The Trade Preference Scheme (EU Exit) Regulations 2020

PART 4 Other Trade Arrangements

Suspension of country due to other trade arrangements

9.—(1) Where the circumstances in paragraph (2) apply to a GF or EF country, the Secretary of State must—

(a) suspend the application of the GSP to that country, for a period of up to 2 years; and

(b) publish a notice (a “trade arrangement suspension notice”) providing details of—

(i) the country to which the suspension applies;

(ii) the date on which the suspension begins;

(iii) the latest date on which the suspension may end; and

(iv) the dates and particulars of relating to the circumstances mentioned in paragraph (2).

(2) Those circumstances are—

(a) trade arrangement regulations giving effect to a trade arrangement with the GF or EF country have come into force; and

(b) that country was not included in the list of beneficiary countries in Annex II or Annex III to the EU GSP, on the date on which the EU GSP ceased to apply to the United Kingdom, due to an EU preferential market access arrangement being applied.

(3) In this regulation—

(a) “EU preferential market access arrangement” means an EU market access arrangement as specified in article 4.1(b) of the EU GSP; and

(b) “trade arrangement regulations” means regulations made under section 9 of the Act, in order to implement a trade arrangement between Her Majesty’s government in the United Kingdom and a country or territory outside the United Kingdom.