Chapter III, Article 13 · Regulation (EU) 2026/1395

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1.From the date of the granting of the tariff preferences provided under the GSP+, in regular monitoring cycles of three years, the Commission shall discuss with each of the GSP+ beneficiary countries, keep under review and monitor the status of ratification of the relevant conventions and their effective implementation, as well as the cooperation of the GSP+ beneficiary country with the relevant monitoring bodies, and the progress made by each GSP+ beneficiary country in implementing its plan of action. In doing so, the Commission shall examine all relevant information, in particular the conclusions and recommendations of the relevant monitoring bodies.

2.A GSP+ beneficiary country shall cooperate with the Commission and provide all information necessary to assess its respect of the binding undertakings referred to in Article 9(1), points (d), (e), and (f), and its situation as regards Article 9(1), points (b) and (c).

3.The Commission shall carry out, where applicable jointly with the EEAS, at least one monitoring visit to each GSP+ beneficiary country per monitoring cycle, in order to assess the progress made by each GSP+ beneficiary country in terms of effective implementation of the relevant conventions, taking into account the steps taken in accordance with the relevant plan of action.

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beneficiary countries
means countries benefitting from any of the preferential arrangements under the GSP;
Common Customs Tariff duties
means the customs duties specified in Part Two of Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87, except those duties established as part of tariff quotas;
complaint
means a complaint submitted to the Commission through the Single Entry Point (SEP).
countries
means countries and territories that have a customs administration;
effective implementation
means the integral implementation of the undertakings and obligations undertaken under the relevant conventions, thus ensuring fulfilment of the principles, objectives and rights guaranteed in the relevant conventions in the beneficiary country’s entire territory, including in any areas of that territory that the beneficiary country has designated as a special economic zone or an export processing zone;
enhanced engagement
means a continuous process aiming to facilitate and incentivise beneficiary countries to make progress in the implementation of the conditions set out in this Regulation, or to address shortcomings in respecting the principles of the relevant conventions;
interested parties
includes those parties involved in the production, distribution or sale of the imported products referred to in paragraph 1 and of like products or directly competing products.
least-developed countries
means least-developed countries designated as such by the UN;
like product
means a product which is identical, that is to say alike in all respects, to the product under consideration, or, in the absence of such a product, another product which, although not alike in all respects, has characteristics closely resembling those of the product under consideration.
plan of action
means a list of measures provided by a GSP+ requesting country to effectively implement the relevant conventions;
preferential market access arrangement
means preferential access to the Union market through a trade agreement, either provisionally applied or in force, or through autonomous preferences granted by the Union;
Sensitive/non-sensitive
refers to the products included in the standard GSP (Article 6).
standard GSP beneficiary countries
means countries benefitting from the standard GSP as listed in Annex I and identified as such in column C thereof;

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