Article 4 Monitoring

The Commission shall regularly monitor the evolution of import statistics of any sensitive products mentioned in the Annex to this Regulation in respect of each Agreement. For that purpose, the Commission shall cooperate and exchange data with Member States and the Union industry on a regular basis.

Upon a duly justified request by the Union industry concerned, the Commission may extend the scope of the monitoring referred to in paragraph 1 to any products or sectors other than those mentioned in the Annex.

The Commission shall present an annual monitoring report to the European Parliament and to the Council concerning statistics on imports of sensitive products and of any products or sectors to which monitoring has been extended.