Denial of Preferential Treatment

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....Party may deny preferential tariff treatment or recover unpaid customs duties in accordance with its domestic laws and regulations where it has determined that a product does not meet the requirements of these rules or where the importer or exporter fails to demonstrate compliance with the relevant requirements. (2) If the requesting Party receives no reply within the time limit in accordance w....

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....d proofs of origin wrongly, the importing and exporting Parties shall consult with a view to take appropriate measures. If these measures are insufficient to prevent wrongful issuance or completion of proofs of origin, the importing Party may temporarily suspend preferential tariff treatment for that exporter. (5) Based on consultations referred to in sub-rule (4), and in any case no longer tha....

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....ication request, the importing Party may submit the matter to the Sub- Committee on Rules of Origin and to the Joint Committee with a view to temporarily suspend preferential treatment for all imports of that product from the exporting Party. (7) The Joint Committee shall discuss the matter and shall recommend jointly within six (06) months whether the importing Party may suspend or not the gra....