# Council Regulation (EC) No 980/2005 of 27 June 2005 applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences, Article 24

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

Products in Chapters 1 to 24 originating in beneficiary countries may be subject to a special surveillance mechanism in order to avoid disturbances in the Community market. The Commission, on its own initiative or on the request of a Member State, shall decide the products on which this surveillance list shall be applied.
All periods mentioned in Article 21 which exceed 2 months shall be reduced to 2 months in the following cases:
when the beneficiary country does not comply with the rules of origin or does not provide the administrative cooperation required in Article 17, or
when imports of products in Chapters 1 to 24 under the preferential regimes granted under this Regulation massively exceed the usual levels of exports of the beneficiary country.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2005/980/article/24 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2005-980/article-24
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