Article 49

1. The customs authorities may, where they have doubts with regard to the originating status of the products request the declarant to produce, within a reasonable time period which they shall specify, any available evidence for the purpose of verifying the accuracy of the indication on origin of the declaration or the compliance with the conditions provided for in Article 18 of this Annex. 2. The customs authorities may suspend the application of the preferential tariff measure for the duration of the verification procedure laid down in Article 64 of this Annex where: the information provided by the declarant is not sufficient to confirm the originating status of the products or the compliance with the conditions laid down in Article 17(2) or Article 18 of this Annex; the declarant does not reply within the time period allowed for provision of the information referred to in paragraph 1. 3. While awaiting either the information requested from the declarant referred to in paragraph 1, or the results of the verification procedure referred to in paragraph 2, release of the products shall be offered to the importer subject to any precautionary measures deemed necessary.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-02 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.