{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-1076/annex-II/article-21",
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  "legislation": "eur/2016/1076",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EU) 2016/1076 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016 applying the arrangements for products originating in certain states which are part of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States provided for in agreements establishing, or leading to the establishment of, economic partnership agreements (recast)",
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  "path": "annex/II/article/21",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "21",
  "heading": "Validity of proof of origin",
  "text": "1. A proof of origin shall be valid for ten months from the date of issue in the exporting country and shall be submitted within that period to the customs authorities of the importing country.\n2. Proofs of origin which are submitted to the customs authorities of the importing country after the final date for presentation specified in paragraph 1 may be accepted for the purpose of applying preferential treatment where the failure to submit those documents by the final date set is due to exceptional circumstances.\n3. In other cases of belated presentation, the customs authorities of the importing country may accept the proofs of origin where the products have been submitted before the final date.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/1076/annex/II/article/21",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:45:42.908114+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}