Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 1215/2009 is amended as follows:

1. (1)

   In Article 2(1), the following point is added:

   ‘(d)

   the abstention of the countries and territories referred to in Article 1 from engaging in serious and systematic violations of human rights, including core labour rights, of fundamental principles of democracy and of the rule of law.’.

2. (2)

   Article 2(3) is replaced by the following:

   ‘3.

   In the event of non-compliance by a country or territory with point (a), (b) or (c) of paragraph 1 or with paragraph 2, the Commission may, by means of implementing acts, suspend, in whole or in part, the entitlement of the country or territory concerned to benefits under this Regulation. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 8(4).’.

3. (3)

   In Article 7, the following point is added:

   ‘(c)

   suspension, in whole or in part, of the entitlement of a country or territory concerned to benefits under this Regulation, in the event of non-compliance by that country or territory with the conditions set out in point (d) of Article 2(1).’.

4. (4)

   In Article 10(1), the introductory wording is replaced by the following:

   ‘1.

   Where the Commission finds that there is sufficient evidence of fraud or failure to provide administrative cooperation as required for the verification of evidence of origin, or that there is a massive increase in exports into the Union above the level of normal production and export capacity, or a failure of compliance with the provisions of point (a), (b) or (c) of Article 2(1) by the countries and territories referred to in Article 1, it may take measures to suspend in whole or in part the arrangements provided for in this Regulation for a period of three months, provided that it has first:’.

5. (5)

   In Article 12, the second and third paragraphs are replaced by the following:

   ‘It shall apply until 31 December 2020.’.

6. (6)

   In Annex I, footnote (5) is replaced by the following:

   ‘(5)

   Access for wine originating in Montenegro to the global tariff quota, insofar as it concerns products of CN code 2204 21, is subject to the prior exhaustion of the individual tariff quota provided for in the Protocol on wine concluded with Montenegro. That individual tariff quota is opened under order No 09.1514.’.