Article 3 Monitoring

The Commission shall monitor the evolution of import statistics of bananas from Central American countries. For that purpose, it shall cooperate and exchange data on a regular basis with Member States and the Union industry.

Upon a duly justified request by the industries concerned, the Commission may consider extending the scope of the monitoring to other sectors.

The Commission shall present an annual monitoring report to the European Parliament and to the Council on updated statistics on imports from Central American countries of bananas and those sectors to which monitoring has been extended.

The Commission shall monitor the observance by Central American countries of the social and environmental standards laid down in Title VIII of Part IV of the Agreement.