained suggesting that the information given on the proof of origin is incorrect shall be forwarded in support of the request for verification.\n3. The verification shall be carried out by the customs authorities of the exporting country. For that purpose, they shall have the right to call for any evidence and to carry out any inspection of the exporter's accounts or any other check considered appropriate.\n4. If the customs authorities of the importing country decide to suspend the granting of preferential treatment to the products concerned while awaiting the results of the verification, release of the products shall be offered to the importer subject to any precautionary measures deemed necessary.\n5. The customs authorities requesting the verification shall be informed of the results thereof as soon as possible. Those results must indicate clearly whether the documents are authentic and whether the products concerned can be considered as products originating in Côte d'Ivoire, in the European Union or in one of the other countries referred to in Articles 6, 7 and 8 of this Protocol and fulfil the other requirements of this Protocol.\n6. If in cases of reasonable doubt there is no reply within ten (10) months of the date of the verification request or if the reply does not contain sufficient information to determine the authenticity of the document in question or the real origin of the products, the requesting customs authorities shall, except in exceptional circumstances, refuse entitlement to the preferences.\n7. The parties shall refer to Article 7 of Protocol 2 to the Agreement on mutual administrative assistance in customs matters for joint investigations concerning proof of origin.",
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  "version": "current",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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