# Regulation (EU) No 19/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 January 2013 implementing the bilateral safeguard clause and the stabilisation mechanism for bananas of the Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Columbia, Peru and Ecuador, of the other part, Article 3: Monitoring

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

1. The Commission shall monitor the evolution of import statistics of bananas from Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. For that purpose, it shall cooperate and exchange data on a regular basis with Member States and the Union industry.
2. Upon a duly justified request by the industries concerned, the Commission may consider extending the scope of the monitoring to other sectors.
3. The Commission shall present an annual monitoring report to the European Parliament and to the Council on updated statistics on imports from Colombia, Ecuador and Peru of bananas and those sectors to which monitoring has been extended.
4. The Commission shall monitor the observance by Colombia, Ecuador and Peru of the social and environmental standards laid down in Title IX of the Agreement.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2013/19/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-19/article-3
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