Article 3Monitoring

1.The Commission shall monitor the evolution of import and export statistics of Korean products in sensitive sectors potentially affected by duty drawback from the date of application of the Agreement and shall cooperate and exchange data on a regular basis with Member States and the Union industry.

2.Upon a duly justified request by the industries concerned, the Commission may consider extending the scope of the monitoring to other sectors.

3.The Commission shall present an annual monitoring report to the European Parliament and the Council on updated statistics on imports from Korea of products in the sensitive sectors and those sectors to which monitoring has been extended.

4.For a period of 5 years following the date of application of the Agreement and upon a duly reasoned request from the Union industry, the Commission shall pay particular attention to any increase in the import of finished sensitive products originating in Korea into the Union where such an increase is attributable to increased use of parts or components imported into Korea from third countries which have not concluded a free trade agreement with the Union and which are covered by the provisions on customs duty drawback or exemption from customs duty.

5.For the purposes of paragraph 4, at least the following products shall be considered as falling within the category of sensitive products: textiles and clothing (HS 2007 headings 5204, 5205, 5206, 5207, 5408, 5508, 5509, 5510, 5511), consumer electronics (HS 2007 headings 8521, 8528), passenger cars (HS 2007 headings 870321, 870322, 870323, 870324, 870331, 870332, 870333) and also those included in the additional list drawn up in accordance with Article 11.