Recital 169

Immediately Applicable Implementing Acts on Adequacy Unofficial title

The Commission should adopt immediately applicable implementing acts where available evidence reveals that a third country, a territory or a specified sector within that third country, or an international organisation does not ensure an adequate level of protection, and imperative grounds of urgency so require.

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Text as at 19 September 2026.

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