1.Where the special non-preferential import arrangements for certain products provide for the use of the certificate of origin laid down in Article 57 of this Regulation, the use of such arrangements shall be subject to the condition that an administrative cooperation procedure has been set up unless otherwise specified in the arrangements concerned.
For the purpose of setting up that administrative cooperation procedure, the third countries concerned shall send to the Commission:
(a)the names and addresses of the issuing authorities together with specimens of the stamps used by those authorities;
(b)the names and addresses of the governmental authorities to which requests for the subsequent verification of certificates of origin provided for in Article 59 of this Regulation are to be sent.
The Commission shall transmit the above information to the competent authorities of the Member States.
2.Where a third country fails to send the information specified in paragraph 1 to the Commission, the competent authorities in the Union shall refuse use of the special non-preferential import arrangement.