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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-581/article-3",
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  "legislation": "eur/2018/581",
  "legislation_title": "Council Regulation (EU) 2018/581 of 16 April 2018 temporarily suspending the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties on certain goods of a kind to be incorporated in or used for aircraft, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1147/2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-581",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Where the customs authorities have good reason to suspect that a certificate made available to them in accordance with Article 2(1) has been falsified, they may request an expert opinion from a representative of the national aviation authorities. The importer shall bear the costs of the expert opinion.\nWhen deciding whether to request an expert opinion, the customs authorities shall take into account the risk that the cost of the expert opinion would outweigh the benefit to the importer of the suspension of duties, in the event that according to the expert opinion the rules for the issuing of those certificates have not been infringed.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2018/581/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:44:11.652452+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."
}