Legal notice

BKP Economic Advisors GmbH (BKP) maintains this website to enhance public access to information about the European Union’s Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP). Our goal is to keep this information timely and accurate. If errors are brought to our attention, we will try to correct them. However, we accept no responsibility or liability whatsoever with regard to the information on this site.

This information is

  • of a general nature only and is not intended to address the specific circumstances of any particular individual or entity
  • not necessarily comprehensive, complete, accurate or up to date
  • sometimes linked to external sites over which BKP has no control and for which we assume no responsibility
  • not professional or legal advice.

Any views expressed on this website are those of BKP and do not represent an official view of the European Union.

Personal data protection

This processing operation is subject to Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices, and agencies and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 and Decision No 1247/2002/EC.

We are committed to user privacy. Specifically:

  • Nature of the data collected: We collect no personal information about you on this site. You may however contact us through email, in which case the following provisions apply.
  • Use of your personal data: Your personal data will be used for the following purposes:
    • To keep you informed and get in touch with you relation to the maintenance of this website or developments related to the GSP.
    • To compile statistics for project reporting purposes.
  • Access to your personal data: Your personal data are only accessible by the BKP team maintaining the website and the data controller, as well as the bodies charged with overseeing the project implementation, and monitoring or inspection tasks in the application of EU law (e.g. internal audits, Court of Auditors, European Anti-fraud Office (OLAF)) and other EU institutions on a need-to-know basis. Personal data is not used for any other purposes or disclosed to any other recipient nor third countries or international organisations.
  • Storage of your personal data: We take appropriate technical and organisational measures to safeguard and protect your personal data from accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorised disclosure or access. Your personal data will be stored on our secured server.
  • Duration of data storage: Personal data will be kept only for the time needed to achieve the purpose for which it is processed. All data related to the project will be stored for the duration of the project. Your data will be deleted upon completion of our contract with the European Commission;
  • we will only disclose information to third parties, including the European Commission, if that is necessary for the fulfilment of our contract for the website, or if we are legally obliged to disclose it. We will not divulge your personal data for any marketing purposes;

Access to, and amendment or deletion of, your personal data: You have the right to access, rectify, erase, and receive your personal data, as well as restrict its processing or object to the same, as provided in Articles 17 to 24 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725. If you have queries or complaints, or would like to verify the accuracy of your personal data and, if necessary, correct it, please contact the data controller at d.bienen@bkp-advisors.com. Your request will be answered without undue delay, and in any event within 1 month of receipt of the request. However, according to Article 14(3) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725, this period may be extended by up to 2 months where necessary, taking into account the complexity and number of requests. BKP will inform you of any such extension within 1 month of receipt of the request, together with the reasons for the delay.

Links to other websites: This website contains links to other websites whose privacy practices may differ. Neither BKP nor the European Commission are responsible for the Privacy Policy of these websites. As we have no control over information that is submitted to, or collected by other websites accessed through a link on this website, we encourage you to review the privacy policies established by the respective providers.

Cookies policy

This website does not use cookies. However, note the following information.

Analytics

We use Plausible Analytics, a privacy-focused analytics tool hosted in the EU (Germany), to track anonymous visitor statistics (e.g. page views, device type, referrer, location by city) in aggregate form only. No cookies are used, and no personal data or persistent identifiers are collected. This processing is based on our legitimate interest in understanding and improving our website (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).

For full details on how Plausible handles data, see the Plausible Data Policy.

If you wish to exercise your data rights—such as access, portability, or erasure—please contact us at the address provided above. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.

Embedded Videos and External Content

The website contains embedded videos from:

  • YouTube (Google Ireland Limited)
  • audiovisual.ec.europa.eu (European Commission Audiovisual Service)

To protect your privacy, we use a two-click solution implemented with the open-source Klaro Consent Manager to manage user consent in a transparent and GDPR-compliant manner.

  • Consent is requested before any third-party content is loaded.
  • You can adjust or withdraw your consent at any time.
  • Klaro stores your consent preferences in a local cookie on your device.

For more information about Klaro, please visit https://kiprotect.com/klaro.

When you visit a page with an embedded video:

  • No connection to the video provider is established automatically.
  • No cookies or data are transmitted to YouTube or audiovisual.ec.europa.eu without your consent.
  • A placeholder is displayed instead of the video.
  • You must actively click to enable the video. Only then is a connection established and data transmitted to the respective provider.

YouTube

When you consent to loading YouTube videos:

  • Provider: Google Ireland Limited
  • Data collected: IP address, browser details, usage data, potentially cookies and tracking technologies.
  • Purpose: Video playback, user experience enhancement.
  • Data processing may involve transfers to the USA. Google complies with the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework.

For more information, please see YouTube's Privacy Policy.

audiovisual.ec.europa.eu

When you consent to loading videos from audiovisual.ec.europa.eu:

  • Provider: European Commission Audiovisual Service
  • Data collected: IP address, browser details, usage data.
  • Purpose: Provision of audiovisual content.

For more information, please see the European Commission’s Data Protection Notice.