Article 31 Amounts expressed in euro

For the application of the provisions of point (c) of Article 21(1) and Article 26(3) of this Protocol in cases where products are invoiced in a currency other than euro, amounts in the national currency of Ghana, the Member States of the European Union or of the other countries or territories referred to in Articles 6, 7 and 8 of this Protocol equivalent to the amounts expressed in euro shall be fixed annually by each of the countries concerned.

A consignment shall benefit from the provisions of point (c) of Article 21(1) or Article 26(3) of this Protocol by reference to the currency in which the invoice is drawn up, according to the amount fixed by the country concerned.

The amounts to be used in any given national currency shall be the equivalent in that currency of the amounts expressed in euro as at the first working day of October each year. These amounts shall be communicated to the European Commission by 15 October at the latest and shall apply from 1 January the following year. The European Commission shall notify all countries concerned of the relevant amounts.

A country may round up or down the amount resulting from the conversion into its national currency of an amount expressed in euro. The rounded‐off amount may not differ from the amount resulting from the conversion by more than 5 per cent. A country may retain unchanged its national currency equivalent of an amount expressed in euro if, at the time of the annual adjustment provided for in paragraph 3 of this Article, the conversion of that amount, prior to any rounding‐off, results in an increase of less than 15 per cent in the national currency equivalent. The national currency equivalent may be retained unchanged if the conversion would result in a decrease in that equivalent value.

The amounts expressed in euro shall be reviewed by the Committee at the request of the European Union or Ghana. When carrying out that review, the Committee shall consider the desirability of preserving the effects of the limits concerned in real terms. For this purpose, it may decide to modify the amounts expressed in euro.