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Trade and Sustainable Development (TSD) commitment or Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP) regulation provision violated

Relating to alleged violations of commitments stemming from free trade agreements (FTA) concluded by the European Union or Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 732/20081

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1Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 732/2008, OJ L 303, 31.10.2012, p. 1-82
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Identity of the complainant

A natural person who is a citizen or permanent resident in a Member State of the European Union (EU)
An entity (e.g. an enterprise, trade association or organisation of workers or employers, non-governmental organisation) formed in accordance with the law of a Member State of the EU having its registered office, central administration or principal place of business within the EU.
A Member State of the EU
Exclusively on its own behalf
Also on behalf of other persons/entities
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TSD/GSP violation

Legal basis
Factual description of the TSD/GSP violation
Yes
No
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If the measure is not a legislative instrument but a practice, please
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Encrypted documents and those containing macros are not accepted.
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Impact and seriousness/gravity of the breach

Factual description of the measure’s effects (provide supporting evidence and sources used)
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(i) Description of the EU market and of the partner country market for the specific products/services. List the European-level sectorial associations, and the EU Member States where the product is manufactured (attachment possible); (ii) Assessment of the economic damage caused to the sector, including the quantification of the main indicators such as production, competiveness, capacity, sales, market shares, prices, and additional costs; (iii) Quantification of the material impact (value of trade on HS codes concerned by the measure) in absolute and relative terms (i.e.: % of the trade or investment affected by the measure/obstacle compared to total exports of the sector to that country; % of the exports to this country to total exports of the sector).

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Actions

Please indicate if the complainant or another actor (to the complainant's knowledge) took any action before the appropriate national authorities or courts of the country being complained against to seek relief against the alleged breach of TSD commitment or GSP regulation provision. In the affirmative:

Please indicate if the appropriate international organisation(s) (for example, International Labour Organisation) has undertaken any action in relation to the alleged breach of TSD commitment or GSP regulation provision. In the affirmative:

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