authorities shall also forward any information that has been - Article 21obtained suggesting that the particulars given on the saidcertificate or licence are inaccurate . 1. Where the verification procedure referred to in Article 20 or where information available to the Community or to3. The provisions of paragraph 1 shall be applicable to the Philippines indicates , or appears to indicate , that thesubsequent verifications of the declarations of origin referred provisions of the Agreement are being contravened , bothto in Article 2 of this Protocol . Parties shall cooperate closely and with the appropriate urgency to prevent such contravention .4. The results of the subsequent verifications carried outin accordance with paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be 2. To this end , appropriate inquiries shall be carried out ,communicated to the competent authorities of the if necessary, concerning operations which are , or appear toCommunity within three months at the latest, together with be , in contravention of the Agreement . The results of theseany other pertinent information , particularly regarding the inquiries shall be communicated together with othertrue origin of the goods . pertinent information enabling the true origin of the goods to be determined .Should such verifications reveal systematic irregularities in 3. The Philippine authorities may invite officialsthe use of declarations of origin , the Community may subject designated by the Community to be present at the inquiriesimports of the products in question to the provisions of referred to in paragraph 2 .Article 2 ( 1 ) of this Protocol . 4. In pursuance of the cooperation referred to in5. For the purpose of subsequent verification of paragraph 1 , the Philippines and the Community shallcertificates of origin , copies of the certificates as well as any exchange any information considered by either Party to be ofexport documents referring to them shall be kept for at least a use in preventing the contravention of the provisions of theperiod of two years by the competent governmental authority Agreement.in the Philippines .