# Council Regulation (EC) No 2501/2001 of 10 December 2001 applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences for the period from 1 January 2002 to 31 December 2004, Article 25

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. The Commission shall monitor and evaluate the effects of the special arrangements to combat drug production and trafficking in respect of each beneficiary country's:
(a) use of the tariff preferences provided for by these arrangements,
(b) efforts in combating drug production and trafficking.
2. The Commission shall also assess each beneficiary country's:
(a) social development, in particular the respect and promotion of the standards laid down in the ILO Conventions referred to in the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work,
(b) environmental policy, in particular the sustainable management of tropical forests.
3. The evaluation referred to in paragraphs 1(b) and 2(a) and (b) shall take into account the findings of the relevant international organisations and agencies. The Commission shall inform each beneficiary country of its evaluation and invite it to comment. The evaluation shall be included in the report referred to in Article 37(3). It will be without prejudice to the continuation of the arrangements referred to in paragraph 1 until 2004, and their possible extension thereafter.
4. Before the end of 2005, the Commission shall conduct a general evaluation of the results of the arrangements referred to in paragraph 1. It shall submit the findings to the Committee and take them into account when establishing guidelines for a scheme of generalised tariff preferences for the decade 2005 to 2014.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2001/2501/article/25 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2001-2501/article-25
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