Section VI: Unilateral suspension of benefits

It cannot be ruled out that within the framework of an MRA one of the partner countries may discover that a security-related incident has occurred involving AEO companies of the other party (e.g. e.g. seizure of narcotics from a container of an AEO company).

In these cases, the relevant ARM decisions provide the legal basis for both parties to suspend the benefits to the AEO companies involved (e.g., e.g., Section II, third paragraph, of the EU-Japan MRA).

If this occurs, information will be exchanged between the Commission (DG TAXUD) and the contact points of the ARM partner country, and between EU Member States and the Commission (DG TAXUD), through agreed information exchange mechanisms. It will be done by secure email.