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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2001-2501/article-26",
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  "legislation": "eur/2001/2501",
  "legislation_title": "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",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2001-2501",
  "path": "article/26",
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  "number": "26",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "1. The preferential arrangements provided for in this Regulation may be temporarily withdrawn, in respect of all or of certain products, originating in a beneficiary country, for any of the following reasons:\n(a) practice of any form of slavery or forced labour as defined in the Geneva Conventions of 25 September 1926 and 7 September 1956 and ILO Conventions No 29 and No 105;\n(b) serious and systematic violation of the freedom of association, the right to collective bargaining or the principle of non-discrimination in respect of employment and occupation, or use of child labour, as defined in the relevant ILO Conventions;\n(c) export of goods made by prison labour;\n(d) shortcomings in customs controls on export or transit of drugs (illicit substances or precursors), or failure to comply with international conventions on money laundering;\n(e) fraud, irregularities or systematic failure to comply or to ensure compliance with the rules of origin of products and the proof thereof, and to provide the administrative cooperation as required for the implementation and the control of the respect of the arrangements referred to in Article 1(2);\n(f) unfair trading practices, including those which are prohibited or actionable under the WTO Agreements, provided that a determination to that effect has been made previously by the competent WTO body;\n(g) infringement of the objectives of international conventions such as NAFO, NEAFC, ICCAT and NASCO concerning the conservation and management of fishery resources;\n2. The administrative cooperation referred to in paragraph 1(e) requires, inter alia that a beneficiary country:\n(a) communicate to the Commission and update the information necessary for the implementation of the rules of origin and the control of respect thereof;\n(b) assist the Community by carrying out, on request of the customs authorities of Member States, subsequent verification of the proof of origin and communicate its results in time;\n(c) assist the Community by allowing the Commission, in coordination and close cooperation with the competent authorities of the Member States, to conduct Community administrative and investigative cooperation missions in that country, in order to verify the authenticity of documents or the accuracy of information relevant for granting the benefit of the arrangements referred to in Article 1(2);\n(d) carry out or arrange for appropriate inquiries to identify and prevent contravention of the rules of origin;\n(e) comply or ensure compliance with the rules of origin in respect of regional cumulation, if the country benefits therefrom.\n3. Without prejudice to paragraph 1, the special incentive arrangements referred to in Title III may be temporarily withdrawn, in respect of all or certain products included in those arrangements, originating in a beneficiary country, for either of the following reasons:\n(a) if the national legislation no longer incorporates the standards referred to in Article 14(2) or Article 21(2) or if that legislation is not effectively applied;\n(b) if the undertaking referred to in Article 15(1) or Article 22(1) is not respected.\n4. Without prejudice to Article 11, the preferential arrangements provided for in this Regulation shall not be withdrawn pursuant to paragraph 1(f) in respect of products which are subject to anti-dumping or countervailing measures under Regulations (EC) No 384/96 or (EC) No 2026/97, for the reasons justifying those measures.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2001/2501/article/26",
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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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