{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2001-2501/article-30",
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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/30",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "30",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "1. After informing the Committee, the Commission may suspend the preferential arrangements provided for in this Regulation in respect of all or of certain products, originating in a beneficiary country:\n(a) where it considers that there is sufficient evidence that temporary withdrawal is justified for the reasons referred to in Article 26(1)(e), or\n(b) where imports under these arrangements massively exceed the usual levels of production and export capacity of that country.\n2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission all relevant information that may justify suspension of preferences.\n3. Where the Commission considers that there is sufficient evidence that the conditions for suspension are met, it shall take all appropriate measures as quickly as possible.\n4. The period of suspension shall be limited to three months and may be renewed once. The Commission may extend this period, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 39.",
  "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/2001/2501/article/30",
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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."
}