1.Entitlement to benefit from the preferential arrangements introduced in Article 1 shall be subject to:
(a)compliance with the rules of origin of products and the procedures related thereto as provided for in Part I, Title IV, Chapter 2, Section 1 and Section 1A, subsections 1 and 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93, with the exception of Articles 68 to 71, 90 to 97i and Article 97j(2) of those Sections. However, as regards cumulation of origin for the purpose of the determination of the originating status of products covered by the arrangements introduced in Article 1 of this Regulation, only cumulation with the materials originating in the Union is allowed. Regional cumulation and other types of cumulation with the exception of the cumulation with materials originating in the Union, is not allowed;
(b)compliance with the methods of administrative cooperation as provided for in Part I, Title IV, Chapter 2, Section 1, subsection 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93;
(c)Pakistan not engaging in serious and systematic violations of human rights, including core labour rights, fundamental principles of democracy and the rule of law;
(d)Pakistan abstaining from introducing new or increasing existing export duties or charges having equivalent effect or any other restriction or prohibition on the export or sale for export of any materials primarily used in the production of any of the products covered by those preferential arrangements destined for the territory of the Union, from 1 July 2012.
2.Certificates of origin ‘Form A’ issued by the competent authorities of Pakistan pursuant to this Regulation shall bear the following endorsement in box 4 ‘Autonomous measure — Regulation (EU) No 1029/2012(1)’.