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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1998-77/article-3",
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  "legislation": "eur/1998/77",
  "legislation_title": "Council Regulation (EC) No 77/98 of 9 January 1998 on certain procedures for applying the Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1998-77",
  "path": "article/3",
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  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "1. As soon as a tariff ceiling is reached, the Commission may adopt a regulation re-establishing, until the end of the calendar year, the customs duties applicable to third countries in respect of imports of the products concerned.\n2. If, during two consecutive years, imports of a product listed in Annex C to the Agreement have been less than 80 % of the amount laid down, the Commission may adopt a regulation suspending the tariff ceiling in question.\n3. The Commission may adopt a regulation extending for a period of one year the tariff ceiling or ceilings set for the preceding year if it is considered appropriate to postpone the annual increase by 5 % of the tariff ceiling volume.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/1998/77/article/3",
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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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