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4. The Member States of the European Union may round up or down the amountresulting from the conversion into their national currency of an amount expressed in euro. Therounded-off amount may not differ from the amount resulting from the conversion by morethan five percent. The Member States of the European Union may retain unchanged theirnational currency equivalent of an amount expressed in euro if, at the time of the annualadjustment provided for in paragraph 3, the conversion of that amount, prior to any roundingoff,results in an increase of less than 15 percent in the national currency equivalent. Thenational currency equivalent may be retained unchanged if the conversion would result in adecrease in that equivalent value.5. The amounts expressed in euro shall be reviewed by the Customs Committee at therequest of a Party. When carrying out this review, the Customs Committee shall consider thedesirability of preserving the effects of the limits concerned in real terms. For this purpose, itmay decide to modify the amounts expressed in euro.TITLE VIARRANGEMENTS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE COOPERATIONARTICLE 26: EXCHANGE OF ADDRESSESThe customs authorities of the Parties shall provide each other, through the EuropeanCommission, with the addresses of the customs authorities responsible for verifying proofs oforigin.ARTICLE 27: VERIFICATION OF PROOFS OF ORIGIN1. In order to ensure the proper application of this Protocol, the Parties shall assist eachother, through the customs authorities, in checking the authenticity of the proofs of origin andthe correctness of the information given in these documents.2. Subsequent verifications of proofs of origin shall be carried out at random orwhenever the customs authorities of the importing Party have reasonable doubts as to theauthenticity of such documents, the originating status of the products concerned or thefulfilment of the other requirements of this Protocol.3. For the purposes of implementing the provisions of paragraph 1, the customsauthorities of the importing Party shall return the proofs of origin or a copy of thesedocuments, to the customs authorities of the exporting Party giving, where appropriate, thereasons for the enquiry. Any documents and information obtained suggesting that theinformation given on proof of origin is incorrect shall be forwarded in support of the requestfor verification.4. The verification shall be carried out by the customs authorities of the exporting Party.For this purpose, they shall have the right to call for any evidence and to carry out anyinspection of the exporter's accounts or any other check considered appropriate.5. If the customs authorities of the importing Party decide to suspend the granting ofpreferential treatment to the products concerned while awaiting the results of the verification,
elease of the products shall be offered to the importer subject to any precautionary measuresjudged necessary.6. The customs authorities requesting the verification shall be informed of the results ofthis verification including findings and facts, as soon as possible. These results must indicateclearly whether the documents are authentic and whether the products concerned can beconsidered as products originating in a Party and fulfil the other requirements of this Protocol.7. If in cases of reasonable doubt there is no reply within 10 months of the date of theverification request or if the reply does not contain sufficient information to determine theauthenticity of the document in question or the real origin of the products, the requestingcustoms authorities shall except in exceptional circumstances, refuse entitlement to thepreference.8. Notwithstanding Article 2 of the Protocol on Mutual Administrative Assistance inCustoms Matters, the Parties will refer to Article 7 of that Protocol for joint enquiries relatedto proofs of origin.ARTICLE 28: DISPUTE SETTLEMENT1. Where disputes arise in relation to the verification procedures of Article 27 whichcannot be settled between the customs authorities requesting verification and the customsauthorities responsible for carrying out this verification or where they raise a question as tothe interpretation of this Protocol, they shall be submitted to the Customs Committee.2. In all cases the settlement of disputes between the importer and the competentauthorities of the importing Party shall be under the legislation of the said Party.ARTICLE 29: PENALTIESPenalties shall be imposed in accordance with the legislation of the Parties on any person whodraws up, or causes to be drawn up, a document which contains incorrect information for thepurpose of obtaining preferential treatment for products.ARTICLE 30: FREE ZONES1. The Parties shall take all necessary steps to ensure that products traded under cover ofa proof of origin which in the course of transport use a free zone situated in their territories,are not substituted by other products and do not undergo handling other than normaloperations designed to prevent their deterioration.2. By means of an exemption to the provisions contained in paragraph 1, when productsoriginating in a Party enter into a free zone under cover of a proof of origin and undergotreatment or processing, another proof of origin can be made out if the treatment or processingundergone is in conformity with the provisions of this Protocol.SECTION C
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Page 4 and 5: CEUTA AND MELILLATITLE VIIArticle 3
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Page 12 and 13: (i)(ii)(iii)giving an exact descrip
Page 14 and 15: commercial document which describes
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Page 22 and 23: ANNEX IINTRODUCTORY NOTES TO THE LI
Page 24 and 25: from non-woven cloth - even if non-
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Page 30 and 31: ex Chapter 15Animal or vegetable fa
Page 32 and 33: 1901 Malt extract; food preparation
Page 34 and 35: 2009 Fruit juices (including grapem
Page 36 and 37: 2306 90 Oil cake and other solid re
Page 38 and 39: ex Chapter 30Pharmaceutical product
Page 40 and 41: ex Chapter 34 Soap, organic surface
Page 42 and 43: 3809 Finishing agents, dye carriers
Page 44 and 45: 4012 Retreaded or used pneumatictyr
Page 46 and 47: ex Chapter 48Paper and paperboard;
Page 48 and 49: 5106 to 5110 Yarn of wool, of fine
Page 50 and 51: 5306 to 5308 Yarn of other vegetabl
Page 52 and 53: 5508 to 5511 Yarn and sewing thread
Page 54 and 55: 5605 Metallised yarn, whether or no
Page 56 and 57: 5810 Embroidery in the piece, in st
Page 58 and 59: 5908 Textile wicks, woven, plaited
Page 60 and 61: ex Chapter 62Articles of apparel an
Page 62 and 63: 6308 Sets consisting of woven fabri
Page 64 and 65: 7013 Glassware of a kind used forta
Page 66 and 67: 7301 10 Sheet piling Manufacture fr
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7605 Aluminium wire Manufacture:- f
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8302 41 Other mountings, fittings a
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8447 Knitting machines, stitchbondi
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8480 Moulding boxes for metalfoundr
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8528 Monitors and projectors, notin
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8608 Railway or tramway trackfixtur
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ex Chapter 91Clocks and watches and
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9601 and 9602ex 9603Worked ivory, b
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ANNEX II(a)ADDENDUM TO THE LIST OF
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5509 Yarn (other than sewing thread
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The exporter of the products covere
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ANNEX IVCOMMITTEE ON OUTWARD PROCES
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Explanatory Notes1. For the purpose
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